My Miniature Madness Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 15 minutes ago, grazhina said: For days I've been wanting a couple of those fantastic fresh made doughnuts at an area doughnut shop and restaurant. I couldn't go yesterday so I planned on going today. Good thing I checked their hours on the website, cause they've gone back to offseason hours. Closed on Tuesday and Wednesday. I'll have to wait till Thursday. Cookies wouldn't do, a box of drugstore chocolate wouldn't do, I crave the doughnuts, the cream filled ones, the custard filled ones, the honey dipped ones! I didn't know what else to do to help stave off my craving, so I made a dozen pumpkin spice muffins with raisins. They helped. Krispy Kreme opened a shop about 30 minutes away a few weeks ago, it's the first one in Maine. My son said he drove by it the other week and there was a line of people out the door and into the street, all waiting to get in. I think I'll go check it out in a few weeks once the crowd thins out. You go, girl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Yeah - a dozen doughnuts just for me! You know, I'm seriously considering the 45 minute drive up to the European Bakery tomorrow. When cravings come over me they just stay and stay until I get what i need. If I get pastries, maybe I won't want the doughnuts so badly. Actually, the pastries are better for me than the doughnuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I have to not look when it's eclairs or cheesecake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Go ahead and drool over their torte list. I've had the Chambord torte - OMG!! Usually I get an assortment of pastries and DS enjoys some with me when he gets home from work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Bad, bad Grazhe! I used to make a Black Forest cherry torte for our kids' birthdays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 1 minute ago, havanaholly said: Bad, bad Grazhe! I used to make a Black Forest cherry torte for our kids' birthdays. Hey! I not a bad girl! I willing to share! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueirishmoon Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I don't like Krispy Kreme. Too raw and spongy for me. I'm a Dunkin Donuts fan instead: maple glazed, cinnamon coated, or old fashioned cake donuts are my weakness. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I'm not a big doughnut fan, although back when I deep-fried with impunity I made some killer sweet potato doughnuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 The cake doughnut is an American invention. Blueberry pie is also an American invention. The pizza, in the form that it is known and loved all over the world today, is also an American invention. I've been listening to a food history podcast lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Blueberry pie is another favorite! I started Fall cleaning today; we are enjoying the first few crisp days before the heat returns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Hung out in my 3rd floor studio most of the afternoon, came down for lunch and watched an episode of High Chaparral on the dvr. A good day, had the house all to myself. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 I am still up to my armpits in moving in. It's taking as long or longer than the packing up phase. Maybe because I'm not working on a deadline. Have set a self imposed deadline of Thanksgiving to have all boxes emptied and everything in order. Yesterday I put together a little drop-leaf table that I'm using for my computer. Now the desk that held the computer needs to move into the craft room to be used as a work table/storage. Too heavy for me to move myself, so must wait for helping hands. Also need help in hanging heavy pictures and pictures too high for me to reach comfortably. I find I'm a bit leery of getting more than two rungs up on the ladder. Balance isn't what it used to be. Am hoping to corral a couple of nephews into doing the heavy lifting this weekend. Meanwhile, the rest of the boxes await. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparklepuppies Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Kathie, I was just about to offer to come by and help, and until you mentioned heavy, tall, and balance. Not sure I'd be much help with either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 41 minutes ago, sparklepuppies said: Kathie, I was just about to offer to come by and help, and until you mentioned heavy, tall, and balance. Not sure I'd be much help with either. LOL ... thanks for the kind thoughts, anyway. Other than the heavy lifting, this really is a one-person job, me. As each item is unpacked I have to think about where it will go and put it there. And then move it later when it becomes obvious that wasn't a good choice. Most of the paintings are leaning against walls and furniture as I wait for them to tell me where they want to hang. Dollhouses are not the only objects that talk to me! I'd love for you to come by after I'm settled, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparklepuppies Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Me too! Just let me know when! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Swearengin Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Today was 10+ hours on the road with my oldest daughter and granddaughter. Tonight in Steubenville, OH. Tomorrow off to the Homer Laughlin factory. My birthday present to my daughter, she loves Fiesta ware. The 2 of them will get a factory tour in the morning, my ticker keeps me from going . Company rules. After the Fiesta ware factory, it's off to Roanoke VA, to Black Dog Salvage. Just because we can. