Wiped Out

@DianneN (246846)
United States
March 4, 2018 9:13am CST
I was up with Orville the Osprey at the crack of dawn today and managed a brisk 12 mile walk on this beautiful morning. I passed on brunch with friends, because we have an Academy Awards cocktail/buffet to go to this evening. I like to keep an eye on my weight and all this eating in Florida can get out of hand very quickly. Our younger son texted me this photo of a toilet paper rose I made for him when he bought his very first brand new home 8 years ago. It's a bit worse looking than it should look. He saved it for all these years! If I had known, I would have made more for him. He left it for the new owners! Today he will look at new homes on the market. Our cleaning lady makes a variety of pretty decorative designs on toilet paper in each of our bathrooms. I don't bother unless I'm having guests. Do you? Do you call it toilet paper, bathroom tissue, or toilet tissue?
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@LadyDuck (458233)
• Switzerland
4 Mar 18
It is cute, but I also would not bother unless I have guests. The translation from my native language is "toilet paper".
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
4 Mar 18
Sister, it's for guests here, too. lol It's sold as bathroom tissue here, but everyone I know calls it toilet paper.
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@LadyDuck (458233)
• Switzerland
4 Mar 18
@DianneN It's paper also in French as it is in German. I do not know why it is sold as bathroom tissue. We have "facial tissues".
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
4 Mar 18
@LadyDuck We have facial tissues, too. I find the whole thing odd!
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
4 Mar 18
That is adorable he saved it all these years and left it for the new owners! A 12 mile walk is amazing! Longest I did was 19 miles one day.
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
4 Mar 18
@DianneN nope lol my kids were in school and I wanted to walk an old railroad trail here. I got 9 miles to where the one part came out to a road and then turned around and walked the road home. No cell service so when I got tired around 12 miles there was nothing to do but keep going.
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
4 Mar 18
@shaggin It's the walk back that's always a killer! Lol!
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
4 Mar 18
I would have made him more anytime! So funny. Wow! You have me beat by four miles. I've only walked 15 miles twice. Were you in a marathon?
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
5 Mar 18
We call it toilet paper and and that's really nice of your cleaning lady to mach such decoration. I really don't bother as they have to undo the decoration anyway when they're using it.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
6 Mar 18
@DianneN I get allergic reaction to scents I'm not really used to so no scents at all in my bathroom. Just the mild ones from my toiletries.
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
12 Mar 18
@toniganzon I love scents and wear perfume every day, but have to only use a drop. So many people are allergic to scents, and I don't want to cause problems.
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
5 Mar 18
Most people seem to call it toilet paper.. I keep a decorated roll in a pretty container in two of our bathrooms which guests use. The ones on the roll get ruined after the first use. You're right! Ha ha! I think the cleaning lady likes to leave the house with special touches. She even sprays scents around, but I asked her not to, because I love the fresh clean scent instead.
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@DeborahDiane (40055)
• Laguna Woods, California
6 Mar 18
@DianneN - How adorable! I have never made anything like that, nor has my housekeeper. However, I love the effect. Perhaps the next time we have guests I will give it a try!
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• Laguna Woods, California
7 Mar 18
@DianneN - Ha ha! Yes, it could get expensive if she spent a lot of time making flowers out of your bathroom tissue! LOL
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
9 Mar 18
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
6 Mar 18
Thank you! I leave the intricate designs to her. At least I don't pay her by the hour!
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
4 Mar 18
No I don`t, I call it both.
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@Hannihar (129482)
• Israel
4 Mar 18
It is very interesting Dianne. I just buy toilet paper and use it.
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
4 Mar 18
I think we all buy it and use it. Lol!
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@Hannihar (129482)
• Israel
5 Mar 18
@DianneN Thanks Dianne. That is cute to decorate it.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
5 Mar 18
I call it toilet paper and nope no decorations from me. lol I am just happy to have fresh rolls. lol
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
6 Mar 18
@DianneN Thank you, it is good to be away and then very good to be home.
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
6 Mar 18
Lol! That is one thing we have never run out of! Welcome home!
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@Madshadi (8849)
• Brussels, Belgium
4 Mar 18
Never thought of using it as decoration before. I call it a toilet paper too
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@Madshadi (8849)
• Brussels, Belgium
4 Mar 18
@DianneN I've seen some beautiful toilet paper stands that I'm planning to purchase.
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
4 Mar 18
There are so many pretty decorations online. TP seems to be what we all call it.
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
4 Mar 18
@Madshadi Go for them!
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@sallypup (57897)
• Centralia, Washington
4 Mar 18
Twelve miles. Now that's a hike. I wish your son luck at looking for a house. I'm not doing well in that department.
