Friday Five!

You enjoy that oven and the outdoors! How are you liking the online studying? I see that the program, overall, is now accredited by DEAC (which is a good start for their program).

Online will be a challenge for me to get used to. I hate mandatory discussions of "meaningful" responses to dumb questions, like in the introduction class we have to discuss "if we started a university today what would the format and mission be?" Well... I wouldn't, it's a saturated market already. And that's definitely not the answer they want. But I have to do it, I can't afford the open university over here so its pretty much my last shot at a bachelors. I've done some MOOCs before and had luck with them, so it just depends on the professor and students.

If I search Amazon for "zero gravity chairs" will I find them easily?  I want to see what you ordered.  We're planning to build some seating, eventually, around the future fire circle, but I want some portable seating to move around for sitting on the lawn.

Jimbo... why does it look like you've put the small thing on the roof, and the big things inside the car?

This is what I ordered They're usually a LOT more expensive so I'm hoping based on the reviews these hold up pretty well. They're good for people like me with bad joints in general.

VonHaus Set of 2 Zero Gravity Chairs - Folding & Reclining Sun Loungers Twin Pack made from Steel Frame and Textoline Fabric for Patio, Conservatory, Garden

Those look comfy... far comfier than my folding camp chairs that come with a canvas carrying pouch.    Someday we'll have nice garden furniture.  Some day we'll have all the nice things.

Hopefully you will enjoy the course Margo!!


My Mom is a great cook and makes amazing food.
My MIL is a good cook too, but has a very limited repertoire, so you can pretty much figure out that it's one of the 5 things she makes really well 1.) Chicken Chasseur, 2.) Spag Bol  3.) Roast dinner  4.) Lasagne 5.) Quiche Lorraine  -
I'm glad my in-laws like vegetables though! We grew up with tons of veg and thus,  so did my hubby. 

Those look comfy... far comfier than my folding camp chairs that come with a canvas carrying pouch.    Someday we'll have nice garden furniture.  Some day we'll have all the nice things.

Could you make some? Obviously not chairs like that, but I saw a lot of nice wood based ones while looking for a breakfast set. I couldn't pick one, and we have TV trays right now that we can bring outside, so that's a purchase for another day!

Could you make some? Obviously not chairs like that, but I saw a lot of nice wood based ones while looking for a breakfast set. I couldn't pick one, and we have TV trays right now that we can bring outside, so that's a purchase for another day!

Yeah, we could... we've just got so many things on our to-do list, and one of them is sort out the workshop roof so it doesn't leak in there every time it rains (it's not a proper roof, just corrugated fibre cement sheets, so we're looking at approaches to make it a better roof than what it currently is without blowing our budget there and preventing any other jobs).

We bought these last year which are cool.  You can't sit up in them really though.

I LOVE zero gravity chairs!!!!  Mine are kind of like permanently reclined zero gravity chairs.

https://www.therange.co.uk/garden-furniture/sunloungers/florida-garden-rocking-chair

We bought these last year which are cool.  You can't sit up in them really though.

I LOVE zero gravity chairs!!!!  Mine are kind of like permanently reclined zero gravity chairs.

https://www.therange.co.uk/garden-furniture/sunloungers/florida-garden-rocking-chair

Those look like fun!  Er... if loungers can be fun.  You know what I mean!

Yeah, we could... we've just got so many things on our to-do list, and one of them is sort out the workshop roof so it doesn't leak in there every time it rains (it's not a proper roof, just corrugated fibre cement sheets, so we're looking at approaches to make it a better roof than what it currently is without blowing our budget there and preventing any other jobs).

Ah yeah, solid roofs are far more important than outdoor lounge sets!

We bought these last year which are cool.  You can't sit up in them really though.

I LOVE zero gravity chairs!!!!  Mine are kind of like permanently reclined zero gravity chairs.

https://www.therange.co.uk/garden-furniture/sunloungers/florida-garden-rocking-chair

These are cool! Me and rocking chairs don't get along, so that kept me from considering similar ones. I am gonna visit Range on Saturday while killing time out of the house though.

I am gonna visit Range on Saturday while killing time out of the house though.

The Range is VERY fun!  It's like the ultimate rummage store.  VERY easy to kill time!

The Range is VERY fun!  It's like the ultimate rummage store.  VERY easy to kill time!

The last time I went into town with my husband we walked in wondering what it was, and if the store lived up to the name. We were pleasantly surprised it did! I got a little claustrophobic in a few spots but they have some really cute things and lots of small storage, which I need right now to organise everything on shelves and get our mail storage bin for the next visa sorted.

I got a little claustrophobic in a few spots but they have some really cute things and lots of small storage, which I need right now to organise everything on shelves and get our mail storage bin for the next visa sorted.

My mail storage bin was a cardboard box! 

My mail storage bin was a cardboard box! 

I'm too analytical... I want dividers for each time segment and for it to look nice.

I'm too analytical... I want dividers for each time segment and for it to look nice.

Yeah, if you can keep that up for the whole time, it'll definitely make life easier.   .  I started off pretty well organised but it wasn't long before I pretty much just gave up with that and was just throwing everything into "the box"! 

Yeah, if you can keep that up for the whole time, it'll definitely make life easier.   .  I started off pretty well organised but it wasn't long before I pretty much just gave up with that and was just throwing everything into "the box"! 

I have "the folder".  I've been maintaining "the folder" for 5-1/2 years now (for the fiancee visa, all the way though my upcoming ILR).