Travers: Perhaps you'll favor us with a demonstration while we're here. Buffy: You mean, like, right now? 'Cause, already had my recommended daily dose of fights tonight.

'Potential'


Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


sarameg - May 14, 2017 3:59:08 pm PDT #11382 of 30002

So last night I made a rare batch, for may, of cookies, as it was cool & I knew today was the last shift of Kyla, as she's finishing her freshman year and going home for the summer & isn't sure if she'll return to the y in the fall. She'd lamented no more cookies.

Anyway, I get there tonight & she's not there! She'd last minute swapped shifts to attend a Mother's Day cookout with her aunt. But I gave the cookies to Thomas, a young, goofy guard (who always gives me a huge wave every time I arrive )& told him to enjoy.

While I was swimming, Thomas, unprompted, texted her to tell her I'd made cookies wth her in mind & to come get them. And she did! She made sure he'd taken some and told me if she comes back in the fall, it'll be the cookies that decide it :) I adore both those kidsyoung adults today for the sweetness they demonstrated.


-t - May 14, 2017 5:23:53 pm PDT #11383 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Aw, that's lovely.

Mulched beds are pretty much weeded, lawn is 1/2-2/3 mowed (mown? Cut), yard waste bin is full. Need to take out the garbage and recycling and put all the bins on the street but I am tired.

And I have my intro session at the gym down the street tomorrow at 6:15 pm and dance class at 7, so doing anything after work is pretty unlikely. Oh well.


Scrappy - May 14, 2017 5:37:51 pm PDT #11384 of 30002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

We met with the realtors and our house sold for over 700k!!!!1!!!! We're both flabbergasted. It's a nice house, but it only has one bathroom. J is off to Michigan on Thursday to look at houses and probably put down an offer.

Today we took our Labradoodle to his third go-round of obedience school. He has twice gone to AKC training which relies on verbal praise and use of a choke chain (It doesn't hurt--it's designed to startle the dog so he stops the behavior). Our guy is choke chain be damned when he sees a squirrel or the dogs down the street who are His Sworn Enemies For Life and he lunges for them. He is over 100lbs and can pull me off my feet, so J has to do almost all the walking.

We are now trying to train him using only reinforcement. He will now get all his food from our hands and has to work for it (like sitting, or looking in our face when we ask). Wish us luck.


msbelle - May 14, 2017 5:42:22 pm PDT #11385 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

CONGRATULATIONS! Scrappy. That is awesome.


-t - May 14, 2017 5:44:15 pm PDT #11386 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Congratulations, Scrappy! Good luck with the reinforcement training, that sure sounds like a good idea.


Gudanov - May 14, 2017 5:50:58 pm PDT #11387 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping

We met with the realtors and our house sold for over 700k!!!!1!!!! We're both flabbergasted. It's a nice house, but it only has one bathroom.

Wow. Our house would probably go for about 120k and we have 3 baths, 3 bedrooms, a 2 car garage and a half-acre of land.


Gudanov - May 14, 2017 5:59:18 pm PDT #11388 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping

This weekend I did four loads of laundry, and put away five. I've done three loads of dishes. I've broken down what seems like a million cardboard boxes that have been accumulating. Done some kitchen cleaning. Unclogged toilets twice. Jump started our Nissan that has been derelict for months. Discovered the battery was dead and got it replaced (still under warranty so no cost but super annoying because I wanted to run codes and fix the A/C, not deal with the battery). I edited and printed pictures for a multi-picture frame for my wife's office, hung the frame. Did a little work on my wife's office computer. Went on a massive grocery store trip, cooked dinner both nights, and did some coding on a web app for my wife's soon to be started business.


Gudanov - May 14, 2017 6:01:09 pm PDT #11389 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping

And I managed to get in exercise on both days. Unfortunately that still left a number of tasks on the table.


Scrappy - May 14, 2017 6:10:08 pm PDT #11390 of 30002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

That sounds like a lot, Gud!


meara - May 14, 2017 6:31:53 pm PDT #11391 of 30002

Yeah, I ran Saturday morning. And after that I sat on my ass and reheated some leftovers and read. And then I went and got ice cream, then went to a friend's house where we made a meal kit dinner and watched a movie. Today I got a massage and went to target. And ate last nights leftovers. I guess I unloaded the dishwasher in there somewhere.