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Monday, November 21, 2011
My "vacation"
Friday, November 18, 2011
ACKness!
So we're finally to the week that I'll travel to Florida for my Grandmother's birthday celebration. so much to do, so much to do!!!
I am doing laundry today so that I can plan out my trip wardrobe and see what bag I need to pack for my trip. I'm pretty sure at this point that I won't be needing to use any of our rolling carry on bags...I won't have that much stuff to take. Hopefully my mother doesn't plan for me to take a bunch of stuff home with me like she did for my last trip. Oye!
I went grocery shopping yesterday to buy food for DH & Darly to eat while I'm gone. That was kinda weird as the one night Darly has rehearsal so she'll be eating dinner there and DH will have to fend for himself for dinner. I didn't buy him anything special, but there will be his choice of left-overs, 2 frozen meals, 1 pantry meal or just going out for dinner. I'm betting he has toast with peanut butter and honey on it instead. @@
I'll be staying at my Mom's house. But we get there pretty late in the evening which means no time to shop for my morning coffee. So I've bought some powdered creamer to pack and take with me because my mom thinks my use of creamer is wrong. sigh! I hope the TSA doesn't give me a hard time about taking it with me. Perhaps taking liquid creamer would have been easier if I just packed it with my shampoo? We'll see. Worst case I have to toss it, but I hope they let me mail it back home instead if I can't take it with me.
Mom is planning a big family dinner for the full day that I'll be there. She wants to serve all the family favorites. She can't cook the family favorites anymore so guess who gets to do that? Oh well, I guess it is a small price to pay for free room and board, eh? I'm just hoping that there will be vegetables.
I advised DH of Darly's schedule for while I'm gone... they're not coming with me by the way because Darly had rehearsals for her show. Then I find out today that one of the days the location has changed. Luckily DH has been to both locations plenty of times. I'll advise him of it again, it is written down on the calendar and Darly knows where the rehearsals are. I HOPE that they get it right when I'm not here. I've also wrote down the start times with a 15 min buffer window as DH doesn't share my sense of timeliness and prefers to plan to be there with just enough time to be 5 min late. It has taken me years to get over this and as I have he seems to have let up on this and lean more toward being on time.
There won't be internet service at my Mom's house. So I'll only have Mobil Web on my phone. Luckily that gets me email and Facebook, but it means I won't be able to do any work. :( Luckily again the weekends are pretty easy going and I have my co-workers to help me out too...I will probably come home with nothing much to do. Hummm I should find out about getting my other counters to help with the computer bookkeeping at Church too. ??? It couldn't hurt to ask.
Weather is going to be interesting for this trip. When I leave it will be nice here and I won't need a coat. When I get there it looks to be HOT! I could pack and wear shorts, but I won't subject the poor citizens of FL to that much whiteness. And then when I return it is supposed to be downright COLD out. So I've asked Darly to make sure that my coat is in the car when they pick me up. I plan to leave it in the car before I go, but knowing DH he'll put it away for me. nice guy!
When I return I have the joys of getting ready for Thanksgiving and Jury Duty. I won't find out until the day before if I actually have to report...and I won't find out until I report how long the trial is supposed to be. I would HOPE that we don't have to sit over Thanksgiving for this...but who knows. I also hope that if I'm chosen for the jury that the trial is interesting.
I am doing laundry today so that I can plan out my trip wardrobe and see what bag I need to pack for my trip. I'm pretty sure at this point that I won't be needing to use any of our rolling carry on bags...I won't have that much stuff to take. Hopefully my mother doesn't plan for me to take a bunch of stuff home with me like she did for my last trip. Oye!
I went grocery shopping yesterday to buy food for DH & Darly to eat while I'm gone. That was kinda weird as the one night Darly has rehearsal so she'll be eating dinner there and DH will have to fend for himself for dinner. I didn't buy him anything special, but there will be his choice of left-overs, 2 frozen meals, 1 pantry meal or just going out for dinner. I'm betting he has toast with peanut butter and honey on it instead. @@
I'll be staying at my Mom's house. But we get there pretty late in the evening which means no time to shop for my morning coffee. So I've bought some powdered creamer to pack and take with me because my mom thinks my use of creamer is wrong. sigh! I hope the TSA doesn't give me a hard time about taking it with me. Perhaps taking liquid creamer would have been easier if I just packed it with my shampoo? We'll see. Worst case I have to toss it, but I hope they let me mail it back home instead if I can't take it with me.
Mom is planning a big family dinner for the full day that I'll be there. She wants to serve all the family favorites. She can't cook the family favorites anymore so guess who gets to do that? Oh well, I guess it is a small price to pay for free room and board, eh? I'm just hoping that there will be vegetables.
I advised DH of Darly's schedule for while I'm gone... they're not coming with me by the way because Darly had rehearsals for her show. Then I find out today that one of the days the location has changed. Luckily DH has been to both locations plenty of times. I'll advise him of it again, it is written down on the calendar and Darly knows where the rehearsals are. I HOPE that they get it right when I'm not here. I've also wrote down the start times with a 15 min buffer window as DH doesn't share my sense of timeliness and prefers to plan to be there with just enough time to be 5 min late. It has taken me years to get over this and as I have he seems to have let up on this and lean more toward being on time.
There won't be internet service at my Mom's house. So I'll only have Mobil Web on my phone. Luckily that gets me email and Facebook, but it means I won't be able to do any work. :( Luckily again the weekends are pretty easy going and I have my co-workers to help me out too...I will probably come home with nothing much to do. Hummm I should find out about getting my other counters to help with the computer bookkeeping at Church too. ??? It couldn't hurt to ask.
