I hope all of you had a lovely St Patrick's Day. I spent the day cleaning and dealing with cell phone issues. After I was finished with my baking for the day (I just made a quick batch of "Breakfast Cookies" to stick in the refrigerator and freezer - they turned out quite tasty), I had almost the full afternoon ahead of me. So I decided, on the spur, to tackle the bedroom draperies.
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My breakfast cookies didn't look this good, but they're quite tasty. I'll eat my way through this batch, then try it again, maybe with some of the garnishes they have in the photo. If you're interested in the recipe, you can find it here: https://thebigmansworld.com/breakfast-cookie-recipe/ |
Now, we moved into the house in 1984 and bought these drapes when we moved in. There are two windows - the western double window, and the southern single one. I've shaken the draperies out over the years, even vacuumed them, but I wanted to actually get them clean. I pulled the drapes down from the single window. They were quite clearly marked "Dry Clean Only" but I didn't really give a damn about the signage, I wanted them clean. So I took them down to the washer and dryer, put them into a gentle cold water wash, and hoped for the best.
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Isn't this just the cutest sign? I adore penguins - LOL. But normally, I'm not a fan of cold water washing. I choose the temperature by what clothes I need clean and how sanitized I want to get them. |
After the wash and an hour on a cool dry, I removed them and they were almost perfect. One small area had a pulled thread, and of course the pleats were no longer crisp. I could have taken them over to the iron and put the pleats back in, but I really didn't give a damn about the pleats. Softer curves are just fine, so I put the drapery hardware back into them and rehung them. They look just fine, and I'm much happier with clean drapes on one window. The longer window will be more of a chore to do, but I'll try to tackle that within a few weeks. No real rush, but I'd like to get it done.
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Since DH had vetoed the corned beef choice, I decided to have sushi for my meal and let him do his fish tacos. I do love sushi, and got a nice assortment of salmon, tuna and mackerel at a really good price. Score! |
Although I told DH I would make corned beef for him if he wanted, he said no, since it was a Friday during Lent. As it turned out, the Archbishop of Minneapolis actually issued a dispensation for Catholics who would normally have been eating fish on St Patrick's Day, to have corned beef and cabbage if they so desired. So, he could have had his corned beef, but he was fine with his fish tacos instead.
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Suddenly, after about 5:00 pm, the texts that DH and Chickie were sending were not being received by my phone. (I assume other texts also were not being received, but since I only had those two texting me, I can only state the fact of the two of them MIA). |
However ... I had texted him asking if he wanted me to pre-heat the oven for him, and I had never gotten a response. So, when he came home asking why I hadn't responded to his text, I showed him my phone, which showed NO TEXT from him. Even though he had sent several to me. I then texted Chickie asking her to text me anything to see if it would come through on my phone, and hers also was lost in cyberspace. This was NOT good.
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I tried everything. I went onto websites and cleared caches. I turned the phone on and off, I practically jumped through hoops backwards, but the texts simply weren't showing up. |
I went through everything in the book, checked all of the various on-line sources, etc., and nothing was working. When I awakened this morning, I noticed that ALL of DH's texts from 5:00 pm onward had appeared on my phone at 12:34 am. Chickie's text also had appeared at that time. Weird, right! Phone ghosts. I really don't need this happening, so this had better only be a one-off and not occur again.
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I guess I have phone ghosts. That's not pleasing me very much, but I'll just keep an eye on it. I really don't want to have to do a factory reset. I'd have to make sure so many things were protected so they could be reinstalled after bringing the phone back from the dead. |
I'm out of here. I need to find a specialized fluorescent bulb for my kitchen ceiling fixture at the hardware store on my way in to the shop today. Hopefully they'll have it, even though it is a fluorescent bulb. It's a double-ring style, and I really don't want to have to rewire my kitchen ceiling fixture for a different style of bulb. Wish me luck - LOL. Have an excellent weekend and Slava Ukraini. I'll be back on Monday morning.
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