The Drop In Centre 3

[Kitt]

Ok my turn. I am a broken 65 yr old married 45 years ( yes to the same guy) and a mom of one. Some of you know her as she is also a member here, Winged Wolf.  

I am working on my fourth career as a small business owner transporting horses, although i have also moved a few cows, goats, pot bellied pigs, and one alpaca. Careers 2 thru 4 overlap in spots. Started with 20 yrs in QC/R&D for a refractory company. (High tech bricks to line steel furnaces and glass tanks). Next i did child care lunch hours and before and after school for about 15 yrs. Overlapping that when Wings asked for riding lessons I got sucked back into the horse world where i started teaching riding and eventually wound up barn manager. It became too much so I left child care to run the barn full time. Along the ride i bought my first trailer and LLC. Now that I am old and broken ( too many stupid horses in my past) I stepped back and focus on mt hauling business, which is up to 4 trailers and 4 drivers.  

I love to read, cook, and craft.

[Kitt]

Ok my turn. I am a broken 65 yr old married 45 years ( yes to the same guy) and a mom of one. Some of you know her as she is also a member here, Winged Wolf.  

I am working on my fourth career as a small business owner transporting horses, although i have also moved a few cows, goats, pot bellied pigs, and one alpaca. Careers 2 thru 4 overlap in spots. Started with 20 yrs in QC/R&D for a refractory company. (High tech bricks to line steel furnaces and glass tanks). Next i did child care lunch hours and before and after school for about 15 yrs. Overlapping that when Wings asked for riding lessons I got sucked back into the horse world where i started teaching riding and eventually wound up barn manager. It became too much so I left child care to run the barn full time. Along the ride i bought my first trailer and LLC. Now that I am old and broken ( too many stupid horses in my past) I stepped back and focus on mt hauling business, which is up to 4 trailers and 4 drivers.  

I love to read, cook, and craft.

[Mikiesboy]

Happy Monday... it is a sort of holiday here. Michael is home. 

i think we are gonna hang out here.. take a walk and then hang out more.  Pretty well, that's my life anyway.

i hope you all have a super day!

[Gary L]

18 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

Interesting... i had an Iranian friend and they made their 'celebration' rice .. basmati first cook in the usual way.. then it's drained...oil added to the pot and rice put back until the bottom was crispy.. omg it was so good.   
 

i find these similarities in cooking and food interesting. 

From an Iraqi friend: in a NON-STICK saucepan, one cup of rinsed, washed, rinsed and washed, rinsed and washed, etc. basmati, one cup of water, one tablespoon of olive oil, saffron sachet, a teaspoon of salt ( or less in today’s world).  Bring to boil. Immediately start to lower heat bit by bit so it never boils too much.      When done the rice is cooked tip out onto a plate.  There will be crispy “overdone” rice at the bottom. Those in the know fight for this part.   I add a bit more water for cowardice sake…. 

Nadia is an amazing cook. 

[Brayon]

The new Avi.

[Mikiesboy]

47 minutes ago, Brayon said:

The new Avi.

Aw, he's so cute. Arrrrr  

[Mikiesboy]

Tuesday. Hope it's a good one. Woke up with a stinking headache myself. Not my fav way to start a day.  Could be the poor air quality we've had for the last few days. 

At least we get badness one thing at a time. The humidity has been lower but we have poor air to breath. Yay. 

Anyway. Onwards and upwards. Have a good one. 

[kbois]

15 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

Tuesday. Hope it's a good one. Woke up with a stinking headache myself. Not my fav way to start a day.  Could be the poor air quality we've had for the last few days. 

At least we get badness one thing at a time. The humidity has been lower but we have poor air to breath. Yay. 

Anyway. Onwards and upwards. Have a good one. 

I hope you feel better hon!

I've been enjoying the nice New England weather. Its been warm (70s/80s) so far with low humidity. 