Weather is going to be interesting for this trip. When I leave it will be nice here and I won't need a coat. When I get there it looks to be HOT! I could pack and wear shorts, but I won't subject the poor citizens of FL to that much whiteness. And then when I return it is supposed to be downright COLD out. So I've asked Darly to make sure that my coat is in the car when they pick me up. I plan to leave it in the car before I go, but knowing DH he'll put it away for me. nice guy!
When I return I have the joys of getting ready for Thanksgiving and Jury Duty. I won't find out until the day before if I actually have to report...and I won't find out until I report how long the trial is supposed to be. I would HOPE that we don't have to sit over Thanksgiving for this...but who knows. I also hope that if I'm chosen for the jury that the trial is interesting.
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Ode of Funky Teenager!
Scrooge is now over and we need to clean the costumes. Dry Cleaning on some of the items would seem like the logical choice, but we don't have the budget for that. So I've tried other ways to get rid of the smell...
My first attempt was to spray the pits of the stronger smelling items with Frebreeze and then hang them outside in the sun. That worked well for about 75% of what I had...however, some of these items really STINK!
So next I tried tossing them in the dryer with that Dryelle stuff. Didn't phase it. perhaps I put too many items in the bag at a time? I don't know.
Looking on line I've found some more tricks...like first turning the garments inside out and then hitting them harder with the Frebreeze than I did the first time.
Another idea was to try rubbing alcohol or vinegar.
and another idea is to try the Dryelle again but only one garment at a time.
oh and I'll try washing some of the items with water anyway, because they don't seem as if they're as delicate as some of the other moms first thought.
Wish me luck.
oh and Darly & I are seriously considering handing out trial sized sticks of deodorant for the next show. I wonder if some of the kids don't bother...and should!
My first attempt was to spray the pits of the stronger smelling items with Frebreeze and then hang them outside in the sun. That worked well for about 75% of what I had...however, some of these items really STINK!
So next I tried tossing them in the dryer with that Dryelle stuff. Didn't phase it. perhaps I put too many items in the bag at a time? I don't know.
Looking on line I've found some more tricks...like first turning the garments inside out and then hitting them harder with the Frebreeze than I did the first time.
Another idea was to try rubbing alcohol or vinegar.
and another idea is to try the Dryelle again but only one garment at a time.
oh and I'll try washing some of the items with water anyway, because they don't seem as if they're as delicate as some of the other moms first thought.
Wish me luck.
oh and Darly & I are seriously considering handing out trial sized sticks of deodorant for the next show. I wonder if some of the kids don't bother...and should!
Friday, October 28, 2011
Grocery shopping rant
k you've been warned that this will be ranty. twice now. ;o)
Darly found a shopping bag that I'm not using so that brought on this post.
I started collecting reusable grocery bags back when we were in Korea...WOW has it REALLY been that long??? anyway, I've managed to get quite the collection. I have some that are small and pretty much just two rectangles of fabric sewn together with some handles, a few that are those square bottomed made out of some sort of plasticky recycled stuff, a few canvas bags and one really nice insulated bag.
When I first started on this adventure the grocery store used to pay me to bring my own bags. They don't do that any longer. They SAID they were gonna start charging folks for using plastic or paper...they haven't done that either. So now the only real advantage to using my own bags is that I like them and they hold more stuff than those flimsy plastic bags.
Grocery store baggers are still idiots. I KNOW that they are supposed to receive training on how to bag groceries...like don't put cans on top of the eggs and such. But they don't seem to remember how to do that. It has gotten so that I will shop for the right check out lane so I get a bagger with a brain and I don't get smushed bread. If I can't do that, I usually spend a few minutes in the parking lot rebagging my groceries.
I had to take a marker to my insulated bag and write COLD on it so that my cold items go in that bag (btw: I organize my shopping cart so that similar items reach the bagger in groups.) Yet I can't tell you how many times I get my cereal bagged in the cold items bag! It doesn't help.
The two really small bags should be for light things like bread, chips or eggs...but no. They like to load those up with canned food. I now have to retire one of my bags as it is falling apart.
And then I put all my bags into the largest bag. The idea is that they should use the bags inside that bag first and then if I go that far use the outer bag. But the baggers like to empty the big bag and use it first...then when they finish my order figure out how to contain all my extra bags. I bring my own produce bags too so this can be quite messy. sigh!
oh and I frequently have to remind the baggers that I have to carry these bags once I get them home. It seems they get some sort of sick pleasure in trying to load my entire order into one bag...that's probably why they go for my big carrying bag. Of course this will backfire with them putting very little in the bags too.
Darly found a shopping bag that I'm not using so that brought on this post.
I started collecting reusable grocery bags back when we were in Korea...WOW has it REALLY been that long??? anyway, I've managed to get quite the collection. I have some that are small and pretty much just two rectangles of fabric sewn together with some handles, a few that are those square bottomed made out of some sort of plasticky recycled stuff, a few canvas bags and one really nice insulated bag.
When I first started on this adventure the grocery store used to pay me to bring my own bags. They don't do that any longer. They SAID they were gonna start charging folks for using plastic or paper...they haven't done that either. So now the only real advantage to using my own bags is that I like them and they hold more stuff than those flimsy plastic bags.
Grocery store baggers are still idiots. I KNOW that they are supposed to receive training on how to bag groceries...like don't put cans on top of the eggs and such. But they don't seem to remember how to do that. It has gotten so that I will shop for the right check out lane so I get a bagger with a brain and I don't get smushed bread. If I can't do that, I usually spend a few minutes in the parking lot rebagging my groceries.
