First the dog punched me in the eye, scratching my lid. Then on her walk she disturbed a rather large spider by bumping his web with her tail. This caused him to scurry up the web and me to jump back 5 feet in horror.
Unrelated random: Why does Ikea think people need phone holders in their placemats? I think it's both terrible and kind of appealing.
You reminded me that I need to plan a trip to IKEA.
So I might have to burn my house down. This morning I'm in the shower (it's a small stall shower in our master bath) and out of the corner of my eye I see something scurry to the corner. I scream and jump out of the shower. DH comes running and we look - it was a giant wood roach that came from the drain. It was about 4-5" long. DH tried to kill it but it jumped out of the shower. Luckily he was able to corner it and kill it. I'm traumatized.
You reminded me that I need to plan a trip to IKEA.
So I might have to burn my house down. This morning I'm in the shower (it's a small stall shower in our master bath) and out of the corner of my eye I see something scurry to the corner. I scream and jump out of the shower. DH comes running and we look - it was a giant wood roach that came from the drain. It was about 4-5" long. DH tried to kill it but it jumped out of the shower. Luckily he was able to corner it and kill it. I'm traumatized.
I literally just put my fingers to my foot to try to measure what 4-5" really looks like. I am now also traumatized.
You reminded me that I need to plan a trip to IKEA.
So I might have to burn my house down. This morning I'm in the shower (it's a small stall shower in our master bath) and out of the corner of my eye I see something scurry to the corner. I scream and jump out of the shower. DH comes running and we look - it was a giant wood roach that came from the drain. It was about 4-5" long. DH tried to kill it but it jumped out of the shower. Luckily he was able to corner it and kill it. I'm traumatized.
Between this and the cat hair in the vagina post, I'm now done with the board for the day.
I think we have a ghost or something in the house. Megatron has been flipping his shit at night. It first started out infrequently, but now it's every night. He growls a deep, low growl and starts bark growling as he backs up across the floor until he's around the bed and on my side. Last night when he started doing that DH used his phone to take a couple of flash pictures. Mega immediately stopped growling.
So, I don't know if it's just us feeding into his attention seeking by growling? (We don't get up and pet him when he does this.) Or if we really have something happening.
Post by eponinepontmercy on Sept 3, 2015 9:12:32 GMT -5
I'm thinking about cutting all my hair off again and going back to the longish pixie cut. I just hate spending money on haircuts every 6 weeks, which I what I'd have to do to keep it up.
Post by cattledogkisses on Sept 3, 2015 9:16:16 GMT -5
Monday started our double bathroom remodel. We're having first the downstairs and then the upstairs completely gutted and redone. I am already afraid of what the contractor is going to find when that upstairs floor comes up, since both the bathtub and the toilet have leaked in the past year.
The guy who restored and modernized our house (two owners before us) was a master carpenter, and the painstakingly restored original wood floors, crown molding, and wainscoting are beautiful. He was not, however, a plumber or an electrician. Hence the leaks, and the fact that the breaker box in the basement makes absolutely no sense (like, oh, that one controls the master bedroom, that far corner of the living room, and the microwave. Lol).
It's kind of cool to see the guts of our house though as things come apart, with all the old wood planking and posts.
What the everloving hell. Facebook with OMGzombies mother:
Minutes after she liked and shared this photo:
She then follows it with this photo:
and I'm just sitting here:
I think part of the problem is that she pretty much just likes and shares everything she sees on her Facebook feed, but the other part of the problem is that no matter how many times we go over the "black lives matter" is not saying that other lives don't matter, and how offensive and dismissive of the problem those sorts of pictures and statements are (which she always nods her head along with and agrees at the time) she goes right back to it.
Post by eponinepontmercy on Sept 3, 2015 9:59:00 GMT -5
Oh, and I found a grease stain on one of my go-to shirts. It's been washed and dried so I'm not sure if it will come out. It's a short-sleeved camel colored sweater that works for almost 3/4s of the year. RIP, shirt that went with everything.
Oh, and I found a grease stain on one of my go-to shirts. It's been washed and dried so I'm not sure if it will come out. It's a short-sleeved camel colored sweater that works for almost 3/4s of the year. RIP, shirt that went with everything.
Oh, and I found a grease stain on one of my go-to shirts. It's been washed and dried so I'm not sure if it will come out. It's a short-sleeved camel colored sweater that works for almost 3/4s of the year. RIP, shirt that went with everything.
Try WD-40, Baking Soda and Dawn dish soap. Take a piece of cardboard and lay it underneath, and spray the WD-40 on it. The pour a ton of baking soda on top and scrub with a toothbrush, then pour a little bit of Dawn dish soap on top and scrub again. Let it sit for 30 minutes or so and throw it in the wash. This works for me about 90% of the time, even if the stain is set.
