You two carried me through that war. Now I need you to carry me just a little bit further. If you can.

Tracy ,'The Message'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


SuziQ - Jan 26, 2014 7:42:20 am PST #18176 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Not moving until March 15. But I will keep pantry clearing in mind. Right now we are trying to make post surgery dinners.

I have an emotional hangover from last nights breakdown. I really just want to crawl back in bed.


-t - Jan 26, 2014 7:50:59 am PST #18177 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, right, making post-surgery dinners is really smart!


SuziQ - Jan 26, 2014 8:01:34 am PST #18178 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

-t - go quiche. Choose quiche.


-t - Jan 26, 2014 8:05:13 am PST #18179 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

OK! Starting crust right now.

What I am trying to accomplish today

  • Wash all the laundry
  • Cook all the food
  • Clean all the dishes
  • Fill up the Yard Waste Bin with blackberry vines
  • Fill the recycling bin with cardboard boxes
  • Finish this damn issue of Entertainment Weekly from 2012 that I have been reading for approximately ever


Jesse - Jan 26, 2014 8:12:56 am PST #18180 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I have laundry in and have done as much work as I'm going to without feedback. I need to clean the crap out of the bathroom, obviously.

In the ongoing saga of My Bathroom and My Feelings About It, I now realize that this blank slate is what I needed. Like, I see that if I'm going to keep the walls white, I need some art or something, and could get something that basically hides my crappy patches. But maybe I want to make them hot pink. I just need to think about it for a couple of weeks.


-t - Jan 26, 2014 8:16:40 am PST #18181 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Random flatware placement question: I have these placemats with pockets for flatware on the right (you can roll them up and take them with you for picnics or whatnot - I use them to class up my lunches at my desk during the work week) - what order should the fork, knife and spoon go in? I am torn between knife, spoon, fork so the knife is closest to the plate, and fork, knife, spoon, because forks go on the left.


Pix - Jan 26, 2014 8:24:20 am PST #18182 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.

I have no flatware wisdom.

I am awake and restless. There are times when being the only one in my group of loved ones who doesn't work theatre hours blows. I've been up since 7 and may get an hour of time with ND before he has to go back to work once he's up; he didn't even get home from work until after 1.


Jesse - Jan 26, 2014 8:25:47 am PST #18183 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

fork, knife, spoon, because forks go on the left.

I would do this one, I think. But probably dither in reality.


Jesse - Jan 26, 2014 8:38:21 am PST #18184 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

And and update from this week's Ellen shows: They used to call June Squibb the dirtiest mouth on Broadway. I feel like that's got be to be a pretty high bar!


-t - Jan 26, 2014 8:39:59 am PST #18185 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I definitely dither. And most of the time I just use the spoon, or maybe just the fork, but generally only one utensil, so it doesn't matter in any practical sense. But it seems like there is probably a correct answer.

Glad the Tabula Rasa is helping you get a handle on what you want to do with the space, Jesse.