What are you doing?

[Kayelle]

Several neighborhoods in my city use it. It's pretty cool, I think. It's mostly posts on lost pets, local events, stuff like that. The city police department is on it, too. At the beginning of the school year, a car with a few men tried to talk to some kids at a bus stop; They ran to tell someone and a parent got a picture of the car and posted it on Fb and NextDoor. The police followed up; it turned out to be a false alarm - the men were trying to ask where someplace was - but you never know.

Thanks and glad to hear that good report GG. I think I'll check it out too.

 

[Kayelle]

Gathering up the energy to do some vacuuming. The air intake for the furnace is covered in dust, may as well take care of the carpet while I am at it. Have cardboard boxes to break down, cut up and dispose of. Still looking for boxes in the garage, need to have it cleaned out before the snow flies. One more shelving unit to build and the living room will be furnished to perfection.

PF, just keep motivated to get completely settled by thinking how nice it will be when the snow begins to fall on your cozy wonderful home sweet home. Do you have a fireplace?

 

[PrincessFiona60]

PF, just keep motivated to get completely settled by thinking how nice it will be when the snow begins to fall on your cozy wonderful home sweet home. Do you have a fireplace?

Yes, I do. It was left in a mess, but I now have the tools to clean up and get my fires going. Firewood will be no problem. Daddy owned a tree service and he has lots of firewood stacked in his yard.

Been looking up on how to whitewash so I can do the brick, I actually haven't decided yet, but it would brighten the room a bit.

 

[Dawgluver]

Cleaned up and brought in the tropical hibiscus pots, now to dig up the red dracena in amongst the ornamental sweet potato vines. The greenhouse I go to in the spring has run out of them before, so I like to pot up and keep them year to year.

Man, it's windy here! Supposed to get down in the 20's soon.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Several neighborhoods in my city use it. It's pretty cool, I think. It's mostly posts on lost pets, local events, stuff like that. The city police department is on it, too. At the beginning of the school year, a car with a few men tried to talk to some kids at a bus stop; They ran to tell someone and a parent got a picture of the car and posted it on Fb and NextDoor. The police followed up; it turned out to be a false alarm - the men were trying to ask where someplace was - but you never know.

Thanks and glad to hear that good report GG. I think I'll check it out too.

I signed up and took a look around. It seems to have some nice features to keep you informed of things happening in the area. The one thing I'm not sure I like is the fact that it provides a directory of everyone in your area, with name and street address, that is a member so you can contact them by email. I will try it for a few days and see how it goes.

 

[Kayelle]

Yes, I do. It was left in a mess, but I now have the tools to clean up and get my fires going. Firewood will be no problem. Daddy owned a tree service and he has lots of firewood stacked in his yard.

Been looking up on how to whitewash so I can do the brick, I actually haven't decided yet, but it would brighten the room a bit.

Ohhhhh, we need before and after pictures! Just think of how cool a white fireplace would be with those red walls at Christmas!!

 

[PrincessFiona60]

The fireplace is in the dining room and it has white walls with a dark wood paneling about 4 foot high.

I will have to get shots of the living room as soon as we get the last set of shelves up, they didn't have hardware with them so we called to have it sent.I'm still not happy with the curtains in the living room, but Shrek likes them.

 

[Addie]

I had to do some ironing the other day. I have an ironing board that I found in a thrift shop more than 40 years ago and paid the grand sum of $.69. It had the price written on it in crayon. (before magic markers) It was made in the late 30's before all metal went to the war effort. The top is wooden and the legs heavy steel metal.

When I found this board, there was about 20 ironing pads on it. Whoever owned it would just put another pad on top of the old one. So I washed the top one, and when that one gave up the ghost, I would remove it and clean the next one. I finally get down to the last one about five years ago. I hated to have to buy a new pad, so I started to patch the last one on the board. I even patched the patches. When I pulled out the board, the last pad had to go. I tried to wash it, and it fell apart completely. I was picking out clumps of material. Time for a new pad.

