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Posted by BEI Design on July 22, 2009, 5:00 pm
Larry Green wrote:
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> BEI Design wrote:
> > Sharon Hays wrote:
> > > Larry Green wrote:
> > > > Salt is a very effective (if somewhat gruesome)
> > > > slug/snail killer.
> > > Yep. They sizzle and shrink up smaller than badly cut
> > > bacon. It's very satisfying actually.
> > Your story reminded me of the time many years ago, when
> > I was taking out the garbage very late at night (I'd
> > forgotten pick-up was next day, back in the day when the
> > haulers
> > used to actually come up to the side of one's house),
> > and
> > stepped on what I thought was a bit of damp moss. The
> > security
> > light came on just in time to show me a big fat banana
> > slug http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_slug squished
> > up between my bare toes. My scream woke the
> > neighborhood. Lights
> > were flashing on all over the place. I'm surprised
> > someone
> > didn't call 911. ;-} My DH joked about that scream for
> > years afterward.
> > Beverly
> > P.S. Don't go to that link if you are easily nauseated
> OOOOO ....Those are whoppers! We used to get some pretty
> big slugs back in the UK but where I live now in Canada
> we rarely see slugs (thankfully) but get enough of other
> 'creepy crawly' types to keep us busy!
People around here save cheap out-of-date beer. Cover the
bottom of a shallow pan with beer, bury it to the rim, the
stupid critters fall in and expire (I don't know if they
drown or die of alcohol poisoning). Empty in the morning,
lather, rinse, repeat. My Dad used to do that. He wasn't a
beer drinker at all, so it was pretty funny seeing him buy a
case of beer, and discuss what he intended to do with it
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with check-out clerks. ;->
--
Beverly
http://ickes.us/default.aspx
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Posted by Kate XXXXXX on July 19, 2009, 7:14 pm
Things to think about:
1: You have just had surgery. The physical trauma of an operation
takes 12 weeks to heal. You still have a way to go. For this time you
will be in pain some of every day, hopefilly diminishing as the site
heals. Pain is TIRING! Forget other interruptions to sleep, the pain
itself will give you broken nights. Pain and sleep deprivation make for
cranky and tearful. Cut yourself some slack over this.
2: I have NO DOUBT WHATEVER that the SIL will have filed to take this
into account when dealing with your situation. She may know it on an
intelectual level, but she isn't living it. You hubby may need to
remind his sister to cut you some slack. Oh, and whatever she may do at
home in your house YOUR rules prevail. End of story.
3: You lost a beloved pet. You lost her in a very unpleasant manner.
That is upsetting at the best of times, and right now you are in pain,
deprived of sleep, your mental ballance thus not as it should be, and
YOU ARE UPSET. Give yourself time to grieve and come to terms with the
loss.
Rest whenever you can. Ignore the housework you can until you are
fitter, and for the rest, take any help offered, and if the floors
aren't scrubbed and the bathrrom tiles polished or the washing hung out
the way you'd do them, so what - at least they are clean! And if the
little one doesn't get quite the right ballance of fruit and veg to
cheese for the next few weeks, she'll come to no permenent harm.
There's more to life than clean underwear and five fruit and veg per
day: so long as there are clean clothes, edible meals, loo roll in the
bathroom, and no-one has turned into an internet axe-murderer (and
murdering axes over the internet is really not that easy), you're
winning. Relax.
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
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Posted by Ursula Schrader on July 21, 2009, 7:31 am
"Kate XXXXXX" wrote...
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> Things to think about:
> There's more to life than clean underwear and five fruit and veg per day:
> so long as there are clean clothes, edible meals, loo roll in the
> bathroom, and no-one has turned into an internet axe-murderer (and
> murdering axes over the internet is really not that easy), you're winning.
> Relax.
LOL! You made me laugh, the first time in days; thank you! Yes, I'm trying
to let go of the OCD behaviour, and I'm not sure if DD did ever get the
5-per-day in my best times. However, she was considered flourishing at her
recent inspection and therefore I'm sure that I'm doing (almost) everything
right.
Loo roll? Check! Got a big bag right above the loo, just within reach, just
in case. Mind you, I had made this arrangement long before I had this sad
impairment, one is too prone to forget refilling, and then - woe!
Still, I'm trying to keep up with things as good as I can and tomorrow my DM
comes here to help a little. The place is a mess and needs a thorough
vacuuming, which is beyond my possibilities. (Don't you hate it when your
bare feet, just out of bed, touch all those little yucky bits that get
dragged in by cats and inattentive children and husbands?) Otherwise, I
scale down my expectations as low as I can (and I can do a lot of
downscaling for a couple of weeks). When I'm back on my two legs I'll very
likely snap into a cleaning frenzy, but till then I'll cool and rest and
take my painkillers like a good girl.
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> 1: You have just had surgery. The physical trauma of an operation takes
> 12 weeks to heal. You still have a way to go. For this time you will be
> in pain some of every day, hopefilly diminishing as the site heals. Pain
> is TIRING! Forget other interruptions to sleep, the pain itself will give
> you broken nights. Pain and sleep deprivation make for cranky and
> tearful. Cut yourself some slack over this.
I had no idea it takes that long! Well, I had planned to take things easy,
but life had different plans, obviously. However, from now on I'll take it
very easy, rest assured. The new painkillers are just great, I'm almost
afraid too great; I can sleep at night if DD doesn't interrupt.
