Begging for Ban Thread #11

[Northern Rose]

Good Afternoon, I survived the eye appt and Walmart. Glad to be back in my quiet house.


Northern Rose, could you use one of the bungie cord things to fix the tree stand?

I thought of that but think because a bungee cord has some elastic it may not be easy to keep it stable and or shoot the cord across the room as the other cords are tightened. 

[Northern Rose]

 

[Northern Rose]

Tevye here is one for your trip

[darla]

Good Afternoon, I survived the eye appt and Walmart. Glad to be back in my quiet house.


Northern Rose, could you use one of the bungie cord things to fix the tree stand?

I thought of that but think because a bungee cord has some elastic it may not be easy to keep it stable and or shoot the cord across the room as the other cords are tightened. 

When I was a kid, my dad would hammer two boards together in an x shape then nail it to the tree trunk. I have even tied an old artificial tree to the curtain rod to keep the tree straight. lol

[darla]

Northern.... Dollar Tree has a bag with about 5 different lengths of Bungie cords in it. . Maybe get the tree as straight as possible with the other three cords then hook the appropriate length of bungie cord. I am the Queen of make do with what you have lol.

[Northern Rose]

Northern.... Dollar Tree has a bag with about 5 different lengths of Bungie cords in it. . Maybe get the tree as straight as possible with the other three cords then hook the appropriate length of bungie cord. I am the Queen of make do with what you have lol.

That is worth a try.  If I cannot find a cord that will work at the craft store I may just buy a pack of bungee cords and duct tape and see what I can do.

[Brandi]

Northern.... Dollar Tree has a bag with about 5 different lengths of Bungie cords in it. . Maybe get the tree as straight as possible with the other three cords then hook the appropriate length of bungie cord. I am the Queen of make do with what you have lol.

That is worth a try.  If I cannot find a cord that will work at the craft store I may just buy a pack of bungee cords and duct tape and see what I can do.

One can do anything with duct tape, I hear

Off I go to take neighbor to the store. Catch you all later.

[darla]

Do you guys have Dollar Tree stores up there or Everything for a Dollar? You will be surprised what you can find in them. I love to shop in them. I just bought the book Loving Natalee in there today for $1.00

[no rose colored glasses]

Spent the day baking yesterday and helping a friend.  Then spent last night going to 5 stores to find a tree stand as I killed ours on Sunday.  Never did find a stand.  Guess with the artificial trees stores just do not carry a large supply of stands anymore.  Torn between decorating the tree with it leaning against a wall or just saying scr@w it.

More baking to do today as well as candy making.  Kids love peanut brittle so that is on the list for the day.

I haven't seen many tree stands this year  Prop it up against the wall, that should work okay  May be harder though to put the lights on, but I'm sure when you are done it will look great. I have all this baking and my husband is still at Walmart, with a few items, and some tin foil pans I needed. He has called me so many times, I just told him just bring me some pans, I don't care what they look like anymore  By the time he gets here, I'm not going to want to do this.

[darla]

You might also try an Ace Hardware store.

[darla]

Spent the day baking yesterday and helping a friend.  Then spent last night going to 5 stores to find a tree stand as I killed ours on Sunday.  Never did find a stand.  Guess with the artificial trees stores just do not carry a large supply of stands anymore.  Torn between decorating the tree with it leaning against a wall or just saying scr@w it.

More baking to do today as well as candy making.  Kids love peanut brittle so that is on the list for the day.

I haven't seen many tree stands this year  Prop it up against the wall, that should work okay  May be harder though to put the lights on, but I'm sure when you are done it will look great. I have all this baking and my husband is still at Walmart, with a few items, and some tin foil pans I needed. He has called me so many times, I just told him just bring me some pans, I don't care what they look like anymore  By the time he gets here, I'm not going to want to do this.

NoRose you are so funny. A man just can't do things right lol. My mom use to send my Dad to the store and he would come back with all kinds of stuff.

[no rose colored glasses]

Spent the day baking yesterday and helping a friend.  Then spent last night going to 5 stores to find a tree stand as I killed ours on Sunday.  Never did find a stand.  Guess with the artificial trees stores just do not carry a large supply of stands anymore.  Torn between decorating the tree with it leaning against a wall or just saying scr@w it.

More baking to do today as well as candy making.  Kids love peanut brittle so that is on the list for the day.

Hi Northern Rose!

Sounds like another busy day for you.

Son finally took off for the beach today to visit his friends. It was scheduled for the weekend, but we had a pesky lil thing they call a blizzard over the weekend and it had to be postponed.

It is nice and quiet in my house today. Only thing I have to do is take neighbor to the store since his cars are buried under snow. He needs to get to the grocery store.

  That is nice of you to do that for your neighbor  He is going to have to start to get those pesky cars out from under the snow. Hope your son has a good time at the beach 

[no rose colored glasses]

Good afternoon, monkeys.

I just posted a veggie sidedish recipe in the food/recipe section.  It's a really good recipe for marinated green beans and peas, which is delicious with ham.  It's fairly simple to prepare, but...boy...is it good!  I've gotten many compliments on this recipe over the years.  And...best of all...it just gets better day-after-day.

Enjoy!

Puzzler

That sounds great, and fairly simple sounds good 

[no rose colored glasses]

Good Afternoon, I survived the eye appt and Walmart. Glad to be back in my quiet house.


Northern Rose, could you use one of the bungie cord things to fix the tree stand?

I'm sure you are happy to be home, hope your mom's appt went well 

[darla]

I feel for you guys that are snowed under. It is almost 60 here today with sunshine, but we were in the low 20's last night. Just a beautiful day.

[no rose colored glasses]

Spent the day baking yesterday and helping a friend.  Then spent last night going to 5 stores to find a tree stand as I killed ours on Sunday.  Never did find a stand.  Guess with the artificial trees stores just do not carry a large supply of stands anymore.  Torn between decorating the tree with it leaning against a wall or just saying scr@w it.

More baking to do today as well as candy making.  Kids love peanut brittle so that is on the list for the day.

I haven't seen many tree stands this year  Prop it up against the wall, that should work okay  May be harder though to put the lights on, but I'm sure when you are done it will look great. I have all this baking and my husband is still at Walmart, with a few items, and some tin foil pans I needed. He has called me so many times, I just told him just bring me some pans, I don't care what they look like anymore  By the time he gets here, I'm not going to want to do this.

He just arrived, hate to see what he got 


NoRose you are so funny. A man just can't do things right lol. My mom use to send my Dad to the store and he would come back with all kinds of stuff.

[darla]

Good Afternoon, I survived the eye appt and Walmart. Glad to be back in my quiet house.


Northern Rose, could you use one of the bungie cord things to fix the tree stand?

I'm sure you are happy to be home, hope your mom's appt went well 
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Her appt was just her 6 week check up after her surgery. Everything looked great. Thanks for asking.

[Tevye]

Tevye here is one for your trip

Awesome, Rose! The boys and I will head out on Saturday, we'll be home for New Year's Eve!

[no rose colored glasses]

Those jokes are funny  I needed that. My husband got the right things  but then couldn't figure out why the car doors and trunk didn't open, so after a couple minutes he realized it was the wrong black car  I'm going to need a drink before this day is over.  Glad everything went well with your mom Darla 

[trimmonthelake]

   Popping in to see what is going on.Granddaughter is having alone time...drawing.     She doesn't want to do anything with me right now.I am so not cool. 


Darla,glad to see you made it back and your Mom is o.k.