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It’s #DeclutterChallenge2024

January 1, 2024 - By ginny

My sewing room serves multiple functions – guest room, computer room, exercise room, extra TV room… and it needs decluttering and reorganizing to make those functions work. #DeclutterChallenge2024 youtu.be/Y_XxkKGDe0o And my multipurpose room was full of Xmess stuff, badly arranged furniture, and clutter. Day 1 was Garbage Day. Days 2-3 were for clearing out magazines & books, but don’t have many, and they’re in my home office. So I rearranged the furniture to open up space for my training bike – goal is to get it set up this weekend. Then today, Day 4, was to get rid of…

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Beautiful Kitchen Design

September 29, 2023 - By ginny

www.theguardian.com/money/gallery/2023/sep/29/homes-with-amazing-kitchens-in-pictures

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All Things Interesting - Home Improvement - Sewing And Quilting

The #DeclutterChallenge Day 1

June 4, 2023 - By ginny

After months of remodeling chaos, my sewing room is a mess. Time to take out the garbage according to her Day 1 declutter challenge.

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Cycling - Home Improvement

On Birthdays, And Continuing To Have Them

October 2, 2022 - By ginny

More than a week ago, it was my birthday, so once again, what is it to me? 25 years ago, at a very advanced and nearly-spinsterly age, I married the love of my life, David. We met in Colorado, and a little more than a year later, we got married in Colorado, at a B&B that’s now closed and for sale. Much has changed since this photo was taken – my mom on the left died in 2006, and my mother-in-law Leah died in 2012. The Alps closed a few years ago; we stopped by on our June road trip…

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Home Improvement - Sewing And Quilting - The Never-Ending Bloga

How to Sew Easy Mitered Quilt Binding

April 26, 2022 - By ginny

I’ve spent the last 2 years re-learning how to sew. First as a necessity, to make masks for family and friends, then as a creative outlet while furloughed from my travel job. After returning to work last year, I started getting interested in quilting. The Spruce Crafts site was extremely comprehensive – every time I looked for info on how to do something, their clear, written tutorials showed up. I looked at this one for a recent project, and although I went with a different method from a video by Jordan Fabrics, this is an excellent starting point and reference.…

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Cloudy With A Chance Of Sushi

August 26, 2017 - By ginny

For the first time in forever, we will soosh tonight.

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Cycling - Health And Fitness - Home Improvement

Diabetes Sucks, But My A1C Is 5.8

May 14, 2015 - By ginny

It’s a numbers game, and currently I’m on the winning side. My first A1C (long-term average blood glucose) came in at 5.8, down from 6.6 when I was diagnosed in December. So that’s great, right? Yes, and despite the claims medical hucksters who’ll sell you a cure in a kit, I still have diabetes. It’s just well-controlled at the moment. I’m lucky that at this point it’s not advanced farther. I’ve raised 1405.00 toward my goal of 2000.00 for the Tour de Cure charity ride, with just a month to go. You can help me achieve that goal by visiting…

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Retail Induced Shutdown Syndrome, I’m Having It

December 14, 2013 - By ginny

Errands have been run, money has been spent, stuff has been bought. Never having been a person energized by shopping, I’m taking a break at Panera. But I’ve got the solution to the Christmas tree problem in the car – this year, it’ll be out of Riley’s nomming range, on a riser that doubles as an ornament storage box. I’ve made a start on the stocking stuffers everyone gets on Christmas morning, and I’ve got David sorted. He’ll get stonkin stuffers, too, so that’s on track. I’ve got a solution for the kitty box problem; the problem is that the…

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Home Improvement - Uncategorical Weirdness

At first I was all like #CLEANALLTHETHINGS

June 15, 2013 - By ginny

And now I’m all like

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Home Improvement - Uncategorical Weirdness

Lifehacker: Do You Like Working From Home? Me: Yes. Did IBrush My Hair Today? Don’t Remember

February 26, 2013 - By ginny

Lifehacker wants to know if I work from home, but they apparently don’t want me to quote their article, just comment there. So I did, but kept screwing up their sign-in screen. What’s the deal with creating a key that can’t be copied, only shown on screen as an image? Anyway, yes, I like working from home. It was particularly nice today watching the latest winter storm blow in and dump about 5 inches of snow. However, network problems made my day somewhat challenging, and as David was home today too, he had to listen to my howls of outrage…

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‘Elmo Skum goes full-bore Gandalf

Both Trump and Skum posted in the wee hours to order GOP sycophants to shut down government.

Skum Xitted: “This should not pass.”

”President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown…”

Link: Government funding plan collapses as Trump makes new demands
#ProPublica form letter to health insurance providers via #Bluesky h/t (@fizbin.bsky.social)

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases) projects.propublica.org/claimfile/ https://projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Link: Daniel Martin (@fizbin.bsky.social)
Will Seb #4banger Gorka Ever Fight That Duel?

Back from obscurity, let’s revisit the ridiculousness of Seb Gorka.

Rick Wilson popularized that nickname, wonder if he’d like to act as second?

Quote: Seb Gorka challenged me to a fight over email and I accepted, only to find out he's "all mouth and no trousers."

Link: Seb Gorka Just Challenged Me to a Fight Over Email and I Accepted
'Out here running toilet scams': Spectators dump on Trump's newest administration pick

Literally a poop emoji nomination. When we shit-can our link to NATO, this guy will be the one to flush our allies.

Link: 'Out here running toilet scams': Spectators dump on Trump's newest administration pick
WaPo Gift Link: 10 Books To Read

The 10 books I’d like to read from the Washington Post. Definitely the Osman, not so much the Penny as I find her Three Pines series a bit too precious. I need entertainment that doesn’t make me want to repeat the mantra of the current era: “don’t panic.”

Gift Link

www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/11/20/best-mystery-novels-2024/