The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...

ecurbh

[ecurbh]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...

The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.

[JenB]

Mirrors are nice. I have one in my room. Actually my walls are getting cluttered with stuff...

[HairOfTheDog]

Make it stop...please...lol

There is only one way to make it stop. It must be cast back into the fire from whence it came!

One of you must do this.

[2Jedismom]

I think I have reasonably good taste, so when I go into a thrift store, I don't end up with a bunch of junk. I see something that I know is a good buy, I get it. Like my coffee carafe...they aren't that expensive in Walmart, but I got mine for .49 at the thrift store! That's a useful and good buy! Got a little paper shredder brand new in the box that works like a charm, attaches to my trash can for a buck. Everyone needs one of those! Got a cheap tea-kettle for .49.

Most the time, it either has to be brand new in the box, or I have to be able to make it look brand new before I'll buy it in a thrift store.

[HairOfTheDog]

My boss is being targeted by his bosses and he, in turn, is coming down on us.

This happened at a place I had a great time working.... My better-than-average boss at the time gave us all a pep-talk... He had two problems.... His superiors were out to get him, and his staff was sniping and tattling on each other. He said "Your job as a department is to protect me from the outside, and protect each other from me." I think it is a pretty good teambuilding strategy myself.... and for him, it worked. For a time. He was a mover and shaker and he didn't last long there, but when he left, so did we.

[JenB]

I go to the remnant-clothes shop now, for jeans, since I'm dieting and don't want to spend 30 bucks on a pair of jeans I'm only going to wear for a month. We have a nice store that gets all the items that didn't sell before, so they're new clothes. Nobody else has worn them.

[HairOfTheDog]

I love thrift stores!

We never get OT into a Pawn Shop. We looked for them on the way to the airport the last day, but she lucked out. Was gonna make her buy a toaster.

[Overtaxed]

Hehehe....when we passed that pawnshop (dimly lit...you know that's a bad sign) on the way out of town, I felt it was safe to mention that I escaped the pawnshop threat.

[RosieCotton]

It's going to be about 15 here, I think, although when I think about Rosie that doesn't seem too bad.

Always glad to oblige...

Actually it's not too bad right now. Won't get much below zero until Saturday.

[HairOfTheDog]

Can't believe you saw an opportunity and didn't fess up. We should have turned around!

[Overtaxed]

Can't believe you saw an opportunity and didn't fess up.

You can't?

[JenB]

At least I didn't have to scrape off my car this morning.

[2Jedismom]

I just went in to wake up Joshua for school (he had crawled in my bed sometime earlier this morning) and he looked so cute that I took this picture...you can see the new dust ruffle!

[RosieCotton]

I didn't have to scrape, either. Nice.

Did have to go out early and start it, though.

Current temp - just shy of 6 degrees. But it's supposed to get up to 13.

[JenB]

I probably should start it, but I don't like leaving my car in neutral. So I just freeze for the first eight minutes.

We might be up to 11 by now...

[2Jedismom]

***But it's supposed to get up to 13.

Whooohooo! Practically balmy!

LOL

[Professional Engineer]

I have a color plotter that will print up to C size. 17 x 22. :-)

Ya' mean half-size.

[RosieCotton]

You could always put the emergency brake on, if you don't like just leaving it in neutral.

It's better for the car, too, to wait until it warms up a bit.

Though five or ten above is a lot better than twenty below...

[Professional Engineer]

No heat? Yuck. What's wrong, do they know?

It's the Army.

[Professional Engineer]

Actually my walls are getting cluttered with stuff...

A couple of coats of paint will cover that crayon right up.

[JenB]

You think you're joking, don't you? But my brothers had that room before I did....

No, between the bookshelves, posters, calendar pages, mirror, and framed parchment, there really isn't that much space...