Sometimes for one of my clients I review new products. Normally when it’s something small or perishable like food/drinks or cosmetics I get coupons and a list of stores in my area that carry it and I go and pick it up myself.
Today, however, I came home from the eye doctor and found a massive box of dry ice and about 20 loaves of frozen bread on my steps. No heads up and I don’t have that much freezer space! My guess is they aren’t selling this variety near me?
The nice part about planning a last-minute vacation is that I don't have unlimited time to obsess over decisions, so it's forcing me to just make plans and move on.
The not-nice part is that I am kind of surprised at things being completely booked a month in advance. We are going to Puerto Rico, and whenever I've been to an island in the past, we always just showed up and booked things when we got there. Puerto Rico seems to be different, and I'm a little bummed because it looks like we definitely will not get to do one of the things I was most excited about (bio bay tour) because there is no availability for any of the dates we are there.
I'm so excited about the rest of the trip though! I feel like there has been a black cloud over us for close to a year. We all need to get out of our routine and do something fun.
Today is house cleaner day (yay!) but OMG my cleaning lady is so chatty and borderline needy. She always wants to chat for at least 15 minutes and the last few times has asked for my help with things like navigating her patient portal or explaining how registering and voting works. She's worked for us for ~6 years and I adore her but it's a bit much. She comes at different times so I can't even plan to go to a coffee shop or something while she's here. First world problem, I know lol.
VillainV, I'd be a big nope to the at home soccer practice! That's what we're paying the team for. Since you are friends with one of the coaches, can you mention that is a lot of work for parents to fit in? Maybe he doesn't realize it and you can prompt him to add "optional" to the emails.
I already messaged him once, and didn’t get a reply. I think I’m good with just having him do the part that he can do inside and skipping the rest, and attaching a note of “unable to practice X skill due to space/weather.”
One of the previous “challenges” was to practice kicking the soccer ball into a wheelie bin (like large curbside trash or recycling bin). I’m sorry, but I’m not going to back my cars out of the garage in the rain and EMPTY MY HALF FULL TRASH BIN so my kid can practice kicking a soccer ball, and I’m sure as hell not going to let him kick it into a bin with trash in it. It’s like the coaches see something cool on YouTube and post it without thinking through how people will actually do it. And from what I can tell, nobody else is complaining about it.
scm1011, liked for the clean house day, not the chattiness. jinkies, where are you going in PR?
I have a true random--the kitty litter box is downstairs in a storage room. We have the window cracked in there, the door only open a smidge so the cat can get in, I clean the litter box daily. We use Tidy Cats Breeze Kitty Litter system and I change the pee pads weekly. But the whole downstairs smells like kitty litter! It is terrible and I do not know how to get the smell to go away. Any suggestions?
Post by lilafowler on Feb 28, 2024 12:09:35 GMT -5
I counted last night and since Saturday my child has used TEN washcloths and 7 towels to the point they’re soaked and can’t be reused.
I’m losing my mind with all of this unnecessary laundry. She helps with the laundry but the fact that these extra loads exist in the first place is the problem.
I counted last night and since Saturday my child has used TEN washcloths and 7 towels to the point they’re soaked and can’t be reused.
I’m losing my mind with all of this unnecessary laundry. She helps with the laundry but the fact that these extra loads exist in the first place is the problem.
Post by lilafowler on Feb 28, 2024 12:14:43 GMT -5
She also uses an excessive amount of soap! We go through shampoo, conditioner and body soap at an insane rate. I think she just pours handfuls out for pure joy. I’ve tried getting the ones with pump tops but she takes them off because “I can’t get as much with the pump”.
I’m pretty sure I have reached my mid-life crisis. Death has obviously always been a concept to me but I am feeling very aware of the fact that time is infinite lately. It’s makes me anxious to do all the will and estate planning that I should have done years ago but didn’t. H and I don’t have kids and never intend to so it’s taking some thought on what we want to do with our assets.
We’re having someone come clean the grout for our light tile sunroom/laundry room/half bath in a couple of weeks. He came for an estimate on Monday and apparently we have “low grout” so the Bona mop with spray I’ve been using to clean it has made it worse and now I have to get an Ocedar mop or something 😭 that’s going to be so much more of a PITA.
I counted last night and since Saturday my child has used TEN washcloths and 7 towels to the point they’re soaked and can’t be reused.
I’m losing my mind with all of this unnecessary laundry. She helps with the laundry but the fact that these extra loads exist in the first place is the problem.
