The Front Porch Swing

[tntchix]

Well, we had a guy from Home Depot out to give us a quote on new windows for the downstairs. There are over 18 that need to be upgraded.
After measuring the windows, he stepped out to his vehicle to get the catalog, I stepped outside and closed the door behind me.
Yep, locked out of the house!

OK, I am notorious for doing this.
Checked all the doors- yep, locked out.
Checked all the windows, yep, locked out.

Called hubby, where is the spare key hidden? Don't have one... I have only mentioned it to him about once a week since he changed out the doorlocks. He just never got around to doing it.
Hubby had to explain to the guys at work what happened - they've all been there. He drove half an hour home to let us in.

Guess who is headed to town to get a bunch of spare keys made?

I'm hiding one where he can't find it, 'cause he has used my spare in the past and forgot to return it to the hiding spot.

Well, we had a guy from Home Depot out to give us a quote on new windows for the downstairs. There are over 18 that need to be upgraded.
After measuring the windows, he stepped out to his vehicle to get the catalog, I stepped outside and closed the door behind me.
Yep, locked out of the house!

OK, I am notorious for doing this.
Checked all the doors- yep, locked out.
Checked all the windows, yep, locked out.

Called hubby, where is the spare key hidden? Don't have one... I have only mentioned it to him about once a week since he changed out the doorlocks. He just never got around to doing it.
Hubby had to explain to the guys at work what happened - they've all been there. He drove half an hour home to let us in.

Guess who is headed to town to get a bunch of spare keys made?

I'm hiding one where he can't find it, 'cause he has used my spare in the past and forgot to return it to the hiding spot.

Been there same exact thing. Contractor drove me up to the kid's school to get the key from my youngest. Nicest guy ever!
Now we are buds.

I know it' not funny but

Oh it sure wasn't at the time. I was ready to bust a window.

Now, I just shake my head and giggle.

 

[wyoDreamer]

It was funny at the time. We were all laughing. It was even funnier because I told him time and again to get a spare key hid for me before I moved there.
In fact, he had locked himself out when he was there along. Luckily for him, he had left a window unlocked and could get in that way.
Everyone at his work had stories about getting locked out or going to let their spouse into something. The Home Depot guy said his wife had locked herself out of her van about 5 times last year, so this year he switched vans with her so she has the one with the fob and a spare fob in her purse.

 

[tntchix]

It was funny at the time. We were all laughing. It was even funnier because I told him time and again to get a spare key hid for me before I moved there.
In fact, he had locked himself out when he was there along. Luckily for him, he had left a window unlocked and could get in that way.
Everyone at his work had stories about getting locked out or going to let their spouse into something. The Home Depot guy said his wife had locked herself out of her van about 5 times last year, so this year he switched vans with her so she has the one with the fob and a spare fob in her purse.

 

[LindaB220]

Deb, I wish had your strength and tenacity! I so admire you!

Ditto, love ya Deb. You too Blooie. Just covering all bases

 

[perchie.girl]

Hi everyone.... Stuff is going much better for us here... Whew.

I want to post something that is kind of near and dear to my heart.

Copy Write infringement. I am a Writer and an Illustrator of my own work. So I know something about it.

Once someone has posted on the internet something they have written or drawn IF its their original work, they own it by common law Copy Write. And If someone were to take it and run with it like say put it on a Tshirt.... They better dang well get permission from the owner....

That being said. I never post original work without a water mark or identifying that this is my original work.
This has not been done to me.... Well Only once but it happened so fast I slapped my forehead for my own stupidity... I didnt persue it.

Also If someone were to take their own work and have a Tshirt made there is nothing to keep that company from taking it and running with it.

So people be aware that Stuff posted here has to be identified as yours or unliscensed. So when and IF I post an original work it WILL have a water mark on it.

Oh and here is a link someone shared with me thinking it was mine:
http://teespring.com/crazychickladyv2

sorry if its yours and used without permission Yay if its yours and your Making money....

deb

 

[MistyMountain]

Also If someone were to take their own work and have a Tshirt made there is nothing to keep that company from taking it and running with it.


deb

We are perhaps the minority, but we do not reuse people's designs for others, even if it was simply their "idea" that I had to then design or convert to clean vector artwork for screen printing. If someone provides vector artwork to us, no work from me needed beyond assigning spot colors, that is 100% theirs and remains that way. Some similarities can be seen in some designs we do where we use our own stock clipart or misc. designs that I have put together (examples would be sports equipment- softballs, baseballs, footballs, or floral/swirly designs. Sadly, as cheap as it is to order T-shirts online these days, I can see how that is no longer the case. You come up with something neat or quick witted as a small run for friends and family… and it ends up wholesale on the internet.

Thanks for bringing it up, Deb. All too often do I need to inform people that their cool design they printed off the internet can not be used because it belongs to someone else. Often times they will even have watermarks on them… but people can be oblivious. I don't want to discourage people from bringing things in to show what they want, a good starting point keeps me away from playing the 150 edits "how about this?" game, but it is nice when I can do my job

Glad to hear things are settling down for you!

 

[perchie.girl]

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Oh my I know... and thank you for realizing I wasnt aiming at anyone just info sharing...

deb

 

[bruceha2000]

She's my Facebook Bee, so to speak

She's in New England, I believe Virginia.

Just an FYI for the geographically non native

Virginia is no where near New England. New England is: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts , Connecticut and Rhode Island

In a muffin tin, Linda - 325 for 25 minutes. I should warn you , though, that it didn't seem to make the really fresh eggs peel any better, like I hoped it would. Works like a dream on store bought eggs, which were the only kind i'd ever baked in the past.

Darned those fresh eggs!

I hadn't gotten around to trying the "baked eggs" method, sorry to hear it doesn't work with GOOD eggs.

