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How do you find a free or really cheap location to host a community event like a clothing swap where there's no revenue generated?

There might be a light at the end of the tunnel that is this illness.

I was able to move when I woke up instead of laying in bed paralyzed for a few minutes...

Yesterday I made Creamsicle Jelly.
When I went to bed I was bummed that it hadn't set well. This morning it has! Now I'm making Chai Tea concentrate
So to sum up, for the swap i'm bringing creamsicle jelly, chai tea concentrate, bavarian cream marshmallows and cheesecake marshmallows.

I've signed up to be a swapper at this event: BK Swappers 2nd Anniversary event


I need to decide what to make.

marshmallows?
caramels?
marinated roasted red pepper?
creamsicle jelly?
blood orange marmalade?
Vanilla pear butter?
peach melba jam?

I sewed myself a shirt tonight. I knew going in that it wasn't going to be the most flattering shirt for my figure but decided to make it anyway. Because I need to practice sewing for myself instead of just the girls.

Well I put it on and asked MDF "It doesn't look like a mumu or anything does it?" And he responded with "Well...
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T found the thin mints.
Brought me the open box. It has a post-it with mydogfarted's name on it.
I said "do you know what that says? That's daddy's name those are daddy's cookies. How do you think daddy would feel if you ate his cookies?"
So she went back into the pantry and brought me the unopened box. "These don't have anyone's names...
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I will never look at my cheese grater the same again.

I found out Home depot now allows payment by Paypal.
Which means I can buy all my gardening supplies this year using the proceeds from my Etsy shop (and/or mydogfarted's shop)

So everyone go to Ohyum or Smelly Balls and help make my garden more awesome.



Also the neighbor likes to play with power tools. So he's going to rip out a bush I...
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There are lots of things here in Ottawa that bring back fond memories. I enjoy Pizza Pizza, not because it's good pizza, but because that's the place we got our pizza from for pizza days in elementary school, to celebrate anything we could in high school, and to stave off the drunken hungries in University.

Last night I had a giant plate of nostalgia in...
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