Today is the last day my older boy and his wife will be here. We're going over my best friend's house tonight for pizza and game night. Then they are headed out to upstate New York for the rest of the week to do some hiking and sightseeing  

Have a good day everyone! 

[CassieQ]

24 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

Tuesday. Hope it's a good one. Woke up with a stinking headache myself. Not my fav way to start a day.  Could be the poor air quality we've had for the last few days. 

At least we get badness one thing at a time. The humidity has been lower but we have poor air to breath. Yay. 

Anyway. Onwards and upwards. Have a good one. 

I hope the headache resolves itself soon.  I have a history of migraines and wouldn't wish them on anyone.  

[Mikiesboy]

4 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

I hope the headache resolves itself soon.  I have a history of migraines and wouldn't wish them on anyone.  

Thanks. Headaches are horrible. I don't have migraines but know people that do.  Mine with pass with me getting up and doing things, a shower and some drugs. 

Have a good day, Cassie.  

[Mikiesboy]

51 minutes ago, kbois said:

I hope you feel better hon!

I've been enjoying the nice New England weather. Its been warm (70s/80s) so far with low humidity. 

Today is the last day my older boy and his wife will be here. We're going over my best friend's house tonight for pizza and game night. Then they are headed out to upstate New York for the rest of the week to do some hiking and sightseeing  

Have a good day everyone! 

Thank you!  I'm glad the weather is being nice to you.  Enjoy the pizza! 

[Gary L]

Just found out I’ve been scammed for 1000USD on a holiday booking.  Great.  Card cancelled, but the hotel replied to my request for confirmation so tardily that the payment went through to a UK (😱) account for what was a reservation not payment in a Spanish hotel.  Tomorrow off to Guardia Civil, then bank but outlook is grim.  So last two days of luxury at the end of our road trip to UK and France will have to be cancelled…. 😭 

[Mikiesboy]

5 hours ago, Gary L said:

Just found out I’ve been scammed for 1000USD on a holiday booking.  Great.  Card cancelled, but the hotel replied to my request for confirmation so tardily that the payment went through to a UK (😱) account for what was a reservation not payment in a Spanish hotel.  Tomorrow off to Guardia Civil, then bank but outlook is grim.  So last two days of luxury at the end of our road trip to UK and France will have to be cancelled…. 😭 

Doesn't your VISA/MasterCard offer protection against fraud?  i worked for VISA for a good number of years, and they certainly offered fraud protection.  The bank that issues your credit card should be able to confirm, if you cannot find the info on their website. 

[mollyhousemouse]

i've had my first interview, with an offer of a second. declined the second as the high end of their salary range is $10k lower than where i am now. told them i didn't want to waste their time when they could be talking with other candidates.

also got my first two "thanks for applying but..." emails

the search resumes 

[Brayon]

1 hour ago, mollyhousemouse said:

i've had my first interview, with an offer of a second. declined the second as the high end of their salary range is $10k lower than where i am now. told them i didn't want to waste their time when they could be talking with other candidates.

also got my first two "thanks for applying but..." emails

the search resumes 

Good luck, miss molly. You've got this. 

[Brayon]

23 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

Aw, he's so cute. Arrrrr  

Arrrrr, matey. 

[Mikiesboy]

Well, we just watched Jurassic Park World Rebirth... oh, so bad. However, Mahershala Ali, was so so good considering what he had to work with. If you have not seen him in Green Book, go find it and watch it. A terrific film.  Though some found it controversial.  

But I digress, with respect JPWR, dinos are okay. The mutants - dumb. The usual family with cute kid, miserable teens and dear old dopey dad are dull and boring as is the cutesy little baby dino. 

At least had popcorn and we were at home.  They need to stop making these. Just stop it. The first one was good, but it was nowhere near the book. That would scare the pants off you but would not get the old family rating that brings in the extra buck from cute merch. 

Okay. I'm done now.  But do watch Green Book. 

