INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

Teka

Hell froze over?

kathindc

Smaarty, your table topper is gorgeous. I would be afraid to use it. You're so talented.

Spookiesmom

This??

Smaarty

enerva, like this? So very pretty!

Enerva

OK I am making fingerless gloves

kathindc

Neat! With a mitten flap you can have the best of both worlds for when you need to be able to handle things more easily with your fingers or for when it's reallllly cold and you need mittens. Enerva, you are so talented. Wish I had your talent. All I could do was two different crochet patterns and I've forgotten how to do one of them. Still know how to do broomstick lace so I can always make a baby blanket or shawl (if I wanted to).

Smaarty

enerva, here's my version. I use hdc. Can you send me your pattern?

glennie19

You crafty people are so talented!!!

Enerva

smarty here you go it's very easy

Sent from my Samsung device

Enerva

I am not sure why it does not work

let me know if you see the video I try to attached and it does not show here

Enerva

Not sure if this is working.

Sent from my Samsung device

blondiex46

Love the gloves

Hey chevy i will and yep i have been reading thrm. 

Patty fine, they keep raising the pain meds, just want to comfortable

Rosevalley

It's freezing here too.. got space heaters on.. can't get warm. Frost all over the grass and cold drizzle..29 last night. Took all my Bgonias in so they wouldn't freeze. Even my outside cat looked up and turned away at an offer to go outside. Nope.. he's curled up in DD3s rocker. Smart 15 year old cat.. too cold for old bones. My 11 year old border collie is curled up in her costco bed. I asked her if she wanted to go outside and she rolled over and wagged her tail! Nope. DH just finished this puzzle... wetlands teeny tiny pieces and so detailed. DD3 gave up helping him too hard she said!

Love the gloves they look so warm. Wish I learned to knit. So Spookiesmom what's the temp in Sunny Florida?

Smaarty

enerva, try the link icon and see if that works. Otherwise just copy and paste the text, then I can get there

sas-schatzi

63* in Cocoa Florida. House is 75* without the heat being on. YAY all my energy conservation stuff is working.

Cubbie2015

I am with Sas, never going anywhere without western plumbing!

Mags, the house in Japan sounds fascinating. I like Japanese architecture, just not their plumbing!

Smaarty, I don't even want to think about how to handle "that time of the month" in Asia. Those ladies are tougher than I am. The table topper is beautiful, the light colored squares look like a big snowflake.

Chevy, does anything at the dollar store still cost a dollar? No wonder it's the $20 store.

Enerva, I thought Canadian Hell was located someplace even further north, maybe up around Churchill? No polar bears walking down your street! I'm sure it's plenty cold though. Whenever I miss Canada, I check the weather and see how cold it is. Your fingerless gloves are beautiful. I love that pattern.

Rose, you have a border collie? I had a border collie mix as a kid, smartest dog in the world, too smart for his own good. He was a real character.

Holeinone

Now Rose, let's not encourage Spookie....she has been pretty funny, her last several posts. Blame it all on CHEVY......

CHEVY, your house is cool. So much history. Thank goodness, indoor plumping exists. Outhouses are ok if you are camping or on the river, but in the winter.....brrrrr. Sounds cold & scary. I guess that is sumpthin we can all be great full for.

Going to get very cold & snow in the next few days......not ready, guess I never will be. Watching the snow fall is comforting, like watching waves at the beach.

Night

sas-schatzi

I did it!

Hmm but I got them all. Now what?

sas-schatzi

sas-schatzi

How do you download to file? Forget.

Enerva

Sent from my Samsung device

Ok I am so bad .or is my phone that sucks smarty pm your email I ll send by email .you ll love it cuz is very easy to make

Spookiesmom

sas-schatzi

Internal temp didn't go below 74. No heat. outside temp below 63*. Average cost last year per hour 0.25 cents Kwh on the same day. This years same day average cost per KWhour 0.07cents. Conservation works. YAY. AND a bathrobe.

