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Twoapenny:
I love the fact that you won the battle with the self check out machine, Skep :)  I usually try to avoid them but this last year I've preferred to push my stuff through myself and just get out again as quickly as possible.  They can be a faff, though, so I'm glad it didn't beat you :)  And yes, magnifying things.  We went into town this morning to the library and I was stressed getting myself organised to go.  No idea why, as it was literally get dressed and put books in bag but for some reason just getting out the door on time seemed like a big deal.  I guess when we do start 'getting back to normal' there will be things we'll struggle to adjust to again, just as we struggled to stop doing things when it all started.

sKePTiKal:
Tupp - all kinds of stuff seems magnified, given the extra space in our lives during lockdown. A cup of tea becomes a restorative ritual "time out"... we've been sleeping a good bit out here, albeit at strange times. I think we've finally hit the point of boredom. LOLOL. I've been tempted to break out the needlepoint again.

I'm looking at some sort of winter stuff falling from the sky at least once a day for the next week yet. Rumors of a more significant snow next weekend. I could slip on my ice spikes and head to the garage and start setting up my seed starting stuff. Garage is heated, so with the grow lights it shouldn't be hard to get them started but I'm trying to time it, that I get enough of a head start on the dirt - which is still snow, sleet, freezing rain/ice covered. I'm glad for the snow; it usually predicts good growing conditions in May.

Eye exam next week; the same day the forecast is calling for snow. Hopefully I can dodge it. Jeep's been doing pretty good and my year's of winter driving experience are still informing my reflexes.

Thanks for that Hops; it's a lovely image. I think I'm starting to come down with a bad case of spring fever.  Images of basting myself in tanning oil whilst reclining, drink in hand, on a chaise next to a large pool... intense sun... carolina blue sky... youtube is running ads from Caribbean resorts that are just starting to reopen. I pulled info, pics & video of the base in Scotland where B was stationed. Hol sorted old photos and came up with some I gave her from my trip to Europe in the 90s. Been bookmarking age-appropriate exercises to strengthen my core... and promptly ignore them for some other distraction. LOLOL.

Still detailing the kitchen. Degreasing things; scrubbing a couple years of daily continuous use off of cabinets/floor - and yes, I think I'll be getting knee pads out and scrub brush this time, when I get to the floor. Breakfast bar is going to get sanded, stain & poly finally... and I think I'm painting the trashed toekicks under the cabinets after the flor gets scrubbed.

Meh:
What needlepoint are you making exactly?

sKePTiKal:
Mouse, I have a few things started that got put away years ago. I don't even remember what the images are. LOL.

Twoapenny:

--- Quote from: sKePTiKal on February 12, 2021, 07:11:40 AM ---Tupp - all kinds of stuff seems magnified, given the extra space in our lives during lockdown. A cup of tea becomes a restorative ritual "time out"... we've been sleeping a good bit out here, albeit at strange times. I think we've finally hit the point of boredom. LOLOL. I've been tempted to break out the needlepoint again.

I'm looking at some sort of winter stuff falling from the sky at least once a day for the next week yet. Rumors of a more significant snow next weekend. I could slip on my ice spikes and head to the garage and start setting up my seed starting stuff. Garage is heated, so with the grow lights it shouldn't be hard to get them started but I'm trying to time it, that I get enough of a head start on the dirt - which is still snow, sleet, freezing rain/ice covered. I'm glad for the snow; it usually predicts good growing conditions in May.

Eye exam next week; the same day the forecast is calling for snow. Hopefully I can dodge it. Jeep's been doing pretty good and my year's of winter driving experience are still informing my reflexes.

Thanks for that Hops; it's a lovely image. I think I'm starting to come down with a bad case of spring fever.  Images of basting myself in tanning oil whilst reclining, drink in hand, on a chaise next to a large pool... intense sun... carolina blue sky... youtube is running ads from Caribbean resorts that are just starting to reopen. I pulled info, pics & video of the base in Scotland where B was stationed. Hol sorted old photos and came up with some I gave her from my trip to Europe in the 90s. Been bookmarking age-appropriate exercises to strengthen my core... and promptly ignore them for some other distraction. LOLOL.

Still detailing the kitchen. Degreasing things; scrubbing a couple years of daily continuous use off of cabinets/floor - and yes, I think I'll be getting knee pads out and scrub brush this time, when I get to the floor. Breakfast bar is going to get sanded, stain & poly finally... and I think I'm painting the trashed toekicks under the cabinets after the flor gets scrubbed.

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Yup.  I'm finding the lack of change of pace difficult.  It's a long day to fill and, although there are always many, many jobs to be doing, none of them are currently very stimulating or exciting and I'm loathe to start bigger projects because of (a) the difficulties of getting rid of things and not wanting delivery men in and out and (b) I do have in my mind we might move so I might end up doing everything twice.  So trying to focus on cleaning and decluttering but the novelty of having all day to spend on cleaning the kitchen has worn off, as has the novelty of being able to read, watch a film, do a puzzle or whatever.  It will be nice to get a bit of movement back into the day again (or at least nice to take a walk in pleasant weather, instead of the arctic blizzard that I battled through to get to the shop this morning!  Lol).  Sun and blue sky sounds so tempting just now :) Are you completely locked down there just now or is it more the snow making it difficult to go further afield? xx

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