Pictures please!
1 Like
Just saw this on a website. An old poem of unknown origin.
Wouldnāt this old world be better
If the folk we meet would say
āI know something good about youā¦ā
And then treat us just that way.
Here ya go: Kittehzes! & Pets
1 Like
A student brought me a big grocery bag full of hachiya persimmons. Iām going to make hoshigaki!
1 Like
I went from seeing a question on twitter to publishing a blog post answering said question, with working code, in 30 minutes.
3 Likes
Teeth look good, according to my dentist.
1 Like
Mine, too. Gums are perfect. Teeth needed a light cleaning. All good after my last cleaning, 6 months ago.
This puzzles my hygienist who knows my brushing routine. She (and my dentist) told me to never use my technique to illustrate good oral hygiene. Before my last cleaning, I brushed once a day the 3 days preceding. Before that, it had literally been 2 months.
#ew #shutyourmouth
I got a presale code for Hamilton!! Sale starts tomorrow. I may not get tickets but at least thereās a chance!! And Iām not picky about what day we goā¦ Sat, sun, Tues all work for me. So I will try and try and try. Preloaded my Visa and am ready to buy!
1 Like
I GOT TICKETS!!!
6 Likes
My air purifier will be here today. The smoke from the fires has been so bad since they started, and itās not expected to get better until maybe mid next week.
1 Like
@MSUAlexis: Saw this and remembered you saying youād gotten tickets. Enjoy.
1 Like
My dad is bringing down my grandmaās old treadle sewing machine! I was just looking at the front room trying to decide what to put on one final wall, and was thinking sofa table but really wasnāt digging it. This will be perfect! My scheme is coastal with industrial accents, so this will fit perfectly! And I absolutely love this machine!
2 Likes
Todayās the day! My house is clean. My kids all cleaned out their rooms. A dozen bags of garbage are ready to head to the curb. The house smells amazing. The menu is planned though I still need to review timing. The fridge is stocked. The days are planned. And my family will be here in ten hours or less!
6 Likes
I have a few bird feeders in the back yard. The one that looks like a house with a roof, trough and plastic panels to hold in the feed is the one the squirrels come to. One of them finally realized that they donāt have to stay hanging upside-down from the roof in order to eat. This one got what it wanted and climbed back up to sit on the roof.
1 Like
I have the day off and have no need to go anywhere, which means I can completely avoid the Black Friday crazies and instead spend the day reading and writing.
2 Likes
I upgraded my graphics card. All by myself!!
7 Likes
Well, itās been a long time comingā¦ Ten weeks, to be exact, though it was festering for awhile before that. However, Iām actually finally pretty sure that my depressive fog has finally for good. Well, as good as it can until the next time. Been a good ten days and while Iāve still had some moments, the fog has cleared. Just in time for the holidays!
6 Likes
I found a bunch of goodies in the sewing machine. Besides the machine being all original, there are parts, bobbins, and even original instructions with it!!
4 Likes
Thatās a much more complete setup than we found kicking around in the basement of our old house. But ours might be a tad older. I really need to pull that out and clean it up.
1 Like
TLDR: I reconnected with a former boss, who took a chance on me when I was in a bad place in my life. Was able to tell her that I honestly didnāt think Iād be where I am today - which is a pretty damn good place - if it were for her and her COO having faith in me and giving me a chance and an opportunity.
Longer story: About 20 years ago I was in a not great place. I had quit my job in the investment industry with no new job due to stress and my mother being ill with some serious liver issues, which were eventually resolved but at the time were very worrying - to the point that I was willing to be tested as a live donor. Fortunately, I was able to get Employment Insurance thanks to my doctor at the time stepping up to bat for me. Even so, EI was about 1/5 of what I was making previously, and I had a mortgage to pay.
I signed up with a temp agency, and they sent me out on what was supposed to be a 3-6 week temp job as a clerk/admin assistant while the company was negotiating with a permanent exec assistant. Eight years later, when the company went under, I was still there and the person they hired originally was long gone.
In that eight years, I went from āhere, photocopy this, pleaseā to being their LAN administrator, webmaster, payroll administrator, office manager, data analyst, report programmer, as well as writing job descriptions for clientsā technical positions, as none of the consultants understood anything tech. In other words, anything they threw at me, I did - and was pleased to do. $President and $COO saw something in me that I didnāt even see in myself, and gave me encouragement and opportunities I had never even dreamed of.
It was an amazing company to work for, and an amazing group of people to work with, and I honestly donāt think I would be where I am today if they hadnāt had faith in me. And a few days ago, I finally got to tell $President that, and thank her for it. And, hopefully, weāre going to meet up for coffee next time sheās back up here.
10 Likes