I had to take a marker to my insulated bag and write COLD on it so that my cold items go in that bag (btw: I organize my shopping cart so that similar items reach the bagger in groups.) Yet I can't tell you how many times I get my cereal bagged in the cold items bag! It doesn't help.
The two really small bags should be for light things like bread, chips or eggs...but no. They like to load those up with canned food. I now have to retire one of my bags as it is falling apart.
And then I put all my bags into the largest bag. The idea is that they should use the bags inside that bag first and then if I go that far use the outer bag. But the baggers like to empty the big bag and use it first...then when they finish my order figure out how to contain all my extra bags. I bring my own produce bags too so this can be quite messy. sigh!
oh and I frequently have to remind the baggers that I have to carry these bags once I get them home. It seems they get some sort of sick pleasure in trying to load my entire order into one bag...that's probably why they go for my big carrying bag. Of course this will backfire with them putting very little in the bags too.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
snow and laziness
Despite what some national news reporters are saying, my area is enjoying it's second snow storm of the season...we got our first snow back on Oct 8th. sigh
you all know of my snow allergy. So far today I've been able to stay inside as the only place the snow is sticking to the pavement is where my driveway is hollow underneath it. I should go out and shovel that part so that it will melt while the sun has a chance to get at it. hummm that might provide exercise.
But alas there's the laziness I mentioned. This kind of weather makes me lazy. I want to just eat fattening foods and snuggle with a good book.
This snow is supposed to all be gone by the weekend...just in time for folks to come see Scrooge!
you all know of my snow allergy. So far today I've been able to stay inside as the only place the snow is sticking to the pavement is where my driveway is hollow underneath it. I should go out and shovel that part so that it will melt while the sun has a chance to get at it. hummm that might provide exercise.
But alas there's the laziness I mentioned. This kind of weather makes me lazy. I want to just eat fattening foods and snuggle with a good book.
This snow is supposed to all be gone by the weekend...just in time for folks to come see Scrooge!
Monday, October 17, 2011
Grandma's Birthday
My grandmother turns 90 this year in December. She has two daughters, my mother and my aunt of course. My mother stopped speaking to her mother and sister years ago over many years of wrongs on both sides and I don't see that ever getting cleared up. Honestly it's my opinion that it is best for things to remain this way.
That said all the grand kids decided that we would like to take grandma out to a nice restaurant for her birthday. There's a few problems with this... two of us live in another state... one of us is about to be unavailable for a long time... and we're all very very busy.
Ideally it would be nice to take grandma out ON her birthday in December. But the one who won't be available for a long time leaves at the end of November. (sorry to be so cryptic here) So it would seem that we need to do this in November... but then one of my cousins is going to another state for most of the month.
So what to do? I suggest that we do this in two parts... those of us available in Nov can do it then and those of us available in Dec can do it then!
Now I have one weekend in November completely free of planned activities, that didn't work for the others. I have one weekend that is all planned, but I can have hubby take over for me that weekend and make it work. That seemed to work for at least 3 of the 6.
To make that work...
Darly has auditions and confirmation retreat on that weekend. So hubby would have to take her to the audition scheduled before the confirmation retreat and deal with the possible call back.
However, I found out that the retreat might get moved...easier for hubby I guess.
Now I'm just waiting for the 3 to tell me if I should buy my flight... tick tick tick
That said all the grand kids decided that we would like to take grandma out to a nice restaurant for her birthday. There's a few problems with this... two of us live in another state... one of us is about to be unavailable for a long time... and we're all very very busy.
Ideally it would be nice to take grandma out ON her birthday in December. But the one who won't be available for a long time leaves at the end of November. (sorry to be so cryptic here) So it would seem that we need to do this in November... but then one of my cousins is going to another state for most of the month.
So what to do? I suggest that we do this in two parts... those of us available in Nov can do it then and those of us available in Dec can do it then!
Now I have one weekend in November completely free of planned activities, that didn't work for the others. I have one weekend that is all planned, but I can have hubby take over for me that weekend and make it work. That seemed to work for at least 3 of the 6.
To make that work...
Darly has auditions and confirmation retreat on that weekend. So hubby would have to take her to the audition scheduled before the confirmation retreat and deal with the possible call back.
However, I found out that the retreat might get moved...easier for hubby I guess.
Now I'm just waiting for the 3 to tell me if I should buy my flight... tick tick tick
Don't Ask updated
Hubby went back to the doctor on the 11th for a follow up appointment. He was able to see his regular doctor who found that they had forgotten to send his x-ray from the 8th to the radiologist...which meant there was NO official diagnosis of pneumonia. :p Doc was pretty sure that he had it though. She felt that the anti-biotic prescribed was stronger than she would have given him...but I don't care. I would much rather "nuke" the pneumonia than start low and work our way up to the big guns.
Hubby went back to work on the 11th to an ice cold office (they hadn't switched on the heat yet) so he came home feeling worse from trying to keep warm all day. The doc said his lungs sounded much better though (even though she hadn't heard them on Saturday.)
On Friday hubby had to start working out side for a few days and that seemed to be a set back as he was cold and tired each day...but now he seems much better. I forget when he goes back to see the doctor, but he does have another follow up. And of course if I feel that he didn't kick this when he finishes up this round of antibiotics we'll go back for some more.
