Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? - Page 2863

Rumpelteazer · 09-17-2020, 02:29 AM

Preparing for the weekly supermarket trip. Like last week I'm going a bit earlier than normal. During the recent renovation so much has moved that I need a bit of extra time to find everything on my lists.

My other mission today is to get my father to order at a certain supplier. He has been delaying it for weeks. I think it's because he hates their webshop. Normally enter the orders for the suppliers with webshops (my father is too precise with his descriptions, resulting in not being able to find the items he's looking for), but this is the one supplier I can't do. We order a lot of the more technical items from them and since my father uses general descriptions for his list and not specific item numbers from the manufacturer I'm afraid I order the wrong things.

But we're starting to run out of certain items and there has been a couple of customer orders that are now taking too long. So he needs to bite the bullet and sit down to make an order.

Elektron · 09-19-2020, 09:21 PM

Sitting at my Chromebook, using weavesilk.com. It's addictive! Try it.

Rumpelteazer · 09-21-2020, 03:26 AM

Procrastinating again. Today's chores are dusting and vacuuming my rooms, the utility room and the upstairs hallway.

But first I have to put in an order for a supplier, then breakfast and if I don't procrastinate too much I'll have time for a creative session this afternoon. My reward, having something to look forward to helps motivate me to do the chores that need to be done.

mlewis78 · 09-21-2020, 03:32 AM

I am sitting here procrastinating going to bed to read, while using my mouse with left hand. I'm right-handed. I have a right-hand wrist fracture from a fall at home. Went to the ER Saturday evening. Wearing a splint which reminds me of when I had an ankle cast after surgery 30 years ago.

timebug · 09-30-2020, 04:16 AM

Perusing this forum whilst listening to the rain patering against my windows.

Rumpelteazer · 09-30-2020, 03:03 PM

Thinking about the vacation I'm going to take after the pandemic. I had already decided that I want to book a cottage or apartment in a vacation park, I do want to go abroad but that can wait. Since I have more time to save up (probably a lot more time) I had planned to splurge and go for a more luxurious cottage/apartment. However, that usually means you get a sauna, which I don't use, sometimes a tanning bed, which I also won't use and if you go really fancy a hot tub, which I might just use. Today I was thinking that instead of going super fancy for one week I might go for a slightly upgraded accommodation for two weeks. Who knows, I might be able to go for two weeks and book a luxurious accommodation.

I really love the idea of two Reading Retreat weeks. This year I went away for a week in January and I cancelled a city trip weekend just as the pandemic was kicking off. Usually I have two Reading Retreat weeks a year, in January and then again in spring or autumn. And I go away away for a long weekend once or twice a year. By the time it's safe to go away I have missed several trips, plus by that time I will need the extra week just to settle down after all the stress of the pandemic.

Rumpelteazer · 10-05-2020, 03:55 AM

Today is errands day.

I'm first walking to the local supermarket to get this week's shopping done. Normally I go on Thursday morning around 9am, it's quiet then, but they are restocking and you have to dodge the supermarket workers. Last week I had to get something for dinner on Monday and I went around 11am and it was quiet and they were done restocking. So I'm now going on Monday mid-morning.

After that my father and I are running errands. We have to go to the Lidl for toilet paper and dishwashing tablets. Then we have to go get coffee creamer and booze for my mother. It's been nearly six months since we did this type of errand run. It'll be weird.

Elektron · 10-17-2020, 09:50 PM

Surfing MR for he first time in weeks.

astrangerhere · 10-18-2020, 11:33 AM

Sipping coffee, watching WSL and EPL football and brainstorming books for Christmas gifts.

Rumpelteazer · 10-22-2020, 05:38 PM

I just finished my fourth cross stitch. Today the supplies for my next couple of projects were shipped, hopefully they arrive tomorrow and I can start winding the embroidery floss on bobbins and cut the fabric to size and grid it and hopefully start it on Sunday.

