RTBTCKI ( The Very Yucky Weather Edition)
Posted By Kathleen David on January 7, 2009
It’s turn into a full blown cold and I feel like my head is going to explode. The Neti pot is helping in the short term but right now my mucus membranes are in overdrive.
The weather outside is frightful. No snow (darn it) or ice (thank goodness) but rather that cold wet bone chilling rain with no end in sight.
I am making bean bags today for a carnival that will be at Caroline’s school in a couple of weeks. I found a great monkey patterned cloth to cover the basic bag in. I just need to find a round rosin bag to make the pattern off of.
My speaking up yesterday on a board had some interesting results but the one individual that I really hoped would take a hint only took half a hint away from the conversation. I did like that some people chimed in with their opinions of the subject at hand with nice rational discussion even if they didn’t like the policies as presented. And a couple of people decided to give it a go even though they had not gotten in last time they tried.
I have to thank Mercedes Lackey because her last book gave me the solution to getting some crud off a pot that had burned on there. I put it on the stove and put some water onto boil to loosen the crud. Now I have a shiny pot again (well as shiny as Teflon gets). Over all the book was pretty good but it felt very loose at the beginning and very rushed at the end. I have a feeling that this is the first of a trilogy.
I also read the newest Ender book. Once he is done, every hole in that story is going to be plug and told from everyone’s point of view. I want to go back and read Speaker for the Dead again since I read it before I read Ender’s Game and this current book is the one that happens before Speaker.
So two books read so far this year and fifty to go.
I am grateful for good reads.
Boiling is my end-all. It also works for stubborn clothing stains, such as salad dressing and oil spots on cotton. Put dish soap in a big pot, add water to cover clothes, bring to a boil with an occasional stir, turn off heat and let sit overnight. Stains almost always come out. I did Chris’s nasty McDonald’s uniforms last night; this morning the water was the exact color of french fries.
There’s a stronger recipe with Chlorox II, dishwasher detergent, and powdered laundry detergent, too, and that will take leaky pen ink out of fabric. It will also brighten old grayed socks. As with anything, if it’s delicate or full of dark colors, spot test it and/or wash it alone!!! I’d be leery of silks and dry-clean-only things around Electrosol (more than half of dry-clean can be washed in a machine). I’ve had some spectacular surprise dye bleeds, esp. fuschia, dark turquoise, upholstery fabrics, and cheap black dye. You don’t want that getting onto a light color – nothing takes that back out. But overall it’s saved me hundreds of dollars in ruined clothing.