Just bothersome that I feel as if I have to be the real doctor here and we're just using the paid doctor to get the medication we need. :(
Hubby went back to work on the 11th to an ice cold office (they hadn't switched on the heat yet) so he came home feeling worse from trying to keep warm all day. The doc said his lungs sounded much better though (even though she hadn't heard them on Saturday.)
On Friday hubby had to start working out side for a few days and that seemed to be a set back as he was cold and tired each day...but now he seems much better. I forget when he goes back to see the doctor, but he does have another follow up. And of course if I feel that he didn't kick this when he finishes up this round of antibiotics we'll go back for some more.
Just bothersome that I feel as if I have to be the real doctor here and we're just using the paid doctor to get the medication we need. :(
Saturday, October 08, 2011
don't ask!
so after years of putting up with my co-leader for Girl Scouts' snide remarks she finally resigned yesterday, during our meeting...with a few more jabs at my expense. She claims that her girls want more badges and activities and SHE can't be leading all the meetings with them. I know this, I do a load of the meetings too...unfortunately they all tend to be the general upkeep of the troop type. Registration, Ceremonies, Cookie Training. Because my child isn't thrilled with being at the meetings any longer (her BFF quit) I've decided to resign also. Being a leader is tiring and my only help without complaints was BFF's mom.
Then we had the costume parade today. Unfortunately, I had planned to get a lot of things done this morning before the parade instead of finishing them last night...unfortunately because........
This morning hubby wakes up with symptoms of pneumonia. He's been sick for a few days and doing fairly well (still going to work) but this morning after a rough night he felt dizzy and had some other signs that we needed to take him to see the doctor.
(note: we were both pretty skeptical about taking him to the doc because the last time he got pneumonia we took him to the ER, they ran tests and didn't find pneumonia. Took him to the doc, confirmed diagnosis from ER and said he could fly. Got to Michigan and was in the ER 2 days later near death with full blown double pneumonia!)
So I rearrange my schedule to fit hubby in. Luckily, I had loaded the car Friday night with as many of the costumes as I could fit into it and I was able to drop them off when I took the girls (we had 2 extra with us this morning) to rehearsal. My original plan was to take the second load when I returned for the parade. But instead of finishing the labels on clothes and hangars, I was only able to reload the car...
Then I took hubby to the urgent care. No appointment necessary... but that means waiting about 15 min in the waiting area, then about 20 min in an exam room, and then another 15 min for the x-ray and another 10 or so for the doc to say that it looks like it could be pneumonia, here's a scrip and come back in a few days. The good news is that since hubby has a history of pneumonia the doc wasn't as lax as they were last time. He went ahead and started treating him for pneumonia even though he doesn't have a confirmation of the diagnosis.
Well there went my chance at getting lunch!
Since the rehearsal location is right across the street from the doc office, I drove the second load of costumes off at the rehearsal and then took hubby home. When I got back the costumes were pretty much ready for the parade.
The parade went FAIRLY well... I could have done without a few of the kids who didn't follow directions. none of the boys seemed to be able to locate their ties or tuck in their shirts! But otherwise not too bad. We managed to do some alterations right there and get out by 2:15 or so. YAY
Then I picked up hubby's scrip and finally got some food! Hubby still feels the same though, but I figure we're gonna need a bit more drugs before he feels any better. sigh! I just hope that we caught this early enough to avoid another trip to the ER.
Oh all the costumes are still in my car and will stay there until after Church tomorrow! That is IF I make it to Church. The doc said if Hubby started feeling worse to take him to the ER.
SUNDAY UPDATE: Hubby says he feels 10 times better! YAY! Hopefully this works. I'll take Darly to Church and see how he feels later.
Then we had the costume parade today. Unfortunately, I had planned to get a lot of things done this morning before the parade instead of finishing them last night...unfortunately because........
This morning hubby wakes up with symptoms of pneumonia. He's been sick for a few days and doing fairly well (still going to work) but this morning after a rough night he felt dizzy and had some other signs that we needed to take him to see the doctor.
(note: we were both pretty skeptical about taking him to the doc because the last time he got pneumonia we took him to the ER, they ran tests and didn't find pneumonia. Took him to the doc, confirmed diagnosis from ER and said he could fly. Got to Michigan and was in the ER 2 days later near death with full blown double pneumonia!)
So I rearrange my schedule to fit hubby in. Luckily, I had loaded the car Friday night with as many of the costumes as I could fit into it and I was able to drop them off when I took the girls (we had 2 extra with us this morning) to rehearsal. My original plan was to take the second load when I returned for the parade. But instead of finishing the labels on clothes and hangars, I was only able to reload the car...
Then I took hubby to the urgent care. No appointment necessary... but that means waiting about 15 min in the waiting area, then about 20 min in an exam room, and then another 15 min for the x-ray and another 10 or so for the doc to say that it looks like it could be pneumonia, here's a scrip and come back in a few days. The good news is that since hubby has a history of pneumonia the doc wasn't as lax as they were last time. He went ahead and started treating him for pneumonia even though he doesn't have a confirmation of the diagnosis.
Well there went my chance at getting lunch!
Since the rehearsal location is right across the street from the doc office, I drove the second load of costumes off at the rehearsal and then took hubby home. When I got back the costumes were pretty much ready for the parade.
The parade went FAIRLY well... I could have done without a few of the kids who didn't follow directions. none of the boys seemed to be able to locate their ties or tuck in their shirts! But otherwise not too bad. We managed to do some alterations right there and get out by 2:15 or so. YAY
Then I picked up hubby's scrip and finally got some food! Hubby still feels the same though, but I figure we're gonna need a bit more drugs before he feels any better. sigh! I just hope that we caught this early enough to avoid another trip to the ER.