Edited August 6, 2025 by Mikiesboy

[MichaelS36]

On 8/3/2025 at 9:37 PM, Starrynight22 said:

Hello all.  

I'm starry.  I pop in every 2 weeks or so these days.  I enjoy hearing about people's lives from all over. And even though I wouldn't know most of the DICer's by sight I feel like over the last 8ish years I've come to regard this place as a safe, fun,  friend filled living room.  I'm the one sitting by the fireplace with a hot chai. 

And I knew Michael was tall......but I didn't realize He was 6'11".  Wow. 

My little one (ha!) is almost 5'2" and he is not yet 10 years old.  So.. I feel like I will soon have a new sort of kinship to our Canadian host tim, in that I will soon be outsized by my household members 

Hope he doesn't get as tall as I am. It's not all it's cracked up to be. Finding clothes at least here in Canada isn't easy. I order them from the States, the quality is better. 

My mom is about 5 feet tall. She still chases me with a broom!  lol 

[MichaelS36]

7 hours ago, mollyhousemouse said:

i've had my first interview, with an offer of a second. declined the second as the high end of their salary range is $10k lower than where i am now. told them i didn't want to waste their time when they could be talking with other candidates.

also got my first two "thanks for applying but..." emails

the search resumes 

Keep it up! you'll find something. 

[Mikiesboy]

Happy Scuba Day!  And Wednesday too. 

[Brayon]

4 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

Happy Scuba Day!  And Wednesday too. 

Gorgeous!

You know, I live in Florida, but the last time I went to the beach, was in my teens. 

[Wayne Gray]

Well, here's a fun one! Luckily, nobody was hurt.

[Flip-Flop]

1 hour ago, Brayon said:

Gorgeous!

You know, I live in Florida, but the last time I went to the beach, was in my teens. 

I have heard something like that from many who have lived there for years. IMO Florida is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. Too hot in summer, bad storms, tourist traffic, climate change, fire ants .......   This is just my personal decision.

[Mikiesboy]

30 minutes ago, Flip-Flop said:

I have heard something like that from many who have lived there for years. IMO Florida is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. Too hot in summer, bad storms, tourist traffic, climate change, fire ants .......   This is just my personal decision.

It's too hot here and then too cold here. We don't have fire ants, but we have coyotes, foxes, deer (fairly rare but Michael's seen one in our old apartment complex in Scarborough), and the usual bugs like mosquitos.  Climate change is everywhere i think. Certainly, we get more hotter days than we did when i was a kid and so much less snow. 

Canadians are described as wanting to be indoors in both summer and winter. LOL.  Though if i had to choose, winter over summer, i'd choose winter. I like a good sweater and snuggling up with my hot Husband (Michael wears t-shirts and shorts all year round) ... Danny is of medium heat. LOL  

[Brayon]

2 hours ago, Flip-Flop said:

I have heard something like that from many who have lived there for years. IMO Florida is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. Too hot in summer, bad storms, tourist traffic, climate change, fire ants .......   This is just my personal decision.

 

1 hour ago, Mikiesboy said:

It's too hot here and then too cold here. We don't have fire ants, but we have coyotes, foxes, deer (fairly rare but Michael's seen one in our old apartment complex in Scarborough), and the usual bugs like mosquitos.  Climate change is everywhere i think. Certainly, we get more hotter days than we did when i was a kid and so much less snow. 

Canadians are described as wanting to be indoors in both summer and winter. LOL.  Though if i had to choose, winter over summer, i'd choose winter. I like a good sweater and snuggling up with my hot Husband (Michael wears t-shirts and shorts all year round) ... Danny is of medium heat. LOL  

A lot of FL natives I know are the same, when it comes to the beach. Much easier to go swim in a pool, and a lot less crowded. Great as a kid, Teen, or YA but older, I like my comfort too much. AC makes FL bearable most of the Year. My thermostat is set at 75 right now, and I don't touch it. 

75 is considered a Heatwave over in the UK, and that's perfect weather for me. LOL