Thursday Randoms

[irene adler]

::taps foot impatiently waiting for dr.girlfriend to make her annual Oscars brainstorming postso I can suggest the Imitation Cheese of Everything and American (Red) Snapper::

[UnderProtest]

I need to find something interesting (and social) to do while the kids are in preschool. Gah, I hate forcing socialization. I'm such a homebody, but I need friends and things to do here.

[keweenawlove]

My lab director just asked if I was free Saturday night because he and his wife want to host a lab dinner that night. DH and I are going to a beer festival with a few coworkers that afternoon. This should be entertaining.

[raangoli]

I want to eat ALL THE CHOCOLATE. That is all. Carry on.

[my3bears]

The law firm job has an assistant and an office manager. Both are amazing. As a self-employed person my whole life, I could get used to having the administrative support!

I'm a few pounds away from the heaviest I've ever been. Losing weight is so time-consuming with all the planning and whatnot but for health reasons I really need to get on this. Blah.

[raangoli]

Jan 15, 2015 10:47:58 GMT -5 milsaroo said:

Jan 15, 2015 10:41:20 GMT -5 raangoli said:

I want to eat ALL THE CHOCOLATE. That is all. Carry on.

Have you had Bark Thins snacking chocolate at Costco? Because you should. I mean it is called snacking chocolate. And you can tell yourself it's healthy because of the ingredients - First off, it's dark chocolate, and I've had some with quinoa, some with pumpkin seeds, and some with blueberries.

Whaaat? This sounds like a great way for me to rationalize the chocolate eating. You just made my day! "But it has quinoa! PROTEIN!"

[ddi741]

Last night of our bowling league tonight. I enjoy it but will also be happy to have Thursday nights back. Not that we do things on Thursdays all that often, but it will be nice to have the option.

Last fall, I reorganized my closet based on a segment I saw on Steve Harvey. It's organized by sleeve length and color. I have to say, I have kept it that way for several months now and have noticed that I am wearing a lot of things I had forgotten I had.

[UnderProtest]

Jan 15, 2015 10:40:31 GMT -5 milsaroo said:

UnderProtest - Where are you again?

London

[dr.girlfriend]

Jan 15, 2015 10:27:57 GMT -5 irene adler said:

::taps foot impatiently waiting for dr.girlfriend to make her annual Oscars brainstorming postso I can suggest the Imitation Cheese of Everything and American (Red) Snapper::

lol, weren't the announcements just made 1 minute ago?  ;-)

[explorer2001]

I made some MM moves with my paycheck but they are making me twitchy and I need some reassurance/hair pats/whatever.

Raises were announced in December. I increased my 401(k) contribution from 10.5% to 11.25% (when you add match and profit sharing safe harbor from my company that brings the total to 17.85%, and they have always done more than safe harbor on profit sharing). Then I split my check so $100 of each check goes straight into my savings account.

I'm pretty sure I made good choices but seeing a smaller deposit in my checking account is making me nervous. I'm also sure part of it is because my checking is a bit under my normal comfortable threshold because I'm waiting for over $2k in medical expense reimbursements.

[irene adler]

Jan 15, 2015 11:18:36 GMT -5 dr.girlfriend said:

Jan 15, 2015 10:27:57 GMT -5 irene adler said:

::taps foot impatiently waiting for dr.girlfriend to make her annual Oscars brainstorming postso I can suggest the Imitation Cheese of Everything and American (Red) Snapper::

lol, weren't the announcements just made 1 minute ago?  ;-)

Minutes have gone by.  MINUTES. 

[liveintheville]

Lately my kids have been running around screaming, "owwie, my butt!" They picked this up from another friend of theirs. But it's embarrassing to be at the coffee shop with them and they randomly scream it. I can only wonder what school thinks of this. I keep waiting for the phone call but it hasn't come yet. Damn kids.

[niq]

I have this nagging feeling that the attorney we spoke with yesterday is going to half-ass mom's case. But we are about a month from the hearing date, and I am so drained from just getting anyone to return a f***ing phone call that I don't think I'm going to try and find another one for a consult.

[tine]

DS and I started music classes last weekend to meet other moms and kids since we just moved to the area. I'm a little bummed that none of the moms/kids live in my town, they are all from surrounding towns.

[irene adler]

Jan 15, 2015 10:40:31 GMT -5 milsaroo said:

irene adler - How is being back at work going?

It's been largely pleasant because I've been largely on my own and gotten so much done.  

edited to remov whining. . 

