What do I need for my new apartment.

By on June 18th, 2009

I am moving into my first apartment and I am not sure what I will need. I only want to get the basics because I am studying abroad later and I go to college far from home so I won’t want to bring back a lot of things. I would like to know what specific kitchen or household items I should have in my apartment. Also what is the minimum amount of furniture I can have in my place and still function/have people over.

Thanks.

I have a robins nest and there a two smaller birds constantly hovering around it.

By on June 17th, 2009

Right outside my kitchen window I’ve watched a pair of robins build a nest. Then one morning I heard something very strange and went out and saw two big bird in there making a horrible noise.I think they were pigeons.maybe. But I shooed them away and the robins came back. But there are now two smaller birds that are hovering around the nest.the remind me of swallows.but I’m not sure. They sit on a perch below the robins nest, or sometimes on our trampoline posts. I’ve seen them dive bomb a cooper hawk. Is it possible they are waiting for the robins to vacate the nest so they can take over.or could they have some of their own eggs in the robins nest.would the robins know any different. These birds that are hovering are small birds.not as big as the robin. Any idea’s what may be going on.

is there any way to revive old bubble gum. i have to keep it in my mouth for 5 minutes before it’s chewable.

By on June 16th, 2009

I found 3 cartons (200 pcs) of Bazooka in the back of my kitchen cabinet that are probably 10 years old. they looks fine, but are too hard to start chewing in my mouth. can i soak the pieces in something, or steam them. anything. or is it a lost cause.

Ideas for kitchen theme.

By on June 14th, 2009

We are going to start remodeling our kitchen this weekend and I need some ideas for decoration. The cabinets will be white with black countertops and the floor is black and white checkers. We are putting a silver backsplash and have black appliances. Oh and the walls are almost white, but just a little off. We have alot of empty wallspace and I need stuff to put there. I would like to have some sort of a theme but I don’t really know what. Any ideas. Thanks.

could i have damaged ny shoulder. will best answer for sure.

By on June 13th, 2009

when i firstly found out about conditioning
i hit my shoulder and collar bone with this fat round stick used as kitchen tool
i did it once then i had some bruises on it, i waited few days then i did this again, about 20 min each time hiting it lightly
it hurted when moving for about 3days after second time, then pain went away and it crack less than it used to, hurts less when get hit

could i do something which i do not know about.
something permanent.

it doesnt hurt when weather is cold or its raining

HELP. Headache help, please.

By on June 12th, 2009

A little while ago I picked up my peer from her house to have her spend the night. On the car ride to my home, she started having a headache. Presuming it was nothing big, I simply just kept a little quieter. Then, when we got inside, she started saying how she was really dizzy. She was having trouble walking and sat down immediately. She then called to me and told me she couldn’t see in her left eye. I rushed to my kitchen and got her two Advils, a peppermint, and diet coke, because I read online that it helps headaches. She is still in pain, and can barely move. Help.
And now she’s crying uncontrollably, when she doesn’t know why. She’s falling over. This is serious. PLEASE. Anything. Migrane.
And now she can’t talk.
PLEASE HELP.

Chapter 1 of my story, let me know what you think.

