So sorry, Anne! That's really sad.
Betsy, I had lost my Soft Surroundings catalog and forgotten about all the gorgeous things I can't afford and don't fit me anyway. But thanks!
I know I was going to say something else, but I'm a bad meara.
Oh! I remember - Raq, I friended you, because your journal is interesting.
Annabel and I were reading a Richard Scarry book. We were looking at a town scene with a greengrocer. "See, Annabel, pears."
She proceeds to her mouth to the page, makes some slurpy sounds, then looks at me and says "Yum."
This from a girl who isn't talking yet.
phrases that you remember from the old articles, or things that remind you of Jilli?
"Friends don't let friends dress like The Crow."
That is (to the best of my understanding) how dryer sheets work. They're essentially made of fiberglass, and they soften your fabrics by abraiding the fibers, thus degrading fiber strength and reducing effective lifetime of the fabric.
Ack! Ummm...
Nope. They work by redepositing the waxy film of fabric softener that's on the nonwoven fabric of the softener sheet.
Thank you Betsy! I was 300 posts back and soo frustrated.
I remember once being told that a cheap replacement for dryer sheets in a pinch is a strip of wax paper.
{{Anne}} It makes me smile to think of your grandmother going out for champagne and Belgian waffles in her final weeks. That's just wonderful.
IIRC, liquid fabric softener is bad for water resistant materials (or anything with a specific reaction to water - wicking high tech fabrics and whatnot) because it works by making the clothes you wash in it more absorbent, somehow. And the sheet things have the opposite effect. But I get confused about what you aren't supposed to use on which and mostly just don't use either.
waves madly at -t
Timelies! It's good to see you!
{{Anne}} Very sorry to hear about the other grandmother. Glad, though, that it was a peaceful way out.
Perkins! Sail! Hi!
You know, after my dad met y'all, he mentioned that you don't hear conversations like that everyday. I just thought "you do if you're a Buffista". It was great to have it all live and in person!