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That is funny! That and a few thousand other suggestions will keep us all in the 'happy word' moments. It seems every every occasion takes a learning experience to get beyond the not so happy word moments. After almost 29 years together here we are still working on this.

My folks were married over 50 years and one thing I remember coming out of mom's mouth occasionally was "GD it Ralph" (as said to my dad). He was as patient as she wasn't and I believe they loved each other even beyond my understanding.

It takes a lot of years of training but it is well worth the effort. I hope the labels are the ticket for you. I suppose one strategically placed over the mouth of a bothersome partner could even help in dire situations! Thanks for the LOL Steve. Stay sane up there. TAria

steve wrote:

Steve, cords, machinery, ice cream sandwiches...... doesn't matter. When we decide to share our lives, 24/7, heart and soul with another human being we do so with the best of intentions. And the decision is made in a moment of beauty and grace. Then we get down to the actual living. Sometimes not so beautiful nor graceful. But that's what makes us truly partners. It's knowing when to label the opposite ends of cords and when to retreat to the kitchen for a cup of tea while the other half labels the cords. And sometimes it's "words". We see the worst of each other, our loves and ourselves. And in that, we see the best.

May you and your love share many wonderful memories of the day you labeled the cords.

Hugs, Sunny

Oh dear, you have all made me laugh as well. In spite of it all today, there were no "words" as in the past. I just took a deep breath and said, "Yes, dear?", and helped. This was before, during, and after I, the one that can deal with tech support, called to troubleshoot his computer because of monitor difficulties. So much for what I had had planned on doing today. I was rewarded for my patience though. He took me out to dinner.

Steven Alaska

May you and your love share many wonderful memories of the day you labeled the cords.

Hugs, Sunny

Nice one. :)

oh dear me, steve. you do insist on taking away the sheer joy of a good strangle tho. so much for sanity i guess. snorfle, j.

"steve" wrote... Here is my suggestion for the day for all of those with other halves that we want to keep, but on occasion sit on our hands so that we don't strangle them.

If you have a label machine, make labels for both ends of every cable/power cord, connected to your computer. It really does help so that one of you is not reaching over the table gently pulling on the cord to identify it to the person under the table and vice versa. Labels keep relationships in the "happy word" moments. At least ours is once again since I now have everything labeled. Like 20 cord/40 lables.

How is this on topic? If everything is labeled, including one's sewing machine power cord, it is less likely to get unplugged at a most inopportune moment and one is not pulled away from sewing to help identify unknown cords/cables via user manuals, the internet or trial and error. I'm still smiling. I think.

While expensive, label ribbons are worth every penny.

Just my thought for the day.

Steven Alaska

Our "issue" between my wife and myself is ownership of the covers on the bed during sleeptime. We joke about it and laugh when we threaten each other with being pushed out of bed for taking the covers. This morning was no different. As I lay in bed feeling the cold draft created by less than adequate coverage, on my side of the bed. I said to my wife you have stolen the covers again. She said, that is why you make quilts, so make some more. I said, {and here it comes, I know you have all been waiting for it], yes, "I make them and you take them".

John

If you have a queen sized bed, use a king-sized blanket/flat sheet/ quilt to hopefully gain more realestate for covers.

The labels on cords are for my benefit also - I need to know what they are for!

Sharing? It's all good except for the pair of scissors that is plainly marked as my fabric cutting scissors!

G> >

Howdy!

How the hell many cords do you have plugged in to one outlet?!!!?

The iMac has one cord. That's it. The only reason for a power strip there is for power surges & lightening storms that strike here regularly. One cord: what's to label?

The sewing machine is also on its own power strip. One cord. No label.

Sunday morning I labeled a quilt. A Friendship Star quilt made for and delivered to our retiring (again) assoc. minister & his wife. Bright jewel box colors, lovely shades of whites & creams. And Finished just in time. ;-)

Ragmop/Sandy- not "half" of anything, neither is my husband; I'm a whole quilter ;-D

Howdy!

Make bigger quilts. duh!

R/Sandy - more quilts, bigger quilts

Amateur. :)

Inventorying the home office power situation, one cord per line:

• iMac
• printer/scanner/fax
• backup hard drive
• DSL modem
• AirPort
• battery backup power supply (w/ surge suppressor)
• powered USB port

I moved all the cell phone / PDA / camera / misc battery chargers into the hall to free up office plugs.

FWIW, I only label the wall outlet end of the cord. When the cord is plugged in, it's kind of obvious what the other end goes to. :)

John, the solution is the one my husband and I used for a long, long time: two twin sized comforters on the bed, no top sheet and a good warm quilt (ultra king sized) at the foot that we could pull up over the comforters if needed. I tell you, it works. Suddenly everybody sleeps and it's great.

Steve -- indeed your patience paid off. I hope dinner was someplace you especially like.

Hugs to you both, Sunny

About our 10th move, we got a hand held label maker. We are now on our 4th. Each one is smaller than the one before. It's one of the FIRST things unpacked. I label EVERY DOOR in the house, especially kitchen and bathroom, as to what's behind it. No more....I can't find? where did you put? what does this cord go to? and if ALL the cords end up in the same box we know which cord goes to which machine. Sometimes, I even put scotch tape around the labels if they don't want to adhere very well. After 40 moves, we've learned a few things to keep the household a bit saner. I still have labels on a coupla doors of things that get used once a year,or for if we have a houseful of company(extra linen, etc.. DH even labeled the doors in the garage this go around as there were a number of doors and shelves,

HTH Butterfly (Polly, MARK THE BOXES as to what is in what. Yes, it takes a coupla more minutes, but it will be EASIER when it comes to unboxing things)

I LOVE happy endings.

Butterfly (You just made my morning: )

Howdy!

Kathy, you techno-geek!

Take something as simple as a computer and then add all that junk to it. Why, it's like embellishing a quilt and calling it Art. LOL

Cheers! R/S - who sometimes remembers to switch on the mobile phone... ;-P

Sweet talking will get you everywhere. :)

Here is something else that needs labeling. The detachable power supply cords for appliances. Not one of the 20 or so power supply cords tell what appliance they go to. I've now started putting labels on the plug in end which is usually pretty big - bobbin winder, Panasonic CD player, etc. Because once they get separated, there's no way to tell if you've found the right one or not. And I don't think they are interchangeable. Just cause they fit, they might have too much "amp" or "volt" or whatever. Electricity is magic to me.

I have a picnic hamper full of electronic crap I daren't throw away.

Cindy

My house is less than 10 years old. I could use 3 times as many outlets as I've got. I have adapters plugged into almost every one that at least doubles the capacity. My bathroom vanity has one outlet. I use at least 6 things in the morning that require electricity.

I'm a big fan of little lamps, I have them everywhere. Also a big fan of little fans! Every TV set requires a DVD, DVR (sometimes both) Cable box. Air fresheners, I could go on and on.

I don't know what the answer is. I don't want lines of outlets all over the room. You'd think they'd come up with a better way!

As ?Fritz? Hollings (D) said ?There is too much consuming going on out there!? He was right. I am curious just what 6 things you can use every morning at the bathroom vanity. Wow that is amazing.

BTW the battery backup power supply things are huge guzzlers. There isn't any reason to switch to the silly light bulbs and not really take a look at other uses. If Barry only has 4 years to save the world from global warming you folks are going to have to help him out. LOL

Taria

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