Subj : Re: Posts To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Sun Dec 08 2019 02:10:14 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 03-Dec-2019 08:59 <=- NB>>> Yes, we do miss Daryl... ;0 And I've been having exceptionally NB>>> busy days lately, myself.... BM>> He does seems inundated by the whole thing at times. I try to remind BM>> him and give examples of how to just do a small project at a time: BM>> just clean out a drawer at a time, rest and do a small 'celebration'and BM>> soon the whole dresser is done. NB>> Like my tagline of days attacking at once, it seems weeks have ganged NB>> up on him to attack all at once... Sometimes a small project at a NB>> time just doesn't seem to be accomplishing anything those times... BM> Right. Daryl seemed to be overwhelmed by the large project (I have to BM> clean the room) so I tried suggesting to take it as a bunch of small BM> projects. A dresser drawer may be too small, up to him. Idea was to BM> attack the job differently so less overwhelming. Sometimes that can help, sometimes not... :) I take it you are able to be in ongoing contact with him, then...? NB>>>> If they are boxed, they'd still be not too hard to wrap, though... BM>>> These were sold without cartons. Have seen (and received) boxed solar BM>>> lights. NB>>> So find boxes for them, and make your wrapping easier... or stuff them NB>>> in a large Christmas-themed shopping bag with lots of tissue paper to NB>>> cover them... ;) BM>> Yes, I'll figure out something. Or since it's a requested gift and BM>> they know what they're getting other than the specific style just put BM>> something fun/festive/holiday-weird-but-appropriate over the solar BM>> light head. NB>> That could work, too... :) BM> Since then haven't even thought of packaging ideas. Unless you want to just get them done and set aside, there's not really a rush yet... ;) NB>>> Yup.... The younger generation has pretty much taken over the running NB>>> of the gifting part of the celebration... I used to be pretty good at NB>>> finding individual gifts for a dollar or less that would be greatly NB>>> appreciated by the recipient... and nice family gifts for under $10... BM>> Now they don't use pencils so those and pencil sharpeners are out, as BM>> probably pens, paper -- except printer paper..... NB>> You might be surprised... even the kids appreciate pens, pencils, NB>> etc... always some use for them.... :) BM> Autumn is into drawing and I somewhat expect her to continue as her BM> mother is artistic, so pens, pencils, coloured pens and pencils, BM> supplies, etc., will probably be easy gifts. I have a holder with a BM> variety of coloured pens, markers and highlighters -- yes, slightly BM> colourblind but I still colour code! Autumn uses those when she BM> brings up her sketch pad. That's handy, then... :) Even slightly colorblind, you probably see the colors as being somewhat different from each other.... BM>>> Right. I've had to update our cell phones: our current ones are quite NB>> Wizard thinks it's more likely something with the service provider NB>> (maybe Sprint?) that TracFone is using in your area for your phones... NB>> and explained that to have VoLTE, I'd have to be getting my voice NB>> calls over data, which my phone can't do at all anyway... I do NB>> regularly check my texts (the message that I have them pops up on the NB>> little screen and has to be dealt with before I can do anything else NB>> with the phone), and I know I've received no such message... Oh, and NB>> my provider is AT&T... BM> OK, seems like you've got things checked out and won't need to update. BM> Here the TracFones piggyback on Verizon and they are dropping -- BM> whatever the old is. Just as well that my current cellphone is TracFone with AT&T, then... the last one was using Verizon.... NB>>>> (You are talking Lowe's hardware-type stores, not the grocery type?) BM>>> Actually in this instance specifically Lowe's. NB>>> Reason I asked was that apparently there are Lowe's grocery stores down NB>>> in NC where friends of mine live.... BM>> That could be confusing! Lowe's the hardware store or Lowe's the BM>> grocery store?! NB>> Exactly... :) All we have around here is also just the hardware NB>> store Lowe's... BM> Not all that unusual for the same name to be for two different stores; BM> local people probably have some sort of phrasing, or just sentence BM> structure: "Lowe's has pork roast on sale" - not going to go to the BM> one selling hardware. Yeah, that's pretty much how my friends there handle it... :) BM>> ...The old Menard's (hardware chain store) here had a tiny food/snack BM>> section and sold large containers of pretzels which were quite good BM>> -- almost was worthwhile to make a special trip. NB>> One can find interesting things in odd places... :) BM> Yes - I do like to wander a bit; one never knows what one will find! BM> And clearance is fun -- 99% of the time nothing worthwhile but.... You just never know what you might find when and where... ;) ttyl neb .... Where am I? And why am I in this handbasket? --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .