Pretend Chat 2.14

Jacqui said:

This morning I swept the floor, prepared my mop bucket, and grabbed the mop to find out the sponge part was ripping off once it landed in the water. I think I only get about three or four moppings in before that happens. Used to last a lot longer.

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When I was younger, and it was easier to get up and down, I used to get on my hands and knees and wash the kitchen floor with a rag. Then I graduated to a sponge mop. I wasn't happy with the end result, so I tried the Swiffer wet mop. Not real thrilled with that either. In order to get the floor as clean as I like it, I have to go over it a couple, sometimes three times, rinsing and rinsing. So I'm basically where you are. Mopless. I wish there were a product that I liked.

I looked up "meat loaf recipe" on my friend Google and came up with "The Best Meatloaf Recipe Ever." So that's what I'm fixing today. Some of the things it calls for that I've never used in meatloaf are celery, soy sauce, chicken broth and unflavored gelatin. I've also buttered sliced potatoes and placed them alongside the meatloaf in the pan, and right now they're at the browning stage, giving the house a wonderful, come eat me smell.

So - bye for now. Me and Misty have to go eat.

(The meatloaf and potatoes, not the house)

Yvonne G said:

When I was younger, and it was easier to get up and down, I used to get on my hands and knees and wash the kitchen floor with a rag. Then I graduated to a sponge mop. I wasn't happy with the end result, so I tried the Swiffer wet mop. Not real thrilled with that either. In order to get the floor as clean as I like it, I have to go over it a couple, sometimes three times, rinsing and rinsing. So I'm basically where you are. Mopless. I wish there were a product that I liked.

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I've been using a steam mop lately. It isn't good if the floor has anything sticky on it as it tends to spread it all over the place but I like that the steam kills germs without using chemicals.

I was going to ask you guys what kind of mops you all use!!
I feel like I need a new one!
I have the Shark steam one and I'm not sure how well it does. We have natural stone so it's very porous and dirt gets in every nook and cranny!

Sometimes I use a rag and do the kitchen by hand and it looks so much better! But who had time for that?

Happy Saturday!
Who has plans?

We are going to visit my sister in law who had two complete knee replacements the other day! Yikes!!

See? That's what I'm saying. There just isn't a mop that cleans the floor like getting down on your hands and knees and scrubbing with a rag. It just does a much better job.

My plans are to fire up the Weedeater and mower and get all the tortoise yards' grass down to a manageable (read edible) size. But, you know me. Probably will just sit in my recliner and work jigsaw puzzles on my Kindle.

My husband had both his knees replaced, one of them a couple times. Then he had to have that knee fused. The therapy after the replacement surgery was very painful for him. Give her all the love and support you can. She's going to need it.

Yvonne G said:

See? That's what I'm saying. There just isn't a mop that cleans the floor like getting down on your hands and knees and scrubbing with a rag. It just does a much better job.

My plans are to fire up the Weedeater and mower and get all the tortoise yards' grass down to a manageable (read edible) size. But, you know me. Probably will just sit in my recliner and work jigsaw puzzles on my Kindle.

My husband had both his knees replaced, one of them a couple times. Then he had to have that knee fused. The therapy after the replacement surgery was very painful for him. Give her all the love and support you can. She's going to need it.

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I'm asking my husband to let me use the weed eater today!! He gets so nervous.

I see what your saying about the mop!

She has PT coming to her house and she says it is really painful!

Is everyone on strike?

Momof4 said:

Is everyone on strike?

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Yeppers

I just use the plain ole sponge mop that has the bristle scrubber next to it. It's cheap.

Yvonne G said:

Crazy weather!

No snow here, thank goodness.

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we've been having snow, this morning it's ice. My new tires have no traction at all.




Guess what group???????

Happy Daytona Day!!!!!!! It's NASCAR season. I'm so happy I could be twins!

Oh joy. NASCAR. I can hardly wait.

On another note - has anyone tried the Girl Scout Lemonade cookies? Man - o - man, is that ever a good cookie!

Looks like I'm the only lazy one sitting in front of the computer this a.m. Here's a pictorial of what I did this a.m.:

I fed the baby desert tortoises -


Then I grabbed my bags of greens and bowl of chopped up baby food and headed out the back door, where I found my new stray cat, Charlie, impatiently waiting for his breakfast:



After I fed him I proceeded into the greenhouse and put down food for those tortoises and opened their door (cleaning up the poop and giving fresh water:



Then I walked around to the front of the house to the old carport and gave all the cats fresh dry food:



After that I opened all the lids on the quarantine enclosures so I could gather up all the waterers to clean them. I placed food on their feeders:



In these enclosures I have two adult CDT that I can't allow to hibernate, 4 new rescue adolescent CDT, 2 rescue Russians, a rescue sulcata and three new juvenile SA leopards. Under the lovely plastic awning is where my Russians are hibernating. The carport roof leaks, so I have to protect them while they're sleeping:




After tending to the animals on the carport I wander over to the leopard yard and open both doors in their shed. There are a male and female SA leopard on one side and a male and two female babcocks on the other side. There's also a tort table in there with a baby SA leopard and a rescued babcock:



Because I ran out of room in the greenhouse, two of my hoyas get to spend the winter with the leopards:



After tending to the leopards I go over to the rain forest and open the Manouria shed. It's split in half with Mee on one side (including a Mep tort table) and RF on the other side:




By the time I got to the Aldabran's yard, they had already opened their own door, but I went in their shed, which is divided in half with YF tortoises and a SA leopard tort table on the other side. I opened the YF door so they could go out to their patio:



That last picture is Benawes. He's big enough to be put out with the big boys this summer.

My last duty this a.m. I went over and opened Dudley's door.



Later on, after I feed Misty, I'll go back out with my shop vac and vacuum up all the floors in the sheds and enclosures and clean them, and change the fly paper. I only do the floors and paper once a week on Sunday.

Good morning on this beautiful Monday!

maggie3fan said:

Guess what group???????

Happy Daytona Day!!!!!!! It's NASCAR season. I'm so happy I could be twins!

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Could have used you this am The radio station's gas card giveaway for the week was based on NASCAR questions.

Whose nickname is Smoke? Sliced bread? Speacial K?

With all those pictures, almost like being there with you, Yvonne.

Jacqui said:

Could have used you this am The radio station's gas card giveaway for the week was based on NASCAR questions.

Whose nickname is Smoke? Sliced bread? Speacial K?

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Tony Stewart is "Smoke" Only he retired after the race. Sad day for me. All 'my' old timey drivers are leaving. NASCAR has so many rules now that racing is no fun to watch. "They" are screwing up NASCAR just like they ruined football.

Jacqui said:

WHAT those signs aren't just suggestions?

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In a rural area the 'unpost' becomes the state speed limit. Shaw would be 65 under the correct rules. I can't imagine her trying to get out on Shaw in the AM. She doesn't know how to "get on it"

This is what I got up to this am.....I can't find the snow picture I JUST NOW took, but I found my boot brush.......and yes, I know I spilled bird seed all over....

It's raining today so we're having a party in the bathroom!