Question of the Day, Sunday, March 19, 2017

micknsnicks2mom · Mar 19, 2017

Good morning!

I’ve been thinking lately, about a double bed mattress and box springs. It’s on my list of things i might consider buying, which is a very short list. My thoughts always go to having more room with a double bed than with the twin bed mattress and box springs i use now, and therefor more room for my cats to snuggle in with me.

For today’s Question of the Day……

Do you have a ‘Wish List’, or a list of things you’d like to buy? And if you do, would you like to share about anything on yours?

I’ll start!

Yes, my ‘wish list’ is very short. It’s things that I’d like, rather than need. I mentioned the double bed mattress and box springs on my list, and there’s also duvet covers. I have a big, thick comforter and a quilt that I’d really like to have duvet covers for. I just think it would be much easier and better to wash duvet covers, than to wash the quilt and comforter. My worry is about the filling in the quilt and comforter — once they’re run through a washing machine, they many times are never the same…the filling seems to bunch up in odd places.

I also have extra large dog sized fleece lined snuggle sacks on my wish list, for my three cats! I’m thinking those may be Christmas gifts for Dude, DeeDee, and Punky this year.

Okay, now it’s your turn!

Winchester · Mar 19, 2017

I bought a cheaper comforter for our bed (I can't see spending a ton of money on a super-nice comforter, just to the cats can shred it). And yes, after the first washing, it started to bunch. It doesn't look bad, but you can tell that it's not quite right.

My wish list is primarily stuff to redo in the house. We need a new front door; our old one looks hideous. So, while we're at it, I'd really like to get a nice door with highlights. And put a window above the door with a shelf on the inside. Naturally, it seems easy enough, but we have brick on the front of the house, so any highlights would mean cutting through the brick. And that could get ugly. And expensive. I figured out a way around cutting the brick, but my idea could be expensive, too.

Rick is starting to plan for our bathroom remodeling job. He's going to bring home a new cabinetry book from work (we did the kitchen with cabinets from his work, too). I don't know if I can go for weeks on end, though, without a shower. My sister said we could always use her shower; she used ours when they did their bathroom over. She used our washer/dryer, too. My nephew already told us that he would do any plumbing for the bathroom as he's a professional plumber. We are getting rid of the bathtub. Gone. Just a shower. Getting rid of the double closet in the bathroom, too. The bathroom is his baby and I get very say in the matter. (The kitchen was my baby, but at least I let him talk!

)

Still thinking about those blasted Roman blinds at the kitchen and for the bedroom.

That's pretty much it. Oh, there are some other things; there are always other things.

foxxycat · Mar 19, 2017

I don't really have anything I want to buy...other than a new phone and a new bed but then I lay down on my bed and it's just fine and ask myself why I want to replace something that is fine?

I would love to afford a craftmatic bed=the kind that the head raises so I can sleep sitting up and not sleep on the couch like I do now. And I need some new quilts..the ones we have are falling apart and it won't work to fix it because the fabric is torn too much...we just been stubborn..I will look for a few quilts this summer when I go yard saling.

One major thing=-new deck..ours is falling apart=one board is rotting out and when the snow goes away I need to buy a 12' pressure treated board and fix that one..Jon says he wants it dismantled...but I hate the ground underneath..yucky sand and ugly weeds...So I am still looking for a good handyman to put one in but for now it's stable enough for us. I just step on the supports. Only 2 boards need replacing...I was never told to put stain down on it 12 years ago when I bought the house...so I guess we got a good 15 years out of the deck but they didn't put in cement footings..now that home depot has those nifty ones you can install yourself that will be what I do....but it's finding someone I can afford...the prices are not fun for new lumber....

Mamanyt1953 · Mar 19, 2017

OH YES! A rather long list, actually.

Daybed and mattress for front bedroom (will actually have that very soon, money in bank, just need a ride to pick up)

6-8 bookcases

Loveseat

Side Chair

Recliner (I have nights when I can't breathe lying down)

Variable speed drill with screwdriver bits (light weight...hang curtain rods, assemble flat-packs like bookcases)

Mouse sander (want to repaint some wooden furniture...not good stuff)

New set pots and pans (I have Revereware, wonderful, but HEAVY)

Complete my collection of Blue Willow dishes

Bronze curtain rods, and crushed voile sheers to go under my drapes...I have double-rod hangers, but need the second rods)

REALLY good cat tree for Hekitty. Hers is too small.