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I'm up in Vero Beach cleaning the cottage for my niece from England who is coming to stay here with her best friend for a week. She is such a bright young woman, teaches high school physics at a very exclusive school outside of London. I warned her that it's pretty boring in early November before the snowbirds arrive but she doesn't care. She just wants peace and quiet on a deserted beach for a week. They will be arriving in Miami next Saturday and I've insisted on picking them up and driving them the 2.5 hour drive to Vero (arriving in Orlando would have made more sense) where they can rent a car for the week. Although it's a little bit of a pain, I'd feel better getting these "left side of the road" drivers away from the Miami traffic and craziness before they get behind the wheel and have to acclimate to right sided driving. Now I've got to watch some videos on how to fold towels into swans like her mother does at their vacation home in France. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 7 hours ago, Sable said: I'd feel better getting these "left side of the road" drivers away from the Miami traffic and craziness before they get behind the wheel and have to acclimate to right sided driving. Now I've got to watch some videos on how to fold towels into swans like her mother does at their vacation home in France. Good thinking! Swans? Maybe pelicans would be more appropriate? Granted, they look a lot like swans, but if you point out every pelican you see on the drive to Vero Beach, they might be passable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueirishmoon Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Making slow progress on the needlepoint rug I'm doing. Forward! When I'm done, it'll have a classic leaf border and a stylized oval wreaths center. I went with sage green tones for it. This weekend I need to finish some stained glass soldering so I can have a frame cut for one of the pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 3 hours ago, KathieB said: Good thinking! Swans? Maybe pelicans would be more appropriate? Granted, they look a lot like swans, but if you point out every pelican you see on the drive to Vero Beach, they might be passable. Thanks Kathie, for reminding me about the pelicans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Swearengin Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 On 10/15/2017, 12:17:52, jrchob said: So, the program is at it again. Please ignore this. Trying to clear the glitch on my phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Swearengin Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Ok, that worked. Cleared the glitch My daughter better love her mommy. LOL. I just spent over 400.00 on fiesta ware for her birthday. I could have purchased (but honestly would not), a really big house for that. Buying it on line would have been twice that much, and I get a road trip out if it all. Life is good!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldenrodfarm Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I ordered LED lights from Evens, for some reason I found the ordering process to be difficult, I am not usually that dense, but I have had a lingering hayfever/cold/flu or any of the above since I finished haying. This is the first time I have gotten the creeping crud for years. So I called him, and he was most helpful, I then placed my order and screwed it up anyway, ordering the wrong LEDs for the double A battery. Meanwhile I wanted a couple flickering LEDs and couldn’t find then on his site, so after placing the order I did a general google search, and what popped up was flickering lights on his site. I called him again and asked if he could add the tow flickering lights to the order, and that is when I found out I had ordered the wrong LEDs. So in the end even though he probably thinks I am a dizzy blond, it all worked out better, I will get what I wanted instead of what I ordered, and the flickering lights can be sent in the order saving postage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 We bought a new car a couple of weeks ago, with lots and lots of computery stuff to do on it to make things work, omg, you even have to use the correct wording for voice commands. Personally, I didn't feel we needed a new car, but he'd been itching to buy one badly. So, after almost 2 weeks of trying, he finally got the car's app to load and work on his phone, and now he's back to making both of our phones work in the car hands free. I've lost track of how many times I've had to answer the phone or call him back in the car. Since he finally got both of our cell phones to work I had to sit in the car and listen to him explain it all to me AGAIN. First you use the mouse to scroll over and change his device to my device as the primary phone. Only the primary phone can both make and receive calls. Then, once you've scrolled to the correct spot, and changed the secondary phone to primary phone, you have to hit the button on the steering wheel to do a voice command and say the command correctly. The car responds by saying that number is not in the data base (DH says he always has to say the command call home again and then the computer will begin to dial home). The whole time I was thinking, wouldn't it be faster to just pick up the phone & dial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 1 hour ago, grazhina said: wouldn't it be faster to just pick up the phone & dial? Amen! I'm assuming that you are not driving while attempting all of these gymnastics. Talk about distracted driving! I shudder to think about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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