Oh all the costumes are still in my car and will stay there until after Church tomorrow! That is IF I make it to Church. The doc said if Hubby started feeling worse to take him to the ER.
SUNDAY UPDATE: Hubby says he feels 10 times better! YAY! Hopefully this works. I'll take Darly to Church and see how he feels later.
Friday, September 30, 2011
WHAT??!?!?!???
So today I sent an email out with the following...
All children should have either Jazz shoes or Ballet Slippers. Children’s sizes of these can be found at Payless Shoes and larger sizes can be found at the Dance supply stores here in the Our Area. Because dancing shoes are not sized the same as street shoes I would advise trying these on in person before purchase.
All girls are asked to wear either a white or light colored camisole or tank top with form fitting (non-denim) shorts. This is to be worn under all costumes to facilitate costume changes with modesty in the dressing rooms. With the exception of a few girls (noted below for your child) girls will be able to wear whatever stockings or socks they are most comfortable with.
~~~~~~~~~~~~I hear back...
Rene,
I am a little confused you asked that all children should have either jazz shoes or ballet slippers. Then in the last paragraph you said girls will be able to wear whatever stockings or socks. Can the girls wear either ballet slippers or socks? Can you please clarify? Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~I write back...
or shoes they can wear either Jazz shoes or ballet slippers... for leg wear they can wear stockings, tights or socks. They do NOT want to wear socks without shoes on the stage as it is just painted plywood and prone to ripping up clothing.
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I'm still curious to know what in the first email suggested that the girls could wear just socks??? I would like to hear your thoughts cuz I need to hear something different.
All children should have either Jazz shoes or Ballet Slippers. Children’s sizes of these can be found at Payless Shoes and larger sizes can be found at the Dance supply stores here in the Our Area. Because dancing shoes are not sized the same as street shoes I would advise trying these on in person before purchase.
All girls are asked to wear either a white or light colored camisole or tank top with form fitting (non-denim) shorts. This is to be worn under all costumes to facilitate costume changes with modesty in the dressing rooms. With the exception of a few girls (noted below for your child) girls will be able to wear whatever stockings or socks they are most comfortable with.
~~~~~~~~~~~~I hear back...
Rene,
I am a little confused you asked that all children should have either jazz shoes or ballet slippers. Then in the last paragraph you said girls will be able to wear whatever stockings or socks. Can the girls wear either ballet slippers or socks? Can you please clarify? Thank you.
~~~~~~~~~I write back...
or shoes they can wear either Jazz shoes or ballet slippers... for leg wear they can wear stockings, tights or socks. They do NOT want to wear socks without shoes on the stage as it is just painted plywood and prone to ripping up clothing.
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I'm still curious to know what in the first email suggested that the girls could wear just socks??? I would like to hear your thoughts cuz I need to hear something different.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
ARGH!!!!
I recently bought Scrubbing Bubbles Toilet Cleaning Gel http://www.walmart.com/ip/Scrubbing-Bubbles-Fresh-Clean-Gel-Discs-Toilet-Cleaning-Gel-6-ct/11045773 for our bathrooms. I had tried them out before and was happy with the results.
I cleaned the master bathroom and put a "dose" of the gel in our toilet. I left the applicator with the remaining uses on the shelf in the bathroom.
Last night I went to speak to my husband as he was getting ready for bed and he mentions that he can't get that "thing" on the shelf to stop smelling. I rush in there to find the applicator sitting on the shelf with gel oozing out of it.
Much high pitched talking ensues as I try to clean up the mess DH has made and I try to comprehend why on earth he would squeeze out what appeared to be the entire contents of the applicator but was actually just one dose. I kept asking why he didn't ask me. I asked "Didn't your mother teach you to not mess with things if you don't know what you're doing?"
*sigh!* See the problem is that DH is very sensitive to smells...so much so that if he doesn't like the way something smells...well he doesn't think too properly.
He says he thought the applicator was a rather ugly air freshener that I had left open and he was trying to close it...he didn't realize that the smell he was smelling was coming from the toilet, not the applicator.
I suppose that I shouldn't have left the applicator where he could see it, but it didn't occur to me that this would be a problem. And the very sad part of all of this is that I had planned to use these in all 3 of our bathrooms which will make the entire house smell (note: I find the fragrance to be very NICE!).
I guess I better hurry and get the other two bathrooms cleaned and put the gel in them so he gets blasted with the smell. LOL!
I cleaned the master bathroom and put a "dose" of the gel in our toilet. I left the applicator with the remaining uses on the shelf in the bathroom.
Last night I went to speak to my husband as he was getting ready for bed and he mentions that he can't get that "thing" on the shelf to stop smelling. I rush in there to find the applicator sitting on the shelf with gel oozing out of it.
Much high pitched talking ensues as I try to clean up the mess DH has made and I try to comprehend why on earth he would squeeze out what appeared to be the entire contents of the applicator but was actually just one dose. I kept asking why he didn't ask me. I asked "Didn't your mother teach you to not mess with things if you don't know what you're doing?"
*sigh!* See the problem is that DH is very sensitive to smells...so much so that if he doesn't like the way something smells...well he doesn't think too properly.
He says he thought the applicator was a rather ugly air freshener that I had left open and he was trying to close it...he didn't realize that the smell he was smelling was coming from the toilet, not the applicator.
