I just spent $65 on the cats. I bought feliway diffusers and spray hoping to make one stop scratching and make packing and moving easier for the other one. I feel like I've lost my mind, but hopefully it will work.
Post by hurricanedrunk on Jun 1, 2015 10:21:02 GMT -5
Working on travel plans for 4th of July weekend with a large group of friends. Our normal camping spot is off the table and looking at renting houses through vrbo. I am excited, I love this group of people and want to go but damn it's going to be a lot more expensive than I had in mind. The dock at the house that is the front runner looks amazing though!
The project manager I work with directly and the other person in my position are off this week. It will be interesting to see how crazy things get this week!
Had another great weekend. Saturday, we saw "A Time to Kill' which was put on by a local theatre. They did great job with it. Ordered some shorts from Dress Barn. Hoping they come before the weekend as I'm kind of planning my outfits around wearing them.
We are dealing with someone interested in buying FIL's house and he's kind of a dick. No, we are not interested in paying for your appraisal. I really think he believes that we have way over priced (we haven't) and that we are automatically going to come down to his appraisal. That should be fun. OTOH, we don't want to deal with owning it any longer than needed, so we will negotiate. We will see.
I had a great weekend. Our soap is curing, although it's usable now (it'll last longer if we wait to use it for a few weeks). And the process was so freaking easy I may have found a new hobby. Maybe. There's really only so much soap one household can use...
I have a super-busy two weeks coming up. Kinda crazy how all the time fills in! I'm suddenly realizing we're moving into summer, and with my travel schedule, summer will fly by in no time at all (four weeks on the road...).
I pick up my new car tonight! And then a park it for the rest of the week bc I have to go to another office Tuesday-Friday and staying in a friend's guest room. I freaked out above unfamiliar commute plus unfamiliar parking garage plus manual transmission plus new car.
I can do any 2 of those 4, but not all 4 together. Luckily, H is ok with driving truck for a few days.
Post by UnderProtest on Jun 1, 2015 11:31:34 GMT -5
The cleaner did come today. Although I thought he was coming next week. I swear I have lost my mind. Hopefully everything is disinfected. Although my brilliant husband drank out of a water bottle that he had given our daughter right after she got sick. Dude, don't expect ANY sympathy out of me now.
@foodielicious It is all new illnesses.
raangoli I hope so too. I am so tired of people going out and socializing or taking their kids to school when they are sick. I know who we got the chicken pox and stomach bug from (luckily not the same people or they would be completely banned).
@foodelicious - are you my SIL?! OMG the inability to actually TALK about anything so bugs me. Though my ILs aren't actual WASPs, they are second generation US German/Ukrainian/Swedish Catholics. But they think they act like WASPs. I'm guessing they wanted to assimilate and chose poorly.
There's really only so much soap one household can use...
Etsy? Farmer's market? Craft fairs?
Hah! Tempting. But, I'm not sure I can bring myself to go quite that crazy.
Unsurprisingly, it's not exactly cheap to make soap. I now have a much better appreciation for the costs of buying homemade soap from vendors. We got 11 small-ish (4 ounce and under, I suspect if we cut them evenly, and closer to a standard weight, we'd only get 7 or 8) bars out of the loaf of soap we made, and the ingredients were close to $20. That doesn't count things like the equipment or time.
I'm back to studying today. I have a little delimma that has been going on for a few months. There's a lady that loves to sit with me at lunch and chat. I started sitting at a tiny table. I spread my stuff out all over the table. I put headphones in. I have even tried telling her that I have a lot of studying to do and can't chat. She still tries to talk to me all through lunch. The last time I was studying, I started eating at my desk so i could avoid her. I don't want to eat at my desk anymore, but I don't know how else to get her to leave me alone.
Still? Again? I don't know. This time it was a stomach bug that hit my son, then my daughter, then me. So much laundry!!!!
OMG, woman! Do I need to avoid you for another week? I hope this clears up soon and that you then have like a five-year run with no illness. You guys have had a brutal time lately!
Didn't I tell you? The cleaner came today so it is as disinfected as possible. Unless my husband comes down with it you should be safe. The kids can't have picked up another bug from school yet.
Didn't I tell you? The cleaner came today so it is as disinfected as possible. Unless my husband comes down with it you should be safe. The kids can't have picked up another bug from school yet.
I thought you meant another round was going 'round right now. I can't keep track anymore!
We can't move our big stuff until our floors get installed and they are taking 3 weeks to delivery when we were quoted 1 week (thanks Lowes!). We've been moving stuff slowly into the garage as I thought that would be easier but not sure I like the feeling of dragging it out.
Positive note: Painters will be done today and the colors look amazing!
Once again I spent my weekend imagining rearranging our lives. I am sort of irked at the kids school & found a school in the burbs I like that is way cheaper. Then I found a house nearby it I really, really like. Then we played out the scenario it'd take to buy it/move and we'd be ahead like $1K/mo plus $180K more in assets potentially....but it's such a freaking hassle. Just don't think I have it in me right now to do all that it takes.
We can't move our big stuff until our floors get installed and they are taking 3 weeks to delivery when we were quoted 1 week (thanks Lowes!). We've been moving stuff slowly into the garage as I thought that would be easier but not sure I like the feeling of dragging it out.
Three weeks from one week? That's ridiculous. Hope they come sooner than three weeks.
Part of the moving hate, is we're actually moving two places. Our house to new rental house, and our apt to new rental house.
It'll and be over soon. That's my impetus to keep moving.
You know how I was all worried about what to do about Wyatt while the painter was here? I left him loose in the house this morning. He barked at the guy a couple of times and then laid down, lol.
I just posted on the Boston board but I feel like I'm back in the land of the living after a crazy week of packing up the house, moving things into storage, and cleaning. It was weird walking through my empty, echo-y house but I'm excited for really starting the next chapter in our lives. I feel like I've been living in limbo for months.
I'm glad you're finally close to being settled. I feel you on the being in limbo. We finally moved into our new house yesterday after staying with friends for a few months. It feels so good to have everything in one place!
I hear ya. We moved into our new place this weekend and my whole body hurts. Although the $150 we paid for a moving company to unload our POD was money very well spend.
You know how I was all worried about what to do about Wyatt while the painter was here? I left him loose in the house this morning. He barked at the guy a couple of times and then laid down, lol.
Maxx gets pretty excited when workers come. He eventually cas down after trying to follow them for a bit.
Once he licked the doshwasher installer on the face. He was laying on the floor, and Maxx went right up to him and licked his face. I was so embarrassed.
My neighbor and his grandson are playing with nerf guns out front of our and their homes. It's really cute. The grandson can almost completely protect himself behind our mailbox, and grandpa isn't a great shot...
(my home office overlooks the front yard of our place here)
You know how I was all worried about what to do about Wyatt while the painter was here? I left him loose in the house this morning. He barked at the guy a couple of times and then laid down, lol.
Maxx gets pretty excited when workers come. He eventually cas down after trying to follow them for a bit.
Once he licked the doshwasher installer on the face. He was laying on the floor, and Maxx went right up to him and licked his face. I was so embarrassed.
I fully expect that when the guy starts on the inside of the house. I suspect Wyatt will need shut in the bedroom at that point.