Post by UnderProtest on Feb 24, 2016 15:32:39 GMT -5
Do you want a nice one or a functional sporty one?
My husband has a nice Hugo Boss one (no hood) that he wears with his suit. He loves it but it wasn't cheap. Because I just run the kids to and from school, I wear a Columbia ski jacket (with or without the fleece under jacket).
Post by UnderProtest on Feb 24, 2016 15:16:59 GMT -5
Layers, layers, layers and more layers. Most places aren't fancy so jeans are fine except for afternoon tea or fancy dinners. Your shoe wear will give you away as a tourist though. Avoid sneakers/tennis shoes and stick to comfortable boots or ballet flat type shoes (the Vince Camuto ballet flats have been my go to lately). Definitely bring a waterproof outer jacket as its always rainy and/or windy. Scarves are useful for layering and keeping you warm.
Post by UnderProtest on Feb 24, 2016 12:20:08 GMT -5
The extra coffee that I had and the *hope* that I will have a functioning washer by Friday. I'm not holding my breath though, but there is some light at the end of the tunnel.
explorer2001, I am so happy for you that you have someone who loves you and is supportive of you. You deserve that (and a break with your health too)!
Post by UnderProtest on Feb 23, 2016 11:46:17 GMT -5
RockNVoll, I've told you of my hatred of orange! Blue seemed like it would be less likely to "clash" with the reddish bits of my hair than pink. I dunno......how about teal???
Post by UnderProtest on Feb 22, 2016 14:07:38 GMT -5
Okay, so I finally booked an appointment to color my hair. I want to do something funky, but I can't do the under color thing that I posted before as my hair isn't thick enough. So I want to do a streak or something of blue or something, but I'm not sure what. I've got brown with auburn streaked ear length hair (which I'm also going to get cut). So PIP ideas for me! Please!
Post by UnderProtest on Feb 22, 2016 13:35:39 GMT -5
Scotland isn't the place to go in December/January. While its lovely, you will have so little daylight to see anything. It would be great in the summer though. I also love Ireland in the summer. While it isn't warm, it is so green and there are so many places to see.
Post by UnderProtest on Feb 21, 2016 10:31:27 GMT -5
We have/had one (its in storage right now). I can't wait to have it back! We didn't have the adjustable base and maybe they changed the warranty, but I swear it was a 20 year warranty. They replaced several pieces for me when the sides were sagging. I like the mattress firmer than my husband and I also liked that the foam piece in the middle kind of kept him on his side.
Don't know about budget (I'm only ever a visitor up there) but there would be quite a few towns in Fairfield County and Westchester that would be good options. Generally an expensive area, certainly, but some towns are more expensive than others. And hey, it has to be hard to scare someone coming from London!
Ha, its only fake money here (expat package).
lolo , thanks for the offer. I'll let you know if I get to that point.
Post by UnderProtest on Feb 18, 2016 16:26:49 GMT -5
We put our house on the market when our twins were 25 months old. We did a major decluttering and ORGANIZING. We didn't have a ton of storage, so we made extra sure that the closets and cabinets at least looked like they weren't about to explode with things. I did leave one or two things on the kitchen counter. Hell, I had twins, the coffeemaker stayed. I made sure things were clean (we also had a dog) and our real estate agent had a professional photographer take the listing pictures. For that day, we had the cleaning lady come and yard people to literally blow the leaves off the whole yard one hour before pictures (it was fall with some really big trees that caused a mess). Our house sold on the second day at an open house.
She was asking about the two things on the ceiling, I'm guessing one might be a smoke detector?
Oh, what about a light tube? My MIL had one in Arizona and it helped so much (only during the day, obviously). It's like a skylight but without actually having to worry about a window.
Derp. Reading fail.
One is a fan. We use the woodstove almost exclusively so that's how the heat gets to the back of the house.
The other is a light. One lone recessed light.
Yeah, take out the weirdly placed lone recessed light while he is rewiring the whole ceiling.
Ladder bookshelves with not much on them at the moment.
She was asking about the two things on the ceiling, I'm guessing one might be a smoke detector?
Oh, what about a light tube? My MIL had one in Arizona and it helped so much (only during the day, obviously). It's like a skylight but without actually having to worry about a window.
Post by UnderProtest on Feb 18, 2016 13:04:10 GMT -5
@bellakitty, I get that this is hurtful and doesn't make any sense, but don't make it your hill to die on if everything else is going okay. It will frustrate you and not get you anywhere.
Post by UnderProtest on Feb 18, 2016 13:02:19 GMT -5
I believe ours was $1,600 a couple years ago in a MCOL. It included guardianship, trusts, a special clause if all 4 of us died and a deed change on our house.
Oh, and it was a one guy shop, not a big firm with expensive offices.
Post by UnderProtest on Feb 18, 2016 12:57:31 GMT -5
Recessed lighting in the ceiling....depending on that wattage, maybe between 4-6 lights? A table lamp on the blue cabinet and on the side table between couch and love seat. And uplighting in the corner on the left in your picture....can't tell if that is where the tv is. What is on the other side of the room?
Or come over here again and I can ply you with tea or wine (whichever is appropriate) and chat!
Girl, I would so love to go over and hang with you and RockNVoll again! Perhaps I can guilt convince DH I need another London girls weekend when all this IVF business is said and done
After IVF you have more than "earned" a girls trip.