On a very shallow note, all the heat last week activated my already oily face. I am now producing oil like a well. I even did a clay mask on Sunday. I need to do another tonight. It's just gross.

On the bright side, oily skin usually means less wrinkles.

What I don't get at all is why they ask your opinion and then tell you your opinion doesn't matter. Seems like that could be handled with more finesse.

It could, but finesse is not within the BigBoss' abilities. She rejected our choice last time, too, and while he's turned out to be better than I thought, it is (in part) because I don't have conversations with the other people in the office any more about things like TV. (He interrupted us once to say he never watches, and his wife watches too much so he's thinking of getting rid of the TV.) I have no complaints about his work, but I just don't think he's much fun to have around.

I suppose this could all be translated as: I want to be able to talk to the people with whom I work about something else besides work.

eta: ChiKat, speaking out of my oily face, I find that clay masks just send the message that my pores should produce more oil. Have you tried extra moisturizing to see if that sends the "Stop now!" message?

Well, you won't be borrowing my laptop, as she is an ex-laptop. This is pretty distressing, and will require lots of doing things that I don't quite know how to do. Like figuring out who to talk to to see about retrieving information from i

I am quite adept at this task, btw. I will gladly scavenge data what can be scavenged off yours and VW's laptops.

One secret is having the adapters to put the HDD from a laptop into a PC, and then directly pulling what data one wants to burn/upload.

ETA: Wrong Emily. Never mind. Still can do it, but not as convenient as previously thought

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A possum and I scared each other the other night. Be both squealed, and I'm pretty sure it was the same exact sound.

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Okay I need hivemind suggestions. (how apt...)

This afternoon Andi and I discovered that the hollow wooden awning above the basement access doorway seems to have honeybees coming in and out of it, in a small space between the siding and the wood of the enclosed awning.

We would like to avoid lethal methods of dislodging, then I would seal up the crack after.

Any practical/real world experience and suggestions?

Can you find out if there is a local beekeeper in your area? He/she would be able to smoke them out and move them to a better location.

ETA: You're in Minnesota, right? here is a directory of local beekeepers.

ChiKat, I used to use Milk of Magnesia as a mask, and clean it off with cooking oil - the combination of drying out my skin and then adding oil seemed to work pretty well. Also a mask made of yogurt and wheat germ (which I always liked because it was all edible) was good for the oiliness, but also kind of bleached my skin.

Not thta homemade products are necessary. Maybe extra moisturizing after your mask would help.

Oh, and JZ? I lived on Ensure, when eating was Proving Difficult.

Aside from the heartburn, she's been eating okay. I just made her a grilled cheese sandwich and she's been munching on mixed nuts. I'll make her a root beer float before I go collect Emmett.

The insurance guy just left (two hours later). He looked almost exactly as I would expect Riley to have looked like at 14. At least that is over now. Need to make dinner.

I am going stir crazy after a week of no car, three weeks of being told to just lie on the couch all day, I'd kill someone. JZ, I hope you can find a laptop to borrowe.

I find that clay masks just send the message that my pores should produce more oil. Have you tried extra moisturizing to see if that sends the "Stop now!" message?

I'm askeered of extra moisturizing. It could very well be an unfounded fear as I have no evidence that it would be a bad thing for me. After I washed of the mask on Sunday, my face was still oily, though, so that can't be good.

Also a mask made of yogurt and wheat germ (which I always liked because it was all edible) was good for the oiliness, but also kind of bleached my skin.

Hmm...this I could do and there can't be much bleaching of my skin. I'm pretty pale already.