Slice of Life - What are you up to today?

[BlackCurtains]

I want this one sticker so bad. The sticker is $5 and the shipping is $3. Like, put it in an envelope? Where is the $3 going? It might not make sense, but in cases like that I'd rather pay 8 dollars for the sticker and have free shipping.

I'm cleaning the house today. Again I've been neglecting it. I need to start a routine pick-up-stuff each day instead of letting things pile up.

[Ponybookworm]

Sleep has been all over the place, AGAIN!!! It's annoying & makes me late for things/ miss things.
At least I got the card out on Monday, & some packages arriving on Tuesday meant I made coffee on Tuesday. After coffee I went into town for a few bits. Town was up & down. Up in the sense of I found the PERFECT size of loaf tin!!! Down in the sense of one of my fave shops being shut until Saturday. Up in the sense of the tasty cheesecake I ate!!! Down in the sense of the freezer at Tesco. Up in the sense of the lift I got home!!!
Got some needed stuff & some fun stuff & had a relatively good day.
And I'm on the knitting & crochet. I'm nearly done a hat, so sorting the yarn to get it finished & still make the second fingerless glove. I think I've done it just about, & have a couple more integrations to do before starting its scarf. Glove started on, & so far it looks matching...

BC, Frostbite, ridiculous postage costs are the bane of everybody's life!!!

[Ponybookworm]

More done!!! I have FINISHED the second glove, but not the hat yet. Doing more work on two other scarves to get them out of the way & done; one of those is almost finished!!!
I MISSED the aurora viewings last night, apparently everybody in the northern hemisphere including UK, northern Europe, northern USA, Canada, etc could see it & it was all over every Discord server!!!
I made the noisy coffee & it was good fun again. I had a go at making veggie nuggets & they turned out well. The mix was so sticky but well worth the hassle!!! With all the veg & the chickpeas & the mash, the nuggets were effectively a full meal!!! Nine of them had me utterly stuffed full!!! So the rest are in portions of six, with the last of them spicy (chilli powder added to the mix & chilli flakes to the breadcrumbs).
Today I need to do dishes & make bread & pizza... Going to be fun...

[Beth3346]

today we were planning to do Mother's Day dinner. it was cut shot because of an emergency that came up at work. so we pretty much ended up dropping off food and leaving. it turned out that i didn't even need to be involved in the work issue. which is good. but i'm mad that i didn't know that before we left my parent's. i'm going back over tomorrow and i'll hang out for a while. i felt really bad but i also couldn't relax if i thought i was going to get in trouble for not taking care of the work issue.

i've posted some here about my mom having some health issues. i can't remember if i talked about it since we got a diagnosis. but she has a form of Parkinson's. it doesn't really cause shaking but it affects her balance and speech. so it's like the words are there but she can't get them out which is very frustrating for her.

i'm going to try again tonight to see the auroras. apparently they might still be visible. especially further north. so if you missed them try again late tonight

[invaderhorizongreen]

Made waffles this morning, was at yard sales yesterday.

[BlackCurtains]

Oops, thought this was the complaints thread!

edit: I guess today I am cleaning up around the place more. I'd like to clean off my table. I hate to complain, because my neighbor is so nice for taking my trash for free, but I wish she'd come around more often. She said she would, but the garbage bags are piling up again. I realize I make a lot of garbage We don't have recycling at the complex, we just have a trash compactor, so everything goes in there. If I could drive and had a car, I'd collect and take it to the dump where they have recycling bins for everything. It bothers me, but I figure I spent my whole life up to this point recycling, and I do (or don't do) lots of other things that help the environment, so it evens out.

[invaderhorizongreen]

Right now I am working on my online pony list , updating and taking a few off I got this year and last.

[Artemesia's Garden]

The baby just keeps whining and crying tonight. We are both tired from work/gardening and were hoping for a quiet night. All her teeth are coming through. I am hiding downstairs while OH is playing with her upstairs. She seems to enjoy that part of the evening before bed where she plays upstairs so we've decided to stretch it out rather than watching too much tv.

[Ponybookworm]

Oh Artie, teething is not fun!!! Not for the baby, nor the parents xxx
Horizon I've neglected my collection logs of late. Need to catch up. The piccies are there but the log of my collection is a thing I have to do. Congrats on working on yours!!!
BC well done on the cleaning!!!
Beth grrr at your work interrupting your family time xxx

