COLD DARK ROOM

[CarolM]

Good night, roommates, and almost good morning across the pond. [emoji6] Since I’m temporarily single, I’m having an exciting evening planned. With a book. Not see you all tomorrow.
P.S. It’s Labour(-free) Day for folks in North America, so there might be fewer complaints about Monday this time.

Thank you goodness I am over Monday. Just the rest of the week to get through though.

 

[CarolM]

Today was the first day of dove season. Those crazy hunters were out there before the sun had even cleared the horizon. I'll never understand the thrill of shooting such a mild and tiny bird.

I never even knew there was such a day.

 

[JoesMum]

The jumping ones are the worst, at least in my house they are, because they are the little buggers that like biting me.

We have a jumping spider here too, but they’re tiny and don’t bite

 

[Blackdog1714]

What would suck: the new washer needs a minimum 2" pvc and this house is a National Home. You can't just change the plumbing or anything else because you're a good old boy and think you know how. The existing drain pipe is 1and1/2...I would really use a laundry tub for cleaning. Sooo...that's what I'm doing. The washer hookup instructions give that option. I spent my labor day having fun with my siphoning pump and animals in the meantime. The siphoning pump was a good investment of 30 bucks. A great tool to have and I'll get biceps again...

Can you use a reducer- it slides into the 2" and then has an opening in the center for the 1.5"

 

[CarolM]

Exciting plans, roommates! Looking forward to the pictures. My exciting plan for the day is to borrow our landlord’s cart and get an enormous doll house for my girl. The doll house might be a touch bigger than the cart, so it’ll be an adventure requiring tying good knots and maneuvering on narrow sidewalks.

Pictures please.

 

[CarolM]

We had a biology practice paper today and one of the questions was this. “Emma noticed that her hermanns tortoise was lethargic and had soft stools, she fed her tortoise strawberries, tomatoes and lettuce.” Explain 2 ways Emma can improve her torts diet......

In my head my first thought was “Emma Emma Emma! Hermanns shouldn’t eat fruit!

Whahahaha. I bet you are one of the few who would have gotten that right.

 

[CarolM]

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I’m a super mom, if I can say so myself [emoji123][emoji23]

I think so too. And what a beautiful Doll's House.

 

[CarolM]

Good evenooning everyone.

Two cute admissions at the rescue today....

A baby bullfinch
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And a baby stoat
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I have come home with a crate containing a mother hedgehog and her babies that I must hand over to someone for release this evening

Awww sweet.

 

[CarolM]

I didn't know that Canada celebrates Labor Days with US. Sometimes my birthday falls on it. But not this year. I was born on Labor Day. My mom got a double whammy. She had a baby and missed the picnic.

Does this mean that it is your birthday soon or did I miss it?

 

[CarolM]

Yes shelter is pet friendly. Brought Opo's hide in this afternoon. He is all stressed out.

Poor Opo.

 

[CarolM]

Ok we are all buttoned up! Opo,s inside and its bedtime for him. So that worked out. Wait till he wakes up tomorrow. He was upset when we took his hides and other things off the porch. Went to his outside enclosure and hid in the tall grass. Started raining hard but he stayed put. Brought him in and he went right to his nighttime hide.
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You have a lovely home.

 

[CarolM]

They are beautiful especially the little stoat - I've never seen a baby stoat before.
Good luck to the hedgehogs too.

I wanted to say that for the baby stoat as well, but didn't because I did not want to hurt the baby bids feelings.

 

[CarolM]

Ahhhhh, I’ve got Tuesdays and Thursdays off. Time to kick back and relax for this is the only week where those days are not filled up with assignments and work experience

Those days you should use to study and do any assignments that are due later on. You kind of get ahead of the game.

 

[CarolM]

Good afternoon/evening all.
It was lovely to see everyone in work today and find out what they've been up to this summer, but now I've done that I don't want to go back.
We had a short day today, but the kids will be in tomorrow so all back to normal.
Hope everyone has had a good day.

That is always the hardest part after an extended leave.

 

[CarolM]

It's no wonder people have trouble learning English... The US spells and celebrates Labor Day and the Canadians spell and celebrate Labour Day. Sooo...who's correct? hehehe

Here are some more differences:
Color - Colour
Favor - Favour

I tend to use Colour, Favour, Labour etc.

 

[CarolM]

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Here was the house when we bought it. Really this pic doesn't show how bad the paint had faded. The insides were unlivable. We bought on a short sale. After 4 months of hard work. My wife and I totally remodeled inside and out. The only place we had to replace the drywall was in the bathrooms. But we gutted the whole house. It was my idea to flip a few houses before the accident happened. So instead of flipping the house we stayed.View attachment 279861

Wow!! What a difference. You did a fantastic job.

 

[CarolM]

They aren’t days off. You are doing a full time course. They’re days for self-directed study, work-experience, etc. The change between study patterns between school and Further Education takes some getting used to, especially the thing about organising your own time. You no longer have teachers insisting you are there every day or chasing you for homework and course work; you have to do it yourself.

If you start out thinking of them as days off you immediately slip into the trap of not using the time you have available. Use the days wisely to make sure you pass those modules.

Like I said, study hard and achieve your dreams.

Snappish!!

 

[CarolM]

We have a jumping spider here too, but they’re tiny and don’t bite

Lucky you.

 

[CarolM]

Good Tuesday All.
The sun is shining again, We have survived Monday. And ......
Nope, I don't have anything else. My life is completely boring, I have to come visit the CDR for my excitement fix.
So I will leave you with this:

 

[Blackdog1714]

Sorry to burst the Tuesday BUbble.....BUT Its technically Monday for all the work and shenanigans that took the actual Monday Off.