Quirky Habits
07-20-2012, 11:57 AM
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Okay, someone else surely does this. Last night, I got up to get something to drink. Went into the kitchen and turned on the light. That's when I noticed (due to this thread!) that I only had one eye open and the other tightly shut. Yeah, I always do that but never really thought about it, before. It's normal, right? 
07-20-2012, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by burchquilts
I hoard empty boxes. Everybody gives me grief about it. Until they need to wrap a gift or send something thru the mail. Then suddenly I'm a genius.
One day I found a couple of great copy paper boxes at a school. I didn't want to carry them with me to see my students, I just hurried outside and put it on the hood of my car. I figured that being on the hood, it would keep people from taking it. Well, I come outside after I finish and the two boxes are gone!!! Who would do a dirty thing like that?
I have finally imposed a limit on how many boxes I can have in the garage. If they can fold down, there's no limit because they really don't take up space. I have a very large box in the garage. I limit myself to just filling that box with boxes and no more! You should see how I meticulously put boxes inside boxes to make more room for boxes!
07-20-2012, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by burchquilts
when my kids were still at home, i went down to the laundry room to get a towel to wash my hair with. I wash my hair just in my bra & jeans (or sweats or whatever) because i wash it in the kitchen sink. I came sauntering out of the laundry room & my ds's little boy scout pals nearly had cardiac arrest!
07-20-2012, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by burchquilts
Our DHs must've been talking because I WILL NOT go outside after dark either. Lights or no lights. Just merely outside. We have bats. I HATE (& am horribly afraid of) bats! I'd never seen a bat before we moved to WI. When I was going to college & living in my apartment (a few years ago), one AM I was awakened by something scratching in the bed. Since I was the only person who lived there, I thought that was odd. I lifted the sheets & there sat a bat!!! In my bed!!! I screamed (I'm sure it's still echoing thru the halls of that apartment building!) & took off running! I called 9-1-1!!! So now that we live out in the sticks, I KNOW there are bats waiting right outside the door, just waiting for me to come out. No way! Repeat after me... bats are icky! Nightitme outside is icky!
07-20-2012, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by burchquilts
When we lived in Orlando, we lived on a lake that had 2 gators that would come up & peek in our fences, eyeballing our dogs. But I wasn't as afraid of them as I am of bats!
as for me, I'll deal with a bat instead of a gator any day. At least a bat would have to peck you to death.
I don't know...you may be right...quick and get it over with...chomp!
07-20-2012, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by burchquilts
Ditto! And also the bow. I save the bows (not the crumpled ones, but the good ones). It's stupid & wasteful to buy new bows all the time when you can take them off gently & save them to use next year. Eek! I'm a hoarder!!! A quirky, talkative horader! You think I should change my profile to reflect that?
I save the good bows too
07-20-2012, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Sophie2
One year at Christmas I made a quilt for someone in the family and had the perfect box for it. I asked for the box back. The next year I used the box for another quilt for another family member. Now if the family sees a package the size of the box from last year, they know it will be a quilt. It is fun to see the face of the person that gets "the box" at Christmas.
07-20-2012, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by burchquilts
Ditto! And also the bow. I save the bows (not the crumpled ones, but the good ones). It's stupid & wasteful to buy new bows all the time when you can take them off gently & save them to use next year. Eek! I'm a hoarder!!! A quirky, talkative horader! You think I should change my profile to reflect that?
07-20-2012, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Neesie
Okay, someone else surely does this. Last night, I got up to get something to drink. Went into the kitchen and turned on the light. That's when I noticed (due to this thread!) that I only had one eye open and the other tightly shut. Yeah, I always do that but never really thought about it, before. It's normal, right?
07-20-2012, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Sophie2
One year at Christmas I made a quilt for someone in the family and had the perfect box for it. I asked for the box back. The next year I used the box for another quilt for another family member. Now if the family sees a package the size of the box from last year, they know it will be a quilt. It is fun to see the face of the person that gets "the box" at Christmas.
(a "box" tradition, lol)
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