Posted on 07/31/2015 11:49:41 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows
Oh, that explains it. My personnel have no concept of water conservation (household-type, as opposed to state-wide), even though I bellow, “We’re paying for the water!!!” regularly.
I had at least two aides ask, “Really? You’ve had people who really DO this?” Yes, I have. Three didn’t even know how to make a bed, being confused by the fitted bottom sheet, and not knowing how to tuck in corners neatly.
So I wrote a list of how I want the jobs done...
And this is where Senor Fred became a jerk...
Hospital corners aren’t a thing for me, although I learned how to do it in Home Ec in the 7th grade.
Most of our residents don’t even use a top sheet. They have a fitted sheet and blankets.
I’ve done the bottom sheet only, with blankets, but I was also a young bride when there were no fitted sheets. I learned how to make a bed you could sleep on...
These days, I sleep with a bottom and a top sheet, and the sheets are flannel, so the top sheet acts as a blanket. I sleep on flannel sheets year round, because I have night sweats, and the flannel wicks away the moisture. By the time I have soaked the second side of the bed, the first side is dry. :o]
And that’s why I need new pillows: the night sweats include my head, and the pillows flatten out and get thin by being wet and having the weight of my head on them. My hair is flat and wet when I wake up, and it’s pretty disgusting. I REALLY need new pillows...!
Ohyah: Hospital corners are a thing with my CFIDS. I don’t like the foot of the bed elevated because the sheets and/or blankets are bunched up at the corners.
When we get the CD for the pictures, we can make you a print of any that you like, in a convenient size. I will also send you a couple of the studio prints.
It has taken me this long to figure out that she is playing a "Game of Thrones".
I could print out any pics, but I need to get a color cartridge to do that. I need to do it sooner or later...
If the night sweats were the “change” I could live with it. But they are part of CFIDS and are never ending. It is such an insidious disease, and I hate every minute of it. It has changed who I am.
The skills one learns in manipulating family members are very useful in future global takeover enterprises. And with Tom involved ...
Well, I hope they give me a nice pension, since I’m their mother, after all.
If you FReepmail me your email address, you can see the pictures!
We’ll print and mail them. DP has all the color ink and photo paper and stuff. And it’s the least he can do.
I’m off to bed.
I hope it works out well for you - no lumps!
I think most everyone who passed through the Depression era became a hoarder in some fashion. If they weren't before, they sure were after..
My Grandfather (Dad's dad - Mom's father died before WWII started so I have no memories of him) had a lot of interesting stuff stored in the garage, the 'left' half of the chicken coup, the basement, and the 'tool shed'. What my Dad didn't have squirreled away, Grandpa did.
Gotta go fix Granddaughter's bike. "The handlebars are crooked." (Means she dropped it instead of laying it down, betcha.. ;-)
It’s nice that you can fix stuff.
When we would go to Missouri in the 70s, my mother would send me down to the basement for canned (jarred) vegetables, and say, “Don’t bring up anything with a date more than two years earlier than this year.” There were “cans” from the 40s down there, in the 70s.
After the fire in the late 90s, Dad and his cousin sold all the Mason jars as/is to someone who was prepared to empty them, sterilize them, and reuse them.
But then, you're not in Kalinfernalia. If you were your water would be going to keep some bait alive... ;-)
One of Ceirdwyn’s brothers looked like that.
Her sister was that color but longhaired.
Oh what a cute baby! My head exploded from the squee.
Offline yesterday and probably today. Not feline well. Just wanted to say hello and meow to all my FRiends.
My usual Kitteh sources didn’t have anything I liked this morning, so I googled “Orange Kitten Picture.”
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