What's making you happy today? - Page 485

infinite monkey · 08-01-2011, 10:16 AM

As Bri is too, I'm sure, I'm so glad July is over. What a crappy month it's been. August, I love you!

Also making me happy, I'm soon to have one less broken thing in my place: my friend is fixing my sink and all I need to do is get a PVC pipe on my way home and my sink will be back in business. What a relief. I was like pioneer woman doing dishes (because dishwasher didn't get any water either): I'd have to wash, drain some water into a bucket, go pour the bucket in the toilet, go drain more water (about 3-4 buckets for each sinkful of water) etc and so on. What a pain. And he's fixing it just because he's a nice guy and a friend. I'll probably bake him some cookies or get him a 30-pack or something.

Nirvana · 08-01-2011, 10:26 AM

Oh wow IM I can't believe we are having the damn problem. Sadly I live with Mr UnHandy and I am the handy man. Part of my water line is plastic hose pipe and it has an "aneurism" I feel like the Amish here. Water pressure like a Chihuahua peeing! Off to Lowe's I go for 8 feet of steel reinforced hosing. Ohio is probably too far to go to borrow a handy man

infinite monkey · 08-01-2011, 10:41 AM

I used to think I was handy, or I was at least stubborn enough to be all like "I can do it myself! Hmmph." But I've realized my limitations. Plumbing is one of them! These are times I don't mind playing the "single girl" card.

Can I be you when I grow up?

Nirvana · 08-01-2011, 10:47 AM

Plastic hose pipe doesn't require anything but a flat head screwdriver and hose clamps

Totally out of my league to use pipe wrenches and pipe dope! Our problem with professionals is we are so rural they will come once and then claim its too far out of their region if we call again.

infinite monkey · 08-01-2011, 10:49 AM

I read that as "nose clamps."

Yeah, glad I'm not friends with bankers and lawyers and doctors, my friends are rough and tumble constructiony peoples.

Trilby · 08-01-2011, 01:04 PM

Amen on the goodbye to July!

Happy Lughnasadh to all my fellow Green Road travellers.

I'm going to make some corn bread (almost wrote crone bread - HA!)

If I was really crafty, i'd make a corn dolly.

wolf - can/do you make corn dolls???

footfootfoot · 08-01-2011, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brianna

Happy Lughnasadh to all my fellow Green Road travellers.

Lughnasadh or Lunacy?

footfootfoot · 08-01-2011, 06:49 PM

I am happy because I just made the cut off for the bowhunting safety class by a few minutes before they closed registration.

I'm going for my bowhunting permit and a gun permit.

Trilby · 08-01-2011, 07:38 PM

I'm happy coz footfootfoot used a line of mine in his sig!

Happy happy!

infinite monkey · 08-01-2011, 07:39 PM

You are weaponcentric these days. Is this new or have you just not talked about much before?

Though, I did love archery in HS. Just at paper targets though. I think there was straw behind that.

Nirvana · 08-01-2011, 08:42 PM

I had those thoughts too IM, didja see CSI Miami last nite?

DanaC · 08-02-2011, 04:47 AM

Archery has always really appealed to me.

Trilby · 08-02-2011, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

Archery has always really appealed to me.

Because you're the re-incarnation of Robin Hood.

Sundae · 08-02-2011, 06:52 AM

One thing that REALLY made me snicker: reading on another site that a Brit had an American friend who found it hard to believe she lived in Nottingham. She thought it was an invented place (because of Disney's Robin Hood) like Narnia or Hogwarts.

My ex husband was an archer.
When things really collapsed between us I used his archery lessons as time to call my new paramour. Something I am more ashamed of now than I was then. Hang on, that's not happy thoughts!

I am happy to be home and with my boy again.
He hid for pretty much all the four days I was away.

Maureen next door did the early shift and did not see him at all.
My sis and a combination of niece and/or nephew came round in the afternoons and had to drag him out of bed, but he showed no interest in anything.
And the other Maureen came to feed him at teatime - he got out of bed for food but unless grabbed he went back to bed immediately.

Now I'm back and he's hardly stopped purring since.
Although in this sweaty heat he doesn't feel the need to sleep under my duvet.
Thank goodness!

footfootfoot · 08-02-2011, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

You are weaponcentric these days. Is this new or have you just not talked about much before?

