perchie.girl
RIP 1953-2021
I went through a period of buying used tires.... was able to get better tires than I could afford new.
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I am so excited on how well my first quilting "hack" came out. You can buy wooden thread spool holders but they always seem so flimsy and there is a plastic version out there that is outrageously priced. I think it is $30 and doesn't hold a lot of spools. I need a lot more pegs but I love how this looks and it can hold a LOT of thread.
perchie.girl
RIP 1953-2021
I am so excited on how well my first quilting "hack" came out. You can buy wooden thread spool holders but they always seem so flimsy and there is a plastic version out there that is outrageously priced. I think it is $30 and doesn't hold a lot of spools. I need a lot more pegs but I love how this looks and it can hold a LOT of thread.
awesome Job... love the quilted peg board.
deb
Oh, yes dsqard, nicely done!
Well, I've had an exasperating afternoon. I went by the local home improvement center, because I needed a few things:
Our kitchen has a 4-tube florescent fixture in the ceiling; two of the tubes hadn't been working for ages, and the remaining two were getting "iffy." For some reason, Critter never thinks about changing the tubes; if it's gonna happen, it seems to be up to me. So, I bought 4 new tubes. Got them home, put them in the fixture - let there be light!
And there was light . . . . and my family have been complaining about the brightness ever since. Buncha cave-dwellers, I swear!
We have several little "water features" in our yard, and while I love having frogs and toads living and breeding in them, I am not so enthused about raising mosquitoes. So, mosquito dunks were on the list. Take that, you little blood-suckers!
My wheelbarrow has a flat tire; it needs a new inner tube. I bought a tube for a wheelbarrow with the right sized rim, but when I got it home, it's clearly not the right size tube. My wheelbarrow doesn't just currently have a flat tire, it seems it always has a fat tire - looks like I get to take the tube back.
And then my daughter's horse Sunny had to put herself on my naughty list by beating my kid up. First, she just had to move when BB2K was trying to get on. That threw BB2K off balance, so she staggered backward a few steps, and whacked her ankle on the tongue of a trailer that was parked there. Then, when they were cantering in the driveway, the animal had to get stupid near my Explorer. There was barely room to fit a horse between the vehicle and a row of Crepe Myrtles to the right of it, and a good 10 feet of clear space to the left - so why was Sunny sort of leaning toward the right? BB2K cued her to the left, she started heading that direction, BB2K slacked the reins just a bit . . . . and Sunny swerved to the right. She scraped past the Explorer by a whisker, but BB2K's left knee didn't. There is now a small crack in the Explorer's right tail light, and a kneecap-sized dent above it. Ice and ibuprofen time . . . . Dance class is gonna be fun tomorrow.
Well, I've had an exasperating afternoon. I went by the local home improvement center, because I needed a few things:
Our kitchen has a 4-tube florescent fixture in the ceiling; two of the tubes hadn't been working for ages, and the remaining two were getting "iffy." For some reason, Critter never thinks about changing the tubes; if it's gonna happen, it seems to be up to me. So, I bought 4 new tubes. Got them home, put them in the fixture - let there be light!
And there was light . . . . and my family have been complaining about the brightness ever since. Buncha cave-dwellers, I swear!
We have several little "water features" in our yard, and while I love having frogs and toads living and breeding in them, I am not so enthused about raising mosquitoes. So, mosquito dunks were on the list. Take that, you little blood-suckers!
My wheelbarrow has a flat tire; it needs a new inner tube. I bought a tube for a wheelbarrow with the right sized rim, but when I got it home, it's clearly not the right size tube. My wheelbarrow doesn't just currently have a flat tire, it seems it always has a fat tire - looks like I get to take the tube back.
And then my daughter's horse Sunny had to put herself on my naughty list by beating my kid up. First, she just had to move when BB2K was trying to get on. That threw BB2K off balance, so she staggered backward a few steps, and whacked her ankle on the tongue of a trailer that was parked there. Then, when they were cantering in the driveway, the animal had to get stupid near my Explorer. There was barely room to fit a horse between the vehicle and a row of Crepe Myrtles to the right of it, and a good 10 feet of clear space to the left - so why was Sunny sort of leaning toward the right? BB2K cued her to the left, she started heading that direction, BB2K slacked the reins just a bit . . . . and Sunny swerved to the right. She scraped past the Explorer by a whisker, but BB2K's left knee didn't. There is now a small crack in the Explorer's right tail light, and a kneecap-sized dent above it. Ice and ibuprofen time . . . . Dance class is gonna be fun tomorrow.
