Trying to watch the new TV show, Line of Fire. I kept getting distracted by how much the "family" doesn't look like each other.
If you have actors and actresses portraying parents with supposedly biological children, there needs to be similar facial features, hair color, and body/build.
Returned the offending 100% polyester blanket to Target.
I told the returns guy I wasn't sure what box to click because there was nothing that said fraud or bait and switch.
He shrugged and clicked wrong item.
Then I came home and did some online shopping. Found 100% polyester options only, of course.
Ended up buying a Beautyrest reversible heated throw that's Oeko-Tex certified.
It was supposed to be an autobuy, which didn't happen because apparently the sale was canceled last minute.
Just got off Amazon chat. In a stunning *something,* the customer service representative decided to give me a refund to match the like-new used price instead of the approximately $5 sale price.
So my next choice heated throw was half price because of a sympathetic customer service representative and a flash sale that didn't happen.
It's polyester. *Sigh.*
Online Target, of all places. Manufacturer is MedicaKingUSA. Sold and shipped by Home It USA.
I don't know how to link on my phone.
Heated Blanket with Hand Controller. Machine washable with 10 heating settings and auto shut off.
I just ordered the beige version, 50 x 60.
$55.99 on sale.
I'm an ambulatory wheelchair user. Recently a very generous friend bought me an electric wheelchair.
I'm asea, so to speak.
Customer support has been mildly helpful with some issues and not at all helpful with other issues.
Noticed the bent fender yesterday.
This isn't exactly a pet thing, but...
I'm looking for a couple of people willing to spend an hour or two on an ongoing basis to maintain birdfeeders and bird bath/fountain at my house.
The maintenance needs to be done weekly. Two people can trade off every other week, or sub in if someone's sick, has other demands on their time, experiences transportation issues, etc.
For the last few years volunteers coordinated through the Whatcom Volunteer Chore Program have maintained bird feeders and bath/fountain for me.
In July, the program emailed me to say they will no longer coordinate volunteers for maintaining birdfeeders:
"Our program is specifically intended for tasks that you request being essential to your well-being and ability to continue living at home."
Every year when I filled out the volunteer chore program form, I said maintaining birdfeeders is a mental health issue. For me, it is.
I spend a lot of time laying down. My primary activities are reading and watching TV. Seeing birds out the window gives me something to do that doesn't require energy or concentration, and keeps me interested in birds.
This is supposedly a pixy cut. It is not. I'm really pissed off about the results of my latest haircut, and about the limitations in getting my hair cut.
For the past few years, I grew my hair out. I mostly wore it up in a clip, but on the occasion I could leave it down in an attractive style.
I have caregivers who can help with hygiene and blow drying and styling and all that, but it's really hit and miss. Caregiver training doesn't adequately address hair care. I've tried supplementing their education with print outs of articles and suggestions for how-to videos.
But in addition to everything else, menopause has done a number on my hair. It's always been finely textured and susceptible to damage when wet. Since all the hormonal changes, my hair is now brittle. Split ends and random breakage happens no matter what I do.
I've tried various products and combs/brushes to reduce damage while blow drying. I've tried reducing the heat setting to cool. I bought silk pillowcases and microfiber turban towel wraps.
A couple of months ago I decided I'd had enough, and it was time to cut my hair. That leads to other obstacles.
One, I have to leave my house, because there's no one in my area advertising in-home hair cuts.
Next, I have to find a place where they aren't using a lot of chemicals or scented products: permanents, dyes, mousses, gels, hair sprays, perfumes, body washes, lotions, plug-in scented "air fresheners," highly scented cleaning products, etc.
Two months ago I found a place that I thought might work. It was all going relatively well until I realized whatever scented products the stylist was wearing was making me dizzy.
Additionally, she refused to make such a drastic style change. The shortest she would go was chin length. I agreed, because I needed to get out of there.
Multiple tines I mentioned that don't like hair in my face, so it needs to be long enough to be up in a clip or short enough to stay back without barrettes or hair products. Multiple times I mentioned the style needs to work with wavy hair and that I use only leave-in conditioner.
I was left with a style too short for a clip that was constantly in my face and didn't particularly work with wavy hair.
Last week, two months after the chin length, I tried another place with another stylist. I think she was purposely misunderstanding. I mean, yes: I have profound hearing loss and use a voice-to-text app. But I can talk and read just fine. That doesn't mean we're on the same page, so to speak.
