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Feb. 15th, 2025 12:40 pmI've bought a LOT of coloring books. I wanted to get things purchased and shipped before the tariffs hit. So I'll be all set for quite a while, especially since I scan all my coloring books so that if I end up loving just a few designs out of the book, I can print additionals and use different palettes or even emphasize different elements. I also bought a large set of glitter gel pens because I didn't really have any....and they weren't too expensive. (Shuttle Art, so probably not tip-top quality, but not utter garbage either.)
I also ordered some sheer curtain panels and tension rods. I have a few windows that get full afternoon sun, and I wanted to cut the solar intensity without entirely blocking the light. I found sheer curtains in deeper colors - evergreen, dusty blue, maroon - but could only get the sizes I wanted on AmaUS. Also, tension rods aren't easily found in Mexico, so I bought several of those too.
Command Strips were available during the winter holiday season (presumably for folks hanging lights, stockings, et cetera) but they kind of disappeared from store shelves. I tried ordering from AmaMex, but they arrived in different packaging and without the adhesive strips. So...there's another thing from AmaUS.
Taking into account the slightly uneven Mexican electric supply, with its tales of surges, mini brownouts, and of course lightning strikes during storm season, I decided to invest in some more surge protectors, especially for the big appliances that I bought when I got down here. Some folks that I asked online said "Yeah, no problems at all" and others said that new-bought appliances were basically irreperable after 3-4 years...so, yeah. Surge protectors for everything! (But more purchases from AmaUS.)
I'm eyeballing an air fryer/convection oven combo. I want to be able to bake without pumping a lot of heat into the house, especially in summer. Being able to bake smaller quantities is also nice, since it's often just me. I've almost narrowed my choice down, but I have to figure out the best way to purchase. The oven is about the same price through AmaMex and AmaUS, but I can't get all of the accessories (trays and shelves and whatnot) through AmaMex. I don't know if there are other places in Mex I can purchase this one. I may check out Liverpool or Coppel.
In some unreservedly good news, BabyJ finally got his proper meds to stop his snotty-sniffly-sneezy. (The vet put him on a different antibiotic that almost worked but didn't quite, and then had me to try this other antibiotic ointment that I had to PUT ON HIS EYEBALLS and from there the antibodies would work their way down the nasal passages. Neither I nor BabyJ were fond of that little experiment.) The upside: yay, doxycycline! The downside: pill form! In the US I'd always get Justin's liquid stuff from a compounding pharmacy. I don't doubt that such a thing exists somewhere in the country, but it's probably not super common.
I need to learn how to edit Google Forms to add a field. To save my own sanity, I'm limiting Radio Free Monday to personal and small-group fundraising links, but folks have been sending lots more types of links my way: notices about pet food recalls, notices about communities for community organizing and hyperlocal politics. If I'm not careful, I'll burn out faster than Copperbadge did. But at the same time, I know that these communities are important, especially with the Stonewall park scrubbing all mentions of trans and queer people and the CDC being muzzled and the US withdrawing from the World Health Organization and fucking Felon and fElon screwing around with peoples' faith in the financial institutions. (Personally, I'm so. very. glad. that I pulled the bulk of my money down to Mexico before they went on their ShenaniganStravaganza.) I want a way to permanently link to any communities that others start to share this type of information, so I want to set up a field that lets people indicate a mutual-aid community, or a fundraising link.
Today I made my breakfast, washed the dishes, swept the floors and the stairs, cleaned the catboxes, and took out the trash. That's enough housework for one day, though I do also need to wash my car. (Qro is DUSTY AF, y'all.) And I should change the bedding. And maybe organize my clothes so that I can empty another box. (Dammit, the list never ends...)
I also ordered some sheer curtain panels and tension rods. I have a few windows that get full afternoon sun, and I wanted to cut the solar intensity without entirely blocking the light. I found sheer curtains in deeper colors - evergreen, dusty blue, maroon - but could only get the sizes I wanted on AmaUS. Also, tension rods aren't easily found in Mexico, so I bought several of those too.
Command Strips were available during the winter holiday season (presumably for folks hanging lights, stockings, et cetera) but they kind of disappeared from store shelves. I tried ordering from AmaMex, but they arrived in different packaging and without the adhesive strips. So...there's another thing from AmaUS.
Taking into account the slightly uneven Mexican electric supply, with its tales of surges, mini brownouts, and of course lightning strikes during storm season, I decided to invest in some more surge protectors, especially for the big appliances that I bought when I got down here. Some folks that I asked online said "Yeah, no problems at all" and others said that new-bought appliances were basically irreperable after 3-4 years...so, yeah. Surge protectors for everything! (But more purchases from AmaUS.)
I'm eyeballing an air fryer/convection oven combo. I want to be able to bake without pumping a lot of heat into the house, especially in summer. Being able to bake smaller quantities is also nice, since it's often just me. I've almost narrowed my choice down, but I have to figure out the best way to purchase. The oven is about the same price through AmaMex and AmaUS, but I can't get all of the accessories (trays and shelves and whatnot) through AmaMex. I don't know if there are other places in Mex I can purchase this one. I may check out Liverpool or Coppel.
In some unreservedly good news, BabyJ finally got his proper meds to stop his snotty-sniffly-sneezy. (The vet put him on a different antibiotic that almost worked but didn't quite, and then had me to try this other antibiotic ointment that I had to PUT ON HIS EYEBALLS and from there the antibodies would work their way down the nasal passages. Neither I nor BabyJ were fond of that little experiment.) The upside: yay, doxycycline! The downside: pill form! In the US I'd always get Justin's liquid stuff from a compounding pharmacy. I don't doubt that such a thing exists somewhere in the country, but it's probably not super common.
I need to learn how to edit Google Forms to add a field. To save my own sanity, I'm limiting Radio Free Monday to personal and small-group fundraising links, but folks have been sending lots more types of links my way: notices about pet food recalls, notices about communities for community organizing and hyperlocal politics. If I'm not careful, I'll burn out faster than Copperbadge did. But at the same time, I know that these communities are important, especially with the Stonewall park scrubbing all mentions of trans and queer people and the CDC being muzzled and the US withdrawing from the World Health Organization and fucking Felon and fElon screwing around with peoples' faith in the financial institutions. (Personally, I'm so. very. glad. that I pulled the bulk of my money down to Mexico before they went on their ShenaniganStravaganza.) I want a way to permanently link to any communities that others start to share this type of information, so I want to set up a field that lets people indicate a mutual-aid community, or a fundraising link.
Today I made my breakfast, washed the dishes, swept the floors and the stairs, cleaned the catboxes, and took out the trash. That's enough housework for one day, though I do also need to wash my car. (Qro is DUSTY AF, y'all.) And I should change the bedding. And maybe organize my clothes so that I can empty another box. (Dammit, the list never ends...)
