Beauty

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@just bee-No cherries, no cashews, no guacamole. See what I'm working with here? I keep telling them life would be so much more interesting if they'd expand their taste buds a bit. They're missing out on so much good stuff. It's like talking to a brick wall. I haven't tried bribery yet though. I'll have to think about that..........

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@rnmom

Boy, they are tough nuts to crack!  I guess you can only do what you can only do.  Kids are notorious for being picky.  Some outgrow it, some never do.  I suppose you can just try limiting the junk and sweets at home and feed them as much decent food as they’ll tolerate and have to let the rest go.  

As as the old saying goes, “Kids will grow up in spite of everything!”🤞🏻

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@geezerette

@rnmom

How old are these boys?  Haven't they discovered those things called -- or what we used to call -- girls?

It's the number one fact of life: Girls judge men by the meals they provide.  These boys better start learning to shop for food and cook -- and they better be able to recognize a quality caper when they see one.

I don't think girls are learning this stuff anymore -- heck, they can't even sign a form in cursive.  What are they going to do when they buy a house and have to sign their name (and soul away) on stacks and stacks of paper?

Someone has to know what to do with the kitchen.  My mother was a great cook but it was because she was taught by a Tuscan neighbor after her mother died during the Depression.  But she maintained all her life that her brothers were all much better cooks.

Quickest way to a girl's heart?  Food.  Wait 'til they meet girls who like to eat.

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@just bee

Oh, I’m sure there’s an “app” for that now.  There’s one for everything else!

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@just bee

Oh, I’m sure there’s an “app” for that now.  There’s one for everything else!

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@geezerette

Yeah, there are apps to order food and have it delivered.  Eventually robots will prepare our meals.  I'd want my robot to make me my third cup of tea.  Pronto!

Can you imagine?  What if you could just put your house in the online shopping cart and press a button?

They'd have to have a return policy -- right?

We'd have to have a whole forum here for people to post about the six houses they bought last week and how they had to send them all back.

Too small!  Too large!  Just not right!

Speaking of which, I better go get my bras out of the mailbox today.

[RetRN]

@just bee, this thread has really helped me. I have cleaned all of my closets this month and am using up what I have before buying more. This month I purchased a calendar, Citracal, baby aspirin, and Listerine and bought them all with gift cards I received for Christmas.

I'm looking forward to February and plan to continue saving money and working on diet. Thanks for the motivation. I've already decided not to go to the salon in Feb.

[just bee]

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@just bee, this thread has really helped me. I have cleaned all of my closets this month and am using up what I have before buying more. This month I purchased a calendar, Citracal, baby aspirin, and Listerine and bought them all with gift cards I received for Christmas.

I'm looking forward to February and plan to continue saving money and working on diet. Thanks for the motivation. I've already decided not to go to the salon in Feb.

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@RetRN

I depend on all of you to keep me motivated.  Intellectually, I know there are things I need to part with, but emotionally...

Better-half is building a monument -- it's almost like Richard Dreyfuss in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and his obsession with Devils Tower.  BH is frenetically grabbing items from around the house and stacking them in a room and the stack is getting larger every day.  This morning I saw a fabulous piece of luggage that he brought home from his mother's place and I hate to see that go.  I also hate the thought of bringing it up in conversation. 

I was up in the middle of the night and we were chatting and the conversation again returned to the wall unit.  For some reason he really has a problem with that wall unit.  "It has to go."

Why?  In my world, it serves a purpose.  In his world, it's a steaming pile of excrement stinking up the house.

I attach meaning to every object.  He sees every object as superfluous and annoying.

I'm convinced this urge to purge is leading to "Let's sell the house and get the ____ out of Dodge."

[aprilskies]

I started to cleanup paperwork this morning.  Let’s just say I didnt get far. Nightmare. I didn’t even do much before I stopped, I got overwhelmed. I do need to start addressing it. Slooooooooowly.  I thought I was going to have such a productive morning.  Nope.  Only thing I did was finish my 🍪’s.  No worries, there is more.  I opened another package but will also give one package away.  I don’t know how I ended up with so much junk. 🤗. Those stupid sales. I may need to go through my pantry later and see all that I have and part with some of it. I don’t want this much stuff around.  It is so hard for me to control myself and I don’t want the struggle everyday. 

Groceries is another area I need to control.  So, besides essentials and the needed every week, I am going to attempt at buying nothing else unless I am making a recipe. So, maybe that will be my goal for Feb.  I got beauty items under control for now, now it is time to slay groceries. It is a problem area. 

Does anyone else get tired of organizing?  I love when things are organized but they don’t seem to stay that way. I just am not seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.  I think I need a 🍸. 

I think Feb has to be “fun.”  I really do think I forgot how to have some.  When did that happen. ☹️

It’s time to hop in the shower and liven up a little. I need to accomplish something today. 

[aprilskies]

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@RetRN

I depend on all of you to keep me motivated.  Intellectually, I know there are things I need to part with, but emotionally...

Better-half is building a monument -- it's almost like Richard Dreyfuss in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and his obsession with Devils Tower.  BH is frenetically grabbing items from around the house and stacking them in a room and the stack is getting larger every day.  This morning I saw a fabulous piece of luggage that he brought home from his mother's place and I hate to see that go.  I also hate the thought of bringing it up in conversation. 

I was up in the middle of the night and we were chatting and the conversation again returned to the wall unit.  For some reason he really has a problem with that wall unit.  "It has to go."

