hey debilu - that rhymes good !
Water Cooler - 4
Victor: I do all the laundry, too, and agree with your point about all the piles.
Debilu: I taught my kids about the wonders of the washer and dryer when they were 9 and 13 and can't understand why people refuse to allow their kids to do it. They have to do it when they go off to college so why not start them out young?
We wait to have enough for a full load - doesn't take too long. We have a few laundry baskets in the basement, and when one fills up - laundry gets done. DH is too picky about his laundry or I would do it. I taught my son one day when I got tired of unballing his socks after telling him to unball them over and over.
Long ago my husband at the time was surprised to see his clean socks waiting to be put away and said, "My socks aren't balled". I told him what to do.
Arlene - my mother wouldn't let us do the laundry when we lived at home. She said it would be a reflection on her if we didn't have properly cleaned and ironed clothes. I didn't argue.
I never offered when I was a teenager and my mother never asked me to do laundry but it wouldn't have hurt me to learn and be able to help her with it.
She did love the fact that I loved cleaning windows with Glass Wax so she didn't have to do it.
When I was probably just pre-teen and would wash the table after dinner, my older sister always told me I wasn't doing it right and would take the cloth out of my hand to do it herself. Do you think I ever learned to do it right?
Ha!
hmmm...did you really know how to wipe the table, or were just trying to get her to do it?
I just got this in an e-mail and thought it was cute. I can laugh so you can tease me about these, unfortunately some of these are soooo true!
Only a mainer...
Body: You know you're from rural Maine when:
1. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
2. "Vacation" means going to Bangor for the weekend.
3. You measure distance in hours.
4. You know several people who have hit moose more than once.
5. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
6. You use a down comforter in the summer.
7. Your grandparents drive at 65 mph through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
8. You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events.
9. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
10. You think of the major food groups as moose meat, beer, fish, and berries.
11. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.
12. There are 4 empty cars running in the parking lot at the convenience store at any given time.
13. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
14. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
15. You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and flannel pajamas.
16. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter/winter/still winter/construction
17. It takes you 3 hours to go to the mall for one item even when you're in a rush because you have to stop and talk to everyone in town.
18. You actually understand these jokes and forward them to all your friends from Maine
"If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain."
Very good!
I can't remember which thread we were talking about expensive daylilies but here's a link of some going for over 100 now.
http://daylily.com/cgi-bin/auction.cgi?cultivarsaintros&category=cultivarsaintros&pb=&page=1#sortbar
This one is up to over $200 /11 bids and 4 more hours to go.
http://daylily.com/cgi-bin/auction.cgi?cultivarsgnew&1200794823
What's your bid?!
I had to pass, not my color.
Depends on which 1/2.
The pop-tart half.
Has anyone bought the DG calender? $20 plus shipping was just too much for me. That's more than $1.50 per month! I love the Lang calenders and have used them for years. Nice and big so I can write stuff (it usually serves as my garden record and I do keep them) and they are beautifully illustrated. There are many to choose from. They are up to about $15 now.
Farmer's Almanac here, 'Weather Calendar'. ☺
I haven't bought any calendars this year. I use the school calendar, my computer calendar and every year a friend buys us calendars. I'm trying to get more into using my DG blog to keep track of all the gardening notes.
I thought the DG calendars were very nice, but too expensive. I, use my Google calendar online, along with a purse-size one to keep handy when I make appointments etc. So, I'd jut be buying the calendar for the pretty photos. I usually buy the Sierra Club and New England Wildflower Society calendars.
I also thought it was too much.
I get more than I can use from non-profit groups. Some pretty nice ones, too.
I always get sarcastic lawyer joke calendars. :(
I get lawyer centerfolds!
OMG, Dave - what the heck do THEY look like?????? LOL
That wasn't you??
About 25% of them have bumps in the front. The 75% other have on ties. Patti
Good one, Patti!! LOL No, Dave- no centerfold material here!!! ROFL!
They do centerfolds to remind us what they do to us!! (Sorry Louise, but you set it up!)
Staple our belly buttons?
Pirl, I'll get a belly button ring the same day I buy my HD. Patti
Home Depot? Hard Drive? Hair Dresser? Too fast for me - singeing my keyboard! x, C
You're forgiven, Victor.......I guess it's just part of the deal....along with the years of debt! LOL
carrie, No, two wheels, really fast, Harley-Davidson Rocker to go with the belly ring. Here is one for you. Too cool. Patti
http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/12/the-conquest-motorcycle-for-wheelchair-users/
Funny, Patti! That HD is awesome!!
OHHH! I came up with another one - High Definition. (As in TV.) x, C
Does anyone watch Masterpiece theatre? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/schedule/index.html I love Jane Austen and they are doing a series on her books. My favorite, which I purchased, was Pride and Prejudice done by A&E with Colin Firth. This evening was Northanger Abbey which was it's first release. Well done! I loved it.
Anita - I watched Pride and Prejudice too. I'm also a Jane Austen fan, and love Masterpiece Theatre! P & P was fun.. In grad school, I did a partial concentration on Austen's works - a good balance to Chaucer!! LOL