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[mrs.jacinthe]

I have so many...

I am 36 tomorrow. And today, for literally the first time in my adult life, I received a box of business cards. OMG. I'm a real grown up. I am so freaking stoked to start selling houses. It's a complete dream job.

We're going up the hill Saturday evening because they have gotten 14 FEET of snow in the last week or so. R wants to see some snow and have dinner.

If someone gave me $10000 in free money to LL Bean, I could seriously spend all of it in their home catalog. For reals - I want everything they sell.

[mrsukyankee]

Congrats on the business cards and best of luck in your new venture!

We have a meeting with our contractor tonight and my H is going to ream the guy out for some of the idiocy that has occurred. At least the guys should be finishing off the exterior work as of tomorrow so we should have a house w/o scaffolding soon!

[AmyRI]

Happy birthday, mrs.jacinthe!

The realtor has shown my father's condo a bunch of times, and one woman multiple times but she wanted to bring in contractors to tell her how much money it would cost her to get the place looking nice again so that she could subtract that number from the listing price in her offer. Ummm, no, we're listed $20k below the updated unit in the same complex for just that fucking reason. You can't just take another $20k off because the list price is the top of your budget...

[munkii]

Happy birthday, mrs.jacinthe!

I interviewed out of state yesterday, but it's not for me, but I could tell pretty quickly that it wasn't the job for me. I am kind of put out, though; not by them. I feel like I'm never going to find a job.

It's currently 62 degrees on January 12th in Indiana. No, climate change isn't real. Isn't real at all. (I think it's obvious that is sarcasm, but I'll make myself clear here: I was being sarcastic.)

[TBM]

Happy Birthday mrs.jacinthe!

My grandsons brought me the flu for Christmas, (nice,huh), and I was really out of it for at least a week. I am still not 100%. I actually feel pretty good, and I lost 5 lbs as a bonus, but I have a super annoying cough and my stamina still sucks. We have plans to go to the Epcot International Festival of the Arts tomorrow, a Florida Highwaymen art event on Sat, Singin' in the Rain on the big screen on Sunday (if you like the movie at all, you have to see it on the big screen....it is amazing how different it is), and we have tickets to see Wicked on Tuesday night. I don't think we will make any plans for the following weekend. lol

Speaking of the Florida Highwaymen....we bought an original painting at an event a couple of years ago, and then last year we bought a small, framed giclee print from another artist, (it was all we could justify spending since DH had just been laid off a couple of days before that). I have had the art leaning on the desk and shelf where I could see it all the time, but I finally got it all hung up on a huge gallery wall before the holidays. I have no idea why I didn't notice it before, but the two paintings, done by two different 'highwaymen' (one is actually a woman), are of the exact same place. One shows a lot more of the surrounding area and is like a black and white, and the other is colorful with a much tighter perspective, but there is no mistaking the the two trees in the two paintings. I can't believe that after looking through so many paintings, and at two different shows, that I managed to pick the paintings with the same two trees.

[emoflamingo]

mrs.jacinthe,

[emoflamingo]

Okay I'm back.

I have an interview on Monday. I am so excited. A new job would so help my disposition and my bank account.

[pumpkin]

Happy Birthday, mrs.jacinthe!

I remember my 1st (and only) job with a business card. In fact I still have the box somewhere because I didn't want to throw them out in case I never again had a job with business cards.

I'm glad the weather here is changing a little as I slid down a hill in my car on Tuesday trying to get to work and ended up sideways in the road; not fun. And then my dad fell in the driveway, getting the newspaper, and broke his arm.

Looking forward to this weekend as I can use some down time. But am super sad that one of my co-workers is retiring tomorrow; I'm sad to see her go and it's going to be a huge loss for our office.

[OscarQ]

Happy Birthday mrs.jacinthe! It's been ages since I've had business cards. I was thinking about requesting them the other day but I WFH so I rarely see anyone.

I made a list of all my home projects and broke it down by cost estimates. I'm hoping it keeps me moving on projects that are free or low cost while saving money to deal with the larger things. I tend to get a bit focused on what I can't accomplish instead of plugging along.

Speaking of larger projects, our new LR ceiling is in process and the ceiling fan came down. I really hate it and was loathe to put it back up so I found a replacement. And it does the impossible, it's sleek and modern and gorgeous and makes me drool.

[munkii]

Jan 12, 2017 14:13:30 GMT -5 pumpkin said:

I'm glad the weather here is changing a little as I slid down a hill in my car on Tuesday trying to get to work and ended up sideways in the road; not fun. And then my dad fell in the driveway, getting the newspaper, and broke his arm. 

That sounds terrifying! Are you ok? Also, sorry about your dad's misfortune. 

[pumpkin]

Jan 12, 2017 16:13:45 GMT -5 munkii said:

Jan 12, 2017 14:13:30 GMT -5 pumpkin said:

I'm glad the weather here is changing a little as I slid down a hill in my car on Tuesday trying to get to work and ended up sideways in the road; not fun. And then my dad fell in the driveway, getting the newspaper, and broke his arm. 

That sounds terrifying! Are you ok? Also, sorry about your dad's misfortune. 

I am, thanks! At the time I was swearing and panicking and trying not to cry all at the same time. Once I got to the main road all was good, but it was a scary few minutes for sure. That black ice sure is no fun.