The age mostly. He has changed the concentration at one point. No idea what stock Gremlin has. Certainly worth a shot if you have it already. I do my sfts at 10% but that’s just me. Everyone has their own preference.
I did mine in reverse order. Deep cleaned today, around the Christmas decor lol. #3, mate and dog left tonight. Tomorrow at 7 am, the other two girls, spouses, both grandbabies and the last two dogs leave. Mom and I will leave for Bham Sunday morning. But, tomorrow will be blissful quiet, except for the lsu game.
Mine has been up since before Thanksgiving and I literally rearrange my house so I always take it down the day after to get back to normal. Sounds like you had a full house! We’ll be watching the game for sure.
Himself takes it all down while I’m in Alabama for the week. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll get a chance to mix up a few bottles so they’ll be ready for February. I won’t be back here till after the first week of January, which won’t leave me a months steep. It’s nice to start a new month with fresh, different juices.
Wow...good husband.
I just got back from the mailbox in my pajamas. 
My gremlin order was in there. Only took 4 days. I took a whiff of my flavors and now I can’t wait to mix some peppermint tomorrow. 
My first mint of any kind.
Which one did you get? I’ve only played with a couple. I do enjoy a mint on occasion. I’d like to pick up butter mint. And I ordered creme de menthe today. One review said it tasted like an andes mint solo.Wow...good husband.
Go easy on the peppermint, it's a strong flavor. Do a SFT starting at 2% and work up from there. You could try that peppermint with some double chocolate clear, maybe add some graham cracker clear and creme de menthe if you've got them.Wow...good husband.
Moning everone. Todays plans are mixing up some SFT's, and an after Christmas cleaning session. Have to get ready for a new year.
I got the candy cane and peppermint from gremlins sale page. I was curious about creme de menthe. I may have to pick that one up.
Good to know as I was going to mix my normal 10%...
I got some on my nose last night when I sniffed it and it was pretty strong.
I unpacked my flavors, nic, VG and mixing paraphernalia away the other day, might get around to mixing sometime. But I'm sick, and I have other tasks at hand. Packages today to pick up at my post box/mail center. No need to worry about porch pirates down here, and mail carrier ineptitude and thievery, with my locked box! It's a big problem down in Corpus. I haven't used my regular mailbox in a few years, even though it was a "locking" one. They are a joke.
Continue my deep cleaning. But I need to get out of here for a bit so I’m going to Target to check out their holiday clearance. I got things for 90% off last year for me and Mom. We need boxes. I need to get groceries while I’m out as well. And we will be watching the football playoff games.
I’m going to at least rebuild a couple tanks to try a couple new recipes.
Shamelessly crossposted from the shiny thread, I just can't write it out again. My performance review was not one, but something else:
500 some messages. Wow, I'm sure I missed a lot of shiny. I have been super AWOL of late. I'm glad I stocked up.
Yet another new event at my job, which has never happened before. I got written up. To be fair, I did miss some call outs in time, which apparently (per my employee handbook)) is one step up from being the devil. It's just hard to like call out when you set your alarm clocks incorrectly and like, you don't wake up. So, I have not been doing that anymore. I am also doing the "sleep schedule" thing where you go to bed and get up at the same time, no matter what. It kind of sucks, because I am so stressed I wish I could be Snow White or Sleeping Beauty.
The wanted to give me the "humane" option of going to 0.8 time due to my "stress." Oh, and doctor appointments. I think they were upset when I pointed out a) that was not economically feasible, and b) I did not think it was fair to penalize me for doctor appointments to fix what their doctor had done, or reasonable and I was coming out the other side anyway..
Anywhoo. I think 6 months is like, excessive, but I mean, they can fire you after one occurrence whether you are on a performance improvement plan or not. So ,then I annoyed Head Guy by an assumption I made and well.... Things got sucky.
IDK why, but head doc wants me to complain about my doctor only it would be an internal complaint so like, the would have control of it is the only thing I can see. The last thing in the world I want is more risk assessment lady in my life, she already apparently wrote any possible horrible thing any of the adult docs said about me, which my head boss referenced. I did not think it was appropriate to reference frankly as we were talking about calling in not my overall being as human entity, I hate when head guy throws out those little "complements." He doesn't like it if you don't play dead, either. I emailed him asking how a risk manager's assessment had any bearing to the topic at hand. He did not appear to like it.
So, either they are being nice, or it's a Machiavellian plot to make sure I cannot sue them for evil doc, who knows, then they fire me. The husband and I decided selling our house under the circumstances was unwise, so he is going to hang out here and like be here for a while. I can't say I'm sorry either, he's like a backup alarm number 5.