I did the dishes AND gave the whole sink area (draining rack, sink, & surrounding surface) a good scrub down!!! It's almost like I have a new draining area!!! It's really that clean now!!!
Made two lots of dough: one for bread, one for pizza. Made the bread first, so it could rise while I worked on the pizza base & sauce, & sorted the veggies. Then the pizza dough rose while I baked the bread, then I portioned out the pizza dough, heated the veggies, rolled out the first bit, cooked it up, pulled out my pre-grated cheeses, & assembled the pizza. Then I ate it!!! I pulled too many veggies to fit in the tray for heating, so half of them went in a container for the fridge.
After all that & the associated dishes from that were draining, it was time to head out for coffee, cakes, & seeing a few pals. One pal, who's getting on & it's becoming obvious (limping a little, sometimes you don't quite understand him, etc) told me he & his wife enjoyed the cake I gave them last time I saw him. She's still not well enough to come out. I hope she recovers soon; I miss her.
Then I got some more knitting done, & had a long crashout.
Then came today. So beautiful, 21C & the sun is out. Sorted the bed to summer fashion (when I sleep on top of the duvet but under some light blankets). Put the plastic & metal recycling out. Waited for a parcel, then checked its tracking. It's in England, so it'll take a couple more days to reach me. After binfolks came, took Bakana for a walk. Went along the long coastal path & it was beautiful. So many flowers, & I saw a bee or two, a load of Cabbage Whites, & two Red Admirals, among the wildlife!!! Got quite sweaty & though I took a water bottle, finished it before the walk was done. Got home & changed my tshirt for a nightshirt. I have nothing on Wednesday so I cleared the machine as Bakana is due a bath, & she'll get one then. Only a little knitting.
I've been playing a dragon game but I think I'll have to give it up soon, which is a shame but cost of living is hitting. In fact, I might have to delete it now. I can no longer afford to play it, & like most of that type of game, it's very pay to win...

[BlackCurtains]

Wow, you've been busy.

I'm also feeling money woes. I don't have enough to pay my electric bill. It's due on the 21st. I still need to take photos of some bait ponies and put them on eBay.

Before I realized I was going to run out of money, I did buy some snails and shrimp for my aquarium. They should arrive this week.

[Princess Celestia]

At work, waiting and waiting for us to start the final tests of the safety systems at the power plant I work at.

We have been down for more than a month for refuling and maintenance that needs to be done annually.

A lot has to go through at a nuclear power plant before we start up for a year of operation again. This will take about 72h for 6 persons to do in shifts.

Oh yeah forgot, control systems are my focus here.

[Artemesia's Garden]

Oh Artie, teething is not fun!!! Not for the baby, nor the parents xxx

Shame about your dragon game PBW. I've deleted all my subscriptions recently. The walk sounds good, you know when you've done a good walk if you ran out of water. I used to live in the East Neuk and I liked it very much. I literally just cleaned my sink as well.

Today I'm also catching up on some baking to warm the house up, it's the first day it's been cool and damp here for a while.

[Ponybookworm]

Cheers peeps xxx
BC I hope this new lot live & thrive xxx
Artie enjoy the baking!!!
Caysie oo boy!!! I hope you get that check-up done soon

Game deleted, along with everything to do wi it.
Got loot so transferred money to Paypal to fix the balance.
Went to coffee morning in the morning, it was good & saw some pals & got some yarn. Got a few quick messages from Co-op, put them away, went to Lidl town. Got the knitting needles & crochet hooks I needed in the yarn shop, then found a smart jacket AND some plates!!! Been scouring for both for ages, so good I found them now.
The cafe ran out of milkshakes, so I effectively told them how to make an affogato, then telling them to Google it.
I found yarn colours I don't yet have & a few other bits.
Lidl ran out of mini pizzas, but I got the other stuff I needed there. Then I hit the town's Co-op for a sandwich to have instead of a mini pizza. Bus home only minutes later.
Aside from the quick stuff I get in the local Co-op next week I have what I need, & not much else to spend loot on so will leave it for now.
Ate lightly at home, hence wanting the mini pizza & getting the sandwich.
There was evening music, coffee or juice, & cakes & biccies (also grapes & yep I had some too) on later, so I went to that. The music was quite good & some of the tunes were fun!!!
Today there's nothing on so Bakana's having a bath, then I'll do laundry & have a shower.

[Ponybookworm]

Bakana is bathed, I'm showered, & the last of my laundry is in. Some had to wait because of Thursday night & Friday morning. MISSED Thursday night due to wonky sleep, but made Friday morning & got that day's laundry in.
Knitting & crochet-wise I finished the hat to go wi the gloves which were irritating to make, so now on the scarf, which means I have 3 scarves on the go now.
Forgot to mention being a bit early for coffee on Tuesday so I also took glass out that day.
Every package I've ordered has arrived.

[Beth3346]

slept late at least it's the weekend. my sleep has been wonky too. i woke up at 2:30am and took about an hour to fall back asleep.

today i need to get everything ready for us to drive to Houston for my MIL's funeral. I also need to go over to my parent's. i haven't felt up to seeing anyone really but i should go over there and visit.

other than that i need to clean the house some and finish trimming the plants in the front yard. i usually water every other day if it doesn't rain so i think if i water before we leave and when we get home they'll be ok.

i get a lot of anxiety when i travel. it's why i don't really go on vacation. it's hard for me to leave the dogs. we're taking one with us and 2 of them will stay with my parents.