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badgoodDeb · 11-05-2018, 05:45 PM

Ahh yes ... the dilemma of capturing pics of a black cat. They *always* look like a black shadow. Mine has some white on her tum - but she almost never shows her tum.

Rumpelteazer · 11-07-2018, 02:50 AM

A bit later than promised, but it's hard to take a good picture of two black kittens, that it's clear that there are two, not one big fluff ball. They also seem to have two settings: on and off. When they're on they can't keep still and when they're off it's hard to take a good picture.

Luna is the small, black and white one. Maru is the big, dark brown/grey one.

Spoiler:

timebug · 11-07-2018, 04:14 AM

Just checked tyre pressure on my car and used my new 12v pump to top up two of them. Got tired of the footpump,as my knees are not up to sustained up and down movement like that,so treated myself to the electric one!

Rumpelteazer · 11-07-2018, 02:43 PM

Just a couple of more days and my sister and I are going on vacation. The park we're going to has the option to check in 2 hours early for €12,50. We've requested this (when it is busy it isn't possible). Check in at 1pm or 3pm doesn't sound like a lot of difference but I think it might be. You're always rushing around on arrival day; checking in, bringing you're luggage to the cottage, unpacking, going to the supermarket, unpacking the groceries, figuring out where you can find everything in the cottage and making dinner (although we usually get take out on the first day).

Also, we leave earlier, so I don't have to hang around so long. On days I go on a vacation I always wake up super early.

It does look like I'll have to go downstairs to the store on Sunday. Right now there are still one shipment I've already started on and one full shipment waiting for me to process it and I expect at least one other. My father hates processing shipments and he'll just pull stuff out of the boxes and not note what he's sold, which results in a mess when I get back. So if I can limit the number of unpacked things it'll make my life easier after my vacation.

Hitch · 11-07-2018, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

A bit later than promised, but it's hard to take a good picture of two black kittens, that it's clear that there are two, not one big fluff ball. They also seem to have two settings: on and off. When they're on they can't keep still and when they're off it's hard to take a good picture.

Luna is the small, black and white one. Maru is the big, dark brown/grey one.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!! Puddies!

:-) Thanks, I love seein' happy, adopted puddies in a new home.

H

poohbear_nc · 11-07-2018, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Hitch

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!! Puddies!

:-) Thanks, I love seein' happy, adopted puddies in a new home.

H

Rumpelteazer · 11-08-2018, 02:28 PM

My sister and I have started Operation Weekend Trip.

Today, I saw that King's Day, a bank holiday, is on a Saturday next year. I often go away on King's Day, to escape the noise. But I realized that this is the perfect opportunity for my parents to take a weekend trip. My father loathes to not be there on Saturday; it's the busiest day of the week and we have consulting hour. The last time they went away was in February 2017, because they got it for Christmas and their birthdays from us. Their weekend break before that was in 2010 or 2011, and they got that from friends they helped out.

I suggested it to my father and he really liked the idea, he's been saying he wants to go away for a weekend since they got back from their last trip. But I know him, and chances are he won't follow through. So I've just emailed my sister that we need to subtly keep nudging him. We might suggest it would be a nice Christmas or birthday present for my mother (who never knows what she wants).

trichobezoar · 11-08-2018, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

A bit later than promised, but it's hard to take a good picture of two black kittens, that it's clear that there are two, not one big fluff ball. They also seem to have two settings: on and off. When they're on they can't keep still and when they're off it's hard to take a good picture.

Luna is the small, black and white one. Maru is the big, dark brown/grey one.

Spoiler:

I dove the dittle babies!!

I just finished eating 3 granola bars and I'm slowly unpacking the rest of the groceries.

*munching and unpacking*

Rumpelteazer · 11-11-2018, 03:08 PM

Today I've done laundry and packed most of my things, only my pajamas, chargers and some toiletries left to pack.

I've just given my glasses a good clean in the ultrasonic cleaner. It's always a shock how much better I can see after a clean.

My sister complained that I had packed too much, her car is smaller than my father's Renault Espace. However, most of that stuff is for us both; kitchen roll, toilet rolls, kitchen things, fondue set, etc. Most of my personal stuff I was able to put in my suitcase and backpack. The only big item that didn't fit was my blanket. She's coming to pick my up tomorrow at 11.15am and then we have to play tetris to fit all the stuff in.