By on June 11th, 2009

Chapter 1
Walking through the two tall candle stills that lead to the entrance of what was supposed to be the greatest night of your life, prom, a masquerade ball themed one I may add. I wonder over and over why I was there, what was the meaning of this. I passed the two candle stills and noticed that the candle’s where fake, and only flicker whenever, but still gave you the sensation that they were real. I entered the room which was only mark by burgundy curtains that where drape in as though they were hanging from a curtain rod to cover a window, but where actually covering the entrance. Walking through the drape curtains you got the feeling that you where entering a manor in the late 1700’s. I impatiently walked into the dim light room; looking around I noticed everyone wearing clothe that was once wear in that century. Girls with their buffs big dresses and masks covering their faces, and the guys wearing jackets that were seem in those days and slacks that where modernly fashion to look like they were once worn in the 1700’s. Everyone looked as though they were playing their part, the clothe was just out of the 1700’s, but just with a modern day fashion twist to it, the ballroom looked like the ones in those manors, the whole place just gave you the sensation that you were inside one of Jane Austen novels.
The room looked amazing. From the center of the dance floor hang a chandelier. The chandelier was made of cardboard box and use fake candle’s to give light to the dim room. The walls where covered in white with gold outline squares to give it yet another feeling that you are inside a manor. The room smelled like candle, I walked around the dance floor made of tile material as though to look like marble, acccordily so that I would not bump into anyone.
“Why did I even bother to show up to prom anyway, she probably won’t even show up,” was a phrase that echo inside my head.
As I passed a wall filled with crates and molds painted in gold squares, which where actually made of paper by the art class, but made to look real, I looked around to see if I recognize anyone, who can explain to me why I was here. The entire ballroom of the hotel looked amazing, just like something I would picture when I read those amazing scenes in a Jane Austen novel, the room had all the features, a grand chandelier hanging from the center of the ballroom lighten by those flickering candles, the walls made to look old, and the marble floor. Then I stumble upon a standing mirror, on the corner of the room.
“Why was there a standing mirror in that corner of the ball room, well your guess is as good as mine,” I thought to myself.
I examine myself in the mirror. Beginning at the black suede boots in which my black stripe slacks bunch into. I continue into the bottom part of my sleeves which where black suede. Zooming up to the pockets of my jacket which were to the side and closed with a gold button. Noticing how the fitted jacket when inward into my waist and then out on the top, the buttons when up as though they were going up a mountain. Buttons that where made of the same gold material the ones in the pocket where. The buttons had darker suede around them, which made a semicircle as they stretch on my chest. The jacket was open and I was wearing a white shirt under made of cotton that poked out on the opening of the jacket. As my eyes met looking their reflection in the mirror, I noticed my mask. It was a gold mask with swirls on both sides that went around the opening of the eyes. The nose part of the mask when downward like a bird’s peak.
“What Kind of a mask is this.” was the questions I was curious about.
As I admire the outfit that I was wearing at prom I noticed that I was holding something that I quite did not see when I was walking an examining the room. On my right hand I was holding a clear plastic case, and inside the case there were three blue mini callas with their green leaves all tide up with a sparkling white ribbon and all of these clues landed to my conclusion that I was holding a,
“A corsage.” a thought that was rapidly interrupted by, “Arquimidez are you up already,” the staggering voice of my mother’s voice coming from the kitchen downstairs.
‘I’m up, mom” I silently and struggling reply. I toss and turn and then remove the sheets away from my body, and swung to the left. And sat on my bed as my feet lay flatly on the soft carpet. The thought of seeing myself wearing that outfit and the mask and the surprise of holding the corsage, haunted my thoughts.
“Why was I there, I have not even thought about going to prom,” was one of the thoughts that I had. But of all the thoughts that I was having the fact that I was holding a corsage stun me the most.
Touching around my bed to find my cell phone, I stumble across a heart shaped box, without even turning around to make that’s what it was, I rapidly yelled
“Thank you mom, I love you.”
Sitting on my bed all the memories of all the Valenti

How to live with my sister AGAIN.

By on June 10th, 2009

My sister and I were raised by our grandparents. Our grandmother passed away and my grandfather still lives in the house we grew up in. We both had moved out with our boyfriends. About a year ago, I (and my boyfriend) had to move back in with my grandfather because the apartment we lived in was closed by the town because it was ‘unsafe’. Everything was fine but now my sister has moved in because she was kicked out of her boyfriend’s parents house. There are 5 adults and a baby living in a 4 bedroom house. Since my grandfather was living alone when I moved in, he let me and my boyfriend have 2 bedrooms upstairs because we tried to keep most of our furnature from our apartment. He said he didn’t use the upstairs because there were too many steps for him so we wouldn’t be putting him out much. My sister moved from a 1 bedroom (literally just one room) into my grandfather’s house. She was told she would have one room for the both of them plus the baby. She agreed with everything. Before she moved in she told me that she would handle the cleaning and she would take care of my grandfather’s eye drops (one in the morning and two at night) so I wouldn’t have to worry about them anymore. She also begged me to change the cable into her name so she could keep her phone number. I didn’t want too because I didn’t want to worry about losing my internet for any reason. She wanted to split the kitchen in half so we all had room for stuff. She was told by my grandfather she had to keep her stuff in the basement Kitchen but she refused. Just to avoid fights, my boyfriend and I agreed to keep our food upstairs and not even use *OUR* stove or the sink. That way any mess isn’t ours and we dont have to worry about a fight. We’ve been living off stuff that doesn’t need to be cooked so she’ll be happy. She’s been in for about a week now. We’ve been in a fight already.

