I hear that they are an Iowa thing but can't confirm.Peanut butter scotcheroos are my kryptonite.
Get off social media. I killed my Facebook in 2016 and my twitter last week. Seriously life will be better without it! (The planning related insanity I cannot help with- I think it just comes with the job but if you find a way out let me know!)I have gotten more grey hairs as a director over the last year...my sanity is pushed to the brink every other day thanks to social media.. and to think.. I wanted this so bad a year ago..
Maybe I should stop posting at 9,999.Teh Clube Watch List
Whose Yur Planner 13,972
Doohickie 9,973
Bubba 7,983
yay...homeownership.The joys of 'used' houses. The house that we moved into was built in 1997 and overall it is a great house. However the bathroom sinks were draining super slow. We tried all the normal chemical options without success. So last night I pulled the trap off one of the sinks and ran a snake down it... but it didn't seem like it was going quite right. I pulled the trap on the other sink only to find the end of the snake. When they plumbed it, they used a t connecter instead of the modified Y. I was finally able to get it to move using a plunger and bocking the other sink's drain with a rag.
I finish all that up and my oldest informs me that the other bathroom's tub filler has a slow drip that he can't stop. So it looks like I will be rebuilding or replacing a tub filler this weekend.
Jeez! Stop raising the bar, I'm planning to get my packet out 24 hours late, as is the accepted custom!!!don't faint, but I think I got my packet done 2 days early - don't want to jinx it but, woo hoo
The joys of 'used' houses. The house that we moved into was built in 1997 and overall it is a great house. However the bathroom sinks were draining super slow. We tried all the normal chemical options without success. So last night I pulled the trap off one of the sinks and ran a snake down it... but it didn't seem like it was going quite right. I pulled the trap on the other sink only to find the end of the snake. When they plumbed it, they used a t connecter instead of the modified Y. I was finally able to get it to move using a plunger and bocking the other sink's drain with a rag.
I finish all that up and my oldest informs me that the other bathroom's tub filler has a slow drip that he can't stop. So it looks like I will be rebuilding or replacing a tub filler this weekend.
That, for me, would likely be my last official act.Jeez! Stop raising the bar, I'm planning to get my packet out 24 hours late, as is the accepted custom!!!![]()
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don't faint, but I think I got my packet done 2 days early - don't want to jinx it but, woo hoo
yeah I find most mid-90's houses (which includes mine) to have lots of decisions-in-the-field shortcuts that we (I mean my husband, who am I kidding) have been fixing for the last 20 years of having this house - so welcome lol
At my last job we'd email packets and one commissioner would open their packet at the meeting on their tablet. So instead of RRRRiiiiiiiiippppppppppp! you'd hear:When I first started here (and some of the last dinosaurs still roamed about) we would hand the packets out at the meeting. You'd hear them RRRRiiiiiiiiippppppppppp! open right before Roll Call!
Now, we mail/email the packets Thursday afternoon ahead of the Tuesday evening meeting.
At my last job we'd email packets and one commissioner would open their packet at the meeting on their tablet. So instead of RRRRiiiiiiiiippppppppppp! you'd hear:
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I recommend Arizona landscaping. Glued down green rocks. Low maintenance, low water, now problem.The landscape beds for our house have that bad plastic edging, way overgrown shrubs, and once had that orange rock mulch that was removed a couple years ago. The result is a muddy mess in abundant shade. I think I am going to plant periwinkle as a ground cover and plant some dwarf azalais and miniature rhododendrons. Maybe a couple of taller junipers as well.
Literally this was my last night. In the staff report, it said "Attachment A, Existing Ordinance"That only bothers me if they ask stupid questions -
I had a whole Planning Board like that once, that is opening the packet the night of the meeting, they were all hyper educated and hyper employed, literally getting off the train from Boston and walking up to the meeting and the meeting would open while they were opening their packets and they'd say "Okay LP, what do you want us to do here" - it was lover-ly
I experienced a full 10 years of exhaustion on your part, just reading that exchange and recognizing the easily expected and eternal misunderstanding of Staff's fucking point. Always. The. Same.Literally this was my last night. In the staff report, it said "Attachment A, Existing Ordinance"
Mayor: "This new ordinance, you a proposing with a date of 11/1/2024, isn't objective at all"
Me: Attachment A, it said printed on 11/1/2024 on the top.. it's the existing ordinance. This is why we are here.
