I set up my first mouse trap up in the garage and caught a mouse yesterday. I had a moment of "omg I'm the adult here now" this morning.
I bought this mouse trap over 1.5 years ago when I saw a mouse come in from under my door between the family room and garage. I've been wishfully thinking it had left, but in the last 2 weeks the evidence was too high that the mouse and maybe more mouse friends come visit us regularly. Ew. My husband called exterminators but they said they had to traipse the house from the attic to the basement and I said to pause on actually having them come.
I made my husband take the trap to go release the mouse. He came back because he couldn't figure out how to open the lid on the box. Idiot.
I set up my first mouse trap up in the garage and caught a mouse yesterday. I had a moment of "omg I'm the adult here now" this morning.
I bought this mouse trap over 1.5 years ago when I saw a mouse come in from under my door between the family room and garage. I've been wishfully thinking it had left, but in the last 2 weeks the evidence was too high that the mouse and maybe more mouse friends come visit us regularly. Ew. My husband called exterminators but they said they had to traipse the house from the attic to the basement and I said to pause on actually having them come.
I made my husband take the trap to go release the mouse. He came back because he couldn't figure out how to open the lid on the box. Idiot.
Yeah I found evidence of a mouse a few years ago. I finally called the exterminator and he said there usually isnât just 1 mouse. If you see 1 thereâs likely more. We now have him come every 3 months and everything has been fine. He was actually just here 2 days ago to do his regular check in. The best part is he sprays peppermint throughout the house. Itâs definitely worth the investment.
Not only did I buy a lightweight fabric garden hose but I was so excited to use it! Fuck wrist pain!
I bought one of these and then DH took it up front and snagged it on our rose bushes. Iâm still mad. I loved that hose. I should really go get a new one.
I think the very first piece of furniture we bought... a coffee table made from reclaimed wood. It's beautiful and I love it even if it's kind of a pain to clean. Buying it definitely made me feel like an adult.
We've bought a few more pieces of furniture since (all assembly required), and that made me feel like an adult because we successfully assembled all of them without getting in a single fight, lol.
Also, I second the pp who said hiring movers. My H hates spending the money, but it is SO worth it. We're still sore and tired, but neither of us has pulled muscles or thrown-out backs.
An eyevac, which is basically a stationary vacuum: sweep the ddog hair and dirt up to it and it sucks it up
I did not know such a thing exist. This could be my next purchase.
When I lived in a house with a central vacuum system, the thing I loved most was a baseboard/toe kick vacuum port in the kitchen. Sweep stuff over there, hit the button with your foot and *whoosh*vacuumed up. Sounds like this is a similar thing - awesome!
After thinking about this some more, I'm changing my answer. Furniture was a big deal, but the first time I really felt like an adult was the first time I bought birth control. I made the appointment at Planned Parenthood myself, explained to them why I couldn't use my insurance (I was still on my parent's policy, and I didn't want them to know), picked up the Rx myself, and used my own money for everything.
It sucks that I didn't feel like I could be honest with my parents about it, but I was making decisions that were in my own best interest for my own health.
Also... buying my first pregnancy test was a very "holy shit/adult" moment for me.
I have moved on to the âmiddle age/seniorâ wake-up call portion of life, including yearly mammograms, active adult community advertising mailers, as well as pre-paying for burial plot advertisements, and being on the cusp of being lumped with boomers in demographic age ranges. Sad.
We recently redid the apron in front of our garage. $800 (and this was a discount as a few other neighbors did the same thing) for concrete poured in front of a garage. My husband was ecstatic. When I used to spend that kind of money in my early 20s, it was for a plane ticket somewhere fun.
We recently redid the apron in front of our garage. $800 (and this was a discount as a few other neighbors did the same thing) for concrete poured in front of a garage. My husband was ecstatic. When I used to spend that kind of money in my early 20s, it was for a plane ticket somewhere fun.
I feel like this is home ownership in a nutshell, lol. We had to buy a new oil tank last year, and I kept wistfully thinking that we could have taken a really nice vacation for how much that cost.
We recently redid the apron in front of our garage. $800 (and this was a discount as a few other neighbors did the same thing) for concrete poured in front of a garage. My husband was ecstatic. When I used to spend that kind of money in my early 20s, it was for a plane ticket somewhere fun.
I feel like this is home ownership in a nutshell, lol. We had to buy a new oil tank last year, and I kept wistfully thinking that we could have taken a really nice vacation for how much that cost.
The difference is that it wasn't urgent. It was mostly for aesthetic reasons.
A one way ticket to a different country. It was the first trip I took where I didnât plan it with others in any way and was completely responsible for myself - not with Family, friends or a boyfriend. I met DH so I havenât had many opportunities to do that since. Things that might have triggered that feeling were different and more about the fleeting time before marriage or before kids or about taking on those responsibilities.
Well, i didnât personally buy any of this stuff but I gave my parents my credit card a few weeks ago and they stocked our garage with all sorts of house/yard stuff they thought we should have (we just moved from a condo in Jan.) So now I am the proud owner of a leaf blower, weed wacker, hedge trimmers, and no fewer than FOUR garden hoses. Hopefully we will use some of it occasionally...
I remember going with a friend after I got married at 25 and was like, I need literally nothing here and the quantities are just way too large for just me and DH.
Now 15 years and three kids later it is my favorite place in the whole world!