As a matter of fact, I did just retire today!!
(Unfortunately, celebrating has to wait to Friday as I've got my colonoscopy tomorrow.... Not gonna have a fun night. This prep sludge is vile.)
perchie.girl
RIP 1953-2021
Oh, yes dsqard, nicely done!
Well, I've had an exasperating afternoon. I went by the local home improvement center, because I needed a few things:
Our kitchen has a 4-tube florescent fixture in the ceiling; two of the tubes hadn't been working for ages, and the remaining two were getting "iffy." For some reason, Critter never thinks about changing the tubes; if it's gonna happen, it seems to be up to me. So, I bought 4 new tubes. Got them home, put them in the fixture - let there be light!
And there was light . . . . and my family have been complaining about the brightness ever since. Buncha cave-dwellers, I swear!
We have several little "water features" in our yard, and while I love having frogs and toads living and breeding in them, I am not so enthused about raising mosquitoes. So, mosquito dunks were on the list. Take that, you little blood-suckers!
My wheelbarrow has a flat tire; it needs a new inner tube. I bought a tube for a wheelbarrow with the right sized rim, but when I got it home, it's clearly not the right size tube. My wheelbarrow doesn't just currently have a flat tire, it seems it always has a fat tire - looks like I get to take the tube back.
And then my daughter's horse Sunny had to put herself on my naughty list by beating my kid up. First, she just had to move when BB2K was trying to get on. That threw BB2K off balance, so she staggered backward a few steps, and whacked her ankle on the tongue of a trailer that was parked there. Then, when they were cantering in the driveway, the animal had to get stupid near my Explorer. There was barely room to fit a horse between the vehicle and a row of Crepe Myrtles to the right of it, and a good 10 feet of clear space to the left - so why was Sunny sort of leaning toward the right? BB2K cued her to the left, she started heading that direction, BB2K slacked the reins just a bit . . . . and Sunny swerved to the right. She scraped past the Explorer by a whisker, but BB2K's left knee didn't. There is now a small crack in the Explorer's right tail light, and a kneecap-sized dent above it. Ice and ibuprofen time . . . . Dance class is gonna be fun tomorrow.
I reaplaced all my innertube wheels with hard rubber wheels from Harbor freight.... easier to push a little rougher ride for the ingredients in the wagon or wheel barrow.
deb
perchie.girl
RIP 1953-2021
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eewww....
deb
Hmmmm...... Yeah, I probably should've made that two separate posts.
The good news about the colonoscopy (if there could be good news) is the procedure tomorrow is the last on my To-Do checklist of all things physical. Want to have a clean bill of health to start the next phase of my life, so mammo, gyno, eyes, heart, cholesterol, blood pressure, hearing, blood sugars, bone density, etc. Thus far it looks like retirement's not going to be hindered... Well, maybe a teensy little when the weather gets damp and the arthritis wants to flare up.
The good news about the colonoscopy (if there could be good news) is the procedure tomorrow is the last on my To-Do checklist of all things physical. Want to have a clean bill of health to start the next phase of my life, so mammo, gyno, eyes, heart, cholesterol, blood pressure, hearing, blood sugars, bone density, etc. Thus far it looks like retirement's not going to be hindered... Well, maybe a teensy little when the weather gets damp and the arthritis wants to flare up.
Elaine Wright
Chirping
My older girls are married and one still has to do all the honey do's. Her hubby is disabled.
Then I have a daughter that does kind of repairs home, auto, electrical, and water. She has more gumption that most men I know. lol
But I told all my kids if you want to learn to drive you have to learn the basics for safe driving and how to check the fluids, change a tire or jump off a car. I told them I never wanted them stranded.
dsqard my sister was in the Air Force she was a crew chief on the flight line. Then she went to work wiring the cease barrel missile system for Raython.
She had to show a boyfriend how to rewire his motorcycle.
My dad had 5 girls and one boy and he had a weak heart. He always made us girls do everything he needed done.
My brother did not want to ever get his hands dirty.
I thought for a moment this was one of my sisters, but there were only 4 girls.
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