Yes, we know I'm weird. Every morning I get up and check my energy usage through Florida Power and light Energy Dashboard. Even before coming here. The new pool pump set properly will save money. The pool service guy had it set improperly. Using the HVAC equipment judiciously saves money. Insulating the attic properly will save money. I spent maybe 500$ to do that, but it will pay it self back.

I could tell the pump wasn't set properly b/c the energy charts told me so. Two visits from the technician didn't improve the situation. I called the national help desk and he used the math to calculate where the pump should be set.

Solar east guy stage one 3350 ............................help desk 2050

.....................stage two 2750 ...............................help desk 2050

........................stage three 3300...............................help desk 0

Still need to get the solar working, but too many cloudy days. Average cost to run pool pump before reset was 0.28 cents per Kwh. Set properly 0.07c Kwh. Projected bill prior to reset was 139$, projected bill after reset is 122$

I'm happy.

Spookiesmom

This was yesterday, about 7 am. No heat on.

Rosevalley

We had some critters get under our house and in the attic. That prompted a massive clean up of all insulation closure of a hole that squirrels no doubt put in the roof/ under the eves. The removal of a cedar tree next to the house... highway for up and into the roof. To remove and dispose of all the inusulation and replace it (house is long ranch 2000sq ft) was 7,500.00. Which is crazy but necessary - 3500 top and bottom and disposal fees. The difference in heating and cooling costs afterwards was amazing! Much more energy efficient. We have a trane 97% efficient gas heater and the heater and insulation really makes a difference keeping the house warm. Oregon is cold! My Aunt has solar in CA and she gets money back. Too cloudy here.

I have to rant this morning. We get a digital subscription to the NY Times. I love reading the Times. There is more world news coverage and science than our local paper. But recently they have been spreading these rolling, flickering moving advertisements all over the pages. You can't hardly read an article in peace and focus on the content because of all this crap in your field of vision waving and dancing for attention. I find it maddeningly infuriating! I use an index card to hold over the movie announcements exploding into view. Ugh.. If I bought the paper they couldn't do this to a reader. It's digital so they take advantage of the medium and blast away. We pay a monthly fee for this irritation. So I complained. The Times replied and said what they allow meets their advertisement standards and sorry for the inconvenience. In other words we are making money so F off! I am so disgusted I might cancel. Enough is enough. If they don't care about whether their readers can actually read the reporting and it's all about the ad money then why should I support that? I hit the mute button the instant the ads appear on TV... I mean instantly the sound is off. There is no way to hit mute on a digital paper subscription. Maybe we could pay a 1$ more for no moving ads... of course wasn't that the rational for paying for cable? To pay and not have the ads screaming in your face? There are more ads on cable than ever and we pay more every year! It's a scam.. everything is to sell something.

It's like Pfizer moving to Ireland to escape US taxes. I mean US citizens pay more for drugs than any other nation on the planet and those greedy bastards won't contribute to our tax base! They said the US would benefit because they could put all those savings back into R&D... ya right. It will go in some CEOs pocket and the rest in shareholders and then they will raise the drug prices to make up for "their unforseen business loss." We should get a government panel for drug price negotiations like they have in Europe that will fix that! The gravy train stops. Off for onc visit. bye..

sas-schatzi

Morning Spookie, How you holding up with the cold?
Loverly, have a happy time in Hawaii try to send pics?

Blondie Waving/////\\\\////\\

Spookiesmom

Broke down and wore pants and long sleeve shirt yesterday. And flip flops of course. Back to shorts today.

PattyPeppermint

Good morning. Lurking.

magdalene51

Hootie hoo Patty! Hope you're still feeling great! No, we don't mind hearing how wonderful you're feeling! You've paid the price!

Spookiesmom

Rose, I saw something about an ad blocker app. I've spent the last hour looking for it, can't find. Maybe in the App Store? Guess it would work on PCs. Agree it's very annoying.