We had a great two days of camping. Great spot, great fellow campers in the campground that it *felt* like we were alone and fantastic weather. And we took the Subaru on its first big test and it did GREAT. Only downside was no fish, but they say its one of Oregon's most challenging fisheries.
On another note, our bathroom will be done tomorrow!!
Post by crashgizmo on Jul 18, 2015 19:07:32 GMT -5
RAIN! It's been raining all afternoon, all the windows and doors are open, and it's glorious.
DH and I finished up House of Cards this morning, had sushi and some beers for lunch, and are now home. I'm having some wine and making pasta sauce and DH is napping.
Awesome weekend so far. DH found a fantastic new donut place. It's dangerously close to my office, and they also serve jalapeno sausage rolls. Yeah. It's SW's 40% off paint sale, so we're putting up some samples on the walls to see what color we want to replace this hideous beige color with. And! I've got a fantastic chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting just waiting to be eaten. It's a new recipe, so fingers crossed.
Post by bostonmichelle on Jul 18, 2015 19:14:09 GMT -5
If the pool installer doesn't come tomorrow and finish I'm going to hulk smash something. We had a productive day other than the no show pool installer. Tomorrow I have a race and getting some stuff done around the house probably.
I am so full of anger right now. Not good for a Randoms thread.
But I will say I'm so annoyed I'm outside with my weighted hula hoop trying to get out some anger. And then H had the nerve to text me from his nap asking me to feed the cat. WTeverlovingF?! He has not completed a single task he said he would do this weekend (or last weekend) but feed the cat while he naps. Really?!
Post by spunkarella on Jul 18, 2015 20:28:38 GMT -5
Today was fun but exhausting. I got my car windows tinted, went grocery shopping, prepped the house for guests, attended an alumni social, and hosted a get together for DH's birthday. Now I'm avoiding kitchen cleanup.
Tomorrow I'm checking out a new water park and going to see Minions. This is so much busier than our norm. I'm looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow.
bostonmichelle, oh nooo, I'm sorry. After your post yesterday, I thought you were going to say you'd been in the pool all day. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.
Today has just been a long day, I'm already ready for bed. But I can guarantee my husband will not be a good husband and just let me fall asleep before 10 on a Saturday. Bah.
Post by blondemoment123 on Jul 19, 2015 16:28:43 GMT -5
I've been in an awful mood all weekend. rubytue I feel you. I asked H to put awY the laundry while I ran errands. I come back a few hrs later and he's still firmly planted in the living room playing xbox. Rage!
H flew to Seattle today and took the wrong set of keys with him. Is it wrong that I find this funny. He is borrowing a set of keys from the LL and I have sent the keys via Fed Ex to his office.
We had a service once a month until recently. I wasn't really happy with it, I would pick up and they just did basic things like vacuuming or mopping floor. They never deep cleaned anything and I once complained about dog hair still being on the baseboards and the next time they came I happened to be home and heard the girls laughing and bemoaning better wipe the bathroom baseboard yada yada, it really made me annoyed since I paid them to clean and they didn't do a super job and then basically bitched about me within earshot. We also had a brand new pair of $200 new balance shoes with receipt in box go missing and I was pissed since my husband never gets new shoes, and he was too shy to complain that we thought they were stolen.
We had a service once a month until recently. I wasn't really happy with it, I would pick up and they just did basic things like vacuuming or mopping floor. They never deep cleaned anything and I once complained about dog hair still being on the baseboards and the next time they came I happened to be home and heard the girls laughing and bemoaning better wipe the bathroom baseboard yada yada, it really made me annoyed since I paid them to clean and they didn't do a super job and then basically bitched about me within earshot. We also had a brand new pair of $200 new balance shoes with receipt in box go missing and I was pissed since my husband never gets new shoes, and he was too shy to complain that we thought they were stolen.
Sorry this was supposed to be in the house cleaner thread!
Post by bostonmichelle on Jul 20, 2015 7:03:46 GMT -5
milsaroo no the place he needed to get the sand was allegedly closed yesterday. Supposedly he will be here by 10am this morning and of course I actually have a client coming and can't wait around for him. Hopefully my client isn't a no show. I may go ask my neighbor if she can call me whether she sees any work being done or not. I may end up back at the store this afternoon, if I do it won't be pretty.
My race well it was about 84* and 90% humidity and full sun when we started. There was 2 water stops on the 5 mile hilly course. So everyone finished in my running group and no injuries besides dehydration so successful? Thank god it was all neighborhoods and people sat out there with hoses and sprayed us down.
Great weekend. Friday I cut the lawn while H finished power washing some more of the fence. Then we tried a new place for dinner Saturday we did the fence staining. It went so well. Our hope was to get as much of the 75% of the fence that we cleaned, stained. H and I will finish the rest this weekend. OMG, everyone was there early, we were done with the entire 75% by 12:30. It looks great. We had mimosas and bloody marys when everyone arrived and throughout the morning and them my H smoked a few racks of ribs which we ate when we were done, then everyone hung out and swam in the pool. We had such a good time too.
MH had to take FIL to the ER yesterday afternoon because he was too weak to even get out of bed. FIL has heart problems and is on blood thinners ... docs suspect GI tract bleeding so he got blood transfusions, and will get an endoscopy today. MH didn't get home until 3 a.m.
FIL only told MH in the hospital that he'd been having bowel issues for about, oh, three weeks now. He also goes to a heart specialty hospital nearly two hours away - which MH has to drive him to, of course - and they never did blood tests or anything. He was supposed to go back later this week for another appointment so I guess he was holding out for that. He's been feeling like crap for over a month now and last week it apparently took him 30 minutes to climb his front stairs, but he has always refused MH's offers to take him to another doctor, drive him to the store, etc.
I'm selfishly upset at all of this ... FIL for constantly not saying anything and refusing any help until it's nearly too late; his specialty hospital for dropping the ball; and now, as usual, MH is left cleaning it all up, which makes him nervous and pissy all the time. We have a couple of trips and some other nice things coming up, but now of course it'll depend on FIL's health. And, as I mentioned a little while back, he's tossing around the idea of moving FIL in with us. I want him to be OK, of course, but I'm really annoyed that MH is constantly bending over backward (and his attitude reflects it because his nerves are just shot) and he seems to be getting very little in return.
blondemoment123, DH recently told me he wanted to get rid of his PS4 and games and I've told him he doesn't have to, and it's helpful for when he just needs a day to himself to relax and whatever, but he was honest and said it's too big of a distraction. He said he really struggles with getting anything done around the house if left alone because he'll wind up playing games for hours. (He has tried setting a timer before). Part of me is happy he wants to get rid of it but part of me is worried he'll either resent me (even though I wasn't even the one that suggested it) or he'll be jealous of friends that play games.
To be fair, he works about 70 hrs a week and only plays on his days off. But on his days off id like some help around the house, you know?