For just over a week now my country has entered a partial lockdown. But more and more experts are calling for a short but full lockdown. It makes me nervous, although if it's a two to four week lockdown it wouldn't be too much of a problem. But if it needs to be done it needs to be done. It looks like other experts, who advice the government are saying that we should give the partial lockdown longer to start having effect. If that doesn't work we should enter the "intelligent" lockdown we had during the first wave (we didn't have to close our store then).

If we have to close I do have enough to keep me busy. Not just the cross stitching, but also a stack of diamond paintings, a subscription to Skillshare and it'll give me a chance to get caught up on my podcasts, I'm horribly behind with some of them. But hopefully it won't be needed and the partial lockdown will bring the Covid19 cases down.

timebug · 10-29-2020, 05:12 AM

Just done minor but essential food shopping at out local supermarket (two minutes from my door!) and am now enjoying this forum whilst drinking coffee!

5thWiggleWife · 10-29-2020, 11:06 AM

Pretending to work on emergency response flow charts. Who knew such an exciting topic could be so boring.

poohbear_nc · 10-29-2020, 11:25 AM

Riding out the remnants of Hurricane/TS Zeta - very gusty

astrangerhere · 10-29-2020, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Riding out the remnants of Hurricane/TS Zeta - very gusty

DITTO. I had to be in Alamance County this morning to meet with some judges and the rain and wind have been following me ever since. A lot of Chapel Hill has gone dark for the time being.

poohbear_nc · 10-29-2020, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by astrangerhere

DITTO. I had to be in Alamance County this morning to meet with some judges and the rain and wind have been following me ever since. A lot of Chapel Hill has gone dark for the time being.

We had flickers during the worst of the gusts around noon. Still blowing sporadically now.

Oh joy - thunderstorms tonight after midnight with the approaching cold front.

Could you please drive, say, to South Carolina and lure the weather away from here?

09-17-2020, 02:29 AM	#42931
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,100 Karma: 24047426 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Preparing for the weekly supermarket trip. Like last week I'm going a bit earlier than normal. During the recent renovation so much has moved that I need a bit of extra time to find everything on my lists. My other mission today is to get my father to order at a certain supplier. He has been delaying it for weeks. I think it's because he hates their webshop. Normally enter the orders for the suppliers with webshops (my father is too precise with his descriptions, resulting in not being able to find the items he's looking for), but this is the one supplier I can't do. We order a lot of the more technical items from them and since my father uses general descriptions for his list and not specific item numbers from the manufacturer I'm afraid I order the wrong things. But we're starting to run out of certain items and there has been a couple of customer orders that are now taking too long. So he needs to bite the bullet and sit down to make an order.

09-19-2020, 09:21 PM	#42932
Elektron Banned Posts: 2,296 Karma: 5300240 Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Edmonton, AB Device: Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 (mark 7), Kobo Mini	Sitting at my Chromebook, using weavesilk.com. It's addictive! Try it.

09-21-2020, 03:26 AM	#42933
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,100 Karma: 24047426 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Procrastinating again. Today's chores are dusting and vacuuming my rooms, the utility room and the upstairs hallway. But first I have to put in an order for a supplier, then breakfast and if I don't procrastinate too much I'll have time for a creative session this afternoon. My reward, having something to look forward to helps motivate me to do the chores that need to be done.

09-21-2020, 03:32 AM	#42934
mlewis78 Guru Posts: 859 Karma: 6449772 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New York City Device: Kindle Oasis 2 (7"); HDX 8.9"; Ipad2	I am sitting here procrastinating going to bed to read, while using my mouse with left hand. I'm right-handed. I have a right-hand wrist fracture from a fall at home. Went to the ER Saturday evening. Wearing a splint which reminds me of when I had an ankle cast after surgery 30 years ago.