I saw one of these twenty years ago, shown to me by an inspection client that had bought a regular looking low pitch hip roof ranch. It was next door to his nursery business. Detached garage looked just like the house, but you entered the "man door" to ascend a few risers to the pool edge. Really low headroom, however, and have to say it was not a comfortable space.How about is this for a development question -
Has anyone had experience with having an above ground pool in their garage through the winter months?
I have to admit that I am proud of myself. The installation of our smart thermostats didn’t go according to plan, but I was able to troubleshoot the problem quickly and able to connect the proper wire onto the control board.
If you're just patient most folks can do a lot of things for themselves. Particularly with YouTube having so many videos to lean on for information. I'm just stubborn and hate to pay people to do things that I can do myself. I'm no craftsman but I'm able to do most of my own work unless it's really intricate or will take an inordinate amount of time. Then I believe there is such a thing as a false economy and I'll pay someone to get it done much quicker than I could. I'm certain I could have screened in my new porch but lord knows how long that would have taken me and how much material I would have wasted with mistakes. So that was an easy decision to spend the 5K. It does look awesome though!I am not a handy person by any stretch but amazed myself when I removed our old Honeywell thermostat years ago and replaced it with a Nest thermostat all by myself. I was actually just thinking about it again the other night and was questioning how I did that. Crazy!
Nice looking space.If you're just patient most folks can do a lot of things for themselves. Particularly with YouTube having so many videos to lean on for information. I'm just stubborn and hate to pay people to do things that I can do myself. I'm no craftsman but I'm able to do most of my own work unless it's really intricate or will take an inordinate amount of time. Then I believe there is such a thing as a false economy and I'll pay someone to get it done much quicker than I could. I'm certain I could have screened in my new porch but lord knows how long that would have taken me and how much material I would have wasted with mistakes. So that was an easy decision to spend the 5K. It does look awesome though!
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Do you fish the pond?If you're just patient most folks can do a lot of things for themselves. Particularly with YouTube having so many videos to lean on for information. I'm just stubborn and hate to pay people to do things that I can do myself. I'm no craftsman but I'm able to do most of my own work unless it's really intricate or will take an inordinate amount of time. Then I believe there is such a thing as a false economy and I'll pay someone to get it done much quicker than I could. I'm certain I could have screened in my new porch but lord knows how long that would have taken me and how much material I would have wasted with mistakes. So that was an easy decision to spend the 5K. It does look awesome though!
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I have not yet but I'll probably mess around now and then. There are plenty of gators so I'm sure there are some decent fish somewhere in there.Do you fish the pond?
I have one installed since i moved into the house we bought. Love that thing. Also love to pre-heat my car after a cold night as a referee and herding parents through a soccer tournament knowing my seats and steering wheel are quite toasty.I have to admit that I am proud of myself. The installation of our smart thermostats didn’t go according to plan, but I was able to troubleshoot the problem quickly and able to connect the proper wire onto the control board.
I have one installed since i moved into the house we bought. Love that thing. Also love to pre-heat my car after a cold night referring and herding parents through a soccer tournament knowing my seats and steering wheel are quite toasty.
Love my heated seats and steering wheel. Colder months I just go the my office window, push the door lock button in the fob, and remote start. Head out a few minutes later and warm seat and defrost. Don't know why the steering wheel heater does not come on with remote, perhaps a setting, but those features sure are nice.I have one installed since i moved into the house we bought. Love that thing. Also love to pre-heat my car after a cold night referring and herding parents through a soccer tournament knowing my seats and steering wheel are quite toasty.
Cold? Like 55F or so?...love to pre-heat my car after a cold night...
If I had to pick between the two, I'd take heated steering wheel over heated seats.Love my heated seats and steering wheel. Colder months I just go the my office window, push the door lock button in the fob, and remote start. Head out a few minutes later and warm seat and defrost. Don't know why the steering wheel heater does not come on with remote, perhaps a setting, but those features sure are nice.