not even stolen shoes. Just hours before Thorpe was going to compete in the 1912 Olympics,somebody stole his shoes. Thorpe improvised(临时拼凑) by getting shoes out of the garbage. The shoes were two different sizes. He wore an extra pair of socks on one foot to even...
Call a local arborist or tree service near you to ask if they offer free wood chip mulch. You can also sign up for an online service like ChipDrop that connects arborists with gardeners for free mulch delivery. Just make sure to designate a location for the company to drop your mulch be...
I loved where it was in thePortland Project(above) – it was right off the kitchen, with its own entrance, close to the main entrance (but further down) and inside it was near the garage so if they came in via the car they could quickly pop into the mudroom and drop their garbage/...
Kinda, like the guy that has literally been sleeping with his dead wife for half a decade used to sleep on top of her grave just to be near her. I mean, that’s true love, even if it is also weird). However, I feel like the process of finding a wife, waiting for her to die ...
I can tell you it’s pretty frustrating to not see my kids for some months, only to come home and still not be able to gather with them. Then I think of my friends who have kids that live elsewhere in the country and I jerk my perspective back where it belongs. Now, more than ...
Not just to throw that word around but she acts like she’s the shit whenever she’s talking and is just shy of lying about her capabilities while internally she’s actively negging herself (which could also be depression or any number of issues where a person tears themself down because ...
She may not have been allowed to throw wood in the fire (because her father thought her bad luck might cause the house to burn down), but at least therewasa fire. She wished she had gathered more branches, but hadn’t expected the wood to burn so quickly. She had been so proud whe...
He screamed, “Take that goddamn thing out of here! What in the hell is the matter with you? Take it the hell out of the kitchen and throw it in the goddamn garbage!” I went back outside. I looked into the creel. What was there looked silver under the porch light. What was ...
your 40-year-old kids are living with you. You don’t want to let go of these kids even though it costs every damned penny you’ve got. I have older kids, and I would love them to stay at home and filthy up my rims, invite their friends around, get drunk and throw up ...
I think that is perfectly ok to feel like total garbage, for no discernible reason. It’s ok to be low. You’re entitled to that foul mood. Sometimes I don’t want to be cheerful, or be cheered up. Maybe you don’t need to be constantly looking for the bright side or the unicorn...