Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
I’ve had an interesting busy weekend and it was planned to be a chill weekend and get some things done around the house. We haven’t had a kitchen table in over twenty years since a remodel turning three rooms into one. It worked for us very well but there’s things that aren’t functional because the way the house was built with huge long windows we couldn’t put kitchen cabinets on the wall so we have a walkway between outer wall and kitchen bar. Fast forward to having a new grandchild and having a table is more convenient for feeding. The house is to small for a high chair. I don’t know the square feet but small compared to houses built today. Built around 1950 and I thought we had finished remodeling. Hubby has been talking about moving this and that cabinet to here and there. Made sense so I said ok. Gets me a table and closer to new floors and countertops. Midday Friday he says he’s going to start. I’ll admit it looks better than I expected. Still getting used to the different kitchen pattern. Borrowed a table from family that got a new one, found two chairs and an old bench. Ordered a booster seat and we are set. I’ve been eating in my chair for two years and he eats at the bar. I’m so short and with extra weight can hardly get on the barstool. It’s been nice eating together again. Worked on moving things back in place yesterday and planned to finish today. My daughter was in lots of pain and finally went to hospital midday so we had baby and the dog. I’ll never complain about time with my grandchild or my granddog. The other stuff can wait! Thankfully nothing very serious but until it’s resolved and learning to live with it she has some adjustments to do. Main issue is gallstones. I’m just glad she knows since beginning of postpartum she’s had GI issues. Praying each of you had an uneventful weekend and coming up week.