I HATE WASHCLOTHS
Is this from showering? How many showers a day? I would be annoyed as well!
bex1973, we set a heat record in STL yesterday for February - I think it was 86 - then it dropped literally 60 degrees overnight. I was really surprised we didn't get any storm activity - it was just like a burst of rain and then gusty wind. They say that Tornado Alley is shifting, which I find so interesting: www.scientificamerican.com/article/watch-out-tornado-alley-is-migrating-eastward/
We had similar swings outside Chicago yesterday. There are reports of at least 11 tornadoes that touched down in the area overnight. An apartment complex was very damaged by possibly a microburst just a couple miles from us. Crazy weather!
So far my week of self care has been a total bust. My facial Monday was AMAZING, but the blow-out was subpar and I actually re-washed and styled my hair as soon as I got home. The ultrasound on my left breast turned out to be more than just dense breasts and now they are monitoring a lymph node that has traveled into my breast and looks a tad suspicious. I ended up working through lunch today because my boss can be a real shithead sometimes so I missed my opportunity to get my license and car registration renewed, which now means I have to do it Friday on what was supposed to be a do nothing day.
Tomorrow's lunch better still happen or I swear I'm just going to explode.
Post by NewGirlNic on Feb 28, 2024 12:39:10 GMT -5
Weird weather in WNY today too. It was 60+ yesterday and about 58 this morning. It's supposed to storm this afternoon and drop to 35. Tomorrow's high is 24.
I just took the dog for a walk before the weather turns and I got back just in time. It's super dark and the wind sounds awful. I need to run to the grocery store before I pick up DS and I should have went this morning after I dropped him off at school instead. I would make H run out, but he's on a training WebEx until 2:30.
I counted last night and since Saturday my child has used TEN washcloths and 7 towels to the point they’re soaked and can’t be reused.
I’m losing my mind with all of this unnecessary laundry. She helps with the laundry but the fact that these extra loads exist in the first place is the problem.
I HATE WASHCLOTHS
Is this from showering? How many showers a day? I would be annoyed as well!
One shower a day and one additional washcloth used in AM every day. EVERY DAY
Is this from showering? How many showers a day? I would be annoyed as well!
One shower a day and one additional washcloth used in AM every day. EVERY DAY
My 11yo washes towels for the whole house weekly, in addition to his own laundry. I'd suggest the same chore if yours is not already doing that. He handles it all the way thru folding and putting away, same day.
She also uses an excessive amount of soap! We go through shampoo, conditioner and body soap at an insane rate. I think she just pours handfuls out for pure joy. I’ve tried getting the ones with pump tops but she takes them off because “I can’t get as much with the pump”.
She is going to be 14 in a few months. Why?!!!!
Same over here with my 13 year old. She uses 3-4 wash clothes a day. I found out she uses 1 per day to wipe her glasses?! WTH. I’m about to rehome her.
Is this from showering? How many showers a day? I would be annoyed as well!
One shower a day and one additional washcloth used in AM every day. EVERY DAY
I’m confused. Is she getting a lot of water on the floor and using her towel to sop it up? Is she taking the towel into the running shower with her? I struggle to understand how a regular shower would result in a towel so wet that, if properly hung up after, couldn’t be reused. Each person in my family has two towels to alternate use throughout the week (we don’t use washcloths, but each also has one hand towel). All towels get washed on the weekend. I simply would not own enough towels for someone to go through that much.
As for shampoo/conditioner/soap, I’d make her buy her own (or spot her the first bottle every few months or however long one should last), then if she runs out she buys the replacement. Unless she has waist-length hair, I can’t imagine using that much. One Costco-sized bottle of conditioner with pump lasts me 4-6 months and I condition my hair daily.
Post by 1confused1 on Feb 28, 2024 13:13:47 GMT -5
I should have stayed home today. Everything and everyone is irritating me.
At least I have a fun baseball game to look forward to. We are playing against a school where a kid I consider my second son attends. I can not wait to see him and his family.
She also uses an excessive amount of soap! We go through shampoo, conditioner and body soap at an insane rate. I think she just pours handfuls out for pure joy. I’ve tried getting the ones with pump tops but she takes them off because “I can’t get as much with the pump”.
She is going to be 14 in a few months. Why?!!!!
H is half bald, and the half head of hair he does have is a buzz cut. Meanwhile, I have long, thick hair halfway down my back. H uses about 5x more shampoo and conditioner than me, and it drives me crazy. Plus, he likes to use my nice stuff even though I buy him his own Suave (since he has, almost literally, no hair).
