Yeah, part of my running around is that the SO hired some of my former guitar students to do weeding around the house while we're gone. Awesome. But then I needed to clear out all the stuff that was in the way of what they'd need to do. I also sort of wanted to preemptively weed, and I might still do that with the worst of things tomorrow, but really. We hired someone. They can do it.
Up until the punching, it was a real nice party.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Liese S. - May 15, 2014 4:37:41 pm PDT #27816 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
billytea - May 15, 2014 4:45:52 pm PDT #27817 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
At the store today, the woman ahead of me in line was buying a wedding present for a girlfriend getting married in June. The present: meat tenderizer and a nutcracker.
Biyi reduced Ryan to tears this morning through an injudicious usage of a nutcracker. (She sent a walnut hurtling across the table and knocked his milk onto the carpet. I have relabelled it the nutlauncher.)
brenda m - May 15, 2014 4:47:07 pm PDT #27818 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Salsify! Shir and I just had a delightful salsify soup as the amuse at dinner. We had to look it up.
-t - May 15, 2014 4:49:24 pm PDT #27819 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It is growing all over my yard. I think I need to be able to recognize it when it's still shoots to enjoy eating it, and that's beyond my abilities. Pretty, though.
Strix - May 15, 2014 5:57:47 pm PDT #27820 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Liese, are you going to be in KC during your big Midwestern trip?
I bought a candle when I went to Target. But my allergies are so bad, I can't smell it. Sadface.
Kat - May 15, 2014 6:00:34 pm PDT #27821 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
-t, WRT the pool. My app only has the In-Shape on Dover listed. Sorry I couldn't be of more help (is the pool new?)
-t - May 15, 2014 6:05:39 pm PDT #27822 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It's maybe 2 years old? Over a year, I joined last January and it had been open for a few months at that point. I'm pretty sure I can find a way to measure it. Thanks for looking!
sarameg - May 15, 2014 6:12:40 pm PDT #27823 of 30000
My pool is listed there as 25 m, but I know it is 25yds. (I know this because other Ys here are competition sites officially rated at 25 yds and my times are the same there.)
I'm ending my week with my annual review discussion. I used to face these with dread, but after this week from hell and some conversations I've had with my functional subcontract supervisor, I'm feeling like we're all on the same page and it'll be candid ( functional!= official subcontract supervisor, more hate for the subcontract because I adore both and it just makes more work for them.) So it'll be fine.
sarameg - May 15, 2014 6:31:23 pm PDT #27824 of 30000
Just remembered to pick up everything off the basement floor, including mats that aren't protecting the workbench, in case I get lotsa water again. I even created 'channels' with spare wood. Won't do anything about what comes from below, but might localize the puddles.
-t - May 15, 2014 6:31:24 pm PDT #27825 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's quite a topper for your week, but, yeah, could be good timing.