Who knows with these people. In any case, like, I sent them a very polite email which said a) Thanks for the second chance, I do realize you could have fired me b) My husband and I feel selling the house would be unwise at this time, so it's not ingratitude the 4/5 schedule I really need the income and he will be here, I am very happy about that,, some other smarmy crap about being done with complaining because I was not gonna complain,, and oh, you missed a month on my performance improvement plan. (They did.)
My supervisor then emailed it was on purpose. I don't see it. The way it's written, they are actually giving me the month of May off with no need to call in. But whatever. I may not make it to May, the past week has not been fun. Here's hoping I stop feeling like big brother is looking over my shoulder.
Also, my supervisor sent out an email about "just the facts" in notes and not making them like 'psychotherapy'" notes. I know she meant me. Probably. I wrote a note and emailed her the info asking her to review it. Crickets. Then yesterday, I accidentally called her while cleaning out my voicemail box at like 6 something. She called me at 8 something saying she had a missed call from me, sort of in a panic. I hope it was one FOR me, and not about "how soon do I get the firing contract together" but I was like, "Oh no, I'm so sorry, l did not even like, think that call would show up I was just emptying out my VM." Then I asked her if she had gotten her email. Which was titled "EXTREMELY IMPORTANT." She was like, "The one about your plan? Yeah." was like, "No, the one where I asked you to review my note." (Her email also read,,"Shoudl you have questions, concerns, or comments do not hesitate to contact me.) She was like, "Oh yes! I didn't get to it yet, I have it highlighted in yellow so I get to it today."
It would LITERALLY take 5 minutes. Anyway, she didn't get to it today, she instead sent out, at the end of the day, this series of powerpoint-y things that looked absolutely dreadful and aske what we all thought about them. My husband is good at graphic design and so I thought they looked like total crap. I also wanted to email back, "I have highlighted them in yellow, so that I get to them tomorrow" but managed to restrain myself. I guess I just print emails and document. Oy.
IDK. Not feeling so shiny. I am coming to hate these people. I guess the good news is, it's like, mutual or whatev. But, I think it will be the dance of the Bumble bee or whatever that sign is called, where like I have to figure out if they are being kind and accommodating or like, they really just want to keep me in check/down until some statute of whatever runs out. I should probably start checking these things in my state and stuff. I would also need to FMLA out before I got fired. Yes I am rather stressed, thank you. LOL. Sorry for the core dump I just....
Well I have not been ordering vape stuff, let me put it that way. Adjusting to the husband's presence, etc. Sigh.
Anna
500 some messages. Wow, I'm sure I missed a lot of shiny. I have been super AWOL of late. I'm glad I stocked up.
Yet another new event at my job, which has never happened before. I got written up. To be fair, I did miss some call outs in time, which apparently (per my employee handbook)) is one step up from being the devil. It's just hard to like call out when you set your alarm clocks incorrectly and like, you don't wake up. So, I have not been doing that anymore. I am also doing the "sleep schedule" thing where you go to bed and get up at the same time, no matter what. It kind of sucks, because I am so stressed I wish I could be Snow White or Sleeping Beauty.
The wanted to give me the "humane" option of going to 0.8 time due to my "stress." Oh, and doctor appointments. I think they were upset when I pointed out a) that was not economically feasible, and b) I did not think it was fair to penalize me for doctor appointments to fix what their doctor had done, or reasonable and I was coming out the other side anyway..
Anywhoo. I think 6 months is like, excessive, but I mean, they can fire you after one occurrence whether you are on a performance improvement plan or not. So ,then I annoyed Head Guy by an assumption I made and well.... Things got sucky.
IDK why, but head doc wants me to complain about my doctor only it would be an internal complaint so like, the would have control of it is the only thing I can see. The last thing in the world I want is more risk assessment lady in my life, she already apparently wrote any possible horrible thing any of the adult docs said about me, which my head boss referenced. I did not think it was appropriate to reference frankly as we were talking about calling in not my overall being as human entity, I hate when head guy throws out those little "complements." He doesn't like it if you don't play dead, either. I emailed him asking how a risk manager's assessment had any bearing to the topic at hand. He did not appear to like it.
So, either they are being nice, or it's a Machiavellian plot to make sure I cannot sue them for evil doc, who knows, then they fire me. The husband and I decided selling our house under the circumstances was unwise, so he is going to hang out here and like be here for a while. I can't say I'm sorry either, he's like a backup alarm number 5.
Who knows with these people. In any case, like, I sent them a very polite email which said a) Thanks for the second chance, I do realize you could have fired me b) My husband and I feel selling the house would be unwise at this time, so it's not ingratitude the 4/5 schedule I really need the income and he will be here, I am very happy about that,, some other smarmy crap about being done with complaining because I was not gonna complain,, and oh, you missed a month on my performance improvement plan. (They did.)