Oh Maude, this can not end well for you... Those bachelors you used to spend the night with in the pine tree are gone. It's time that you join the rest of he flock in the coop. It's only going to get colder out there on that branch all by yourself.

That is SO weird. NONE of my chickens has ever so much as looked up a tree and said "guess I'll sit on that branch". And there are any number that are well within their vertical reach. But plenty of people post pictures of their chickens in trees. My only guess is they would want something with a lot of clearance and that mine would not find.

The freak out over a number is why I refuse to ever own a scale.

Jack LaLanne said "do not look at a scale, look in a mirror" or something to that effect.

I think people misinterpret the point of clothing sizes. They're meant to be a point of reference, so that if you own clothing of mainly a certain size, you can pick out clothing in the same size to try them instead of trying each pair of jeans. Nothing looks as ridiculous as people stuffing themselves into too small clothing just to be able to say "I wear a size so and so". Fitting clothing is always more stylish than small clothing.

I don't know about Finland but in the US men's clothing is easy - neck size, chest size, arm length, waist, inseam. Women's clothing is by "sizes" and everyone makes up their own. A size 16 in one brand is a size 12 in another. And what used to be a 16 is now an 8 or whatever because women would rather be a size 8 than 16. Plus, there are more female shapes than male shapes. With guys, if it fits the waist, it will go over the hips, not so with all women. They really need a "waist, hips, inseam" system. And a "shoulders, bust, waist" system. And heaven help you if you want a dress and aren't one of the "typical" shapes from shoulders to knees. This isn't exactly a new earth shattering discovery, I really don't understand why people who make womens' clothing haven't figured this out, especially since the typical woman buys a lot more clothing that the typical man. For a lot of guys, if it isn't worn out, it doesn't need to be replaced. This site shows 7 different womens' shapes: http://www.joyofclothes.com/style-advice/shape-guides/body-shapes-overview.php And a "size x" is going to fit each and every one? I don't think so.

Its that whole move my feet thing. I can barely walk. At nearly 400 lbs my knees are telling me I am doing too much to them. I have to press four hundred pounds with one leg just to go up stairs. Each step is agony (icepick feeling under the knee caps) and the rest is warrning me that I am going to fall down.

deb

For whatever reason I had knee problems 25 years ago (they were not weight related). The only way I could do stairs was sideways. Takes a lot of pressure off the knee.

The only diet I know that works is "less calories going in than out" and a balance of foods. Don't deprive yourself of the things you crave, just eat less of them. I once read that people who drink diet sodas have a larger sugar intake than those that drink regular soda. Their body WANTS the sugar and will get it from something else. Make your body happy! I think the human body still has "famine memory" from 10,000 years ago. Thus if you whack the intake, the body says "WHOA! gotta conserve, may not eat again for a week.". As many of you know, my wife has been losing weight since she started working at the Post Office (actually now SIX POs) last November. But she hits plateaus on the way down. I think that is the body's way of saying "staying here, waiting to see what comes next" before allowing itself to decide there is no danger of starving.

Hahaha, Blooie you crack me up.

I've found that it's a good idea to train the chickens to come on command, a lot easier than spending twenty minutes chasing them every time you want to get them in the run.

My chickens don't speak 'people', but they understand:
- when my wife comes home from work around 6 PM, there is likely an apple core to be had, run for the car!
- the sound of BOSS or scratch being shaken in a plastic bowl.
Its all about the FOOD!

Actually, they will come to "here chick, chick, chick" (which I say every time I give them BOSS or scratch) though not reliably, nor quickly. The plastic bowl method is FAR more effective.

Well, the move is complete. I am officially in Wisconsin.
An old college friend came up to help us unload the U-Haul. He brought his 7 year-old daughter. I have been informed that I have a barn so I need livestock. Sheep, chickens, a horse, a cow for milk, and a pig for ham. She has been playing the farming game with her daddy, not sure what that is exactly. She really enjoys it, but her Daddy says she buys way too much livestock is about to lose the farm.

YIPEE! I'm so happy for you. Now you have to change your username since we don't want you dreaming about Wyoming any more.
I kinda feel like your friend's kid but the barns need work before I can do anything about it. Of course, with my emotional vegetarian daughter in the house, we can't have most of those animals.

Well, we had a guy from Home Depot out to give us a quote on new windows for the downstairs. There are over 18 that need to be upgraded.
After measuring the windows, he stepped out to his vehicle to get the catalog, I stepped outside and closed the door behind me.
Yep, locked out of the house!

OK, I am notorious for doing this.
Checked all the doors- yep, locked out.
Checked all the windows, yep, locked out.

Called hubby, where is the spare key hidden? Don't have one... I have only mentioned it to him about once a week since he changed out the doorlocks. He just never got around to doing it.
Hubby had to explain to the guys at work what happened - they've all been there. He drove half an hour home to let us in.

Guess who is headed to town to get a bunch of spare keys made?

I'm hiding one where he can't find it, 'cause he has used my spare in the past and forgot to return it to the hiding spot.

Two things:
- Get triple pane windows.
- Get deadbolt locks separate from the NON LOCKABLE handles. It is physically impossible to lock yourself out. Someone ELSE can lock you out, but you can't. And yeah, I put a key down in the barn after I went to let the chickens out one morning not realizing my wife had locked the porch door (which does NOT have the aforementioned safety feature) the night before since the door from the porch to the house was open. Fortunately one of the back doors was unlocked and if necessary I could have rung the doorbell and pounded on the door until my daughter woke up.

 

[Tomtommom]

See, I had no idea. I thought new England were the original 13 colonies. The more you know and all that.

 

[Ridinggirl1]

Live from New York. Rainy weather but the chicks are fine.