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> 2: I have NO DOUBT WHATEVER that the SIL will have filed to take this into
> account when dealing with your situation. She may know it on an
> intelectual level, but she isn't living it. You hubby may need to remind
> his sister to cut you some slack. Oh, and whatever she may do at home in
> your house YOUR rules prevail. End of story.
Well, I guess she compares everything and everybody with herself and her
knee surgery last summer when she got an artificial knee joint. She seems to
be one of those folks who become an expert on the general topic by a little
taste of it and nobody's ailments can ever be worse then hers and if she
could cope with it no problem there's no reason why somebody else can't. You
know, you can't bake 'em to your taste and therefore I try to take her the
way she is, with all her funny and weird traits; I was just so saddened that
she didn't do the same. She's made a lot of very bad experiences in her life
and if one person might profit from a thorough counselling it's her, and I
don't mean that derogatory in any way (counselling changed my life for the
better, after all).
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> 3: You lost a beloved pet. You lost her in a very unpleasant manner.
> That is upsetting at the best of times, and right now you are in pain,
> deprived of sleep, your mental ballance thus not as it should be, and YOU
> ARE UPSET. Give yourself time to grieve and come to terms with the loss.
When I posted this in de.rec.tiere.katzen (the German cats ng) I received a
storm of protest: How could I have breakfast in peace with a dying cat at my
hands etc. Haha, yes, lovely breakfast. I won't read and post there any
more, that's for sure. I bet I'd have been damned, too, if I had chosen to
venture out into the night or in the early morning with a hungry child,
being called a negligent mother and they'd have put the Social Services on
my heels (and too right). That's what comes of blabbing your grief all over
the net into groups of which you know they are no longer what they used to
be. Really, I know that I did what was in my scope of possibilities, but
still, it feels so bad. I really wish they'd have to walk a mile in my
shoes, they'd run away screaming, those arrogant, holier-than-thou bastards.
End of rant.
U.
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Posted by BEI Design on July 21, 2009, 6:10 pm
Ursula Schrader wrote:
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> @ Beverly: Did you post any pics of your wardrobe for
> Nashville yet? I'm so out of touch, but I so want see
> what you made of the 'dusting rag'. ;-)
I was able to repair the shirt. I wore (and loved) the
cream and navy silk jacket. Pics ASAP. ;-)
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Ursula, I'm so very sorry to read of your trials. I adore
my dog, and know how distressed you must have been to have
to make that decision. I hope your relationship with your
DSIL is not permanently damaged, but she bears some
responsibility for repairing it as well, IMHO. Repeat after
me, "THE PARENT GETS TO MAKE THE RULES!"
Do try very hard to protect your ankle, damaging it further
now will be that much harder to repair later. (((HUGS)))
Beverly
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Posted by Ursula Schrader on July 25, 2009, 11:33 am
"BEI Design" ...
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> Ursula Schrader wrote:
>> @ Beverly: Did you post any pics of your wardrobe for
>> Nashville yet? I'm so out of touch, but I so want see
>> what you made of the 'dusting rag'. ;-)
> I was able to repair the shirt. I wore (and loved) the cream and navy
> silk jacket. Pics ASAP. ;-)
Sorry, I totally lost touch; thus I didn't keep in mind you had gone on your
trip already and forgot to ask how DGD did. Glad she did so well, and that
you had such a lovely time (all in all) in Nashville. Well, of course it's
harde to be top with such large competition, but sixth isn't bad at all,
right?
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> to make that decision. I hope your relationship with your DSIL is not
> permanently damaged, but she bears some responsibility for repairing it as
> well, IMHO. Repeat after me, "THE PARENT GETS TO MAKE THE RULES!"
Yes, that's what I always thought, and I think she had come to her senses on
Saturday when she wanted to make up. However, I feel that there is some
permanent damage; the warm feeling I had towards her is totally gone, and
I'm not at all ready to ask her for any assistance yet. OK, I'm not very
happy these days anyway, somewhat disoriented and depressive. I'll have that
checked asap, promise.
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> Do try very hard to protect your ankle, damaging it further now will be
> that much harder to repair later. (((HUGS)))
Oh yes, I do protect it as much as possible (if not some lovely 12kg-toddler
uses it as a climbing aid). Thanks for the hugs, can use them.
U.
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> > Sharon Hays wrote:
> > > Larry Green wrote:
> > > > Salt is a very effective (if somewhat gruesome)
> > > > slug/snail killer.
> > > Yep. They sizzle and shrink up smaller than badly cut
> > > bacon. It's very satisfying actually.
> > Your story reminded me of the time many years ago, when
> > I was taking out the garbage very late at night (I'd
> > forgotten pick-up was next day, back in the day when the
> > haulers
> > used to actually come up to the side of one's house),
> > and
> > stepped on what I thought was a bit of damp moss. The
> > security
> > light came on just in time to show me a big fat banana
> > slug http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_slug squished
> > up between my bare toes. My scream woke the
> > neighborhood. Lights
> > were flashing on all over the place. I'm surprised
> > someone
> > didn't call 911. ;-} My DH joked about that scream for
> > years afterward.
> > Beverly
> > P.S. Don't go to that link if you are easily nauseated
> OOOOO ....Those are whoppers! We used to get some pretty
> big slugs back in the UK but where I live now in Canada
> we rarely see slugs (thankfully) but get enough of other
> 'creepy crawly' types to keep us busy!