Kaz

@KarenAnne (257)

United Kingdom

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That sounds ominous.

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 16 Feb

Just read a life story of someone and, for some reason, the ending sounded really ominous. I'll change the details but the ending was thus:- "John Smith died at his home in Midsomer, Greenshire, on December 8, 2021, at the age...

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Beans and Peas.

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 16 Feb

I'm starting the Peas and Broad Beans (fava beans) today. I'm going to start the peas sprouting indoors as the mice ate the ones I sowed directly last year. I had to carefully position the trays I sowed the rest in so the mice...

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Sowing for the Summer.

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 15 Feb

My seed compost arrived late yesterday - it was dark and raining so I just put it on the patio until today. Having cleaned out the pots and seed trays, I today sowed two types of chillis 1) Basket of Fire and 2) Heatwave. I...

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Collecting is often just Hoarding for the Organised?

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 23 Jan

A reel popped up on Facebook showing someones "beautifully organised" scented candle collection. This wasn't a box or even a whole shelf of candles, it was a whole room! Who needs that many candles? Surely most of the scents...

hoarding

compulsive shopping

ocd

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New pot has arrived.

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 23 Jan

I ordered a fat skimming pot and it arrived today. I've used a couple before but they weren't robust enough and cracked when I put hot liquids in them. Perhaps it's my fault for expecting cooking utensils to be heat...

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Billionaires in Submarines

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 23 Jan

I've just read an article about private super submarines for Billionaires, a mere two billion each, as an alternative to super yachts that a lot of them have. The company promoting this hasn't, as yet, produced a physical...

luxury submarine

billionaires

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Fosse Dionne in France.

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 23 Jan

Yesterday I went down a bit of a rabbit hole (Or was it a frog hole?) reading about the Fosse Dionne in France. It's a water source that has only been partially mapped because the caves beneath it are extensive but also very...

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An idea I wish the UK would adopt.

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 19 Jan

The one they have in the USA where you can abandon a baby at a hospital or fire station without any questions. This morning someone walking a dog found a newborn baby girl in a park in London. Thankfully she was alive and the...

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Washing Dishes by hand.

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 18 Jan

Yesterday I came across an interesting You Tube video where someone was following a housecleaning routine from the 1920s. Being a younger person, she hadn't really done dishes by hand before, having mostly used a dishwasher,...

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Fixed it.

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 6 Dec

Well, as hubby was leaving the house the other night the door handle came off in his hand. I may have suggested this might be due to his OCD of violently checking if the door is locked when he leaves... I went on Youtube to see...

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A change of plan...

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 27 Nov

Yesterday I had planned to cook a piece of gammon for dinner and then use it for several other meals during the week. We'd bought it on Saturday together with a lot of other groceries which I put away when we returned from...

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Charity Shop Constipation.

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 14 Nov 23

This is a condition that my husband swears I suffer from. Or rather, I have it and he suffers from it. He says I cannot pass a charity shop (thrift store/op shop). He said this exact thing to me as we went in to a local one for...

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Shocking Shopping.

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 13 Nov 23

I make no apologies for not liking having to go shopping. I accept that it's necessary but when it comes to groceries I usually like to get in and out and not to have emptied my bank account in the process. We mostly shop at...

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Twisting words.

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 4 Oct 23

We are all aware that words can be twisted, key information omitted or downright lies can be told to us by those with an agenda. I'm currently learning about Ultra-Processed Foods and I'm finding it interesting that some...

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Out of Black Pepper.

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 3 Oct 23

Well, it looks like I forget to keep a spare of black pepper in the house and now I've run out completely. I do have white pepper and cayenne pepper and assorted other condiments and seasonings but I find the black pepper is...

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Haberdashery!

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 3 Oct 23

In the UK this means a place where sewing notions and associated goods are sold. I understand that in the US it usually means an accessories store- hats, gloves, scarves and, more recently, this can include wigs and other kinds...

haberdashery

english

language

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That Was Different!

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 25 Sep 23

We had a surprise trip to the theatre yesterday. Two friends of ours had double booked themselves and couldn't exchange or refund their tickets so they offered them to us rather than see them unused. The tickets were for a...

black sabbath

ballet

birmingham

black sabbath the ballet

dance

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My Basil has Dodder.

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 21 Sep 23

I bought a basil plant from the supermarket for culinary use. Before I could use it I noticed some yellow tendrils sprouting from the plant. At first I thought there was another plant growing from the soil in the pot and then I...

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Rubber Chicken.

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 21 Sep 23

Not the novelty kind that you might give a child or pet to play with. This is called rubber chicken because it stretches in the budget. We got a whole, reduced price, chicken from the supermarket and this week it has provided...

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Doing the laundry quickly.

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 21 Sep 23

It's dry and sunny today, after two days of rain, so I've taken the opportunity to do three loads of laundry and I'm hoping it will dry. We don't have a tumble-dryer so I either have to rely on good weather or carefully manage...

laundry

weather

drying

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