Why?  In my world, it serves a purpose.  In his world, it's a steaming pile of excrement stinking up the house.

I attach meaning to every object.  He sees every object as superfluous and annoying.

I'm convinced this urge to purge is leading to "Let's sell the house and get the ____ out of Dodge."

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I will say, that is one thing I am looking to get rid of myself, the bookcase.  Why, I don’t know.  It serves a purpose, like you said. Maybe it is because I want the space??? One less thing around.  I have a nephew that just moved out on his own, does he want it, I don’t know but at least it will be someone I could give it too.  I have had it for 35 years.  But that means I would have to find a place for everything on it so for now it has to stay.  Truth be told I would give away my bedroom set too.  Another thing I have had for 35 years and it is still in great shape.  You probably couldn’t even find the same quality without it costing you an arm and a leg. Truth be told, I think I just want less stuff around.  Especially dark wood. I guess I feel I want a new look. If I don’t do it now, when...  But I have to let this moment pass for now. I can be hasty. But it’s been a long moment. Maybe if I ever move I can make these decisions more easily. ....or not. 

Dont get me started on the dining room table that has glass cutouts. What a pain in the keaster to keep clean. 

I think for me I have never had the space I craved and no longer want to be surrounded by stuff. 

I feel I am in a serious mood this morning. So it is time to go freshen up and feel lively. 

[just bee]

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I started to cleanup paperwork this morning.  Let’s just say I didnt get far. Nightmare. I didn’t even do much before I stopped, I got overwhelmed. I do need to start addressing it. Slooooooooowly.  I thought I was going to have such a productive morning.  Nope.  Only thing I did was finish my 🍪’s.  No worries, there is more.  I opened another package but will also give one package away.  I don’t know how I ended up with so much junk. 🤗. Those stupid sales. I may need to go through my pantry later and see all that I have and part with some of it. I don’t want this much stuff around.  It is so hard for me to control myself and I don’t want the struggle everyday. 

Groceries is another area I need to control.  So, besides essentials and the needed every week, I am going to attempt at buying nothing else unless I am making a recipe. So, maybe that will be my goal for Feb.  I got beauty items under control for now, now it is time to slay groceries. It is a problem area. 

Does anyone else get tired of organizing?  I love when things are organized but they don’t seem to stay that way. I just am not seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.  I think I need a 🍸. 

I think Feb has to be “fun.”  I really do think I forgot how to have some.  When did that happen. ☹️

It’s time to hop in the shower and liven up a little. I need to accomplish something today. 

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@aprilskies

Don't feel bad.  I get overwhelmed before I even start, so you're still ahead of me!

As for groceries, you have to stick to a list and avoid the aisles that have items that aren't on the list.  Saves time, saves money.  A menu or plan really helps.  Wandering into a store having no idea what you want or need is the worst. 

We never liked grocery shopping so we'd try to buy everything at one time in one place.  Horrible.  Now we know where to go to get the items we need and sometimes that means several short trips.  But those can be planned strategically so they're not as annoying. 

Fun?  What is fun?  Is that an acronym?

It's been a long time.  I've been... funless.

We need to do at least one fun thing in February.  Is everyone in on that?

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I will say, that is one thing I am looking to get rid of myself, the bookcase.  Why, I don’t know.  It serves a purpose, like you said. Maybe it is because I want the space??? One less thing around.  I have a nephew that just moved out on his own, does he want it, I don’t know but at least it will be someone I could give it too.  I have had it for 35 years.  But that means I would have to find a place for everything on it so for now it has to stay.  Truth be told I would give away my bedroom set too.  Another thing I have had for 35 years and it is still in great shape.  You probably couldn’t even find the same quality without it costing you an arm and a leg. Truth be told, I think I just want less stuff around.  Especially dark wood. I guess I feel I want a new look. If I don’t do it now, when...  But I have to let this moment pass for now. I can be hasty. But it’s been a long moment. Maybe if I ever move I can make these decisions more easily. ....or not. 

Dont get me started on the dining room table that has glass cutouts. What a pain in the keaster to keep clean. 

I think for me I have never had the space I craved and no longer want to be surrounded by stuff. 

I feel I am in a serious mood this morning. So it is time to go freshen up and feel lively. 

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@aprilskies

Precisely how I feel about the wall unit.  It has all my things in it and on it.  I told BH that I store all my tax papers in there and he told me to put them in my file cabinet.

Clearly he has never looked inside that file cabinet.  I would have to clear that out before I could even think of putting what's in the wall unit in there.

Major tax reform would just be easier.

[just bee]

So I came home from walking the dog and decided to wash the big plastic thing that holds the clean dishes while the water drains off them.

It is ancient.  As I was trying to clean it I had a thought: Why not replace it?  We could donate it.  Better yet, we could recycle it.

And then I thought about it and wondered if I'd be able to find one as sturdy.  This thing is a tank.

No wonder people eat out.

ETA:

Dish rack.  I knew there was a term.

[just bee]

Wow.  I ordered those bras two weeks ago but it felt like I ordered them a month ago.  I dug them out of the mailbox today and I tried everything on.

First, the Hanes longsleeve tee-shirts.  Epic fail.  I tend to buy larger sizes because I like a loose, baggy fit but these shirts are ridiculously huge on me.  I'm going to ask BH to take them.  Yes.  Big.

As for the bras...

Maybe I shouldn't have ordered the correct size.  I think my older models were flattening me out a bit.  These new ones make me feel like Jayne Mansfield.

I'd planned to pitch the old ones but now I'm not too sure...