Happy Tuesday! Got any randoms or vents or whatever?

[mrs.jacinthe]

Mine are mostly related to irritation from not being able to swim.  I'm busy, and I want to be able to release stress, but so far, I haven't gotten clearance to do anything worthwhile.  Also, our damn furnace is working now, but we're going to have to replace soon.  THERE'S a bill we're not looking forward to.  And finally, I forgot to buy eggs yesterday and now I have nothing in the house for breakfast.  
I have no randoms at the moment, apparently.

[munkii]

I saw Hillary Farr (Love It or List It) on Saturday at our local home show. Her accent is much more pronounced IRL. There were a bunch of randos floating around my brain in the middle of the night. I don't remember them now.

[2curlydogs]

I really wish TCS would let me stack coupons. I have a 15% off my entire order and a 25% off birthday gift code that both expire tomorrow but it won't let me use it for their Elfa sale items and it won't let me stack it on non-Elfa items.

[bunnymendelbaum]

Oh I have so many randoms.

I'm been getting on my DD1's case about yelling at her sister and being mean, but then I hear myself yelling and being mean. I've been struggling parenting lately.

I was working at 2am last night and the neighborhood guy that shovels our snow knocked on the door. I about shit myself.

I ordered 2 swimsuits, a jacket, pink sneakers, and (60% off but still splurge!) Frye oxfords. I love everything. That NEVER happens.

[bullygirl979]

Mine is more like a lament. We CANNOT freaking decide what to do about the coffee table/ottoman issue in our hearth room. I *thought* we decided last night that we were going to order the ottoman...then BF starts in on the "well, then, what are we doing about side tables? I don't want to buy crappy side tables so there goes another $400 dollars" GAH!! JUST.FREAKING.DECIDE.

[mrsemilys]

I'm busy planning for my essential oil party next week. I'm really excited and hope it all goes well. I love planning parties but always let myself get stressed.

DD and DS are at the cutest ages (5.5 and 2.5) I am trying so hard to enjoy the moments because I know how fleeting each stage is...

We are home this next weekend with no major plans and I'm pumped!!

[emoflamingo]

I was hoping I would have a new job this week, but they offered to someone else. Instead, I'm having a meeting on Friday with my boss and executive director to discuss my work environment. I'm not ready for that.

[ssmjlm]

I have decided I have no idea what color my ENTIRE house is painted. I also can't decide if it's worth it to bring it up at the warranty walk through or not b/c YOU GUYS WHAT COLOR DID THEY PAINT? I touched up areas with a half full 5 gallon bucket labeled SW Lazy Gray. Uh, you can see pretty much where I touched up in 60% of the spots. Probably more like 80% with my eyesight.

I have another gallon that we found that also says Lazy Gray, but if I touch up this weekend it still doesn't work I'm going to have a fit. There are quite a few nail pops that the builder will have to fix and then touch up paint and I have half a mind to make them repaint the whole damn house.

[munkii]

ssmjlm, bring it up. They should have records and samples of the paint they used. If they don't, that's their problem--they need to fix it.

[RamblingRose]

My vent is over on TIP. Plus I have a headache that refuses to respond to anything. And I'm tired.

[mrsukyankee]

We're trying to figure out what we want to do about the exit into our back yard. We need a step...but we could also do a small (very small) deck onto which we could put our grill (and pull out a seat or something for morning coffee if there is ever good weather). Do we do wood or some sort of composite? If we do either, where do we purchase it from? All sorts of options with very different price points. Ugh. I'm tired of decisions.

[OscarQ]

I can't get motivated to do the next round in my living room. Which means my dining room/ playroom is in shambles. Please let my motivation kick in soon.

[munkii]

Politics and H+G Related:

I was reading an article about Herr Fuhrer's new set of immigration plans/EOs, and an advertisement for this was right next to it:





I think advertisers are trying to tell him his ideas are archaic and belong in the shitter. 

[TBM]

I bought a rug for our lounge/den/whatever, and when it arrived today I unrolled it in the living room and kind of loved it in there. It played off of the gallery wall and the furniture really well.

It is too small for the living room, but it looked so good in there that I briefly considered ordering one in a larger size for that room too. Very briefly, because I am so not the same rug everywhere, matching accessories kind of person.


DH is out of the country on business for a week or so, so I should come up with some sort of major organizing that would be hard to do when he is home, and work on that, but I still have a stupid lingering cough that is annoying and exhausting and have lingering laziness from when I was actually sick. lol

I was thinking that something like our closet and master bath would probably be easier without him around because I could take my time and spread everything out, but it might be better to do something with the tools that are supposed to be stored in his office, but instead are shoved in boxes his office, under and around the drafting table. Maybe if I got the containers for that stuff and put them on the shelves, the space would function better for him as an office, since he would have room to spread out a bit.

I also need to come up with doors or some kind of covering for the shelving unit, which sounds more fun than organizing to me. Maybe getting to design and implement that will be enough incentive/reward to get the tools put away. One can dream. ;p

[sierramist03]

We are starting to stress out because we can't find any decent rentals in the new town I do not want to live with my MIL

[bunnymendelbaum]

sierramist03, - good luck! My ILs suggested we move in with them too when we first moved to MI. While the free babysitting would have been amazing, still NO!

mrs.jacinthe, - so sorry about your health. Hope you can get back in the pool soon!

RamblingRose, - just read over on TIP. SO incredibly lame. He needs to stop messing with your mind!