New shower curtain and towels to match

Maybe some clothes and shoes? I have 2 pr jeans, 4 peasant skirts, a few decent shirts and a handful of tee shirts. 2 pr sandals, 1 pr walking shoes and 1 pr slippers for winter...it doesn't seem adequate.

margecat · Mar 19, 2017

I've wanted to have a new ceiling in the master bedroom, as it's been very cracked for about 8-9 years. It's also one of the few rooms that we haven't put up crown molding in, and that has to be done after the ceiling. We've lived here for 12 years, and have never really decorated that room. We had carpet installed 12 years ago, but it is stained and worn down and clawed up. It's the only carpeted room; I'm not a fan of carpet, due to hygienic reasons. However, DH wants it, as he walks barefoot when he goes to the bathroom in the middle of the night. We're thinking about doing it this year.

What I'd like to have (as opposed to need to have, like the ceiling) is a restaurant dish sanitizer at the clubhouse where I cook. Even with wearing dishwashing gloves, my hand get so cracked, it's almost unbearable--and they bleed like crazy, and, just as they start to heal, the cuts open up again. Restaurants here must have a 3-bay sink, which is very deep, so water gets into my gloves--and you wash, rinse and sanitize. Guess what we use for sanitizer? Yup. BLEACH. Mind you, it's diluted, but it's still bleach. A sanitizing machine gets liquid sanitizer pumped into it, and washes an amazing amount of dishes in one hour.They're expensive, though. Maybe someday...

micknsnicks2mom · Mar 21, 2017

Winchester said:
I bought a cheaper comforter for our bed (I can't see spending a ton of money on a super-nice comforter, just to the cats can shred it). And yes, after the first washing, it started to bunch. It doesn't look bad, but you can tell that it's not quite right.

My wish list is primarily stuff to redo in the house. We need a new front door; our old one looks hideous. So, while we're at it, I'd really like to get a nice door with highlights. And put a window above the door with a shelf on the inside. Naturally, it seems easy enough, but we have brick on the front of the house, so any highlights would mean cutting through the brick. And that could get ugly. And expensive. I figured out a way around cutting the brick, but my idea could be expensive, too.

Rick is starting to plan for our bathroom remodeling job. He's going to bring home a new cabinetry book from work (we did the kitchen with cabinets from his work, too). I don't know if I can go for weeks on end, though, without a shower. My sister said we could always use her shower; she used ours when they did their bathroom over. She used our washer/dryer, too. My nephew already told us that he would do any plumbing for the bathroom as he's a professional plumber. We are getting rid of the bathtub. Gone. Just a shower. Getting rid of the double closet in the bathroom, too. The bathroom is his baby and I get very say in the matter. (The kitchen was my baby, but at least I let him talk!

)

Still thinking about those blasted Roman blinds at the kitchen and for the bedroom.

That's pretty much it. Oh, there are some other things; there are always other things.

i bought my good woolrich comforter at target on clearance years ago. i'm thinking that this year i'll buy those duvet covers, just some basic and not overly expensive ones.

ahhh, home improvements!!!

and a bathroom remodel...

my dream is to have a walk-in shower in my bathroom. not the kind for elderly persons, but a really nice and attractive walk-in shower.

jcat · Mar 21, 2017

We need a new range. The oven has been very unreliable for a couple of years - the convection setting doesn't work at all now, and the conventional setting is "iffy" because the heat is very uneven. Somehow I just can't bring myself to buy a new one until the range top goes, too.

My dream is an entirely new bathroom (until I think about being without one for 2 - 3 weeks at a minimum).

micknsnicks2mom · Mar 21, 2017

foxxycat said:
I don't really have anything I want to buy...other than a new phone and a new bed but then I lay down on my bed and it's just fine and ask myself why I want to replace something that is fine?

I would love to afford a craftmatic bed=the kind that the head raises so I can sleep sitting up and not sleep on the couch like I do now. And I need some new quilts..the ones we have are falling apart and it won't work to fix it because the fabric is torn too much...we just been stubborn..I will look for a few quilts this summer when I go yard saling.

One major thing=-new deck..ours is falling apart=one board is rotting out and when the snow goes away I need to buy a 12' pressure treated board and fix that one..Jon says he wants it dismantled...but I hate the ground underneath..yucky sand and ugly weeds...So I am still looking for a good handyman to put one in but for now it's stable enough for us. I just step on the supports. Only 2 boards need replacing...I was never told to put stain down on it 12 years ago when I bought the house...so I guess we got a good 15 years out of the deck but they didn't put in cement footings..now that home depot has those nifty ones you can install yourself that will be what I do....but it's finding someone I can afford...the prices are not fun for new lumber....

a craftmatic bed, very nice!!!

and quilts -- great idea to look for them at yard sales!

yes, that new deck does sound like a major thing. are you sure you want a new deck, as opposed to doing something like having pavers or such put down and create a patio type area...with steps down to it from the door...? it might be worth looking into other options, and comparing their costs...?

micknsnicks2mom · Mar 21, 2017

Mamanyt1953 said:
OH YES! A rather long list, actually.

