Post by UnderProtest on Nov 11, 2015 11:26:37 GMT -5
I really enjoyed not having to cook for 6 weeks. I'm not sure I can get back on board with this cooking thing. Is it cheaper to hire a personal chef or just eat out every day?
Post by UnderProtest on Nov 10, 2015 17:43:47 GMT -5
Depends on if you want to see each one individually or if you want it to be one large piece. From my perspective if you offset them you can't really see the individual tiles like you could if you hung them in straight line. Personally I like the square arrangement.
Post by UnderProtest on Nov 10, 2015 17:31:20 GMT -5
Yes, I also have one and hate it. The shower is always so cold because all the heat and steam is lost to the rest of the bathroom. I squegee ours off so it doesn't show the water marks as much, but the seal is still falling off after just a year.
I'm in London and right now there isn't room for my makeup either (hopefully this will change soon).
I store my makeup on my dresser top (small tall dresser from IKEA) and decided to re-home a few things that I don't use often to storage under my bed so I could store more makeup in a drawer:
I bought organising items from the £1 shops, IKEA and Homesense.
Your set up looks a lot like mine. I was hoping for some magic, pretty and functional method. Storage here just sucks!
Do you store your makeup in the same location that you apply your makeup? Or does it live in a basket on top of your dresser, then get transported to the bathroom when you're getting ready?
You're in the UK, right? Honestly, our bathrooms were so tiny with no storage, it made makeup a huge chore. We had some of those little wheeled carts in our family bathroom, and I kept my makeup in there, and applied my makeup in there too. The master bath was WAY too small for that.
Yep, I'm in London. I'm having trouble imagining what you used. The master bath doesn't have much space though.
I apply my makeup in the bedroom where it is stored. The lighting is slightly better there, so I want it to be somewhat pretty instead of purely functional.
I have acrylic organizers for both my makeup and jewelry that I got on Amazon. I just purchased a larger one last night because the ones I got weren't big enough for my stash, and I realized that I leave out certain skincare items and I want a better place for them. I keep the brushes in decorative cups from Target.
I know this isn't really helpful, but is there any way you could add a medicine cabinet? That's where I store mine and it only takes up wall space, not footprint. Also, for brushes, I put everything in a separated toothbrush holder, like this. You could also put mascara, tall lip glosses, etc. in here too.
Probably not. We are just renting and one wall is mirror and the other is a stone wall. We haven't had any luck hanging pictures on the stone walls, so I'm not sure a medicine cabinet would stay up.
Post by UnderProtest on Nov 9, 2015 12:47:04 GMT -5
So I left my awesome organized bathroom makeup drawer when I sold my house for a horrific basket on top of a dresser in my new house. I am determined (after only a year and a half) to organize and make this place feel homier. I am at a loss for what to do with my makeup. I have no bathroom cabinet or drawer space to spare (no drawers at all, actually). I have a little bit of a counter behind the toilet that I could put stuff, but I don't love the idea of makeup there as the air in this city is dirty enough. Right now, my makeup fills one basket that I put on top of a dresser in the bedroom which is also where I do my makeup (stupid single sink).
Tell me how you store your makeup and any containers that you find particularly useful!
Post by UnderProtest on Nov 5, 2015 14:29:54 GMT -5
48 hours left in the U.S. Then I get a horrific red eye flight back with two cranky four year olds. Why hasn't someone invented a transporter of some sort so that I don't have to pack and travel?
Post by UnderProtest on Oct 30, 2015 19:40:54 GMT -5
Me! After a full day at the zoo with five kids and one whiny man (and two normal adults), I'm drinking red wine. No clue what it is....whatever our friends have at their house (they aren't wine drinkers).
Post by UnderProtest on Oct 30, 2015 18:55:49 GMT -5
Definitely bring the little one's bucket seat. I flew when mine where 7 months old and they just passed out in the bucket car seats. For the older one, just bring snacks, toys, and TV. We get to fly business class when we fly for our home leave and our kids don't touch anything in their bags because they are so distracted with the tv on the plane and all the snacks. I have found the business class passengers to be really nice, much more than expected. We had a crazy flight attendant that tried to not give our 2.5 year old kids food because she thought they were still on formula. But all in all, people are good if they see you are trying.
When I left for London nine months ahead of DH the Boston GBCNers asked if he'd still attend the monthly GTGs, LOL.
I foolishly told him he could stay until December, lol. He's now applying for jobs, but this requires proposing courses and he wanted access to the many libraries for this purpose. On one hand I'm regretting leaving without him, on the other hand, I didn't have to deal with all the crap we've accumulated in the past 5 years.
Good call leaving him to deal with all the stuff! Hope you are doing well. Hate that we didn't meet up before you left but I was stressed packing for our six week trip too. I can't imagine what you were going through!
And back to the point, I'd be up for another get together. I don't have my calendar with me but I don't have much planned so I should be free.
All indications point to that. And this trip "home" has made me want to stay.
Aww, I know it's not what you wanted, I'm sorry.
But I'm looking forward to having a drink together when you get back
Thanks. I'm being a big baby right now. It hasn't helped that I was at the in laws all last week and now at friends so no alone time in quite awhile. Plus I have to drive the kids and I from Cleveland to the Pittsburgh airport by myself because H has to get an early flight.
I will need several drinks when I get back. Bad news about my friend C's sister hasn't made things better.
All indications point to that. And this trip "home" has made me want to stay.
Oh man, I'm sorry to hear that since I know you were saying last month how you're ready to come back (I was selfishly seeing a silver lining in a Seattle placement bust mostly just wanted you to get back to where you want to be since I understand the draw to go back home).
When will you know for sure?
Ha. You would be the only person in Seattle I knew so you might regret that.
I suppose we should know definitely by no later than January. They would have to start the repatriation process by then if we were moving next summer.
I want to buy a house of my own...in the U.S. Is that too frivolous when my husband's job is in the UK for the next two years? It wouldn't have to be big.
Wait, has it been decided you guys are staying in the UK?
All indications point to that. And this trip "home" has made me want to stay.
Post by UnderProtest on Oct 30, 2015 17:44:16 GMT -5
I want to buy a house of my own...in the U.S. Is that too frivolous when my husband's job is in the UK for the next two years? It wouldn't have to be big.
Post by UnderProtest on Oct 25, 2015 23:39:01 GMT -5
I am utterly amazed and shocked how immature and attention whoring an in law was at a wedding this weekend. She is a 41 year old woman who has a decent job, a house, three kids, and a husband (yes, there is a reason I put him last, but that's another tangent). It isn't your wedding, the focus doesn't need to be on you or your stupid, obnoxious, ill behaved chlldren. If you were as close to the bride as you claim to be, you wouldn't have almost let your 4.5 year old interrupt the cake cutting. It wasn't cute, it was disrespectful and an indicator of your poor parenting.
Normally I feel like I am very good at my job and I enjoy it. Right now, I just want to run away and never come back. I'm exhausted and overwhelmed. I can't get a straight answer to things. I am getting pulled in a bunch of different directions. There's more but I really can't get into it. I just want to curl up in a corner and cry/collapse/ sleep and not deal with anything more.
I had fun people watching. Even the fair food was a bit disappointing.
Bummer that the food was disappointing. That's the best part of the fair, IMO
I KNOW!!! That is the only reason I agreed to go. But it is probably best for me. I'm still not sure if my bridesmaid dress will fit and inhaling two cookie cakes in the past week and a half probably hasn't helped.