[ddi741]

Jan 15, 2015 11:23:04 GMT -5 explorer2001 said:

I made some MM moves with my paycheck but they are making me twitchy and I need some reassurance/hair pats/whatever.

Raises were announced in December. I increased my 401(k) contribution from 10.5% to 11.25% (when you add match and profit sharing safe harbor from my company that brings the total to 17.85%, and they have always done more than safe harbor on profit sharing). Then I split my check so $100 of each check goes straight into my savings account.

I'm pretty sure I made good choices but seeing a smaller deposit in my checking account is making me nervous. I'm also sure part of it is because my checking is a bit under my normal comfortable threshold because I'm waiting for over $2k in medical expense reimbursements.

I think you made good choices.  We did something similar with H raise. 

[UnderProtest]

Jan 15, 2015 13:01:07 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

Jan 15, 2015 10:35:46 GMT -5 UnderProtest said:

I need to find something interesting (and social) to do while the kids are in preschool. Gah, I hate forcing socialization. I'm such a homebody, but I need friends and things to do here.

So far the only knitting classes I can find are in the evenings, and the closest is in Clapham   I'll keep looking.

I KNOW!!!!  I was looking today and they are all at stupid hours.  I'm going to be forced to join a gym, aren't I?

[UnderProtest]

Jan 15, 2015 13:18:47 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

Jan 15, 2015 13:09:58 GMT -5 UnderProtest said:

I KNOW!!!!  I was looking today and they are all at stupid hours.  I'm going to be forced to join a gym, aren't I?

I hope not, that would be something I'd do only as punishment

I feel the same way, but I have to get out of the house.  Why are the only people I know here either people with full time jobs or nannies?

[raangoli]

explorer2001: You did the right thing. In a few weeks/months you will barely notice it.

[UnderProtest]

Jan 15, 2015 13:29:27 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

Jan 15, 2015 13:27:00 GMT -5 UnderProtest said:

I feel the same way, but I have to get out of the house.  Why are the only people I know here either people with full time jobs or nannies?

Because my husband is a big meanie who won't let me be a kept woman?

But if you were a kept woman, you wouldn't be in London, so I'm not sure where that gets us.  I was friends with a kept woman and then when she actually started having fun, her boyfriend made her get a job.  

[ewall]

Random MM win: there was apparently a contest at work with a pull board. I earned a pull even though I'm out on ML/STD. Coworker pulled for me and I won $1,000. Nice.

[v]

We are going on a cruise starting Saturday with only 14 other passengers. I have total first day of school jitters. Will they hate us? Will we fit in? Will be other 14 be a clique that already knows each other and won't let us in?

We are going into hour two of a five-hour layover. Ugh.

[mskitkat]

When we were having that discussion a few days ago about waiting for bills to show up, I realized I hadn't seen a water bill in awhile. I called the city today, and the person was all "oh, your account is fine. No worries." After some prodding, she checked again. Yeah, my water was about to get shut off for non payment. She said she would email my bill so I could pay ASAP. Apparently the intertubes are clogged or something, because an hour later I still haven't seen it. I hate being late on bills! Despite the fact that we are signed up for paper AND online billing, we never saw it. I feel like this is a plot.

[UnderProtest]

Jan 15, 2015 13:43:03 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

Jan 15, 2015 13:37:15 GMT -5 UnderProtest said:

But if you were a kept woman, you wouldn't be in London, so I'm not sure where that gets us.  I was friends with a kept woman and then when she actually started having fun, her boyfriend made her get a job.  

LOL now that's really mean! And good point re: London.

What is mean?

[hamster]

I have to call our investment guy to liquidate our funds because he needs verbal confirmation. This is going to be worse than calling Comcast.

[mbcdefg]

I'm glad I thought twice about buying a $30 jean jacket at Target this past summer, because I just bought it off the clearance rack for $9.

[niq]

There is a "serious" debate about Bitcoin on my Facebook feed. I'm trying to resist going all "Someone Is Wrong On the Internet On" on the whole thread. IT'S SO HARD.

[mskitkat]

I am even more convinced my water bill is a plot. The person never emailed my bill! I just want to pay it!

[Deleted]

Boss Lady Tales: apparently we can't afford stand up desks but they're rearranging our entire office. We're going from private offices with doors and audio privacy to an open floor plan, pod layout. No one on our staff level was consulted in this.

I'm extremely sensitive to sound and usually work in silence. I cried in the bathroom.

[irene adler]

@idaholakelady, that's awful.

I hope you can get out of there soon.