The Drop in Centre

[kbois]

16 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

socks and layers ... Michael gave me his older cardigan which i hide in... it's warm in here.  Right, time for soup!

Yeah... wrapping something around you  a dozen times will do the trick. Lol

My MIL has a habit of gifting me cold weather gear at Christmas every year. Now while I have no use for a scarf/knitted hat combo or a chenille poncho thing, you bet your butt I'm wearing the thick faux sheep's wool nonskid slipper socks she gave me last year!

[Mikiesboy]

35 minutes ago, kbois said:

Yeah... wrapping something around you  a dozen times will do the trick. Lol

hahaa, i'm not a pencil.. it only goes around 3ish times.. haha

[Kitt]

We could do with a tad less rain around here. Just about every river in NJ is over flood stage. Most had just crested and barely started receeding after last Tuesday's 3+ inches and last night we got 2" more, so rivers are heading up again. My place is on a creek, but water would need to rise 40' to get to me.

[Kitt]

3 hours ago, kbois said:

Yeah... wrapping something around you  a dozen times will do the trick. Lol

My MIL has a habit of gifting me cold weather gear at Christmas every year. Now while I have no use for a scarf/knitted hat combo or a chenille poncho thing, you bet your butt I'm wearing the thick faux sheep's wool nonskid slipper socks she gave me last year!

Love my cabin socks! 2 layers, faux sheep fleece inside, knit outer with no slip stickies on the sole.

[Mikiesboy]

[Wayne Gray]

Howdy, all.

It's an interesting day. I'm trying to ride the line between being a pushy boyfriend and getting my BF to do the things he needs to do (grocery shopping, making meals for himself, etc). He suffers from anxiety and depression, and he's in a bit of a funk right now. He tells me he needs me to push him, but he doesn't want me to in the moment either. So ... we're compromising a little. I'm taking him shopping today, and we're making dinner together again tonight (we did last night too).

Also, the weather is cycling between wind and rain, and sunny. I think it's just going to be a "we'll see how it goes" kind of day. But, I'm ready for that.

[Mikiesboy]

2 minutes ago, Wayne Gray said:

Howdy, all.

It's an interesting day. I'm trying to ride the line between being a pushy boyfriend and getting my BF to do the things he needs to do (grocery shopping, making meals for himself, etc). He suffers from anxiety and depression, and he's in a bit of a funk right now. He tells me he needs me to push him, but he doesn't want me to in the moment either. So ... we're compromising a little. I'm taking him shopping today, and we're making dinner together again tonight (we did last night too).

Also, the weather is cycling between wind and rain, and sunny. I think it's just going to be a "we'll see how it goes" kind of day. But, I'm ready for that.

Aw. He'll feel better if he gets out for a bit. Making a list may help, then there's some direction. 

[Wayne Gray]

6 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

Aw. He'll feel better if he gets out for a bit. Making a list may help, then there's some direction. 

We recently got him a dry-erase board with fun markers and little colourful magnets for his fridge. As he runs out of stuff or notices he's low on something, he's supposed to write it on the board for our shopping trip. I noticed today when I was over there that he's using it, so maybe it'll help. I'm just glad he's using it.

Edited January 14 by Wayne Gray

[Mikiesboy]

1 minute ago, Wayne Gray said:

We recently got him a white-erase board with fun markers and little colourful magnets for his fridge. As he runs out of stuff or notices he's low on something, he's supposed to write it on the board for our shopping trip. I noticed today when I was over there that he's using it, so maybe it'll help. I'm just glad he's using it.

hopefully .. i like lists because then i know what i want and i don't have to 'shop' (wander around) unless i want to. hmm, a white board may be helpful for us .. i will look into that. There's always things you run out of and i say, oh we'll need to get more and forget by the time i make to a piece of paper...lol

[Wayne Gray]

1 hour ago, Mikiesboy said:

hopefully .. i like lists because then i know what i want and i don't have to 'shop' (wander around) unless i want to. hmm, a white board may be helpful for us .. i will look into that. There's always things you run out of and i say, oh we'll need to get more and forget by the time i make to a piece of paper...lol

That's EXACTLY why we have one!

[chris191070]

3 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

hopefully .. i like lists because then i know what i want and i don't have to 'shop' (wander around) unless i want to. hmm, a white board may be helpful for us .. i will look into that. There's always things you run out of and i say, oh we'll need to get more and forget by the time i make to a piece of paper...lol

Me and Hubby have a whiteboard. I'm always forgetting to use it, but Hubby is good at using it. So we're always running out of things that I've used and not written on it.

[kbois]

I keep a running list on my phone. Hubs will text me when he thinks of something to add. 

If I relied on a whiteboard, I'd forget it home every time. 😂

[mollyhousemouse]

5 hours ago, kbois said:

I keep a running list on my phone. Hubs will text me when he thinks of something to add. 

