Plans for today (2025)

SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
Both dogs groomed out and ready for the new girl tomorrow 👍
Really hoping it works out because all the years of doing it myself means it causes neck and shoulder pain that’s doesn’t like to subside.
I have tea, coffee and biscuits ready to go!!
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So you've got them groomed *before* the groomer shows up??? 🤔
 
Plan of action:
New Housecleaners to show up between 1230-130pm (they got here at 1230, yay)
Pick my Mother up for her beautification by 145pm
Take Mom out to lunch, we all chose Mexican
Got Mom home with 2 cases of half-sized bottled Spring Water in her `fridge, already opened for her `cuz her hands don't work so great anymore and her city water has shown to have a high level of arsenic :ninja:, no bueno for an elder, so she's been drilled not to drink tap water any longer, let's see how that plays out
Got back to our house, after having left our new team of three ladies to clean the house for me, MUY BUENO!!! They did a super, and I mean SUPER job. So much better than the our previous ladies.
 
Barriehie said:
They probably have them now with a MAC address... 🤔
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they probably do have them as a IoT device now

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Barriehie said:
Yeah, they don't need to know what or when I'm cooking...
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me thinks it is meant so that you can program it and check on it, change the temp etc, but it does feel like a giant spy device...

edited to add - maybe it is by the health insurance people... to spy on those claiming a healthy lifestyle - conspiracy theory.... perhaps I should get one and prove them all wrong!
 
I have wifi connection with my outdoor bbq oven thingy. I didn’t think I needed or wanted it but it’s extremely useful, I just put whatever in there and carry on with other jobs elsewhere not having think about it at all. On certain things (ie meat etc) It even sends a push notification to tell you it’s time to flip it.
While I’ve been using Rusty (the pizza oven) over the winter which is non ‘smart’ I’ve really missed the alerts saying your food is done, because it’s so easy to get caught up doing other things!
 
Barriehie said:
So you've got them groomed *before* the groomer shows up??? 🤔
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Correct on the first time for a couple of reasons -

They haven’t been groomed for a while and had a few mats.
I’ve done a fair bit of dog grooming, spent a year doing a City in Guilds dog grooming course and used to show dogs, my mentor was a dog groomer who used me for free labour in his business, a paying your dues to learn the ropes type of thing.

I can tell you there are some dogs you will turn down grooming because you’re not going to spend hours and hours on a fixed price groom for someone who doesn’t take proper care of their animals. They will also leave it far too long between appointments and bring the dog back in the same terrible state expecting you to sort it again. In this case first impressions matter.

The main reason is I want the dogs to have a good experience and enjoy seeing her. For that to happen the first meet has to go well, so no tugging at mats or prolonged time on the table. Just in, treats, spoilt, washed and lavished with attention. Works every time.
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
Correct on the first time for a couple of reasons -

They haven’t been groomed for a while and had a few mats.
I’ve done a fair bit of dog grooming, spent a year doing a City in Guilds dog grooming course and used to show dogs, my mentor was a dog groomer who used me for free labour in his business, a paying your dues to learn the ropes type of thing.

I can tell you there are some dogs you will turn down grooming because you’re not going to spend hours and hours on a fixed price groom for someone who doesn’t take proper care of their animals. They will also leave it far too long between appointments and bring the dog back in the same terrible state expecting you to sort it again. In this case first impressions matter.

The main reason is I want the dogs to have a good experience and enjoy seeing her. For that to happen the first meet has to go well, so no tugging at mats or prolonged time on the table. Just in, treats, spoilt, washed and lavished with attention. Works every time.
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Good plan. Pippi gets done every month irregardless. 👍

It's tax day for me and perhaps start my fat/oil challenge. Taxes should be quick; I've minimal paperwork! 😄
 
Barriehie said:
Good plan. Pippi gets done every month irregardless. 👍

It's tax day for me and perhaps start my fat/oil challenge. Taxes should be quick; I've minimal paperwork! 😄
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She was lovely and the dogs are happy and passably groomed which is good enough for me!
Although if I turned out a dog groomed like that around my mentor I would have been rapped on the knuckles and given cleaning out dog pens out to do 😂

She doesn’t come to my area often but she liked my well behaved (unmatted) dogs and the tea so she’ll be back next month 👏
 
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