I suppose that I shouldn't have left the applicator where he could see it, but it didn't occur to me that this would be a problem. And the very sad part of all of this is that I had planned to use these in all 3 of our bathrooms which will make the entire house smell (note: I find the fragrance to be very NICE!).
I guess I better hurry and get the other two bathrooms cleaned and put the gel in them so he gets blasted with the smell. LOL!
Friday, August 26, 2011
forgive me while I rant
I needed a place to get a few things that are bothering me off my chest. This may seem random.
I set up a book club for my daughter through our homeschooling group. The book is rated for kids 12 and up. One of the moms signed up her 14y/o AND her 6y/o!!!! At first I wanted to just wait and hope that mom would catch a clue that the book is not appropriate for a 6y/o...but this particular mom doesn't catch much...except for more kids. (sorry, that was rather catty of me)
another topic...
good news: the folks in charge didn't bend the rules for her. the bad news: she TRIED to get them to bend the rules for her! Well I guess part of it is that she always gives her princess whatever princess wants. So when princess changed her mind and even after saying no she didn't want it, she now wants it...really bad. So momma tried to get the rules bent so princess could have it.
Just hope momma doesn't throw a fit about it.
mad at myself for not working on sewing my dress sooner. I've been nervous about messing it up, so I've been putting it off. now I only have 4 days to get it finished. and one of those days isn't a full day as I have to be gone for a huge chunk of it. sigh The good news is that I've cut the material all out and sewed part of the lining...and that went quickly. however, for the outer layer I need to make french seams...for the first time ever. YIKES!
also mad at myself that I only lost 7 of the 15 pounds that I wanted to lose by next Wednesday. Course if I lose 1/2 a pound I'll make half way. LOL! if I could just pick where that half a pound comes off that would be great. The good news is that I can see a tiny bit of results...and I can hide what I'm still not happy about.
oh here's something to be grumbling about... how can one be expected to order things online if the sizes don't match what's in the store??? I ordered a product the exact same size as what I bought in the store, but the online version is too big! what gives? Luckily this place has awesome customer service and an exchange should be fine. fingers crossed that this one fits.
to be continued....
I set up a book club for my daughter through our homeschooling group. The book is rated for kids 12 and up. One of the moms signed up her 14y/o AND her 6y/o!!!! At first I wanted to just wait and hope that mom would catch a clue that the book is not appropriate for a 6y/o...but this particular mom doesn't catch much...except for more kids. (sorry, that was rather catty of me)
another topic...
good news: the folks in charge didn't bend the rules for her. the bad news: she TRIED to get them to bend the rules for her! Well I guess part of it is that she always gives her princess whatever princess wants. So when princess changed her mind and even after saying no she didn't want it, she now wants it...really bad. So momma tried to get the rules bent so princess could have it.
Just hope momma doesn't throw a fit about it.
mad at myself for not working on sewing my dress sooner. I've been nervous about messing it up, so I've been putting it off. now I only have 4 days to get it finished. and one of those days isn't a full day as I have to be gone for a huge chunk of it. sigh The good news is that I've cut the material all out and sewed part of the lining...and that went quickly. however, for the outer layer I need to make french seams...for the first time ever. YIKES!
also mad at myself that I only lost 7 of the 15 pounds that I wanted to lose by next Wednesday. Course if I lose 1/2 a pound I'll make half way. LOL! if I could just pick where that half a pound comes off that would be great. The good news is that I can see a tiny bit of results...and I can hide what I'm still not happy about.
oh here's something to be grumbling about... how can one be expected to order things online if the sizes don't match what's in the store??? I ordered a product the exact same size as what I bought in the store, but the online version is too big! what gives? Luckily this place has awesome customer service and an exchange should be fine. fingers crossed that this one fits.
to be continued....
Friday, July 15, 2011
Birth of a Dream
Recently a friend of mine posted some pictures on Facebook of her 4th of July celebration...it included her family and neighbors spending the day at a pond near their house. And that triggered something in me... a longing to be near water.
Actually I wanted to spend the 4th on some form of water, but alas there is no Gulf of Colorado so a trip to the beach was out. And all the beaches we do (fresh water) were going to be way over packed. If we had a beach it would have been packed too. But this private pond thing... Hey! That's an idea!
Well, how do you get your own private pond? Well first you need some land. So I started looking for a place to stay near here on a lake... which got me on the path of looking for a cabin to rent on a lake.
And I found one! It was really nice too. http://mooselake-lodge.com/woolly-house-cabin-rental-on-lake/ Now one might think that hubby would be rolling his eyes at me on this idea...but he actually was very much in favor of it! He allowed me to get more info. But the problem with this cabin was that it was booked until mid September. And hubby couldn't get away then. SIGH!
So that led to thinking that in order to get a cabin to stay in, we might ought to just buy one. So I started researching that...and guess what...I found one of those too...actually quite a few but most of them were too big for us.
That was a problem with the rental cabins too, most of them were too big. One cabin wasn't huge, but it had been set up to sleep 10 people! Um we don't need something that big.
So I found a cabin that was nice and small... I was looking at first at two bedroom cabins, but ended up finding and falling in love with a little one bedroom cabin. It's so cute! Now I can't be sure, but it appears that the one bedroom is actually the entire length of the cabin and therefore might be large enough that we can fit two beds in there... a full size for me & hubby and a twin for Darly. And while that might not be ideal, for a vacation it works. (note: hubby is not rolling his eyes!)
