A new toilet, since the old one was leaking.
And a new razor, since the old one vanished while my new toilet was being fitted.
And a new razor, since the old one vanished while my new toilet was being fitted.
Things You Recently Bought or Got, Redux
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Phones suck. The necessity of phones sucks even more. I can't do my job without one. And it gets worse and more necessary every year. It hasn't happened yet, but I don't think I could hire somebody without one. They would be unable to access the things their job would require.
That is so fucked up I'm sad now.
My husband is a foreman for a fence company. He can't do his job without one. He has apps to help him find property lines/pins for the residential jobs, he has to read contracts, communicate with his crews and customers, let the office know what materials to order. Then you add in the rate/state jobs and all the reasons you need a phone get exponentially worse. You would think you could get away without one in construction but nope, not even there.
Ooh, what a great idea!
I'm horrible at judging distances. Which is weird, considering I used to practice architecture.
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Agreed. 90% of the calls I get these days are Indian offshore tech companies trying to flog their services. If I ever figure out who sold my phone number...
Anyway, back on topic and onto happier things... We recently got a puppy. He's about 10 weeks old.
What kind of puppy?
I bought a new blue collar for our puppy, who is 12 weeks old. Puppies rock. Adult dogs are even better, and we have one of those, too.
I bought a new blue collar for our puppy, who is 12 weeks old. Puppies rock. Adult dogs are even better, and we have one of those, too.
Awwww. What a fine little guy. Ours is a Curnese Mountain Dog (half Bernese, half mountain cur
). Big Dog is Pyrador (black lab/Great Pyrenees mix). The first couple of days Puppy was here, Big Dog was almost frantic in his need for attention and reassurance. Now they are total buds, and I am almost superfluous... except at meal time.
). Big Dog is Pyrador (black lab/Great Pyrenees mix). The first couple of days Puppy was here, Big Dog was almost frantic in his need for attention and reassurance. Now they are total buds, and I am almost superfluous... except at meal time.
I finally got my new office chair. Not the most expensive, not the cheapest (kind of how I do things, lol)
$700 but I got a CAA discount which brought the price down to $630
I've got full back support now, and the best thing is that the chair is Canadian-made.
$700 but I got a CAA discount which brought the price down to $630
I've got full back support now, and the best thing is that the chair is Canadian-made.
Comfortable, eh?
Very, thanks for asking. Much better than my old, cheap chair
I learned a lot of things while at this music festival this weekend, but one of the best parts was how genuinely kind a lot of the people are who attend them. There were some horror stories, but for the most part I was delighted to see how people got along. There were a lot of people trading bracelets, and some just gave out things. I got
1. A tiny blue plastic dinosaur
2. A pumpkin sticker
3. A Vessel (lead singer of Sleep Token) sticker
4. A small photo of III (bassist for Sleep Token)
5. A glow stick bracelet
6. A clay bead bracelet
7. Two festival shirts
8. Several pictures of me and my friends
9. Photos of Breaking Benjamin (one of my favorite bands ever)
And what I didn't get??
SUNBURNED. I'm super pale, and the sun was outrageously hot. But I used about half a tube of sunblock over the course of two days, and only my face and a little of my neck got slightly burnt.
Fantastic weekend.
1. A tiny blue plastic dinosaur
2. A pumpkin sticker
3. A Vessel (lead singer of Sleep Token) sticker
4. A small photo of III (bassist for Sleep Token)
5. A glow stick bracelet
6. A clay bead bracelet
7. Two festival shirts
8. Several pictures of me and my friends
9. Photos of Breaking Benjamin (one of my favorite bands ever)
And what I didn't get??
SUNBURNED. I'm super pale, and the sun was outrageously hot. But I used about half a tube of sunblock over the course of two days, and only my face and a little of my neck got slightly burnt.
Fantastic weekend.
My grandson and I are going out today to celebrate his birthday, which is actually a couple of days before Christmas. Normally we go in mid-October, but I'll be out of town until the end of the month. So: no telling what I'll buy today. He's not very possession oriented, but I'm thinking of a mini-fridge for his room at our house for soft drinks and snacks.