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@sallypup (57897)
• Centralia, Washington
4 Mar 18
@DianneN So far we have found buying a house to be the same as being dumped into a pool of sharks. We are not millionaires so that is a good deal of it. And we don't want to live in a dump. Two houses bid on and two eaten and the prices driven up beyond their value. Sharks.
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
4 Mar 18
@sallypup Yes, that happens. Not good for the buyer, but good for the seller. Our older son had that happen when he sold his first co-op in Manhattan. Someone wanted his place so badly they offered him much higher than his fair market asking price.I hope things work out for the best for you.
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
4 Mar 18
It was a hike, but it was nice and cool this morning at 60 degrees. Thank you. The kids are in no hurry to buy. They don't want to rush out to by any house only to be unhappy with it a month later and move all over again. They know they want and don't want in a house. The market is beginning to open up this time of year. Perhaps you can do what he's doing. His agent gives him a heads up before some of the houses are listed for the public.
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@just4him (306334)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
4 Mar 18
That's pretty nifty. I can't do anything like that. But then I never thought about it to try. I call it toilet paper.
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
4 Mar 18
I'm sure you could write a book on toilet paper! lol
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
5 Mar 18
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@just4him (306334)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
4 Mar 18
@DianneN I've heard of people who tried.
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@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Mar 18
How cute is that? I didn't even know it could be done. We call it toilet paper.
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
5 Mar 18
I've seen it done in hotels. It's a nice touch.
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
13 Mar 18
@JudyEv Great! It isn't easy! lol
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Mar 18
@DianneN I've made one but I need a bit more practice.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
4 Mar 18
Aw that's cute he saved it all this time. We don't do that. But then its just toilet paper to us, and we aren't a fancy hotel. lol
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
4 Mar 18
He is so precious for doing that. We're not a hotel, but I love fancy!
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
4 Mar 18
@Courtlynn I agree!
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
4 Mar 18
@DianneN and theres nothing wrong with that.
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@kobesbuddy (74569)
• East Tawas, Michigan
5 Mar 18
What a sweet rose! Your son's heart was surely touched by this act of love, from his very special Mom:) I call it toilet paper, because since marrying Jay, he always refers to kleenex as a facial tissue.
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
5 Mar 18
He really surprised us with that saved roll! lol Sometimes I call Kleenex, Kleenex, but most of the time it's just tissue.
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
9 Mar 18
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@kobesbuddy (74569)
• East Tawas, Michigan
5 Mar 18
@DianneN I always refer to it as a Kleenex. (honk!) excuse me:(
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• Peoria, Arizona
4 Mar 18
I always kind of wanted to learn how to do that, but I never have guests so it seems moot haha We called it toilet paper or tp. I sometimes call it toilet tissue.
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
4 Mar 18
@DesirousDreamer I'm into folded napkins, too. My favorites are bishop hats and fleur-de-lis.
@DianneN (246846)
• United States
4 Mar 18
Most of us call it toilet paper. Those fancy rolls are very time consuming for me, but so pretty.
• Peoria, Arizona
4 Mar 18
@DianneN I like making things pretty haha if I had guests I would do those fancy napkin folds as well.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
5 Mar 18
I must have a pedometer to check how many steps I take during the day doing so many rounds in my garden but I know they will not be 12 miles. I wonder why your son did not take that roll with him
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
5 Mar 18
I'm certain you take more steps than you realize. That roll was a bit shabby after 8 years. I think it was a hint for me to make more! Lol!
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
5 Mar 18
@DianneN It's quite possible. I do walk quite a bit.
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• China
7 Mar 18
We call it toilet paper too. The toilet paper rose you made for your younger son is a work of art,so he keeps it for so many years.
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
8 Mar 18
Thank you! It looks a bit droopy after eight years!
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@averygirl72 (37726)
• Philippines
7 Mar 18
That's creative making decorative designs on toilet paper. Haven't seen something like it. I also love brisk walking
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
7 Mar 18
Thank you. I remember you told me that you like a good walk. It's so much easier than working out at the gym. lol
@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
9 Mar 18
It just hangs in it holder in my house and its called toilet paper....I loved the Academy Awards this year.
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
9 Mar 18
Ok and lol! I loved the Academy Awards, too!
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
5 Mar 18
we call it toilet paper. before, i am the one in charge of filling in the container. now, it is my sister because she keeps the stacks of tissues in her room
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
5 Mar 18
We have a pantry for storage, and then I keep rolls in the bathrooms in cabinets or drawers. Never want an emergency! lol
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
6 Mar 18
@DianneN that is so true. usually, we put a new roll of toilet paper at the topmost ofthe medicine cabinet inside our bathroom.
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@nela13 (55700)
• Portugal
6 Mar 18
It seems to me a well done rose, I wouldn't make it better We call it toilet paper.
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@DianneN (246846)
• United States
6 Mar 18
Thank you. It's a bit droopy after 8 years.
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