I woke up one morning and went downstairs to ask if they wanted an extra pillow I had bought the night before. Right away, she started screaming that I didn’t clean anything. She said that the floor and the bathtub was disgusting before she moved in. And that the kitchen table was dirty. The floor had a bit of dirt and wood shavings on it because the day before she moved in my grandfather changed his bedroom doorknob into a key locking knob. She had food she bought all over the kitchen table for 3 days to the point you couldn’t place anything on the table. and she has boxes all over the couch in the living room. We we’re screaming at each other so badly that both the men (plus the baby) went outside. our grandfather wasn’t home at the time either. She said that I should be cleaning the mess up too. That it was partly my mess. I had been staying upstairs and not cooking for a week. I haven’t used the sink since they moved in. And my boyfriend took one shower that week because he was worried a fight would start over that. and one did. She was mad that he took a shower and the bottom of the tub had some footprints and shampoo dripped on it. During this fight, she took away our cable box. She said she wanted it back and I refused to give it to her because my boyfriend had left for work already. I wasn’t going to mess around with the wires that she would have to wait until he got home. She even threatened to call the police to get it back. she even threw an inflatable pool I had bought for the baby back at me.

Anyways, she calmed down and said that she didn’t want the cable box back and took the pool back. Since this fight (a few nights ago) she has food in all the cabinets and the fridge is packed full. They even had to put some things down in my grandfather’s fridge. (btw, my grandfather had always used the basement as his ‘area’, this is not new). My boyfriend went through a hard time and went from getting $500 a week to $250 a week because of a job change. Now he’s back to the $500 a week. My sister and her boyfriend don’t have jobs and they are on welfare to take care of the baby. I’m 23 and my boyfriend is 29. My sister is 25 and her boyfriend is 23. The baby is 1.

My question is, how or what can I do to live peacefully. I tried giving them the living room and kitchen. I dont keep anything downstairs. I only take showers when they are asleep. I’m consistanly tip toeing around. I refuse to actually move out (I dont have the money too yet) because my grandfather has taken a few falls lately, and I was the only one there for him. Recently, they left the house and didn’t tell anyone. I was upstairs and heard my grandfather screaming outside. I run out and found him laying on the pavement in the garage because he fell. My boyfriend was at work at the time. My sister got back home at 10pm. If I wasn’t there, he would have layed outside for about 5 hours. I won’t leave this house until my grandfather passes, goes into a home, or kicks me out. I refuse to fight around my grandfather so there will be less stress for him. but how can I make this work. It’s
my grandfather won’t move out of his house (and rightfully so, he paid it off over the years.) and he won’t kick them out because of the baby.
as I said. WE”RE SAVING MONEY. I don’t like leaving the house for more than an hour because of my grandfather. Everytime I leave I’m worried he got hurt or fell. If you’re not going to help with trying to keep peace and just tell me to get a job and move out then you’re not helping.

how to paint my fireplace.

By on June 9th, 2009

I have a flat fireplace in our family room. The walls are a greek olive color and our furniture is black. The room flows into our kitchen that is colored a light yellow with rosewood colored cabinets, with white wood blinds. How should I paint the fireplace frame. The doors are black glass surrounded with white tiles, which I don;t really like and I;m thinking of replacing them in the future.

painting white cabinets.

By on June 8th, 2009

I currently have antique white painted kitchen cabinets. I am wanting to paint them a dark color (I would stain them but they are only paintable cabinets I think) I know I need to sand them but do I need to sand the current white paint completely off the complete cabinet or just sand it to get a rough surface before priming.