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Absolutely no deer decorations of any kind in my house.    

[Kachina624]

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@Mz iMac wrote:

@lolakimono

You can really find some unique & interesting fashion photos.  I just love viewing your postings.  In my head I'm wondering where does she find this stuff?

Is your "real/offline" life in the fashion/designer world?

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@Mz iMac@  @lolakimono  Lola has been on a tear this week.  It's a good thing because everyone else's ideas for discussion get zapped because they "might" be argumentative. 

[KathyPet]

I have plenty of deer outside my house.  I don't need any to be permanent decor items.

[chickenbutt]

Certainly unique!  I am a sukkah for pretty much anything animal, also (except maybe simians), so I think some of them are pretty.   If somebody gave me any one of these as a gift I would be happy.  

[magicmoodz]

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@lolakimono wrote:

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@magicmoodz wrote:

@lolakimono

   I am sure your BF is supportive.  I suggest he cook you a nice dinner while you open a good bottle of wine!  

Wishing you peace at this sad time.   

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@magicmoodz

Thanks for the kind thoughts.

On Sunday I spent about two hours installing/reinstalling the software to get my copier/scanner/printer to speak wirelessly again to my computer so that I could scan in photos of my aunt and me and send them for the photo collage/video at the service.  Then I had about 3 hours of papers/quizzes to grade, so I put BF in charge of dinner.

What was really funny (as in NOT FUNNY) was that on Sunday night he was pre-heating the oven for salmon and we heard a pop and saw flames above the heating element.

When it rains, it pours.

As a D-I-Y minded girl, I got the serial number and ordered a new heating element that night from some company online that I had never used before.  They said "fast shipping", and of course the shipping was like 1/3 of what the part cost.

I never got a shipping confirmation, but on Tuesday when I got home from school, the package had arrived.

I went to spin class, came home ridiculously hot/sweaty, and decided to get to work on the five minutes it SHOULD have taken to change out the screws and pop the element back in.

Long story short, I was covered in oven gunk, trying to insert half of my body into the oven at weird angles for like an hour trying to get the screws to dislodge.  I finally got them out, pulled the old element out, and the wire disappeared back into the land of cotton behind the stove.  BF and I took turns in front of/behind the oven with flashlights, screwdrivers, drinking straws and tweezers trying to get the %&#@ wire to pop back out.  It was like playing "Operation."

By the time I finally fixed it, we were both exhausted, it was after 8, and so he cooked eggs on the stovetop and I microwaved my dinner.

I did discover the burnt out oven bulb from who knows when (it is the only appliance that I didn't replace when I bought my house), so I pulled it out to get a replacement and compare the sizes.

About 30 minutes after all of this, I heard a pop, and Mr. Handsome had hopped on the island and knocked the burnt out bulb off and onto the tile floor.

I had a big glass of wine and then went to bed.  

Last night we did get the oven up and running for dinner.  

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@lolakimono  

Maybe all those diversions helped you to stay focused on the task at hand rather than think sad thoughts and hopefully the wine helped with a good night's sleep!  

[Kachina624]

@magicmoodz  Congratulations on being assertive enough to try and fix the stove.  I hate helpless females who won't even try. 

[magicmoodz]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@magicmoodz  Congratulations on being assertive enough to try and fix the stove.  I hate helpless females who won't even try. 

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@Kachina624

It was @lolakimono who fixed her stove.  I plead ignorance.  I scored 11 percentile in mechanical ability and can barely figure out how to use a paper clip.  

[Kachina624]

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@magicmoodz wrote:

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@magicmoodz  Congratulations on being assertive enough to try and fix the stove.  I hate helpless females who won't even try. 

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@Kachina624

It was @lolakimono who fixed her stove.  I plead ignorance.  I scored 11 percentile in mechanical ability and can barely figure out how to use a paper clip.  

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@magicmoodz@  @lolakimono  You are so correct.  Some of these posts get very involved with people adding to them.  I have 0 mechanical ability too but I try to fix things.  I have a wonderful  assortment of tools, bought myself and inherited.  With my tools and YouTube, I often succeed.