Pokey Peas for July 2022

Happy July, Pokeys! Hoping the month is filled with whatever you think the perfect July should hold. Fun? Relaxation? Sun and sand? Family? Travel? A cool room to scrap? Whatever it is you dream of this month, I hope it is yours.

I am looking forward to seeing some of my family this month. Spending a bit of time in my garden, and alot of time out on the shaded deck. And, of course, playing with paper...

Hi Nylene! I'm definitely a slow scrapper, so I'll join!

Hi all! Happy Canada Day! I have been totally swamped with school related stuff since the last time I posted. Been dealing with the relating of aging parents as well. It's definitely tough. I didn't go to any of the festivities today; I just wasn't in the mood. It is very hot today and I didn't feel like dealing with it

Friend coming to visit from Victoria tomorrow.

Thanks!

I have a few last work things, plus I need to do insurance & go to dentist this coming week. After the 8th I'm happy to host some crops. The place I go for physio is closed until the 18th, so I shall have to find a way to get some exercise around home. 

 

Welcome, refugeepea. Drop in any time, whether you are scrapping or not!

And wecome back, cycworker. I hope you have a great visit with your friend today. Yesterday was cool here with rain threatening, plus one of the performer's family members had passed suddenly, so the Canada Day festivities were muted. I met dd & family at the breakfast, we had free ice cream, watched the parade, joined a few sparcely populated kids' games, and walked around town showing dgs some of the places his mom used to hang out. Then we came home to the farm to plant a row of potatoes cuz Grampa's weather app predicted rain over night. They went back through town for the peroghi supper, but we stayed home.

They are checking out of the lake lot today, bringing the holiday trailer here, so we will have supper together. I had already stripped their beds to be prepared for the cleaning lady Tuesday, so dd & family will be staying in their trailer on the yard tonight. (I KNEW there was a reason I always leave things til last minute LOL)

Okay, gotta get moving. See ya later!

grammadee - enjoy the time with your family. Sorry that the festivities were muted - sad for the performer

joyfulnana - I'll try and join in whenever a crop is on this weekend - just need to make sure my tablet stays charged so I don't unexpectedly drop out. Hot here also but a rainy week ahead is predicted. At some point I need to do some yard work -it should probably be today before it rains but...we'll see

Oh kitbop! That must have been scary. But I guess if you are going to have a cardiac incident, the hospital is the best place to have it! Hoping it is transient enough to move on out and leave you alone! Glad you are feeling better. And hey--a free Sunday!

Thanks, all.

Had a lovely visit. She arrived at around 1:30; we met down at the waterfront. There was a terrible band playing. Metal-ish. I was surprised they'd go with that on a Saturday afternoon. Anyway... we went in the other direction for our 'walk'. I use the quotes because I was of course wheeling. And please note I pushed myself pretty much the whole way. The place I go to exercise is closed until July 18, so I'm going to have to find a way to keep moving in the meantime. Hoping the weather is ok & then I can go out & wheel up to the corner, at least.

Before S arrived, I went to our local craft store (Crafty Capers, grammadee = I can't remember if you popped in the before you left last visit?) and picked up some stuff I had on hold.

I have church tomorrow.

To those who are they praying kind, I could use some. I seem to have insulted or angered a friend. She won't speak to me. I have left it alone because frankly I had too many other things on my mind to deal with it.

She was here; a group of us were making cards... was the Friday of the week of the school shooting in Texas. I was uncomfortable & asked her to please change subject She didn't. I asked again, when I noticed others were also uncomfortable with the topic (some are teachers, some have young kids, some both). She ignored me again

Finally, I say I'll be back, I'm going to my apartment to use my own washroom (We have a public wheelchair accessible washroom right by the common room we were in, but I genuinely don't like it as much as my own). I was trying to discreetly extricate myself. She must have picked up something in my tone or something, because she says, 'What's your problem?"

And my fight or flight instinct kicked in. I raised my voice & said "I've asked to change the subject twice now. I find it upsetting & I don't want to hear more about it." She snapped back at me & then she left.

And she hasn't spoken to me since. I apologized for not saying goodbye (sent her a FB message). She didn't respond. I honestly didn't realize she was leaving, because she went in the direction of my apartment (thought she went to go get a bottle of water - my friends know they can do that. Building is super secure so I don't lock my apt when I am just down in the common room).

Anyway... I am not doing well with the silent treatment, so I'm going to have to address it one way or the other.

Off to read my book. Want to go to bed early tonight

super scary kitbop - glad you're ok - take it easy

((((Hugs)))cycworker - I'm sorry about your friend.

Thanks grammadee - I'm hoping to get a bunch more done today - yardwork plans are on hold as it's already pouring but I do have some inside projects to tackle as well. Poor DH and DD - they left at 730 expecting to arrive around 530-6...they didn't get in until 10 last night

Happy 4th of JULY, US pokeys! What are you planning to do on Monday?

Happy 4th of July to my South-of-the-49th friends!
This is the perfect weekend: both our countries celebrating, and a whole summer stretched out in front of us.

Had a frustrating day trying to fix the washing machine. We were VERY successful in looking at/cleaning parts (OMG, the drain hoses and drain pump

I can attest to them being clean now but

Unfortunately, it didn't fix the problem.
So. Can you give me your opinion?
1. We shell out $450 for a new control panel - wait 2 weeks for it to be delivered - install ourselves - and HOPE that's the problem (it's the only remaining option but of course no guarantee)
OR

2. call a repairman, shell out $150 for him to look at the machine, and likely tell us we need a new control panel and start from there?
OR

3. buy a new machine.

We really cannot survive 2 weeks without laundry... I'll be hauling stuff to a laundromat this week if we don't go shopping tomorrow.

This machine is about 7 years old.

What do the pokeys think?

What brand is it kitbop ? Call them. If you can't get through by Googling the company, call the dealer where you bought it and they will have a "special" number to call. If you pay that much for an appliance, you would hope it would work longer than 7 years. LG has a ten year waranty on some of the parts. We had to pay the repairman his time and mileage, but he was able to diagnose over the phone, and brought the right part when he came, so only one visit. LG paid for the motor.

This took forever because I haven't done an actual page in a long time! I thought it would be fun to do a Halloween page about the costume I bought for my son because I was so excited last year!

Is there a thread where everyone shares their stuff? Sorry for the dumb question, I'm on my phone, kept scrolling and couldn't find anything. First is my page, second is the scraplifted page. I'm adding the journaling after posting. Here's a link to the scraplift.

http://instagram.com/p/CIIkd1RglkC

I'll try to figure out the Flikr gallery later.