I finally got a good plan for keeping the place reasonably clean. Keeping in mind it's just an apartment, no kids and two people: I propose a mere 15 or 20 minute block of cleaning to my man, about once a week. Usually no restrictions on what gets cleaned by whom. Put a podcast on the speakers and 20 minutes later everything is decluttered and the surfaces are cleaned. The showers are never sparkling and dusting almost never gets done, but at least things are reasonable.
You were very nearly devoured by a giant demon snake. The words 'let that be a lesson' are a tad redundant at this juncture.
Giles ,'Selfless'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
bon bon - May 12, 2010 6:40:11 pm PDT #29126 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Steph L. - May 12, 2010 6:45:27 pm PDT #29127 of 30001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Perkins, that is a totally cute dress! Is it worth having a tailor/seamstress alter it?
Hil R. - May 12, 2010 6:51:24 pm PDT #29128 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
An assisted living facility for people with dementia or Alzheimer's is being planned for a Minneapolis suburb. Some neighbors are protesting because they think that the patients might either harm their children or expose them to "inappropriate" behavior. [link]
Lee - May 12, 2010 6:59:45 pm PDT #29129 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Is it worth having a tailor/seamstress alter it?
Oh no. It's a costco dress. Altering it would probably cost more than the dress. I figure I can get away with it for another 5 pounds or so, and then goodwill or play here have a thing.
Lee - May 12, 2010 6:59:46 pm PDT #29130 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Cass - May 12, 2010 7:28:01 pm PDT #29131 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Okay, I'm a Gemini, so what should I be like? Or what two people should I be like?
You are: the person who happily pays to have it done. And the person who makes you realize that this is more than okay.
This has been me. I like that me.
Hil R. - May 12, 2010 8:21:49 pm PDT #29132 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Wow. A family in Quebec was killed when a sinkhole swallowed their house. [link]
Lee - May 12, 2010 8:30:32 pm PDT #29133 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
If I have a bunch of tights that are still in the packages, giving them to Goodwill would be okay, right?
-t - May 12, 2010 8:46:09 pm PDT #29134 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Still in packages, yes, I think so. I'm pretty sure that's something women's shelters ask for.
I would love (and yet hate) someone to pick up after me.
So exactly how I feel.
Strix - May 12, 2010 10:15:14 pm PDT #29135 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Speaking from my experience in women's shelters, donations usually desperately needed are diapers, formula, plus-sized professional women's clothes, African-American hair care and beauty products (seriously, some of the most affecting self-esteem issues I saw at shelters were brought about through women getting their hair cut and styled) and transportation (bus/taxi vouchers, gas cards.)
Also beds, for women going into an assisted living type of program. If you ever have a decent bed that needs donating, I highly suggest you call women's shelters or homeless shelters in the area -- often women and children get housing, but sleep on the floor.