I've got a giftcard and a chocolate letter for her as a thank you for driving. I'll put them in one of her shoes on Sunday morning. (On Saturday St. Nicholas arrives in the Netherlands, and traditional children will get small presents in their shoe)

Rumpelteazer · 11-14-2018, 02:34 AM

Enjoying my vacation. The cottage we booked is really nice and we've been lucky with the weather so far. A bit gray on Monday and yesterday morning. But in the afternoon it got sunny and right now, just after the sun came up, it's already looking nice. It's a really quiet vacation park and we're in a cul-de-sac so we haven't seen anyone walk by yet.

Yesterday we pottered about; my sister slept in late, I read and played games. Today we're going out to lunch at the nearby village. Tomorrow we're going to a bigger town a bit further away, there's a market on Thursday. And for Friday we've got another pottering-about day planned. During the weekend my sister wants to go do something, but she hasn't decided what.

Right now I'm enjoying the quiet and I'm about to finish my current book while I'm waiting for my sister to get up and ready to go out.

badgoodDeb · 11-14-2018, 02:52 PM

I wonder if pottering is different from puttering. Linguists? i only know "puttering" from my experience in the Chicago and central-Pennsylvania areas. And book reading.

Hitch · 11-14-2018, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

I wonder if pottering is different from puttering. Linguists? i only know "puttering" from my experience in the Chicago and central-Pennsylvania areas. And book reading.

FWIW, even two of my dictionaries literally use the same phrases as usage examples of the two--pottering and puttering. "The little old lady is puttering/pottering around in the garden." They are literally described identically in all ways, other than geographic usage. Pottering is shown as being predominantly UK/NA usage, whilst puttering is apparently more widespread.

Hitch

badgoodDeb · 11-14-2018, 04:31 PM

Thanks! I'd guessed that it was much the same thing.

trichobezoar · 11-16-2018, 12:51 PM

Currently listening to The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and learning how to "make deposits in emotional bank accounts." I've been withdrawing for too long.

TANSTAAFL

Rumpelteazer · 11-18-2018, 02:52 AM

The final day of our vacation, as usual it went by too quickly. We've been lucky with the weather, only on Monday and Friday did we have grey and damp weather. Otherwise it has been sunny.

On Thursday we went to the town of Middelburg, which was a really nice town. It was also market day, which was nice. My sister wanted to do a boat tour, but it was closed (no opening times on the website). Yesterday we visited the Delta Works park at Neeltje Jans. Which was really interesting and outside it was beautiful (though cold and windy). They offered a boat tour, so we did that.

Today we'll mostly potter/putter around. We've got a washing machine and dryer in our cottage, so we'll do our laundry today and tonight we'll pack.

My sister's going to sleep in, so I've still got a few hours on my own. I had planned to do some more watercolouring today, but decided against it, since my brushes wouldn't be able to properly dry before tomorrow.

Right now I'm looking around the Dick Blick website and being envious about all the art and craft things I can't get in the Netherlands. I'm also debating whether to order some shirts; they just send out a mail that their Black Friday sale has started, but they might have better offers on Black Friday.

11-05-2018, 05:45 PM	#41971
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,501 Karma: 64095689 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Ahh yes ... the dilemma of capturing pics of a black cat. They always look like a black shadow. Mine has some white on her tum - but she almost never shows her tum.

11-07-2018, 02:50 AM	#41972
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,100 Karma: 24047426 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	A bit later than promised, but it's hard to take a good picture of two black kittens, that it's clear that there are two, not one big fluff ball. They also seem to have two settings: on and off. When they're on they can't keep still and when they're off it's hard to take a good picture. Luna is the small, black and white one. Maru is the big, dark brown/grey one. Spoiler:

11-07-2018, 04:14 AM	#41973
timebug Ancient Sage Posts: 14,585 Karma: 15493448 Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Derby U.K. Device: Kobo Reader	Just checked tyre pressure on my car and used my new 12v pump to top up two of them. Got tired of the footpump,as my knees are not up to sustained up and down movement like that,so treated myself to the electric one!

11-07-2018, 02:43 PM	#41974
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,100 Karma: 24047426 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Just a couple of more days and my sister and I are going on vacation. The park we're going to has the option to check in 2 hours early for €12,50. We've requested this (when it is busy it isn't possible). Check in at 1pm or 3pm doesn't sound like a lot of difference but I think it might be. You're always rushing around on arrival day; checking in, bringing you're luggage to the cottage, unpacking, going to the supermarket, unpacking the groceries, figuring out where you can find everything in the cottage and making dinner (although we usually get take out on the first day). Also, we leave earlier, so I don't have to hang around so long. On days I go on a vacation I always wake up super early. It does look like I'll have to go downstairs to the store on Sunday. Right now there are still one shipment I've already started on and one full shipment waiting for me to process it and I expect at least one other. My father hates processing shipments and he'll just pull stuff out of the boxes and not note what he's sold, which results in a mess when I get back. So if I can limit the number of unpacked things it'll make my life easier after my vacation.