If I relied on a whiteboard, I'd forget it home every time. 😂

we all have access to the list in the grocery store app. need/want something, add it to the app. groceries and menus are usually headed out in a group chat by Saturday afternoon.

it works most of the time

i like the white board idea though. could be helpful for meal ideas.

[Mikiesboy]

We tried the app for our store.  First you have to find your phone, which i don't carry around all the time. Then i need to sign into the app, then i have to open that section of the app and try to add what i want to which is a pain to do, and i'll have likely forgotten what i want by the time i get through all of that. LOL  Much easier to pick up a pencil and write it down. With the whiteboard right there in the kitchen, i think we'll have an easier time. Then we can just take a pic of it or add things to the paper list.  And @mollyhousemouseis right meal planning. Since i'm asked daily at least twice by each person in the house: What's for dinner? i can write that on the board too.

That's my whiteboard reasoning. Amazon says it will be here today. i'm rubbing my hands together with glee and because it's like -4F outside and it's cold in here too.

[Mikiesboy]

Forgot to post this, i got so excited about the whiteboard delivery!  haha  Have a good day.

[MichaelS36]

@Wayne Gray @mollyhousemouse @kbois @chris191070

you will be all happy to know that tim's whiteboard arrived and is currently in use. 

Who knew Grocery list recording was such a thing.   Jokes aside, it's a good idea. I'm sure we'll use it. 

[Wayne Gray]

2 minutes ago, MichaelS36 said:

@Wayne Gray @mollyhousemouse @kbois @chris191070

you will be all happy to know that tim's whiteboard arrived and is currently in use. 

Who knew Grocery list recording was such a thing.   Jokes aside, it's a good idea. I'm sure we'll use it. 

This feels similar to the internet wisdom - "You know you're over thirty when you're excited about a new sponge." Yes - I'm excited about my whiteboard; it's useful, damn it!

Edited January 16 by Wayne Gray

[MichaelS36]

3 minutes ago, Wayne Gray said:

This feels similar to the internet wisdom - "You know you're over thirty when you're excited about a new sponge." Yes - I'm excited about my whiteboard; it's useful, damn it!

Yes, very true. I find I'm delighted by the simplest things now that I'm over forty.  LOL

[kbois]

38 minutes ago, Wayne Gray said:

This feels similar to the internet wisdom - "You know you're over thirty when you're excited about a new sponge." Yes - I'm excited about my whiteboard; it's useful, damn it!

 

32 minutes ago, MichaelS36 said:

Yes, very true. I find I'm delighted by the simplest things now that I'm over forty.  LOL

Just wait for your 50s and vitamins and ibuprofen in bulk sizes is the highlight of the week. 

[Starrynight22]

1 hour ago, Wayne Gray said:

This feels similar to the internet wisdom - "You know you're over thirty when you're excited about a new sponge." Yes - I'm excited about my whiteboard; it's useful, damn it!

I was so flipping excited to get my Dyson vacuum.  I was moving furniture and finding things to vacuum lol 

 

[kbois]

33 minutes ago, Starrynight22 said:

I was so flipping excited to get my Dyson vacuum.  I was moving furniture and finding things to vacuum lol 

 

I used to have one of those. They're fantastic if you have pets. Now that I don't have rugs anymore, I can't live without my Bissell Crosswave. Vacuums and mops at the same time...... yeah, it's the little things that makes us happy. 😆 

[Reader1810]

58 minutes ago, kbois said:

I used to have one of those. They're fantastic if you have pets. Now that I don't have rugs anymore, I can't live without my Bissell Crosswave. Vacuums and mops at the same time...... yeah, it's the little things that makes us happy. 😆 

I love my Bissel Powerclean Ion Pet (though I don’t have a pet) because the filter is so easy to clean compared to filters of old. Vacuuming used to be the one chore I hated the most, but not anymore.  

[Kitt]

Wait till you guys are over 60!  The silliest things amuse me.  There is a farm near my daughter's house that has emu. They make me think of giant walking feather dusters! Think Plumette from Beauty & The Beast. Wings will regularly take that road even tho it's a bit out of the way, just to make me smile.

[Mikiesboy]

11 hours ago, Starrynight22 said:

I was so flipping excited to get my Dyson vacuum.  I was moving furniture and finding things to vacuum lol 

 

We have one, it's great and still great at 10 plus years old. It was a wedding present. Scary what come outta the carpet!

[Mikiesboy]

1 hour ago, Kitt said:

Wait till you guys are over 60!  The silliest things amuse me.  There is a farm near my daughter's house that has emu. They make me think of giant walking feather dusters! Think Plumette from Beauty & The Beast. Wings will regularly take that road even tho it's a bit out of the way, just to make me smile.

Awww.  That would be cool to see though.