Then I took a look at the board. The original label was still on it. It was put out by Sunbeam. It is now too heavy for me to bring out and lift. So my treasure of $.69 has to go. Not only time for a new pad, but a new board also. But alas, it doesn't end there. Poo bought me a Euro-Pro X iron about 20 years ago. It has a very large tank for the water and gives off steam like a furnace. I can iron for about an hour before I have to fill the tank again. Unfortunately, as much as I love it, that too has to be replaced. It also has become too heavy for me to lift and put it where I need it for ironing.

I will look for a new iron and an ironing pad. No more ironing boards. My hands simply cannot do some of the simple chores that I have done all my life as a housekeeper. Ninety-nine percent of my clothing is cotton. (Skin problems) So I still need to have an iron. But an ironing pad will suffice for me. I am going to miss Old Betsy (the iron) and the Iron Horse (board). Yes, I have named them. Just like I named my iRobot vacuum cleaner. (Rosie, after the Jettson's maid). Old Betsy has served me well through all my craft projects along with wrinkle free clothing. I am going to miss her.

 

[taxlady]

Addie, I have a steam iron, but I never use the steam. I find that spraying with a plant sprayer works much better. If you did that, whatever iron you get won't weigh as much when you iron with it, with no water in the reservoir.

 

[Addie]

Addie, I have a steam iron, but I never use the steam. I find that spraying with a plant sprayer works much better. If you did that, whatever iron you get won't weigh as much when you iron with it, with no water in the reservoir.

What I have now, the tank is separate from the iron. And the tank is like a pressure cooker. When the tank is empty, you can't just take off the cap, you have to wait for the pressure to go down. It is the tank that is so heavy. It is a great iron. Even gets the wrinkles out of the heaviest linens.

Good tip TL. When I was a kid, you sprinkled the clothing or items to be ironed, rolled them up and by the time you got to the third item or such, all the ironing items were damp enough to be ironed. My mother had a sprinkler head stuck in a soda bottle. I do keep an empty Windex bottle filled with water under the sink. Lots of uses for it around the house.

 

[creative]

Transferring general computer notes (troubleshooting etc) from my old Toshiba handbook (before I pack it away). My new Lenovo laptop didn't come with a handbook (but has an online facility for support etc) - all well and good if the initial problem is not about logging in or power.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

When I was a kid, you sprinkled the clothing or items to be ironed...My mother had a sprinkler head stuck in a soda bottle...

I still have my Mom's old bottle and sprinkler. I don't use it, but I keep it anyway.

 

[taxlady]

I remember those bottles with the sprinkler head. The drops that those put on clothes to be ironed just aren't small enough. A spray bottle, like an old Windex bottle, makes much finer drops and you don't have to wait to iron. My sister was baffled why her ironing was easier and better when she used spray starch. I told her to try with water, and when she tried it, that worked just as well.

 

[Lance Bushrod]

I iron my own shirts and love the steam feature. To each his own I guess.

I remember the aluminum sprinkler head and mom would use a big quart 7-Up bottle.

 

[Dawgluver]

My mom was an avid Coca Cola drinker, so her sprinkler head was attached to a Coke bottle.

In the extremely rare cases when I iron, I use a plant mister.

 

[Andy M.]

We have an iron that steams and sprays. Works great.

 

[JoAnn L.]

I love to do the ironing. As a child that is one thing I could do to make my mother happy. To this day I still do it like she taught me. When hanging the wash on the line everything is in order. All the towels together, socks in pairs, blouses and pants in a row. The one thing I don't do is iron the sheets anymore. In those days the material was a lot stiffer. I don't remember her putting any softener in the water. She had a wringer washer and no dryer till the day she died. Dad wanted to buy a new modern washer and dryer for her but she said no. Another thing I liked to do as a child was to put the lace curtains on the stretcher bars.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

When I iron...oh wait, I don't iron. Shrek has a small tabletop ironing board and a steam iron. I had gotten him an ironing pad, but he didn't like it.

 

[Andy M.]

I wasn't very bright as a kid. One day mom was ironing my clothes and I asked if I could try it. From that day forward I was responsible for my own ironing. When I was newly divorced, I washed and ironed all my dress shirts - it was all I could afford. Now I do all my own ironing (there isn't much) and SO's as well.

 

[Kayelle]

I remember mama using one of those sprinkle bottles, then rolling the clothes up tight and putting them in the refrigerator till the next day. I don't know why though.