11-08-2018, 02:28 PM	#41977
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,100 Karma: 24047426 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	My sister and I have started Operation Weekend Trip. Today, I saw that King's Day, a bank holiday, is on a Saturday next year. I often go away on King's Day, to escape the noise. But I realized that this is the perfect opportunity for my parents to take a weekend trip. My father loathes to not be there on Saturday; it's the busiest day of the week and we have consulting hour. The last time they went away was in February 2017, because they got it for Christmas and their birthdays from us. Their weekend break before that was in 2010 or 2011, and they got that from friends they helped out. I suggested it to my father and he really liked the idea, he's been saying he wants to go away for a weekend since they got back from their last trip. But I know him, and chances are he won't follow through. So I've just emailed my sister that we need to subtly keep nudging him. We might suggest it would be a nice Christmas or birthday present for my mother (who never knows what she wants).

11-11-2018, 03:08 PM	#41979
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,100 Karma: 24047426 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Today I've done laundry and packed most of my things, only my pajamas, chargers and some toiletries left to pack. I've just given my glasses a good clean in the ultrasonic cleaner. It's always a shock how much better I can see after a clean. My sister complained that I had packed too much, her car is smaller than my father's Renault Espace. However, most of that stuff is for us both; kitchen roll, toilet rolls, kitchen things, fondue set, etc. Most of my personal stuff I was able to put in my suitcase and backpack. The only big item that didn't fit was my blanket. She's coming to pick my up tomorrow at 11.15am and then we have to play tetris to fit all the stuff in. I've got a giftcard and a chocolate letter for her as a thank you for driving. I'll put them in one of her shoes on Sunday morning. (On Saturday St. Nicholas arrives in the Netherlands, and traditional children will get small presents in their shoe)

11-14-2018, 02:34 AM	#41980
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,100 Karma: 24047426 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Enjoying my vacation. The cottage we booked is really nice and we've been lucky with the weather so far. A bit gray on Monday and yesterday morning. But in the afternoon it got sunny and right now, just after the sun came up, it's already looking nice. It's a really quiet vacation park and we're in a cul-de-sac so we haven't seen anyone walk by yet. Yesterday we pottered about; my sister slept in late, I read and played games. Today we're going out to lunch at the nearby village. Tomorrow we're going to a bigger town a bit further away, there's a market on Thursday. And for Friday we've got another pottering-about day planned. During the weekend my sister wants to go do something, but she hasn't decided what. Right now I'm enjoying the quiet and I'm about to finish my current book while I'm waiting for my sister to get up and ready to go out.

11-14-2018, 02:52 PM	#41981
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,501 Karma: 64095689 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	I wonder if pottering is different from puttering. Linguists? i only know "puttering" from my experience in the Chicago and central-Pennsylvania areas. And book reading.

11-14-2018, 04:31 PM	#41983
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,501 Karma: 64095689 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Thanks! I'd guessed that it was much the same thing.

11-16-2018, 12:51 PM	#41984
trichobezoar Riding Against the Wind Posts: 2,932 Karma: 43570696 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Near Cacti, NM Device: Galaxy Note 10.1 & Kindle Touch	Currently listening to The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and learning how to "make deposits in emotional bank accounts." I've been withdrawing for too long. TANSTAAFL

11-18-2018, 02:52 AM	#41985
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,100 Karma: 24047426 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	The final day of our vacation, as usual it went by too quickly. We've been lucky with the weather, only on Monday and Friday did we have grey and damp weather. Otherwise it has been sunny. On Thursday we went to the town of Middelburg, which was a really nice town. It was also market day, which was nice. My sister wanted to do a boat tour, but it was closed (no opening times on the website). Yesterday we visited the Delta Works park at Neeltje Jans. Which was really interesting and outside it was beautiful (though cold and windy). They offered a boat tour, so we did that. Today we'll mostly potter/putter around. We've got a washing machine and dryer in our cottage, so we'll do our laundry today and tonight we'll pack. My sister's going to sleep in, so I've still got a few hours on my own. I had planned to do some more watercolouring today, but decided against it, since my brushes wouldn't be able to properly dry before tomorrow. Right now I'm looking around the Dick Blick website and being envious about all the art and craft things I can't get in the Netherlands. I'm also debating whether to order some shirts; they just send out a mail that their Black Friday sale has started, but they might have better offers on Black Friday.