09-30-2020, 04:16 AM	#42935
timebug Ancient Sage Posts: 14,585 Karma: 15493448 Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Derby U.K. Device: Kobo Reader	Perusing this forum whilst listening to the rain patering against my windows.

09-30-2020, 03:03 PM	#42936
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,100 Karma: 24047426 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Thinking about the vacation I'm going to take after the pandemic. I had already decided that I want to book a cottage or apartment in a vacation park, I do want to go abroad but that can wait. Since I have more time to save up (probably a lot more time) I had planned to splurge and go for a more luxurious cottage/apartment. However, that usually means you get a sauna, which I don't use, sometimes a tanning bed, which I also won't use and if you go really fancy a hot tub, which I might just use. Today I was thinking that instead of going super fancy for one week I might go for a slightly upgraded accommodation for two weeks. Who knows, I might be able to go for two weeks and book a luxurious accommodation. I really love the idea of two Reading Retreat weeks. This year I went away for a week in January and I cancelled a city trip weekend just as the pandemic was kicking off. Usually I have two Reading Retreat weeks a year, in January and then again in spring or autumn. And I go away away for a long weekend once or twice a year. By the time it's safe to go away I have missed several trips, plus by that time I will need the extra week just to settle down after all the stress of the pandemic.

10-05-2020, 03:55 AM	#42937
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,100 Karma: 24047426 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Today is errands day. I'm first walking to the local supermarket to get this week's shopping done. Normally I go on Thursday morning around 9am, it's quiet then, but they are restocking and you have to dodge the supermarket workers. Last week I had to get something for dinner on Monday and I went around 11am and it was quiet and they were done restocking. So I'm now going on Monday mid-morning. After that my father and I are running errands. We have to go to the Lidl for toilet paper and dishwashing tablets. Then we have to go get coffee creamer and booze for my mother. It's been nearly six months since we did this type of errand run. It'll be weird.

10-17-2020, 09:50 PM	#42938
Elektron Banned Posts: 2,296 Karma: 5300240 Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Edmonton, AB Device: Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2 (mark 7), Kobo Mini	Surfing MR for he first time in weeks.

10-18-2020, 11:33 AM	#42939
astrangerhere Professor of Law Posts: 3,640 Karma: 65925980 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Aura One, KoboMini	Sipping coffee, watching WSL and EPL football and brainstorming books for Christmas gifts.

10-22-2020, 05:38 PM	#42940
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,100 Karma: 24047426 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	I just finished my fourth cross stitch. Today the supplies for my next couple of projects were shipped, hopefully they arrive tomorrow and I can start winding the embroidery floss on bobbins and cut the fabric to size and grid it and hopefully start it on Sunday. For just over a week now my country has entered a partial lockdown. But more and more experts are calling for a short but full lockdown. It makes me nervous, although if it's a two to four week lockdown it wouldn't be too much of a problem. But if it needs to be done it needs to be done. It looks like other experts, who advice the government are saying that we should give the partial lockdown longer to start having effect. If that doesn't work we should enter the "intelligent" lockdown we had during the first wave (we didn't have to close our store then). If we have to close I do have enough to keep me busy. Not just the cross stitching, but also a stack of diamond paintings, a subscription to Skillshare and it'll give me a chance to get caught up on my podcasts, I'm horribly behind with some of them. But hopefully it won't be needed and the partial lockdown will bring the Covid19 cases down.

10-29-2020, 11:06 AM	#42942
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	Pretending to work on emergency response flow charts. Who knew such an exciting topic could be so boring.

10-29-2020, 05:12 AM	#42941
timebug Ancient Sage Posts: 14,585 Karma: 15493448 Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Derby U.K. Device: Kobo Reader	Just done minor but essential food shopping at out local supermarket (two minutes from my door!) and am now enjoying this forum whilst drinking coffee!

10-29-2020, 11:25 AM	#42943
poohbear_nc Now what? Posts: 58,865 Karma: 135181808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Riding out the remnants of Hurricane/TS Zeta - very gusty