Surely something good happened to you today

[Sibyl]

Not me, necessarily, but my mom has settled on a window replacement company. She's wanted to do this for a long time and keeps having setbacks. She wants out of that house as soon as she can. They wanted to get out for a long time, but now I think it's become even more important to her. Sure, she spent a long time with my dad in that house, but both of them have had problems with it for many years, plus it's just too much for one person.

It'll be hard to see that back yard go, but I never really thought of it as "home", myself, even when I lived there. It was always just the house we lived in after we moved there from my childhood home once I graduated HS.

Lots of great memories, but it was always just a building and I don't think any of them really felt an attachment to it.

 

[KimMH]

Took the day off to go on a long drive to the big city with hubs- browsed the comic book and fabric shops and had a wonderful lunch.

 

[Sibyl]

^^

Sounds lovely.

I just realized that SoundCloud has the ability to host and share sound files privately and not just publicly!

 

[Velocity]

so we were wandering through a big store and saw several employees huddled around a box. When we walked by them, they said that they were marking prices on boxes of remote controlled cars and they found a dead mouse in one of the boxes. They were all grossed out and didn't know how to proceed. My son offered $3 for the boxed remote car (sans ex-mouse) and they marked it immediately and handed it to him. A poor little mouse gave his life so we could get a remote controlled car on the cheap. Something good, but strange.

 

[Sibyl]

Oooooohhhh...I get to sleep in an actual bed tonight! Woohoo!

 

[Butters]

Our washing machine broke so we’ve been using the service wash at the laundrette. It’s made us realise that we don’t need a washing machine, especially not one that was so loud we couldn’t hear the TV and the dry cycle not produced dry clothes. That means there’s an empty slot in the tiny kitchen for a dish washer. Woot!

 

[Butters]

One of neighbours just knocked on the door and asked us if wanted a garden. For free. We have a garden. Fan bloody tastic.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

One of neighbours just knocked on the door and asked us if wanted a garden. For free. We have a garden. Fan bloody tastic.

That was nice of them.

 

[Sibyl]

One of neighbours just knocked on the door and asked us if wanted a garden. For free. We have a garden. Fan bloody tastic.

Nice!

Kind of the opposite of your situation...my old house came with a rhubarb patch. While I love rhubarb sauce and even just eating rhubarb stalks, we never did anything with them. One of my neighbors was good enough to see this and actually ask if she could harvest our rhubarbs and did so for several years. Not that she ever offered any goods produced from them, at least they didn't go to waste.

 

[Sarxus]

I had a very nice and relaxed afternoon today. It was beautiful and warm weather, so I sat in the garden drinking some coffee and enjoying some music. Simple as that but it was perfect. I'm thankful to have the possibility to do so, since unfortunately it's not as common as we might expect. Sometimes it's really useful to just take a break from all the big things going on in your life and to gain strength and joy from small moments.

 

[Sibyl]

I went out last night to a group meeting. I'm not sure I've ever felt so welcome IRL as I felt last night.

 

[rhubarbodendron]

I know. I read a Churchill quote on LinkedIn today. Success is failing again and again and again, and not losing enthusiasm. Or something like that.

How about a compromise: stay at your current job for a while and start freelance work at the same time. Use the secure income from the unliked job to help you over the hard times till you are established in the freelance market.

Our washing machine broke so we’ve been using the service wash at the laundrette. It’s made us realise that we don’t need a washing machine, especially not one that was so loud we couldn’t hear the TV and the dry cycle not produced dry clothes. That means there’s an empty slot in the tiny kitchen for a dish washer. Woot!

good point but isn't a washing machine of your own cheaper than the launderette, in the long run?

One of neighbours just knocked on the door and asked us if wanted a garden. For free. We have a garden. Fan bloody tastic.

Congratulations!!!

While I love rhubarb sauce and even just eating rhubarb stalks, we never did anything with them. One of my neighbors was good enough to see this and actually ask if she could harvest our rhubarbs and did so for several years..

Have you ever tried strawberry-rhubarb jam? Or - even better - raspberry-rhubarb jam? Absolutely awesome stuff and very simple to make:
harvest a few stalks of rhubarb, tear off the tough skin with a knife and cut them into bits. Cook them in very little water until they are half soft. Then add the same weight of straw- or raspberries and cook them with jam sugar (according to the instructions on the sugar pack). Fill the boiling hot jam into hot jam jars and close them immediately. If you use twist-off lids, turn the jars upside down so that the hot jam desinfects the lids.
Leave to cool. Keeps delicious for 2-3 years. In theory, that is. In praxis it's too good to last long...

 

[Sibyl]

I looooooooove strawberry/rhubarb...ANYTHING!

I'm not much of a fan of raspberries other than fresh-off-the-bush picks. My mom has a huge raspberry garden and I love going back there and picking and eating her raspberries. Last year was an off year, though. There have been too many issues with gardens and plants in general lately; some sort of fungus, not to mention the Asian beetles that are running rampant.

 

[Discofan]

I'd like to tell a joke, here it is:

A man in a shoe store asks the clerk to bring him shoes of a size visibly smaller than the one of his feet.

"But why would you want that?" Asks the Clerk.

"Because my wife has left me. My son has failed all his exams. My daughter keeps getting fired from her jobs. I am getting audited."

"So?"

"The only moment of pleasure in my day is when I remove my shoes."

...

 

[Random_Spock]

Just moved up to level 30 tonight in Pokemon Go.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Just moved up to level 30 tonight in Pokemon Go.

Sorry, I know next to nothing about Pokemon. But if it's in this thread, then it must be good, so congratulations anyway!

 

[Discofan]

Sorry, I know next to nothing about Pokemon. But if it's in this thread, then it must be good, so congratulations anyway!

I love that picture!

Can I use it on occasions?

 

[rhubarbodendron]

some sort of fungus, not to mention the Asian beetles that are running rampant.

What sort of Asian beetles? Do you mean Asian ladybugs? Those are actually rather useful: they eat nothing but greenflies, dozends per day. If you can take a photo of the fungus, I might perhaps be able to identify it. I used to work as a gardener for a few years to earn the fees for university It still comes unexpectedly handy, sometimes.

Good thing today: a very old cactus I inherited from my grandpa started to flower =)

 

[Avro Arrow]

I love that picture!

Can I use it on occasions?

Sure.

 

[Sibyl]

What sort of Asian beetles? Do you mean Asian ladybugs? Those are actually rather useful: they eat nothing but greenflies, dozends per day. If you can take a photo of the fungus, I might perhaps be able to identify it. I used to work as a gardener for a few years to earn the fees for university It still comes unexpectedly handy, sometimes.

Good thing today: a very old cactus I inherited from my grandpa started to flower =)

At first, I thought that everyone was talking about some sort of ladybug because they were everywhere, but the Asian beetles I'm talking about are these little black bugs, about the same size as a ladybug, but are all black. When they feel threatened, they raise their little front legs as if to be more menacing. They eat plants. Every plant.

Whatever the fungus was, it was also on just about every plant last year. It got my mom's raspberries and so many other people's gardens. I'll try to look it up to show you...

Both of these issues were all over the news last summer around here.