My supervisor then emailed it was on purpose. I don't see it. The way it's written, they are actually giving me the month of May off with no need to call in. But whatever. I may not make it to May, the past week has not been fun. Here's hoping I stop feeling like big brother is looking over my shoulder.
Also, my supervisor sent out an email about "just the facts" in notes and not making them like 'psychotherapy'" notes. I know she meant me. Probably. I wrote a note and emailed her the info asking her to review it. Crickets. Then yesterday, I accidentally called her while cleaning out my voicemail box at like 6 something. She called me at 8 something saying she had a missed call from me, sort of in a panic. I hope it was one FOR me, and not about "how soon do I get the firing contract together" but I was like, "Oh no, I'm so sorry, l did not even like, think that call would show up I was just emptying out my VM." Then I asked her if she had gotten her email. Which was titled "EXTREMELY IMPORTANT." She was like, "The one about your plan? Yeah." was like, "No, the one where I asked you to review my note." (Her email also read,,"Shoudl you have questions, concerns, or comments do not hesitate to contact me.) She was like, "Oh yes! I didn't get to it yet, I have it highlighted in yellow so I get to it today."
It would LITERALLY take 5 minutes. Anyway, she didn't get to it today, she instead sent out, at the end of the day, this series of powerpoint-y things that looked absolutely dreadful and aske what we all thought about them. My husband is good at graphic design and so I thought they looked like total crap. I also wanted to email back, "I have highlighted them in yellow, so that I get to them tomorrow" but managed to restrain myself. I guess I just print emails and document. Oy.
IDK. Not feeling so shiny. I am coming to hate these people. I guess the good news is, it's like, mutual or whatev. But, I think it will be the dance of the Bumble bee or whatever that sign is called, where like I have to figure out if they are being kind and accommodating or like, they really just want to keep me in check/down until some statute of whatever runs out. I should probably start checking these things in my state and stuff. I would also need to FMLA out before I got fired. Yes I am rather stressed, thank you. LOL. Sorry for the core dump I just....
Well I have not been ordering vape stuff, let me put it that way. Adjusting to the husband's presence, etc. Sigh.
Anna
Aww
I've been busy with cleaning, packing up our northern clime home, and then travelling and visiting family in the Great White North (Minnesota), and then making our way down south. We brought a lot of food stuff with us, so I pretty much had to pack and unpack our car every single time, so as to not let anything get frozen (flavorings included!). We took 3 days to get down to the gulf, and it was much better than the usual 2. The 3rd day was just a 4 hour drive to hour condo. It was planned that way so as to not get there so late at night, in case there was a major issue at hand. We've been busy cleaning/de-molding, unpacking, organizing. The AC went out over the summer, so of course it was very hot and humid inside = mold/mildew. Luckily, it wasn't all that bad.. but now we need to have our ducts replaced. We had an AC duct cleaning service come look at it, and they won't even touch it. Time to invest in a wifi thermostat.My view from our hotel balcony in TX. The pic doesn't do it justice, with the epic display of Christmas lights on the other side of the Colorado river.
Glad you had a safe tripAww
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My view from our hotel balcony in TX. The pic doesn't do it justice, with the epic display of Christmas lights on the other side of the Colorado river.
Oh it will work out one way or another. That's why we are keeping the house for a while. I'm not putting all my eggs in one basket. I just hope I can move on and start enjoying work again. My head doc DID say all the docs I WORK with in Douglas love me, so there is that.
Just hoping it will all fade in time and everyone moves on. That's really my distress. I have never had a job where so much happened and like, I still loved it totally,. So, I don't want to get pushed over the edge. Bah. My ACTUAL performance review should be fascinating. I wonder if they can LOWER your salary LOL. It happens in a couple weeks.
Well, on a positive note, it is lovely to have the husband here. I have been lonely.
Also if you don't mind very sweet, Chef's has/had a one shot flavor called pink custard. It is super sweet, but also crazy delicious. One of my favorite one shots ever. @FranC you would absolutely hate it, but it's fantastic. Sweet and a bit citrusy at the same time.
I am starting to think my aversion to citrus is not enough sweet to balance it for me. Good to know for mixing purposes.
Anna
Just hoping it will all fade in time and everyone moves on. That's really my distress. I have never had a job where so much happened and like, I still loved it totally,. So, I don't want to get pushed over the edge. Bah. My ACTUAL performance review should be fascinating. I wonder if they can LOWER your salary LOL. It happens in a couple weeks.
Well, on a positive note, it is lovely to have the husband here. I have been lonely.
Also if you don't mind very sweet, Chef's has/had a one shot flavor called pink custard. It is super sweet, but also crazy delicious. One of my favorite one shots ever. @FranC you would absolutely hate it, but it's fantastic. Sweet and a bit citrusy at the same time.
I am starting to think my aversion to citrus is not enough sweet to balance it for me. Good to know for mixing purposes.
Anna
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