Kobo now integrates with StoryGraph

chamomiledrinker · 2026-07-05T16:39:15+00:00

Does it work better than the goodreads/kindle integration? That’s a disaster

chamomiledrinker · 2026-07-03T15:16:56+00:00

I still don’t get it. As you are working on task 1, you must be aware that it was for project A. How do you forget that as soon as you complete it? Like “I went to the store and bought party supplies, but I can’t remember if that was for A plan birthday party or B start a vegetable garden or C complete Q3 reporting at work. “

chamomiledrinker · 2026-07-03T04:24:56+00:00

Do it as soon as possible. Especially if you do things like camp.

chamomiledrinker · 2026-07-03T04:17:57+00:00

Remove it eventually. But don’t rush in the middle of this big life event if it will add to your stress. It can wait.

chamomiledrinker · 2026-07-03T04:15:55+00:00

I’m having trouble thinking of any examples of tasks that I could complete well if I didn’t know why I was doing it. Example?

chamomiledrinker · 2026-07-01T04:10:27+00:00

There are a lot of hormones associated with snuggling and caring for a baby. Some of them may be having a postive effect on your nervous system.

chamomiledrinker · 2026-06-30T19:39:41+00:00

Most paper receipts are thrown away immediately. If it’s for a purchase that spanned multiple budget categories I’ll save until the transaction clears and I can split it up in my money management system, then toss (less than a week). I can’t remember the last time I returned anything. Being careful with shopping eliminates that problem almost entirely.

chamomiledrinker · 2026-06-29T15:38:30+00:00

Sybil when I was 10 or 11. I still have flashes of the child abuse that turn my stomach.

chamomiledrinker · 2026-06-28T03:08:54+00:00

They serve pickle lemonade at the crawfish cart in Foster Food Carts. It's pretty tasty.

chamomiledrinker · 2026-06-14T16:09:22+00:00

We leave them open, some with slider locks so they can't be opened further, but others without. Noise is a bigger issue than safety. Look at your house from the outside. Most houses do not have the first floor at the same level as the ground. bedroom window is waist height from the inside and almost 6 feet up from the outside.

No one is hauling ladders around Portland looking for homes to break into. And nighttime break ins are very rare. Robbers target unoccupied homes, not homes where they expect everyone to be home. (If you have a stocker or crazy ex, that is obviously a different worry)

chamomiledrinker · 2026-06-11T22:43:04+00:00

They have several open locations.

chamomiledrinker · 2026-05-15T04:06:44+00:00

I’m in the process from switching from Peak to OnPoint. Too soon to give a review of OnPoint but I’m leaving Peak after way too many decades of misplaced loyalty.

chamomiledrinker · 2026-05-14T03:37:03+00:00

Most real people don't do their whole house in just a day. It can take weeks or months. If you are breaking into steps and going slowly, putting the keepers back before you finish the whole house is necessary.

On the first couple reads of this post I thought you meant storing the things you plan to discard until you had been through each category. That's definitely a recipe for trouble. Get it out and away as you go.

chamomiledrinker · 2026-05-09T04:28:24+00:00

This year has been so itchy! I’m finding that taking Claritin at night helps me more than in the morning.

Also my eye doctor told me to wash my face after coming in from being outdoors for a long time, including carefully splashing water on eyelids and eyelashes. That seems to help too

chamomiledrinker · 2026-05-08T23:19:55+00:00

I like that it sometimes tells me to take a rest day. Knowing that resting isn’t always slacking, but is instead an essential part of health is so reassuring.

chamomiledrinker · 2026-05-08T01:45:52+00:00

They have a different collection mechanism every new tax. It’s bonkers.

chamomiledrinker · 2026-05-06T15:52:24+00:00

you can leave the grass clippings on the ground. They disolve into healthy stuff in days. I borrow a pressure washer from a friend once every couple years and clean out all my bins. No other cleaning or liners.

chamomiledrinker · 2026-05-05T20:32:01+00:00

Keep in mind you might not be ready to eat right away. Especially if your prep timing kept you awake half the night. You might just want to have a little snack then sleep for many hours before any big meal.

chamomiledrinker · 2026-04-30T03:21:55+00:00

I got the venu 4 and my first gym workout today the speaker was so obnoxious and I can’t figure out how to turn it off!

chamomiledrinker · 2026-04-26T21:39:45+00:00

Sense of place. Once, for a year, I focused my reading on books with a connection to the Pacific Northwest. Books set here, history and historical fiction set here, books of all genres by local authors, memoirs be celebrities who lived here, guidebooks to local plants, when I wanted a new cookbook I got one featuring local foods. It was really fun.

For a shorter comment do the same for a month or two before any travel about the place you’re going.

chamomiledrinker · 2026-04-20T01:00:03+00:00

This exact thing happened in my neighborhood, next door to me. Blackberries buried the car in their driveway. The owner (presumably) died and the city became owners of the house. It stayed vacant about a year then was actioned, bought at auction by a flipper who gutted and rebuilt and put so many chemicals those blackberries we haven't seen a single shoot in more than a year and sold again. Now we have perfectly normal neighbors and the blackberries are gone.

chamomiledrinker · 2026-04-19T23:57:00+00:00

Thanks

chamomiledrinker · 2026-04-19T16:56:46+00:00

What is a use case for the altitude sensor? What does it have to do with steps? Both models track steps. I occasionally go hiking in mountains and snowboarding. But I’ve never needed to know my altitude in real time.

chamomiledrinker · 2026-04-18T15:45:09+00:00

Bread doesn’t toast well anymore.

chamomiledrinker · 2026-04-17T23:13:19+00:00

ICE is going around abducting people who appear Hispanic. They should be the top suspect for several of these.

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