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Rumpelteazer · 11-01-2014, 02:49 AM

Up early today. I woke up at 4 am and was wide awake, even reading didn't make me sleepy. In the end I got up at 7am and made new lists for the coming weeks; what I want to buy at the craft fair next week, things I still need to buy for my vacation the week after, things I shouldn't forget to pack, etc.

5thWiggleWife · 11-01-2014, 05:33 AM

Having breakfast while everyone else is still sleeping. Heading to the airport soon. I'm heading to Vancouver this morning, will work all day, stay over and fly early tomorrow to Calgary, work all day there and fly home Sunday night. Should get home somewhere around 1am Monday. Then I have to go to work.

poohbear_nc · 11-01-2014, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by 5thWiggleWife

Having breakfast while everyone else is still sleeping. Heading to the airport soon. I'm heading to Vancouver this morning, will work all day, stay over and fly early tomorrow to Calgary, work all day there and fly home Sunday night. Should get home somewhere around 1am Monday. Then I have to go to work.

You're really getting into your "Where's Waldo" persona aren't you?
Safe trip!

5thWiggle · 11-01-2014, 07:31 PM

Wondering if I fed the dog or not. I know I meant to, but just can't remember if I actually put any food in the bowl or not. He's kind of hovering around his food bowl, whimpering, but he does that if anyone comes within a metre of it, so that's no help.

Rumpelteazer · 11-02-2014, 02:53 PM

Happy that for once an internet craft store (K&Company) based in the US doesn't charge a ridiculous price for shipping.

I'm going to see what I can buy during my visit to the craft fair next week, but if need be I can order their stuff online directly with them.

kindlekitten · 11-03-2014, 10:55 AM

Oh! Is this stamping stuff! ?

Rumpelteazer · 11-03-2014, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

Oh! Is this stamping stuff! ?

No, or rather: if you want to. I want to get a Smash Book for stuff I want to keep but not in Project Life or in a big scrapbook.

Stitchawl · 11-04-2014, 09:30 AM

Carving a new guitar bridge saddle (the white part in the picture) out of a piece of water buffalo leg bone.
Someone gave me a nice Epiphone acoustic guitar the other day but it comes stock with a plastic saddle. Bone or ivory transfers sound much better and just the change to a bone saddle can improve the sound of the guitar greatly. Ivory would be even better but these days it would have to be vintage walrus or mastodon ivory to conform with the laws. Lots of that around but VERY expensive. Some day I'm going to luck into an old broken up piano and scavenge the ivory off the keys. For now, getting buffalo bone is easy, and it's easy to work with. A bit of sawing, a bit of filing, a little bit of sanding and I be set.

Stitchawl

Rumpelteazer · 11-04-2014, 10:20 AM

I'm feeling a bit silly but I'm so excited for tomorrow's craft fair. Until about 10 years ago my father and I regularly went to computer fairs and the biggest one was always in December in our city. The craft fair is in the same convention complex, a lot smaller ("only" two halls) but I hope even more fun.

I've already made 3 list; what I need, what I want, and what I need to buy for my sister and father. Tonight I'll print out the coupons I want to use. I want to be there shortly after 10am, when they open. But not before because then it will be really busy at the entrance.

My budget has slowly increased over the past couple of weeks; from €100 to €150 to €200-if-I-see-something-I-really-really-want (plus €50 extra just in case).

Until then I'm keeping myself busy by watching craft haul videos on YouTube.

kindlekitten · 11-04-2014, 09:15 PM

Suffering from whip lash due to inconsistencies in the messages from the green

Exhausted. Don't want to go to the city council meeting that I committed to. I don't mind going in the summer, but when it's dark and I've come home, I really don't like going back out

WT Sharpe · 11-05-2014, 02:54 PM

Just came back from walking with Norton. Norton walked about half the distance I did when I went to vote yesterday. I walked the same distance: a mile and a half. At one point Norton stopped at a driveway where one side featured a fire hydrant and the other side featured a brick mailbox and a cable box. For Norton it was like Doggie Disneyland. He kept going from one to another while I walked back and forth up and down the street waiting or him to lose interest.

badgoodDeb · 11-05-2014, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Just came back from walking with Norton. Norton walked about half the distance I did when I went to vote yesterday. I walked the same distance: a mile and a half. At one point Norton stopped at a driveway where one side featured a fire hydrant and the other side featured a brick mailbox and a cable box. For Norton it was like Doggie Disneyland. He kept going from one to another while I walked back and forth up and down the street waiting or him to lose interest.

How long is his leash? (or don't you use one?) Mine is 10-15 ft or so. I tried your "keep moving while doggy sniffs" trick and only succeeded in making myself very dizzy. Dog was 10ft or so out into the grass, and my turns had to be fairly tight - only a several foot path before I turned again.

So I dropped the technique.

WT Sharpe · 11-05-2014, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

How long is his leash? (or don't you use one?) Mine is 10-15 ft or so. I tried your "keep moving while doggy sniffs" trick and only succeeded in making myself very dizzy. Dog was 10ft or so out into the grass, and my turns had to be fairly tight - only a several foot path before I turned again.

So I dropped the technique.