This new stylist wanted pictures before cutting my hair. I had no precise style in mind. What I wanted was what I wanted two months ago: short, out of my face, works with wavy hair, doesn't require hair product.
(She was sort of hung up on why the previous stylist refused to cut shorter than chin length. I suggested the previous stylist had clients who requested a drastic change in style, and then experienced shock, regret, remorse, etc. I understand hair trauma.)
After a few minutes of discussion, I thought this new stylist and I had agreed. Then I realized she was prepping the front only. I asked if she was planning on a mullet. She was. I intensely dislike mullets. She said pixy was the only remaining option.
I have no problem with pixy cuts. I've had pixy cuts multiple times in my 65 years of life. They're cute and easy. Pixy cuts are layered, with what was called feathering in the 1970s. They follow the shape of the head. There's usually a fringe across the back of the neck and dangly pieces in front of the ears.
So she cut my hair. It was still damp and slicked back when I left, so I didn't notice the ragged ends and the way it didn't work with my wavy hair. I paid full price plus a $5 tip for this atrocity.
I'm just pissed off.
The final cherry on the ice cream sundae is that so far everyone who's seen it says they like it. Maybe so. It's still not a pixy cut.
Reminded of this today. Shortly after I was diagnosed in the mid-1990s, before we figured out effective pain management, I was in enough pain for my eyes to glaze over.
You may have read this phrase. In real life, it's like, "Dude! Your eyes are glazed! You look totally baked!"
I didn't realize I looked high when I ordered pizza. It took a disdainful stare from the delivery guy for me to glance into a mirror. Yup, eyes glazed with pain equals looks totally baked. No weed. No other drugs. Just pain.
I have a Kenmore dryer that I bought used about 20 years ago. Recently the automatic drying stopped working (sensor?) and even more recently the drum continues to tumble when the door opens (instead of stopping).
The guy who used to do in-home appliance repair for me is no longer available. I don't know how to repair this myself.
I've contacted some places and gotten conflicting information.
One person told me the service call plus parts would be about the same price as a brand new low-end dryer, so I might as well buy new.
Someone else told me this dryer is so old parts are no longer available.
A post to r/appliances tells me this brand/model of dryer is the GOAT, its design and mechanisms haven't changed much in the last 50 years, parts are readily available, I can fix it myself with a kit from Amazon...
I'd rather get it repaired than buy a new or new-to-me used dryer. Any handy persons interested?
I'm in western Washington state. My dryer is slowly dying. It currently works on timed drying only.
I've been told that a service call plus parts, from a store + repair shop, would be about the same cost as a low-end brand new dryer.
An independent appliance repair person looked at photos of the dryer. He said he didn't think he could even get parts anymore for that model because it's so old.
There are secondhand shops in my town that carry appliances.
Before I make the rounds, are there particular brands that people recommend? I prefer durable, simple to use, and hopefully easy to repair.
Also, what is a reasonable price?
Was at my local Habitat for Humanity store today. They had a nonfunctional used dryer for sale. That doesn't work for me. I don't know how to repair it myself.
I'm in western Washington state. My dryer is slowly dying. It currently works on timed drying only.
I've been told that a service call plus parts, from a store + repair shop, would be about the same cost as a low-end brand new dryer.
An independent appliance repair person looked at photos of the dryer. He said he didn't think he could even get parts anymore for that model because it's so old.
There are secondhand shops in my town that carry appliances.
Before I make the rounds, are there particular brands that people recommend? I prefer durable, simple to use, and hopefully easy to repair.
Also, what is a reasonable price?
Was at my local Habitat for Humanity store today. They had a nonfunctional used dryer for sale. That doesn't work for me. I don't know how to repair it myself.
I've been steadily replacing plastic items on kitchen, bathroom and bedroom for nearly a year. Anything new gets scrutinized for plastic content regardless of where it will end up in the house.
Today I was making tea, cutting the teabags open to use a loose-leaf strainer, when I realized the strainer is metallic mesh in a plastic frame.
How did I miss this?
So I'm using the plastic-metall8c mesh basket because it's what I have, and spent the brew time looking up stainless steel, food grade, loose-leaf strainer baskets. They're relatively inexpensive and I'll be buying some in a couple of days.