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Ukulelerob · Jul 23, 2015

A very happy and healthy new day to all!

Freeda · Jul 23, 2015

My date cancelled. Now I have all day to prep for Uke club. And maybe clean my dining room, currently a receptacle of all my too-big clothes I purged from my wardrobe. Of all that stuff there is only one dress I regret purging so I am going to retrieve it before everything else leaves the house.

UkuleleHill · Jul 23, 2015

Freeda said:
I find it a little concerning that you refer to participating in household chores as doing things "for her". You are both doing things for your family. Those things include working, housekeeping, and child rearing. If you view your participation as a favor to her that should be fawned over, you're not going to have a good time.

Does active participation in these things deserve a little appreciation? Sure. But so does her active participation.

Since it sounds like, with two homes, things are a little overwhelming right now, it may be beneficial to sit down and divide tasks. One thing that works around here is that we have a dry erase marker board on the fridge, and at the beginning of each week I point blank ask my husband "is there anything that you would like me to accomplish this week?" Then I put it on the board. I have a tangible reminder that needs to be done, and he has a tangible reminder of what his expectations can be. I also post my other personal obligations on the board, including work and appointments and workouts, so that he can see what days I have a lot of time and what days I don't have any time for something extra.

The part where I said that I do things for her was more referring to other things not included in chores... Yes, you are very right that chores around the house are very much so for the family. I like the idea of the whiteboard. That's something I will suggest once things settle... It's better today than it was on Tuesday, but we're still in a bit of defcon... Thanks for the suggestion.

Debby · Jul 23, 2015

UkuleleHill said:
The part where I said that I do things for her was more referring to other things not included in chores... Yes, you are very right that chores around the house are very much so for the family. I like the idea of the whiteboard. That's something I will suggest once things settle... It's better today than it was on Tuesday, but we're still in a bit of defcon... Thanks for the suggestion.

I like Sally's suggestion of just taking charge and getting the white board without permission. I think there is more to that than you may realize. Plus, that aren't expensive.

UkuleleHill · Jul 23, 2015

gyosh said:
Maybe Becca needs a place to vent? She needs her own PoHo thread

misterpk said:

Everyone needs a place to vent.

Click to expand...

Yes, she vents to her friends on Facebook...

UkuleleHill · Jul 23, 2015

PereBourik said:
Well, it IS a way to get people to listen for a few minutes.

Yup!!! It totally is

mailman · Jul 23, 2015

cashew said:
... I just bought a fountain pen...
I watched reviews...I talked to friends....

I'm going to hold on before I get the nice, fancy pen I am really looking at, and got my next option... it'll be in on Saturday...
Now I gotta buy ink...

Which one did you buy as a starter pen, Cash?

mailman · Jul 23, 2015

cashew said:
A neon pink Lamy Safari with the converter.

I love my Lamy Safari. Which nib width?

Scarecrow · Jul 23, 2015

Facebook is too public. I get annoyed at it. I get people I don't even know wanting to friend me. I don't understand their motivation for that. People overly expressing their religious or political views. I stay away from that on Facebook. Just venting.

mailman · Jul 23, 2015

Scarecrow said:
Facebook is too public. I get annoyed at it. I get people I don't even know wanting to friend me. I don't understand their motivation for that. People overly expressing their religious or political views. I stay away from that on Facebook. Just venting.

:agree::agree:

Newportlocal · Jul 23, 2015

salukulady said:
good for you!

Thanks. He seemed much happier and healthier afterwards. I think this one is doing a much better job.

Newportlocal · Jul 23, 2015

Scarecrow said:
Facebook is too public. I get annoyed at it. I get people I don't even know wanting to friend me. I don't understand their motivation for that. People overly expressing their religious or political views. I stay away from that on Facebook. Just venting.

mailman said:
:agree::agree:

Yep......

That being said I have some local news feeds for Maui and Hawaii on my FB. I enjoy reading those.

cashew · Jul 23, 2015

mailman said:
I love my Lamy Safari. Which nib width?

Fine

I'm going to wait on the super fancy ink too, which probably would do better in something else.
I did go for a cool bottle of ink though- its dusky purple

cashew · Jul 23, 2015

Scarecrow said:
Facebook is too public. I get annoyed at it. I get people I don't even know wanting to friend me. I don't understand their motivation for that. People overly expressing their religious or political views. I stay away from that on Facebook. Just venting.

I get ya...
There is a sort of perverse pleasure I get from blocking/removing people from my feed though.

PereBourik · Jul 23, 2015

cashew said:
A neon pink Lamy Safari with the converter.

I wish you and your pen much happiness together.

I have several Safaris. Keep them clean. Flush water through the pen with the converter ever time you fill. The feed can gunk up with dried ink and then they leak big time. Cleaning that is a production.

cashew · Jul 23, 2015

Newportlocal said:
Thanks. He seemed much happier and healthier afterwards. I think this one is doing a much better job.

Which one did you get?
My cat needs to be dewormed, and I'm not looking forward to doing it.

RichM · Jul 23, 2015

cashew said:
Fine

I'm going to wait on the super fancy ink too, which probably would do better in something else.
I did go for a cool bottle of ink though- its dusky purple

I ordered a bottle of the gold-flecked J. Herbin ink, but I'm planning to use it only in my dip pens. From what I've been reading, some people have been having problems with the gold "dust" clogging their fountain pens, and being difficult to clean out of a converter when they want to use a different ink. That's not a problem with dip pens, since I clean my nibs after every use. I really do like working with deep reds and browns with the dip pens, so I'm looking forward to that.

Congrats on the new pen!

RichM · Jul 23, 2015

PereBourik said:
I wish you and your pen much happiness together.

I have several Safaris. Keep them clean. Flush water through the pen with the converter ever time you fill. The feed can gunk up with dried ink and then they leak big time. Cleaning that is a production.

I've found that flushing a pen on every fill is good practice regardless of the pen. It takes just a minute or two, and it makes a huge difference. I had a couple pens I thought were bad, but after a good flushing, they wrote like new.

PereBourik · Jul 23, 2015

RichM said:
I've found that flushing a pen on every fill is good practice regardless of the pen. It takes just a minute or two, and it makes a huge difference. I had a couple pens I thought were bad, but after a good flushing, they wrote like new.

Agree. I've just never had othe pens leak the way a dirt Lamy leaks.

RichM · Jul 23, 2015

PereBourik said:
Agree. I've just never had othe pens leak the way a dirt Lamy leaks.

Nothing worse than a dirty Lamy.

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