Lately I've been carrying a leash but only using it when my patience is at an end at one of his prolonged stops or when safety requires it, such as when there are other dogs in the area. Norton generally keeps up pretty well, but he can get distracted by other people or children. He thinks everyone is his friend.

badgoodDeb · 11-05-2014, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Lately I've been carrying a leash but only using it when my patience is at an end at one of his prolonged stops or when safety requires it, such as when there are other dogs in the area. Norton generally keeps up pretty well, but he can get distracted by other people or children. He thinks everyone is his friend.

Opal thinks everyone is out to get her. She doesn't attack, but she'll bark ferociously, and growl & snap at a dog bigger than herself. (shih tzu) Maybe it's an "I'm tough" stance that all little dogs have learned?
OTOH, it did take a year till she was really comfortable with me, after I adopted her. Maybe she's had a hard life.
Anyway, leash is mandatory. Guess I could try a 50 foot one, or something!

WT Sharpe · 11-05-2014, 07:50 PM

Guess what I got today?

I put it together as soon as the FedEx fellow dropped it off at my doorstep. It's for those days when it's raining or snowing, too hot, too cold, or when the weather is just plain too miserable to go walking outside. The good news is that tomorrow we're suppose to have thunderstorms from before sunrise until after sunset. Hooray! I get to try out my new toy!

11-01-2014, 02:49 AM	#38386
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,358 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Up early today. I woke up at 4 am and was wide awake, even reading didn't make me sleepy. In the end I got up at 7am and made new lists for the coming weeks; what I want to buy at the craft fair next week, things I still need to buy for my vacation the week after, things I shouldn't forget to pack, etc.

11-01-2014, 05:33 AM	#38387
5thWiggleWife I’m a Happy Boy! Posts: 12,791 Karma: 96828311 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Evil Canada (goatees ya know) Device: iPad 2017, Acer A500, Kobo Glo, iPad mini	Having breakfast while everyone else is still sleeping. Heading to the airport soon. I'm heading to Vancouver this morning, will work all day, stay over and fly early tomorrow to Calgary, work all day there and fly home Sunday night. Should get home somewhere around 1am Monday. Then I have to go to work.

11-01-2014, 07:31 PM	#38389
5thWiggle Benevolent Evil Lord Posts: 1,704 Karma: 48339466 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Evil Canada (We all have goatees!) Device: Galaxy Note 8.0, Galaxy Note, iPad Mini, PocketEdge(retired)	Wondering if I fed the dog or not. I know I meant to, but just can't remember if I actually put any food in the bowl or not. He's kind of hovering around his food bowl, whimpering, but he does that if anyone comes within a metre of it, so that's no help.

11-02-2014, 02:53 PM	#38390
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,358 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Happy that for once an internet craft store (K&Company) based in the US doesn't charge a ridiculous price for shipping. I'm going to see what I can buy during my visit to the craft fair next week, but if need be I can order their stuff online directly with them.

11-03-2014, 10:55 AM	#38391
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	Oh! Is this stamping stuff! ?

11-04-2014, 09:30 AM	#38393
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Carving a new guitar bridge saddle (the white part in the picture) out of a piece of water buffalo leg bone. Someone gave me a nice Epiphone acoustic guitar the other day but it comes stock with a plastic saddle. Bone or ivory transfers sound much better and just the change to a bone saddle can improve the sound of the guitar greatly. Ivory would be even better but these days it would have to be vintage walrus or mastodon ivory to conform with the laws. Lots of that around but VERY expensive. Some day I'm going to luck into an old broken up piano and scavenge the ivory off the keys. For now, getting buffalo bone is easy, and it's easy to work with. A bit of sawing, a bit of filing, a little bit of sanding and I be set. Stitchawl

11-04-2014, 10:20 AM	#38394
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,358 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	I'm feeling a bit silly but I'm so excited for tomorrow's craft fair. Until about 10 years ago my father and I regularly went to computer fairs and the biggest one was always in December in our city. The craft fair is in the same convention complex, a lot smaller ("only" two halls) but I hope even more fun. I've already made 3 list; what I need, what I want, and what I need to buy for my sister and father. Tonight I'll print out the coupons I want to use. I want to be there shortly after 10am, when they open. But not before because then it will be really busy at the entrance. My budget has slowly increased over the past couple of weeks; from €100 to €150 to €200-if-I-see-something-I-really-really-want (plus €50 extra just in case). Until then I'm keeping myself busy by watching craft haul videos on YouTube.

11-04-2014, 09:15 PM	#38395
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	Suffering from whip lash due to inconsistencies in the messages from the green Exhausted. Don't want to go to the city council meeting that I committed to. I don't mind going in the summer, but when it's dark and I've come home, I really don't like going back out

11-05-2014, 02:54 PM	#38396
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Just came back from walking with Norton. Norton walked about half the distance I did when I went to vote yesterday. I walked the same distance: a mile and a half. At one point Norton stopped at a driveway where one side featured a fire hydrant and the other side featured a brick mailbox and a cable box. For Norton it was like Doggie Disneyland. He kept going from one to another while I walked back and forth up and down the street waiting or him to lose interest.

11-05-2014, 07:50 PM	#38400
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Guess what I got today? I put it together as soon as the FedEx fellow dropped it off at my doorstep. It's for those days when it's raining or snowing, too hot, too cold, or when the weather is just plain too miserable to go walking outside. The good news is that tomorrow we're suppose to have thunderstorms from before sunrise until after sunset. Hooray! I get to try out my new toy!