I think I have turned a corner of sorts in my life. I have always really liked shooting but for many years I was not able to. The woodchuck was a gateway animal. According to my friend the Shaman, to put in new age terms I am asserting myself through my first chakra.

Quote:

The first chakra rules our PHYSICAL energies. Also known as the root chakra, it governs our vigor, heredity, survival, security, passion, money, job, and home. This chakra aids us in our everyday survival.

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Originally Posted by Sundae

My ex husband was an archer.
When things really collapsed between us I used his archery lessons as time to call my new paramour.

Umm, Sundae you're scaring the passengers.

08-01-2011, 10:26 AM	#7262
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	Oh wow IM I can't believe we are having the damn problem. Sadly I live with Mr UnHandy and I am the handy man. Part of my water line is plastic hose pipe and it has an "aneurism" I feel like the Amish here. Water pressure like a Chihuahua peeing! Off to Lowe's I go for 8 feet of steel reinforced hosing. Ohio is probably too far to go to borrow a handy man __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

08-01-2011, 10:47 AM	#7264
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	Plastic hose pipe doesn't require anything but a flat head screwdriver and hose clamps Totally out of my league to use pipe wrenches and pipe dope! Our problem with professionals is we are so rural they will come once and then claim its too far out of their region if we call again. __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

08-01-2011, 01:04 PM	#7266
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Amen on the goodbye to July! Happy Lughnasadh to all my fellow Green Road travellers. I'm going to make some corn bread (almost wrote crone bread - HA!) If I was really crafty, i'd make a corn dolly. wolf - can/do you make corn dolls??? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

08-01-2011, 06:49 PM	#7268
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I am happy because I just made the cut off for the bowhunting safety class by a few minutes before they closed registration. I'm going for my bowhunting permit and a gun permit. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-01-2011, 07:38 PM	#7269
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I'm happy coz footfootfoot used a line of mine in his sig! Happy happy! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

08-01-2011, 10:16 AM	#7261
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	As Bri is too, I'm sure, I'm so glad July is over. What a crappy month it's been. August, I love you! Also making me happy, I'm soon to have one less broken thing in my place: my friend is fixing my sink and all I need to do is get a PVC pipe on my way home and my sink will be back in business. What a relief. I was like pioneer woman doing dishes (because dishwasher didn't get any water either): I'd have to wash, drain some water into a bucket, go pour the bucket in the toilet, go drain more water (about 3-4 buckets for each sinkful of water) etc and so on. What a pain. And he's fixing it just because he's a nice guy and a friend. I'll probably bake him some cookies or get him a 30-pack or something.

08-01-2011, 10:41 AM	#7263
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I used to think I was handy, or I was at least stubborn enough to be all like "I can do it myself! Hmmph." But I've realized my limitations. Plumbing is one of them! These are times I don't mind playing the "single girl" card. Can I be you when I grow up?

08-01-2011, 10:49 AM	#7265
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I read that as "nose clamps." Yeah, glad I'm not friends with bankers and lawyers and doctors, my friends are rough and tumble constructiony peoples.

08-01-2011, 07:39 PM	#7270
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	You are weaponcentric these days. Is this new or have you just not talked about much before? Though, I did love archery in HS. Just at paper targets though. I think there was straw behind that.

08-01-2011, 08:42 PM	#7271
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	I had those thoughts too IM, didja see CSI Miami last nite? __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

08-02-2011, 06:52 AM	#7274
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	One thing that REALLY made me snicker: reading on another site that a Brit had an American friend who found it hard to believe she lived in Nottingham. She thought it was an invented place (because of Disney's Robin Hood) like Narnia or Hogwarts. My ex husband was an archer. When things really collapsed between us I used his archery lessons as time to call my new paramour. Something I am more ashamed of now than I was then. Hang on, that's not happy thoughts! I am happy to be home and with my boy again. He hid for pretty much all the four days I was away. Maureen next door did the early shift and did not see him at all. My sis and a combination of niece and/or nephew came round in the afternoons and had to drag him out of bed, but he showed no interest in anything. And the other Maureen came to feed him at teatime - he got out of bed for food but unless grabbed he went back to bed immediately. Now I'm back and he's hardly stopped purring since. Although in this sweaty heat he doesn't feel the need to sleep under my duvet. Thank goodness!

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