Daybed and mattress for front bedroom (will actually have that very soon, money in bank, just need a ride to pick up)

6-8 bookcases

Loveseat

Side Chair

Recliner (I have nights when I can't breathe lying down)

Variable speed drill with screwdriver bits (light weight...hang curtain rods, assemble flat-packs like bookcases)

Mouse sander (want to repaint some wooden furniture...not good stuff)

New set pots and pans (I have Revereware, wonderful, but HEAVY)

Complete my collection of Blue Willow dishes

Bronze curtain rods, and crushed voile sheers to go under my drapes...I have double-rod hangers, but need the second rods)

REALLY good cat tree for Hekitty. Hers is too small.

New shower curtain and towels to match

Maybe some clothes and shoes? I have 2 pr jeans, 4 peasant skirts, a few decent shirts and a handful of tee shirts. 2 pr sandals, 1 pr walking shoes and 1 pr slippers for winter...it doesn't seem adequate.

oh my! a nice long wish list!!!

and all kinds of exciting things too!

Mamanyt1953 · Mar 21, 2017

And as of thi this afternoon, the drill and the daybed are in my home!

micknsnicks2mom · Mar 21, 2017

Mamanyt1953 said:
And as of thi this afternoon, the drill and the daybed are in my home!

most excellent!!!

micknsnicks2mom · Mar 22, 2017

MargeCat said:
I've wanted to have a new ceiling in the master bedroom, as it's been very cracked for about 8-9 years. It's also one of the few rooms that we haven't put up crown molding in, and that has to be done after the ceiling. We've lived here for 12 years, and have never really decorated that room. We had carpet installed 12 years ago, but it is stained and worn down and clawed up. It's the only carpeted room; I'm not a fan of carpet, due to hygienic reasons. However, DH wants it, as he walks barefoot when he goes to the bathroom in the middle of the night. We're thinking about doing it this year.

What I'd like to have (as opposed to need to have, like the ceiling) is a restaurant dish sanitizer at the clubhouse where I cook. Even with wearing dishwashing gloves, my hand get so cracked, it's almost unbearable--and they bleed like crazy, and, just as they start to heal, the cuts open up again. Restaurants here must have a 3-bay sink, which is very deep, so water gets into my gloves--and you wash, rinse and sanitize. Guess what we use for sanitizer? Yup. BLEACH. Mind you, it's diluted, but it's still bleach. A sanitizing machine gets liquid sanitizer pumped into it, and washes an amazing amount of dishes in one hour.They're expensive, though. Maybe someday...

ahhh, very nice!!!

a new ceiling, crown molding, and new carpeting in your master bedroom!

oh, wow! i've 'been there' with severely cracked hands -- the pain every time water touches them, the bleeding, the never healing.

a restaurant dish sanitizer sounds like the ideal solution. in the meantime, i've found that aquaphor (by eucerin) ointment is 'the stuff' for severely cracked hands. and no, i don't work for eucerin or own any stock in them or have any relation to them at all. i just rub the ointment into my (whatever dry body part -- like hands or heels of my feet, or even on my face to prevent wind burn during the winter months) before bed, then by morning things are feeling better and working on healing. since your hands are being exposed to those very harsh conditions repeatedly, i'd use the aquaphor every night. i'd also have a talk with your boss about this, and request dishwashing gloves that are long enough to protect your hands. i would think that the thought of a workman's comp claim might go through their minds, and hopefully they'd prefer to avoid that.

micknsnicks2mom · Mar 22, 2017

jcat said:
We need a new range. The oven has been very unreliable for a couple of years - the convection setting doesn't work at all now, and the conventional setting is "iffy" because the heat is very uneven. Somehow I just can't bring myself to buy a new one until the range top goes, too.

My dream is an entirely new bathroom (until I think about being without one for 2 - 3 weeks at a minimum).

a new range!!!

i'd dearly love to buy a new range -- a gas one. i have the one the sellers left here, a flat top electric range. it runs fine, but i do a lot of canning and those flat tops are just not made for doing that -- the canner cannot extend more than one inch over the heat element on a flat top, so i'm limited to a very small canner.

a new bathroom!

that would be most wonderful!

foxxycat · Mar 22, 2017

mickNsnicks2mom said:
foxxycat said:

I don't really have anything I want to buy...other than a new phone and a new bed but then I lay down on my bed and it's just fine and ask myself why I want to replace something that is fine?

I would love to afford a craftmatic bed=the kind that the head raises so I can sleep sitting up and not sleep on the couch like I do now. And I need some new quilts..the ones we have are falling apart and it won't work to fix it because the fabric is torn too much...we just been stubborn..I will look for a few quilts this summer when I go yard saling.