Then my mind turns to furnishing this place... (yeah, I'm that crazy!) And I start thinking about what we have in our house that we aren't using. We have a couch in the basement that Darly keeps piling her toys on. We have a coffee table that right now is covered in plants in the kitchen. We have a kitchen table in my sewing room that I use for cutting fabric on, but hubby is gonna make me a new cutting table that is the right size, so this one won't be needed there. We have beds in the guest room and sewing room that aren't getting used cuz no one visits us. All that we'll need is chairs for the kitchen table...one garage sale or trip to a thrift store and we're all set! (note: hubby is still not rolling his eyes.)
Then came the question of how do we go about affording a second home...a vacation home? And I got to thinking that we wouldn't possibly be able to go to the cabin all the time, so there would be a lot of time where it would just sit empty... and loads of people like to rent cabins, evidenced by the lack of availability of that rental cabin we found. Why not rent the cabin? Hey! This is sounding awesome. Rental rates in that area are higher than most hotels charge (okay, I've never stayed at anything above a 3 star that I paid for!) And that rate even with paying someone to manage the place for us, more than covers the mortgage...maybe a bit of profit? and if no profit, if it just pays for itself then it's totally worth it. And the bonus of a rental management company... they make sure the pipes don't freeze in the winter! YAY (hubby is still for this!)
oh, the cabin I want isn't actually on a lake or pond. There is a creek though...and maybe we could build a pond like my friend's neighbors did? maybe. (*hubby rolls eyes*)
So I get this all figured out and I'm ready to make the appointment to see the place and drive up there, when Yahoo News puts out this story about how housing prices are expected to continue to fall and will probably be 20% lower in the next two year. TWO YEARS! :( That means we'll be waiting on this dream...and I'll be checking the website to see if this cabin remains available... but even if it doesn't there are others. oh well, I can wait...I think. :D
Actually I wanted to spend the 4th on some form of water, but alas there is no Gulf of Colorado so a trip to the beach was out. And all the beaches we do (fresh water) were going to be way over packed. If we had a beach it would have been packed too. But this private pond thing... Hey! That's an idea!
Well, how do you get your own private pond? Well first you need some land. So I started looking for a place to stay near here on a lake... which got me on the path of looking for a cabin to rent on a lake.
And I found one! It was really nice too. http://mooselake-lodge.com/woolly-house-cabin-rental-on-lake/ Now one might think that hubby would be rolling his eyes at me on this idea...but he actually was very much in favor of it! He allowed me to get more info. But the problem with this cabin was that it was booked until mid September. And hubby couldn't get away then. SIGH!
So that led to thinking that in order to get a cabin to stay in, we might ought to just buy one. So I started researching that...and guess what...I found one of those too...actually quite a few but most of them were too big for us.
That was a problem with the rental cabins too, most of them were too big. One cabin wasn't huge, but it had been set up to sleep 10 people! Um we don't need something that big.
So I found a cabin that was nice and small... I was looking at first at two bedroom cabins, but ended up finding and falling in love with a little one bedroom cabin. It's so cute! Now I can't be sure, but it appears that the one bedroom is actually the entire length of the cabin and therefore might be large enough that we can fit two beds in there... a full size for me & hubby and a twin for Darly. And while that might not be ideal, for a vacation it works. (note: hubby is not rolling his eyes!)
Then my mind turns to furnishing this place... (yeah, I'm that crazy!) And I start thinking about what we have in our house that we aren't using. We have a couch in the basement that Darly keeps piling her toys on. We have a coffee table that right now is covered in plants in the kitchen. We have a kitchen table in my sewing room that I use for cutting fabric on, but hubby is gonna make me a new cutting table that is the right size, so this one won't be needed there. We have beds in the guest room and sewing room that aren't getting used cuz no one visits us. All that we'll need is chairs for the kitchen table...one garage sale or trip to a thrift store and we're all set! (note: hubby is still not rolling his eyes.)
Then came the question of how do we go about affording a second home...a vacation home? And I got to thinking that we wouldn't possibly be able to go to the cabin all the time, so there would be a lot of time where it would just sit empty... and loads of people like to rent cabins, evidenced by the lack of availability of that rental cabin we found. Why not rent the cabin? Hey! This is sounding awesome. Rental rates in that area are higher than most hotels charge (okay, I've never stayed at anything above a 3 star that I paid for!) And that rate even with paying someone to manage the place for us, more than covers the mortgage...maybe a bit of profit? and if no profit, if it just pays for itself then it's totally worth it. And the bonus of a rental management company... they make sure the pipes don't freeze in the winter! YAY (hubby is still for this!)
oh, the cabin I want isn't actually on a lake or pond. There is a creek though...and maybe we could build a pond like my friend's neighbors did? maybe. (*hubby rolls eyes*)
So I get this all figured out and I'm ready to make the appointment to see the place and drive up there, when Yahoo News puts out this story about how housing prices are expected to continue to fall and will probably be 20% lower in the next two year. TWO YEARS! :( That means we'll be waiting on this dream...and I'll be checking the website to see if this cabin remains available... but even if it doesn't there are others. oh well, I can wait...I think. :D
Thursday, July 07, 2011
House Rules Revisited sigh
Okay, I'm quite aware that the way I run my house isn't the same as everyone else. (God makes us all different, our parents raise us all different...so we are all different.) I have a plan and it works for us...most of the time.
I feel very blessed that my loving husband was well trained by his parents and isn't a slob who leaves his dirty clothes all over the place. He also doesn't leave dirty dishes all over...or even leave the toilet seat up! I am hoping and praying that Darly will be equally blessed when she finds her soul mate.
