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Likewise.  Last year's event was black and white masquerade, but it was black/white cocktail attire.

I got an invite to a work event.  The event seems to be awards-show themed; the invite is black and gold and there's half an oscar outline on it.  The invite says "drinks, dinner, and dancing" followed by "red carpet attire".  The venue is our city's fancy auditorium.  This will be a large event.  (Probably 500-1000 people)

Does this mean ball gown?  Glittery slinky thing?  Fancy cocktail?  Help me with rent the runway suggestions?  (And just to make this more complicated, I will most likely be wearing a cardiac event monitor, so there may be wires and a box to conceal under said dress.)

Are you moving out of town or just across town?

It's infuriating.  Couldn't the man have done *something* correctly?  ANYTHING?  Between the crooked damn toilet and the portal to hell in our family room, I'm royally pissed about everything right now.

We knew going in that an old house was a money pit, but we figured a damn GC would at least do things *correctly*.  How wrong we were.  (and now I know that being a GC doesn't mean you know how to do freaking ANYTHING)

I've never tried barre.  Is it really low heart rate?  I have a couple ballet DVDs and they're all kinds of jumping around, so I assumed barre was the same.  

In the mall at night.

On a life raft in the ocean with a fishing pole but no bait.

Howdy!

We did something H&G related for the first time in forever this weekend - we replaced a toilet (exciting, right?)!  The process reinforced, once again, our commitment to never again buy a house that was previously owned by a GC.  OMG, this guy was the absolute worst.  We replaced the toilet because it clogged frequently and the final straw was that one of the bolts holding it on seemed to be in free space, so we were concerned it would leak.  So, we bought a new cadillac of a toilet (WTH ARE ALL TOILETS SO DAMN TALL THESE DAYS?) and R installed it.  The reason the toilet was rocking and the bolt wasn't attached?  THE MF-ER PUT THE FLANGE IN CROOKED AND TRIED TO COVER IT UP BY TWISTING THE TOILET TO BE STRAIGHT ONCE IT WAS ATTACHED.  So the bolt wasn't even remotely in the flange, and now our new toilet is crooked because better crooked than floating randomly.  UGH.  Also, he put the damn flange into the subfloor instead of the regular floor (which is hardwood), so there's like a good half inch of free space that has to be taken up by the world's tallest wax ring pile.  Dumbass x50.  

Ok, so that was more of a vent.  But whatever.  NHG-related, I have literally 6 knitting projects going right now and I'm not at all motivated to finish *any* of them.  Several are like, an hour away from being finished.  WHY can't I buckle down and complete something??

Jillaroo, are you/family/pets all OK? Do you need anything? I live in one of the shelter areas (foothills) so if I can help or if you need anything, let me know.

I'd get a certified arborist to write a report on the condition of the trees. Then find out from the neighbors where to send it and send that, plus a letter indicating your concerns. I'd send certified copies of the letter to the city and your insurance agent, as well. CYA.

I'd go with Efron. I don't like when a guy's neck is bigger than his head. (Literally, not figuratively, of course)

This may be mildly blasphemous, but I literally LOLed.  I'm glad I work from home.

I like the idea, but not the colors. Maybe if it was more jewel toned, or beachy colors, or even shades of a single color, it would be ok. But at least on my screen, that thing reads as nearly neon. Like, pre-teen room colors. In the close-up photo, the colors read better, but the pattern reminds me of my grandma's front door mat. I'd keep looking.

I used to lifeguard at a place where we *regularly* had to tell this one (old, not-so-in-shape) guy to a) pull his shorts up and b) tuck his penis back in.  He wore yellow, unlined, nylon, short shorts.  Either they were falling down or mr. happy was falling out.  Or both, which was a treat, I tell you what.

ETA: And you could see through them after he got wet, so bonus!