One major thing=-new deck..ours is falling apart=one board is rotting out and when the snow goes away I need to buy a 12' pressure treated board and fix that one..Jon says he wants it dismantled...but I hate the ground underneath..yucky sand and ugly weeds...So I am still looking for a good handyman to put one in but for now it's stable enough for us. I just step on the supports. Only 2 boards need replacing...I was never told to put stain down on it 12 years ago when I bought the house...so I guess we got a good 15 years out of the deck but they didn't put in cement footings..now that home depot has those nifty ones you can install yourself that will be what I do....but it's finding someone I can afford...the prices are not fun for new lumber....

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a craftmatic bed, very nice!!!

and quilts -- great idea to look for them at yard sales!

yes, that new deck does sound like a major thing. are you sure you want a new deck, as opposed to doing something like having pavers or such put down and create a patio type area...with steps down to it from the door...? it might be worth looking into other options, and comparing their costs...?

Yeah I thought about that but the house entrance is up about 3 feet so I wanted to have a platform to walk onto without steps. And the views of the brook/river in my backyard are better seen via a deck. They don't make nice steps for mobile homes anymore..some of them are just downright ugly. Although I could build my own miniporch there but I love the deck. Jon likes to sunbath in the summertime as we have no people behind us and a big privacy fence to block out the left side neighbors and the right side has tons of trees and forsythia bushes that block the views from that side...kind of our secluded paradise out back.

I was going to call this one guy for a quote but he screwed up the windows in the girl's house. He used that foam that dries hard as a rock and looks hideous. She is beyond angry and the jerk won't return her phonecalls. She spent $800 on these 2 windows and he didn't even install them correctly. I have one more guy I need to call. I called him in 2015 but he never got back to me-which I am finding out is common. Oh and I forgot another guy gave me a guys number who does almost all wood type installations-decks/floors. real carpentry type work but he's PRICY. GRRR.

Yeah one board is completely rotted.
We have to replace it when the snow clears. But then I have to listen to Jon say oh this isn't right etc etc. I offered to pay him the labor but he's like no way. So I will continue on my search for someone to get this done. I think we can get one more summer out of it. As long as the air stays moist so they don't dry up and pull out of the points of contact. I was looking into composite boards until I found out they are SUPER slippery when it's snowy and icy. Nope. I think I will stick to regular pressure treated lumber. I don't care for that plastic look of composite boards...but I have to go look at the material...they claim they last forever..but they don't know how much snow and ice we get up here in NH.

micknsnicks2mom · Mar 23, 2017

foxxycat said:
Yeah I thought about that but the house entrance is up about 3 feet so I wanted to have a platform to walk onto without steps. And the views of the brook/river in my backyard are better seen via a deck. They don't make nice steps for mobile homes anymore..some of them are just downright ugly. Although I could build my own miniporch there but I love the deck. Jon likes to sunbath in the summertime as we have no people behind us and a big privacy fence to block out the left side neighbors and the right side has tons of trees and forsythia bushes that block the views from that side...kind of our secluded paradise out back.

I was going to call this one guy for a quote but he screwed up the windows in the girl's house. He used that foam that dries hard as a rock and looks hideous. She is beyond angry and the jerk won't return her phonecalls. She spent $800 on these 2 windows and he didn't even install them correctly. I have one more guy I need to call. I called him in 2015 but he never got back to me-which I am finding out is common. Oh and I forgot another guy gave me a guys number who does almost all wood type installations-decks/floors. real carpentry type work but he's PRICY. GRRR.

Yeah one board is completely rotted.
We have to replace it when the snow clears. But then I have to listen to Jon say oh this isn't right etc etc. I offered to pay him the labor but he's like no way. So I will continue on my search for someone to get this done. I think we can get one more summer out of it. As long as the air stays moist so they don't dry up and pull out of the points of contact. I was looking into composite boards until I found out they are SUPER slippery when it's snowy and icy. Nope. I think I will stick to regular pressure treated lumber. I don't care for that plastic look of composite boards...but I have to go look at the material...they claim they last forever..but they don't know how much snow and ice we get up here in NH.

that makes sense!

my deck is of composite boards. honestly, i don't find it more slippery in the winter than anywhere else outdoors is in the winter time.

muffy · Apr 8, 2017

I need a fridge, stove, new carpet and a new kitchen floor and repairs to my deck and have several dead trees cut down. I plan on moving in a few years and I need my house to look a little decent.

Muffy

micknsnicks2mom · Apr 8, 2017

Muffy said:
I need a fridge, stove, new carpet and a new kitchen floor and repairs to my deck and have several dead trees cut down. I plan on moving in a few years and I need my house to look a little decent.

Muffy

that's a good sized wish list!!!

and a very good plan, having those things done before listing your home for sale.

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