My brain just puts the n in whenever I read "a historic" I'm not even sure which way I say it. Obviously the n is not necessary as we pronounce the h here, so I think I, at least sometimes, say "a historic" but my brain 100% thinks it should be written "an historic" and just subs it right in so I read it as "an historic" regardless of how it's written.
@mariellequinton I write it the same as I hay it (with an 'h'). I find it almost jarring sometimes when reading when I come across "an historic" ... but only sometimes. Very strange
At the beginning of April I found the perfect mother's Day gift for me. It was in Etsy and was made and shipped from Ukraine. They estimated it would take two weeks to get here, but this seemed optimistic to me. I sent the link with the clear instructions that I wanted it for mother's Day and that it was from Ukraine so it would take a bit to get here. It was more than a month before mother's Day so I figured out would be ok. Mother's Day rolls and around and there's no present 🙄 they hadn't even ordered it 🤬. So they ordered it then. I just got it! I can't believe it only took 1.5 weeks via mail from Ukraine. Mail service is really amazing. Ukrainians are also amazing. Household males less so. Happy Mother's Day to me.
Apparently it shipped on Wednesday. I got it in my mailbox the next Wednesday. From Ukraine. Through a war. Fully tracked. Ukrainians are amazing, but also postal services are great.
Wee bit sad as we're finally removing the kids' sandbox. It's like 14 years old and has held up remarkably well for something we built. But the kids are too old. Swing set should also be removed, it's just much trickier. That too had held up well. One of the neighbours was getting rid of it because they were moving and gave it to us so a a bunch of neighbours got together to move it into our yard around that time.
@NuanceRhymesWithOrange Haha we have the Lego my parents saved from when we were kids! Lego from the 70s and 80s holds up well. All mixed in with Lego from all the decades since 😝
I often get food related hives in the summer (I don't know why, this started with my second pregnancy and that was more than 10 years ago, but wow whatever I ate a few days ago gave me huge hives/rash. Something from a bakery on mother's Day, I think. Ugh.
@johnefrancis They seem to set them off regularly all summer. The police, which are normally parked nearby, don't seem to care. And bylaw certainly doesn't. City councilor just said it got worse during the pandemic because people were bored and thus it's temporary. It's not getting better, however, because no one ever gets in trouble. They are, of course, setting them off in the park, which is always illegal.
Is there a fediverse used market place? I really hate having to deal with FB, EB, or local classified websites that are overloaded with ads. Ugh. Buying used is getting more and more unpleasant.