On the weather note, I was checking the hourly predictions to figure out when I can walk my princess dog, and there were snowflakes overnight. It’s 65* now. Ugh.
Truly random, but i am totally loving this new song by a band I like. It’s speaks to my GenX rock, loving heart so much. And sharing with the class.
One shower a day and one additional washcloth used in AM every day. EVERY DAY
I’m confused. Is she getting a lot of water on the floor and using her towel to sop it up? Is she taking the towel into the running shower with her? I struggle to understand how a regular shower would result in a towel so wet that, if properly hung up after, couldn’t be reused. Each person in my family has two towels to alternate use throughout the week (we don’t use washcloths, but each also has one hand towel). All towels get washed on the weekend. I simply would not own enough towels for someone to go through that much.
As for shampoo/conditioner/soap, I’d make her buy her own (or spot her the first bottle every few months or however long one should last), then if she runs out she buys the replacement. Unless she has waist-length hair, I can’t imagine using that much. One Costco-sized bottle of conditioner with pump lasts me 4-6 months and I condition my hair daily.
I have a former coworker whose wife and 2 teenage daughters used 2 new towels PER DAY, one for body, one for hair and they never reused them. That's 6 towels a day!!!! I could not believe it and it just seems so wasteful. Some people just don't care though and it really bothers me from an environmental perspective. I can't imagine doing that many loads of towels every week, laundry annoys me enough already!
H refuses to reuse towels at a hotel and it bugs me but at least it is just at hotels. We reuse towels at home.
I’m confused. Is she getting a lot of water on the floor and using her towel to sop it up? Is she taking the towel into the running shower with her? I struggle to understand how a regular shower would result in a towel so wet that, if properly hung up after, couldn’t be reused. Each person in my family has two towels to alternate use throughout the week (we don’t use washcloths, but each also has one hand towel). All towels get washed on the weekend. I simply would not own enough towels for someone to go through that much.
As for shampoo/conditioner/soap, I’d make her buy her own (or spot her the first bottle every few months or however long one should last), then if she runs out she buys the replacement. Unless she has waist-length hair, I can’t imagine using that much. One Costco-sized bottle of conditioner with pump lasts me 4-6 months and I condition my hair daily.
H refuses to reuse towels at a hotel and it bugs me but at least it is just at hotels. We reuse towels at home.
FI was that way when we first met. Then I explained to him, in great detail, about the impact to the environment and how it will directly impact his job (he works on a boat) and how it will impact his family (fish and shrimp), not to mention we live in the swamp where there's always water being impacted. I'm not totally sure if he saw my point or just gave in.... I know we're far from perfect, but I demand that we reuse towels.
Post by cricketwife on Feb 28, 2024 13:37:53 GMT -5
In a few hours, I’m going to be hopping on a plane to England! It’s for work but it’s a fun work trip and I’m looking forward to it. It’s been a long time since I’ve been!
Post by lavenderblue on Feb 28, 2024 13:38:35 GMT -5
Ugh. Why are glasses so expensive? I don't really think that I do a lot of extras. My frames were only $60 after insurance, but by the time I added the progressive lenses, anti-glare, blue light and whatever else I agreed to, they were over $300, and over $800 before insurance. Just to be able to see. And I have no money hardly in my HSA since it is only February.
I’ve gone 4-6 days a week for years and one freaking week makes me feel like I’m starting over.
Why is this true? Any break of more than two days and my body seems to forget that this a regular part of the routine! I did a workout yesterday that I probably do monthly, my whole upper body is sore. I am annoyed by it.
We are also getting weird weather. Rain, wind, and plummeting temperatures. I made myself go the grocery store in the hint of sunshine we had earlier. I am glad it is done, but people were annoying. I miss having 6-feet of distance. There is no need for another customer to be so close to me in checkout that they actually touch my back. Nope! My very angry look moved them to another register before I had a chance to speak.
My DH came into my room last night (we sleep separately due to his health issues) to wake me up. I was apparently repeatedly yelling "no" loudly enough that I woke him up, so he felt he should help me out of my bad dream. He was right to do this! Good or bad, I don't remember what the dream was.
She also uses an excessive amount of soap! We go through shampoo, conditioner and body soap at an insane rate. I think she just pours handfuls out for pure joy. I’ve tried getting the ones with pump tops but she takes them off because “I can’t get as much with the pump”.