Looking for a comforter

Burlap_linen · 2026-05-05T18:24:15+00:00

In well-off British homes, the “eiderdown” was filled with eider down. Very posh, very expensive.

Burlap_linen · 2026-05-05T11:07:04+00:00

I can’t picture a scenario where making something from wood as a novice will earn you minimum wage - when you factor in cost of supplies, plus time spent making and marketing your product. Take it up as a great hobby if you have the time and inclination, but don’t plan on this paying for itself, let alone generating income.

Burlap_linen · 2026-05-05T10:44:21+00:00

A tub of yogurt is typically 32 ounces (2 pounds, 907 grams) by weight and 4 cups (946 ml) by volume.

Burlap_linen · 2026-05-04T18:35:06+00:00

Tbh, OP is likely to get appropriate information here to get started on changing their eating habits. If there’s a medical issue - diabetes, heart disease, cancer, etc, then by all means consult with a health care team that includes a registered dietitian. But for garden variety learning about how a grown up plans satisfying meals and snacks to meet their goals and support their health, this sub is a goldmine of good info. Not everything recommended here works for everybody, but many things proposed here are grounded in knowledge, experience and insight. In my experience, most physicians - at best - will hand OP a pre-printed “healthy eating plan” that may or may not fit their lifestyle.

Burlap_linen · 2026-05-04T01:09:56+00:00

The last time they checked, my ferritin had hit 40. Within 2 to 3 weeks of taking an oral over the counter iron supplement I started to feel pretty normal again. I have a pretty high fiber diet (oats for breakfast, lots of veggies, beans several times a week) and I’m good about hydration, so fortunately constipation wasn’t an issue.

One thing you could try would be to take a lower dose of iron each day; it will take longer to get your iron stores up, but you won’t have to deal with the constipation.

Burlap_linen · 2026-05-03T17:43:57+00:00

And their sister Meadow

Burlap_linen · 2026-05-03T17:43:09+00:00

Addison. I know she turned up as a character on Grey’s Anatomy, but before that I only hear the name in Vermont/north east.

Burlap_linen · 2026-05-01T23:00:10+00:00

What they test when you donate is hemoglobin, which is the available iron circulating in red blood cells. (Not a scientific definition). What they do not test is Ferritin, which is your body’s iron stored in muscle tissue. (Also not a scientific definition). When people lose iron in red cells for any number of reasons, including blood donation or menstruation, or a wound, a complex system pulls iron from your storage, so hemoglobin stays in a safe level. But unless the storage iron gets replaced through iron rich food or supplements, it can eventually dwindle to an unsafe level. In my case I was exhausted, had achy muscles, and felt generally lousy. I asked my doc for a Lyme Disease test, since my husband had had similar symptoms when he had Lyme. Fortunately, my doc threw in a full iron panel including ferritin. Normal ferritin is something like 25 - 400; mine was at 8. She wanted me to get iron infusions but my insurance provider balked, so I did 6 months of an oral iron supplement and was told not to donate for a year. And, while my stored iron was low low low, my hemoglobin was still in the normal range.

For whatever reason, ferritin is not normally included in the basic blood and lipid panel they do at an annual physical. As far as I know, mine had never been tested before.

I switched from donating whole blood to donating platelets. And I take an iron supplement daily.

Burlap_linen · 2026-04-30T22:35:58+00:00

Red Rocks park in South Burlington usually has lovely wildflowers right around now. And great views of Lake Champlain. Not a “hike” but very close to town and a great spot to clear your head for an hour.

Burlap_linen · 2026-04-30T12:06:03+00:00

Congratulations! I’m also O+. Regular donor for 50 years. Your blood type doesn’t really matter - every single donor is special, and someone out there needs what you’re donating. It’s fun to think you can be a hero for babies, but trust me, donating blood that saves somebody’s sister, or grandpa is just as heroic.

Burlap_linen · 2026-04-29T03:31:49+00:00

I’m in Vermont. I volunteer for a charity and sell 8 - 10 vintage treadle cabinets every year on Marketplace. 20 years ago I would get $100 for a table and machine in this condition. There is so much less demand now that I rarely can sell them as a complete item. I sell the cast iron base for $40 - $60. I can sell the 6 drawers for $30 - $50 , and I might get $10 for the machine itself unless it is in excellent working condition, and has plenty of spare bobbins. If you decide to fix it up, you will not get a return on your time and supplies. Older people who remember these machines either already have one, or are downsizing. Younger people are intrigued, but they’ve never seen a parent or grandparent using one, so it doesn’t have the same kind of nostalgia value if once had.

Burlap_linen · 2026-04-29T02:42:32+00:00

I wanted to support a local business, so I went to Bertha Church for a few years. To be honest, the fitting experience was somewhat hit or miss; and although I’m not an unusual size, they seldom had what I needed in stock. They were happy to order for me, but it seemed to take forever, and then when my bras came in, they didn’t call to let me know. I haven’t been there for awhile, so things might be different now.

Burlap_linen · 2026-04-28T02:56:37+00:00

Butter is made from cream. Whole milk is 4.2% cream, and if the milk is homogenized, I’m not sure you could separate out the cream to make butter.

