Am I the only one tripping over my dog?
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Sheesh! Am I the only one who's so far behind?
Comments (27)Well. I'm saying this with the utmost respect and kindness, but: y'all have nothing on me! I just came inside from planting my last 80 bulbs. It was fun, actually (although my feet are now very cold). The ground here is frozen about an inch down. So I levered up frozen slabs with a shovel, added amendments to the cool but unfrozen soil underneath, plunked in the bulbs. I replaced the frozen crust, then jumped up and down on it a few times to settle everything. Easy--and I'm sure all of my non-gardening, home-on-vacation neighbors found it highly entertaining. Tomorrow, I have to finish my "fall" cleanup. I left the hose out--thankfully, I had the sense to disconnect and empty it--and the garden is strewn with a variety of pots, some planted and some not, all of which have to go...somewhere. Then there are a few things left to plant: a peony division, a few day lily divisions, and so on. It's not my fault! :) I suffer from the delusion that I live in northern England, and I learned a lot about gardening from a former neighbor in Cambridge (MA, not England). This lovely, intrepid/crazy lady routinely planted bulbs in late December and had a collection of vines growing up supports she's super-glued to the apartment building next to hers. She planted her bulbs in the "verge" (area between sidewalk and street), which was prime dog-walking territory in that neighborhood. No matter, she had a grade-school-age relative draw graphic pictures to illustrate a number of "This is Not a Dog Toilet!" signs. Anyway, her garden thrived, and mine does, too. I like to push a few limits in it. So you can all relax, and feel very organized and on-schedule. Amanda - And hey--I've got pansies blooming!...See MoreCrying over furniture?! Am I the only one?
Comments (16)Thank you all so much for your input and thoughts - each one validates my mixed up feelings. natal and mrsmarv I've been 'planning' a sale for a long time and each summer the time has slipped away, it didn't get done, another year passes. It's time to let go of the surplus but there are a few items that will hang back at least for now. This is feeling like my 2nd go round with a mid life crisis! Isn't one enough, LOL?? There may still be a cottage in my future - who knows? - but it won't be with my young boys, creating a place they'll want to return to someday with their kids. That's not a new loss, though since my youngest is now 21. oakley I've had those "dang - shouldn't have sold that!" regrets before! I've sold things at previous garage sales that would be the perfect little table in *that* corner..... but I hunt and find something else so the regrets don't last long. cyn *technically* I still have room, too, but this is a psychological crowding that needs breathing room. I like the photograph idea, too. I can have a folder on my computer labeled Furniture and Stuff I Have Loved!!! mitchdesi and Jan you hit the nail on the head - I need to let go and make room for whatever is waiting in the wings. *Stuff* has been holding me back. And it's fun to price things well, watch people get something they love and walk away happy. Onward - 8 days and counting!...See Moream I the only one afraid of buying from private sellers??
Comments (32)I am also a bit hesitant to buy things or sell things to strangers, although I did sell a futon on CL, but it was a nice lady and she was by herself, so I figured I could take her if I had to!! But, I'm more hesitant to sell a car through the paper than furniture. It really makes me nervous to have someone come and drive my car around - I don't want to really go with them, and I'm afraid they'll drive off with it or wreck it. My husband is not at home regularly in the evenings or on weekends, so we just trade in the car when we need a new one. I feel bad in a way because I know we could get more for it by selling it ourselves....See MoreAm I the only one who buys made in the USA anymore?
Comments (92)It's interesting what writersblock said, that the local Lowe's let go all their "pros" because that is what I see happening. Pros knew the merchandise and therefore knew how to serve customers. But they cost more to employ. Once you ditch that, your store is just a big warehouse with folks milling around. But that costs you money too, to run it and staff it, Then might as well be online and folks can "mill" around over the computer. IKEA is an interesting riff off of the warehouse concept, kind of like what I was talking about, a nice big showroom and then the warehouse below where you actually pull the stuff and assemble it. Lots of furniture I see is going to that model, albeit sans the warehouse so more risky for the customer. Seems like the jobs of the future are going to be in warehousing and truck driving and UPS-ing! However, we as customers are not going to be well served by this. However, it was always thus. Folks ordered from the Sears catalog back at the turn of the century, and it came via train and "Wells Fargo Wagon." Only the wealthy could afford custom built things with customer service. The department store was a departure that spread to the middle class, but I guess times were more flush then. Not sure what kind of storefront anyone could make a go of these days, but I know tons of people who fondly remember the joys of actually being able to go somewhere and shop in person. In my case, downtown and big department stores were FUN. I always hated malls, but even they used to be much more fun than they are now. I think a few artsy upscale neighborhoods can still support storefronts, but in my poor rural area, few businesses seem to be able to stay going at all. And they carry limited selections which means they just can't hardly even afford to keep the storefronts open. Can't even keep a florist shop storefront open, although my experience with ordering flowers and plants online has been DISMAL. The stuff that shows up half the time is crap, unless you hit the jackpot and find a decent local place that is partnering with the online ordering company....See Moredebrak2008
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