Oh, and I found a grease stain on one of my go-to shirts. It's been washed and dried so I'm not sure if it will come out. It's a short-sleeved camel colored sweater that works for almost 3/4s of the year. RIP, shirt that went with everything.
Try shout greasy stain spray.
Does it work even after the clothes have been through the dryer? You might have have saved 75% of DH's shirts.
Oh, and I found a grease stain on one of my go-to shirts. It's been washed and dried so I'm not sure if it will come out. It's a short-sleeved camel colored sweater that works for almost 3/4s of the year. RIP, shirt that went with everything.
Try WD-40, Baking Soda and Dawn dish sap. Take a piece of cardboard and lay it underneath, and spray the DW-40 on it. The pour a ton of baking soda on top and scrub with a toothbrush, then pour a little bit of Dawn dish soap on top and scrub again. Let it sit for 30 minutes or so and throw it in the wash. This works for me about 90% of the time, even if the stain is set.
I have all of that at home - I'll give it a shot.
Thank you! Like I told Pamela, this is a recurring problem with DH so this advice is potentially life-changing.
I do a lot of work with technology companies. I am a nerd. This is a happy marriage.
But a lot of times I tend to forget that my other contacts - like the account team, etc. - are not also nerds. And therefore don't get my nerd jokes.
This is definitely an important distinction!
I classify people into two categories. People I can make Tauntaun noises around without having them give me the side-eye, and people that ask "What the hell is a Tauntaun?"
Ugh, I'm a ball of nerves and anxiety today. My cat has been sneezing all night/this morning, so she is going to the vet (because worst case scenarios go through my head), and then there is a department outing/lunch that I'm going to. Which is great, yay, free food. Except it is a celebration that they've made it through the past several months, and I just started and we don't even know if I will still be here in 8 months. So...it is going to be super awkward. Also DH's family is coming to visit starting Saturday and I'm dreading spending the time with them. The introvert in me hates everything right now.
Post by Scout'sHonor on Sept 3, 2015 10:52:49 GMT -5
Well, yesterday was exciting. We were evacuated from the building for over a hour in the morning due to smoke in some pipes. Finally let back in, only to be told an hour later they were closing down operations and having us leave so they could do tests to find the cause. So I went home and napped!
Well, yesterday was exciting. We were evacuated from the building for over a hour in the morning due to smoke in some pipes. Finally let back in, only to be told an hour later they were closing down operations and having us leave so they could do tests to find the cause. So I went home and napped!
I wonder how I can get this to happen at my work...
I think we have a ghost or something in the house. Megatron has been flipping his shit at night. It first started out infrequently, but now it's every night. He growls a deep, low growl and starts bark growling as he backs up across the floor until he's around the bed and on my side. Last night when he started doing that DH used his phone to take a couple of flash pictures. Mega immediately stopped growling.
So, I don't know if it's just us feeding into his attention seeking by growling? (We don't get up and pet him when he does this.) Or if we really have something happening.
Time to call Sam and Dean. You might wanna burn that clown mask (or was it a puppet?) you found in the meantime.
First the dog punched me in the eye, scratching my lid. Then on her walk she disturbed a rather large spider by bumping his web with her tail. This caused him to scurry up the web and me to jump back 5 feet in horror.
Unrelated random: Why does Ikea think people need phone holders in their placemats? I think it's both terrible and kind of appealing.
I too like the phone coozie in the placemat, but it would also embarrass me for some reason.
I think we have a ghost or something in the house. Megatron has been flipping his shit at night. It first started out infrequently, but now it's every night. He growls a deep, low growl and starts bark growling as he backs up across the floor until he's around the bed and on my side. Last night when he started doing that DH used his phone to take a couple of flash pictures. Mega immediately stopped growling.
So, I don't know if it's just us feeding into his attention seeking by growling? (We don't get up and pet him when he does this.) Or if we really have something happening.
Time to call Sam and Dean. You might wanna burn that clown mask (or was it a puppet?) you found in the meantime.
Post by StrawberryBlondie on Sept 3, 2015 11:19:03 GMT -5
I have the day off. Slept in, dropped the kid off at daycare, went to the gym, went grocery shopping, and its not even noon. This is basically the most productive I've been all year.
What the everloving hell. Facebook with OMGzombies mother:
Minutes after she liked and shared this photo:
She then follows it with this photo:
and I'm just sitting here:
I think part of the problem is that she pretty much just likes and shares everything she sees on her Facebook feed, but the other part of the problem is that no matter how many times we go over the "black lives matter" is not saying that other lives don't matter, and how offensive and dismissive of the problem those sorts of pictures and statements are (which she always nods her head along with and agrees at the time) she goes right back to it.
My aunt posted something like the second one. I replied with a WOT about how its not really in dispute that the officer's life matters.