Slice of Life - What are you up to today?

[Artemesia's Garden]

That sounds perfect Ladyfrostbite!

BC, I've never seen Pony Island before, I guess because I'm not a gamer, but it looks amazing!

LAW, hope you had fun birthday shopping and that your daughter had a great day.

Today I did some gardening. I pruned our forsythia hedge and some other stuff. Our compost bin made compost.  It's warm, humid and cloudy here but not as hot as it has been, so I carried on as long as I could. I get so tired if I lie down I just fall asleep.

[Beth3346]

@Lady Frostbite that sounds like so much fun

[Ponybookworm]

Made the pie mix & filling, eating a pie for dinner, & did more reading up on bread flour. It will NOT make cakes or cookies or pancakes!!! It can still make pizza so will get on that soon.
What is with me & long sleeps??? had another long sleep AGAIN!!!
Want to try bread-making but that also has to wait as I found three more tins which are too big for air fryer. Ordered some silicone loaf tins instead & will take these to the swap table. Not ordering plain flour yet as it's Saturday so might as well get that done with Tesco order, which is yet to be made... In between all this had laundry to do, partly due to my being a sweatbox in this heat...

LAW happy birthday to your wee one!!! BC you can get motivated when your health allows xxx LadyFrostbite never been to Spain, hope you enjoy!!! Artie, see my reference to long sleeps. I get you xxx

[Ponybookworm]

Made pizza mix. Note to self: do NOT use the old ex-deep-fryer oil in pizza sauce!!! Not the best taste. May have to get some nice oil to dilute it a bit. Did some dishes & got on with knitting. Another long sleep, leaving me here defrosting some muffins for a snack, having woken from said sleep at midnight.
Need to do more dishes today because in addition to normal dishes, I had pizza-making dishes to clean. The chores are never-ending...

[Artemesia's Garden]

The chores are never-ending...

This is true. When I got married, he started doing some of the chores, but there also came new ones.

Today I went up to work in the dirty old motor carriage and had not a bad day, having packed a pastry item in my lunchbox was a good motivator. Everyone else hates it as much as I do. Which doesn't make me feel any better. But it's akind of camaraderie I suppose.

[Beth3346]

it's shaping up to be a stressful work week. i'm just tired.

the dog toys i ordered were delivered. and the dogs really seem to like them. Luna tears and eats toys if she isn't supervised so the other dogs can't have their toys out all the time either. The best toy is always the one someone else has

[SpacePinto]

I went to a restaurant today to celebrate how well I did financially in the July, I ordered a duck breast with a side of zucchini and baked potatoes, plus artisan Oreo ice cream for dessert. It was pretty good. I left most of the zucchini on the plate, though.

[Leave a Whisper]

Did chores, am hanging out with kid while she plays a videogame

[Ponybookworm]

Loads of packages arrived by Royal Mail & TWO couriers!!! Expecting more as the week goes on. One was a new shelf, self-assembly of course, so put it together. Now got to find a place for it...

Coffee day!!! No sign of pal who had the birthday, but another showed & said she'll text tonight so I get her proper number!!! At least another person was there who says pal was on holiday. Not been on holiday somewhere for an age...

Rest of today, other than sort stuff so I can place new shelf, is to bag up all the polystyrene!!! I HATE polystyrene!!! It's the WORST for the environment: you can't recycle it & it gets everywhere!!!

Spacepinto sounds delish!!! Beth hope work eases off a bit or you get a break somehow xxx Artie hope that old motor carriage gets clean quickly xxx

[BlackCurtains]

I'm airbrushing a bunch of ponies today. Yesterday I prepped them. I will probably finish my painted koi custom today too, now that I've had a couple of days to decide if I should continue (not very confident in my figure painting). I also want to start that needle felted sheep I've mentioned a few times.

I have some household chores to do. I need to clean my cat's fountain, go down to the mailbox and I'd like to take a shower and change my sheets. Changing the sheets is hard for me since my bed is against the wall. I also need to use straps to keep the sheets from coming off the corners and they are hard to take off and put on. I'm usually exhausted after I put new sheets on X(

[Beth3346]

work stress is very high today. i don't think it will calm down any time soon. i'm just tired.

looking forward to the end of the day. just need to run some errands and pick up groceries. it will be nice to get out of the house for a while.

Luna is doing well. i think she's starting to bond with her new sisters. we've decided to do crate training since she's had a few incidents. she's doing well but we want to make sure she's safe while we're out of the house.

[freezestime]

Currently researching how to go about producing enamel pins, and tomorrow I'm gonna have to enroll in my uni course.

[Artemesia's Garden]

@Beth, I used to know some dogs who are a bit like Luna and they were crate trained. They were very secure happy dogs. I've not heard of anyone else doing it since, hope all goes well. Sorry you are having work stress. 

@BC I really admire anyone who can do airbrishing, and felting too! Wait, your cat has a fountain? _{what for?} Also I have a moderator question... have you seent he flasher emoticon? I think it's hilarious but I never find an excuse to use it.

@SpacePinto I think it's cool that if you do well yo should celebrate! I always used to go to the little dehli and buy nice cheese for my payday treat. Your dinner sounds very good.

@LAW hope she had a good birthday and you're doing OK too

@freezestime I always used to dread matriculation every year! I was so much happier doing my hobbies than socialising, especially forced random socialising in a queue. That said, you might meet someone nice. Good luck! Hope you don't die of boredom or get lost going to your new classes etc.

@PBW Thank you I'll tell my husband Are you worried that your friend has disappeared for a while? I hate polystyrene too! We are still picking it up in our garden. No idea why it's there but it certainly never dies.

My day... just making a courgette and chili bake even though it's pretty hot. We've run out of picnic food and we've gotta eat I suppose.I went up to work and came home again. Spent most of the morning trying not to throw up! Feeling better now though.

[BlackCurtains]

I slept all day instead of doing anything artsy (though I did get the chores done). It's now 11pm and I'm awake. I was just so tired I couldn't keep my eyes open. I feel better now so I must have needed it.

Beth, crate training is great. Our dog was crate trained and it became a place of safety and security for him. We always knew if he wasn't feeling well because he would sleep in there. He'd go there too if he was scared (like of fireworks or thunder).

@BC I really admire anyone who can do airbrishing, and felting too! Wait, your cat has a fountain? _{what for?} Also I have a moderator question... have you seent he flasher emoticon? I think it's hilarious but I never find an excuse to use it.

Thanks I can't say airbrushing is my favorite thing to do. I'm going to try it outdoors since I can put my box on the chair outside. I've always done it indoors, but it's bad for my cat (well, and me) breathing in the fumes.

My cat has a fountain for drinking! Cats like fresh flowing water, so it has a little spout and cascades down a slope. She's weird though and likes to drink from the very top of it where the water bubbles out from the filter.

This guy? Yes I haven't used him in a while but I used to put him in the Shoutbox every so often.

[Beth3346]

yeah we did crate training with all of our previous dogs. i was hoping to avoid it this time since we're usually always home. and i feel bad that Luna will be the only one in a crate. but since she will grab stuff off counters and tables. and she's still chewing. i think crate training will be the best to keep her out of trouble. she also eats stuff that isn't food so i don't want her to eat part of the rug or something and get sick. also one of my other dogs is very sensitive and gets really upset if there's any trouble. the crate gets here Friday. its the largest one and it will fold down once we don't need it anymore.

hoping today will be a less stressful work day. i just want to do work and not get into the drama. but with my new role that really isn't an option. i think it's time to look for something else.