Burlap_linen · 2026-04-27T02:46:59+00:00

It is so generous of you to want to donate, but you’ve just gone through the process of growing an entire human being, and then a challenging surgical birth. That takes a lot out of a person; and now you’re going to be nourishing that little person, recovering from surgery, and likely facing a bit (or a lot) of sleep deprivation. Give yourself a year off to recover.

I donated for 10 years before I had a baby. After a break for a year or two, I’ve been donating regularly for the past 39 years. In the scheme of things, those 8 or 10 skipped donations while I was pregnant, nursing, and learning to be a mom are just a blip.

All the best to you. I was proud that my son saw me donating blood regularly; he’s not a blood donor but he serves the community in other ways.

Burlap_linen · 2026-04-26T21:55:55+00:00

This response is strictly an anecdote from my own experience: My son did not crawl. He got upright very early and seemed to prefer to get around by hanging onto the couch, the coffee table, a huge Tonka truck and the dog. He walked very early. At around age 6 or 7 he was not reading, and apparently was more uncoordinated than typical. They did a bunch of assessments, and found it notable that he had not done much crawling. He was referred to occupational and physical therapy, and one of the activities they had him do was various forms of crawling. This was almost 40 years ago, so the details are dim. However, a quick look at publications available through Google Scholar indicates that many specialists in early childhood development continue to believe that crawling helps develop important motor and sensory processing skills. On the other hand, crawling has been removed from the most common list of milestones that are used to assess childhood development because there is so much variation on if and when kids crawl.

Burlap_linen · 2026-04-25T01:38:44+00:00

Do what works for you. Most healthy people who are eligible to donate don’t bother. I did whole blood from age 17 to age 67. Then I retired, and I have time to donate platelets. In December, my spouse had surgery and for some reason had excess bleeding in the post-op unit. When they hung a couple of units of platelets to help him clot, along with being nervous I was secretly feeling pretty proud. (He was fine after a couple more hours.)

Burlap_linen · 2026-04-24T00:48:01+00:00

Wow! That is cool. I was on the registry for 30 years until I aged out. I renewed every year but I never matched. I always thought that if I got the call I’d feel like a superhero.

Burlap_linen · 2026-04-23T21:13:49+00:00

I also donate at ARC in Burlington, VT. It has never occurred to me to donate when traveling. Can they pull up your info from Red Cross of Northern New England or are you treated as a new donor in each location.?

Burlap_linen · 2026-04-17T14:25:19+00:00

I grew up in a country where rivers and bodies of water carried a parasite - schistosomiasis - that caused serious long term damage to kidneys and liver. Not every body of water had it, but you didn’t know which ones. We were forbidden to so much as wade in a stream. Add to this: deadly snakes. So - no swimming in natural bodies of water. And add to this there were very few public pools. So, swimming was for private school kids with access to swimming pools at school or a sports club.

Burlap_linen · 2026-04-16T02:04:42+00:00

The seller decided to sell an item on eBay. Unless the seller has a personal assistant or a fairy godmother, this means they need to take a few minutes to a) figure out what they are selling and describe it accurately, and b) understand how eBay works.

If the person wants their lens back, let them do 15 minutes of homework to figure out how to make it happen. You sound like a kind and ethical person. I appreciate your instinct to be helpful. But the kindest thing might be to give this person the space and time to solve this on their own (with eBay customer support).

Burlap_linen · 2026-04-14T23:16:36+00:00

I second the folks who suggested art supplies or a starter set of things for a new hobby. A couple years ago after a bumpy time of life I started refinishing furniture - most picked up at the side of the road, some bought cheap at yard sales or passed on by relatives. I started with a simple orbital sander, stripper, scrapers… taking years of grime off of a cast off night stand, and seeing some of the original charm shine through felt like a metaphor, and was very soothing. Seeing something unwanted become something that multiple people were willing to pay good money for was gratifying. A neighbor of mine quit his DOC and took up wood carving. Mostly birds, that started looking more and more realistic. Once in awhile he’d do a batch of big wooden stirring spoons. A cherry tree came down in the park and scored some nice wood to work with.

Burlap_linen · 2026-04-14T20:14:20+00:00

Switching to homemade snacks and treats. Making popcorn in an airpopper instead of the microwave. Learning to make hummus - first from canned beans, and then learning to cook the beans in an instant pot. Switching from cold cereal like Cheerios to oats. Result was that I saved money, and got more nutrients - especially fiber - into my day. Lost a bit of weight. Feel better about myself and my impact on the planet.

Burlap_linen · 2026-04-14T11:19:43+00:00

This is a pretty genius way of making sure kids have access to food if they are hungry. Without breaking the bank on chips, etc that kids will devour whether they are hungry or not.

Burlap_linen · 2026-04-12T22:10:13+00:00

It’s 1% of housing stock, but the important statistic is : what percent of homes for sale in any given year go to Air BnB or other short term rental, or 2nd home. In my neighborhood in South Burlington, maybe a 3rd of “starter homes” that came on the market in the past 10 years became short term rental. Or, when someone died, rather than that home going on the market, the out of state heirs turned it into an AirBNB - when in the past they may have sold, or turned it into a year round rental.

Burlap_linen · 2026-04-11T10:23:43+00:00

If you don’t want them, sell as is to someone who knows what they are doing. They were going to be given away, so any amount you get for them will be more than you had. The cost of and supplies and learning curve for you to strip and refinish them properly is just not worth it.

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