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  1. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Ended up my flight in Atlanta was overbooked, so I volunteered to be bumped for a $500 voucher and night''s hotel. the highway down to where I lived was closed up until 2 hours ago. It was free hotel here or $150 hotel because i likely couldnt get home and digging my car out at midnight to drive...
  2. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I'm not that worried about it, more that I am upset: 1. I didn't park in the garage 2. I'm going to have to clean off my car (in the dark, at midnight, with no mittens) 3. I bet I'm plowed in 4. I really miss my kids and husband and want to see them.
  3. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I am traveling for work in New Orleans. I parked in an open lot in the airport back home. We got 15 inches of snow. I arrive at midnight, and I am not sure I'll be able to drive the hour south because of road conditions.
  4. sheeplady

    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    There's a joke in my mother's family that we are related to a Count So-and-So. My mother called me one day all excited because she found on the internet that my grandmother's (common) middle name was the same as the first name of the count's wife. So I was related to royalty. I almost fell off...
  5. sheeplady

    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    Of my great-uncles married the kid sister of his ex-wife. His ex-wife ran around on him while he was in Korea, while the sister (his second wife) wrote to him every week. He waited until he was divorced over a year from the eldest sister and the youngest sister was 18 before he took his eventual...
  7. sheeplady

    Ladies, what are you doing this evening?

    We used to keep a fully stocked bar (like fully stocked in terms of stuff you'd mix together). One of my great past times was creating new drinks from various things. We were slowly picking away at it by attrition for an upcoming move and were down to like 8 semi-filled bottles of additives. I...
  8. sheeplady

    Ladies, what are you doing this evening?

    Oh my god, yes.
  9. sheeplady

    Ladies, what are you doing this evening?

    Well, that makes me feel really bad for JoAnn's employees. Darn, the ones near me are like superheroes. They are so kind and helpful.
  10. sheeplady

    Ladies, what are you doing this evening?

    I'm sorry Lizzie. I understand your frustrations, particularly about politics and med bills. I just had a round of politics at one of my jobs, it was not pleasant.
  11. sheeplady

    You know you are getting old when:

    I recently went through my closet and pulled out the clothes I now feel too old for. It was sad, but I'm closer to 40 than 29, and I felt silly wearing something that I associate with 29 year olds.
  13. sheeplady

    Ladies, what are you doing this evening?

    Have you ever tried light therapy Lizzie? They make home units. It literally feels like a strong cup of tea (or coffee, I guess, but I've drunk like 4 cups of coffee in my life) if you look at it for 15 to 20 minutes. You put it at eye level, and can mount it in the bathroom or on a desk, etc...
  14. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    My favorite is when you call a business and they answer "hello." So, then, yes, I ask "Is this such and such business?" (I am, for the record, not talking about things like etsy businesses, but instead medical billing, physical office, etc. type of places. The type of places where the...
  15. sheeplady

    Why did we make ourselves into walking advertisements?

    I have several camouflage items. Most notably, my realtree brand sneakers. They are designed for hiking and other outdoor activities, rather than athletic sneakers that are designed for running and ventilation. Since the only reason I'm going to be running is.... well, none, running shoes make...
  16. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    While I understand some of that, I think most of it has to do with poor design where I've worked. I once clocked my office at 61 F (northern exposure) while the office next to mine (southern exposure) was 85 F. Same heating/ cooling zone. I work in a building built in 1890 (refurbished in...
  17. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Why are offices cold all year round? Seriously, I'm going to wear gloves in to work tomorrow.
  19. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    One of the women I work with was teaching a class full of students when the elastic broke on her slip as the was crossing the room. She apparently looked down at it, said, "huh," and stepped out of it. She picked it up, walked over to the trash can, threw it in, and then went right on...
  20. sheeplady

    Skills For "Living The Era"

    Aren't they glass topped too? I don't know, but I've left a burner on (onto which I could have later placed a pot or something) and been warned by the heat. My luck some of the metal in my body would conduct the heat. (Not being serious.) Give me a good old electric or gas or wood stove. I...
  21. sheeplady

    Skills For "Living The Era"

    They have those induction cooktops that supposedly only get the pans hot. They seemed like the next big thing a few years ago, but I've never known anyone to own one. There's safeties on some modern showers. Fans have closer wire cages. Modern toasters don't have exposed coils and automatically...
  22. sheeplady

    Skills For "Living The Era"

    So I have young children and use some vintage appliances. I love the mindfulness you need to have to toast your bread, I love my "flip" toaster, it gets an English muffin or homemade bread just right (soft on the inside and crispy on the outside). I don't use vintage appliances near little...
  23. sheeplady

    The Origin Of "The Fifties"

    It's interesting this thread popped back up again. Was talking to a friend about the fifties in popular culture. My grandmother's life as a teacher was dramatically impacted by the baby boom. She had begun teaching at a 4-room school house at 16, with no formal education. In the early 1930's...

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