Some rules we have around here are:
There are TWO acceptable locations for dirty clothing. 1) a clothing hamper (locations in each bathroom and in the child's bedroom) or 2) the laundry room. Clothing left in any other location will result in severe nagging and or the clothing not being washed.
If YOU are the one to use up the last of an item that needs to be replaced, YOU must write that item on the grocery list. You cannot tell the MOM that you are out of said item. She has too much to do to remember that you ran out of said item. (that reminds MOM that she should post a separate list for items that we don't buy at the grocery store.) If you don't put the item on the shopping list, don't expect for it to magically replace itself...unless YOU would like to make a trip to the store for it.
If YOU take something out, return it to it's original location...and DON'T expect the MOM to know where it is that you left it. MOM has a great memory, but she isn't psychic!
The reason we are revisiting the rules today is because of a conversation that began last night. When hubby returned home from work last night he noticed that Darly was doing laundry and asked if I had washed jeans. When I informed him that I wasn't doing laundry and that yes he still had plenty of time to get his jeans in the wash, he let me know that he wanted a certain pair of his jeans washed. I let him know that I would not be washing jeans that evening.
So today I decided that I should probably go ahead and wash our clothes as hubby had that pair of jeans he wanted washed. I collected the hampers and proceeded to start the wash...I always do the whites first as they tend to have the most items that need air drying and the heat from the dryer tends to speed this process along. However, upon sorting the clothing I realized that hubby's jeans were NOT in the hamper. Hummm? Where are hubby's jeans?
So I call him...he answers on the first ring. I ask where his jeans that he wanted washed are. and he informs me that they are hanging in the closet...along with all the CLEAN laundry! I question the thinking of hanging up the dirty jeans that he wanted washed. He explains that he didn't know when I would be doing the wash. Um I just don't get it!
Then he asks if I'm also washing towels. uh yeah, I don't save up for a special wash day for each item...if it's in the hampers, it gets washed. Taking that as a yes, he asks if I can go and get two towels out of a cardboard box in the garage and wash them also. He isn't sure which box. Wash day should NOT be a scavenger hunt! Oye! I shouldn't have called and just let the jeans wait until genius remembered to put them in the hamper...it isn't as if that's his only pair of jeans.
The other two rules I posted are just there for your amusement today...no one in the house has broken them recently, so there's no humorous story to go with them.
I feel very blessed that my loving husband was well trained by his parents and isn't a slob who leaves his dirty clothes all over the place. He also doesn't leave dirty dishes all over...or even leave the toilet seat up! I am hoping and praying that Darly will be equally blessed when she finds her soul mate.
Some rules we have around here are:
There are TWO acceptable locations for dirty clothing. 1) a clothing hamper (locations in each bathroom and in the child's bedroom) or 2) the laundry room. Clothing left in any other location will result in severe nagging and or the clothing not being washed.
If YOU are the one to use up the last of an item that needs to be replaced, YOU must write that item on the grocery list. You cannot tell the MOM that you are out of said item. She has too much to do to remember that you ran out of said item. (that reminds MOM that she should post a separate list for items that we don't buy at the grocery store.) If you don't put the item on the shopping list, don't expect for it to magically replace itself...unless YOU would like to make a trip to the store for it.
If YOU take something out, return it to it's original location...and DON'T expect the MOM to know where it is that you left it. MOM has a great memory, but she isn't psychic!
The reason we are revisiting the rules today is because of a conversation that began last night. When hubby returned home from work last night he noticed that Darly was doing laundry and asked if I had washed jeans. When I informed him that I wasn't doing laundry and that yes he still had plenty of time to get his jeans in the wash, he let me know that he wanted a certain pair of his jeans washed. I let him know that I would not be washing jeans that evening.
So today I decided that I should probably go ahead and wash our clothes as hubby had that pair of jeans he wanted washed. I collected the hampers and proceeded to start the wash...I always do the whites first as they tend to have the most items that need air drying and the heat from the dryer tends to speed this process along. However, upon sorting the clothing I realized that hubby's jeans were NOT in the hamper. Hummm? Where are hubby's jeans?
So I call him...he answers on the first ring. I ask where his jeans that he wanted washed are. and he informs me that they are hanging in the closet...along with all the CLEAN laundry! I question the thinking of hanging up the dirty jeans that he wanted washed. He explains that he didn't know when I would be doing the wash. Um I just don't get it!
Then he asks if I'm also washing towels. uh yeah, I don't save up for a special wash day for each item...if it's in the hampers, it gets washed. Taking that as a yes, he asks if I can go and get two towels out of a cardboard box in the garage and wash them also. He isn't sure which box. Wash day should NOT be a scavenger hunt! Oye! I shouldn't have called and just let the jeans wait until genius remembered to put them in the hamper...it isn't as if that's his only pair of jeans.
The other two rules I posted are just there for your amusement today...no one in the house has broken them recently, so there's no humorous story to go with them.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
it pays to whine!
recent advertisements for a company that provides Cable services (they provide internet & phone services as well) in our area are trying to make folks who subscribe to the land line phone provider nervous because they're switching names (being bought out or some kind of merge). I wasn't nervous about the switch, but it did get me thinking that it was time to look at my bill.
See we have the phone/internet bill set up for auto-pay. So I never look at it...it just gets paid. I looked at the bill and it seemed to me that the rate I'm paying was higher...and I had signed up for a Price for Life package. So I went online and checked out the current rates for my internet & phone package. Turns out that I'm paying more for my deal than what they normally charge folks for the exact same service! So I got in an online chat session and asked what was up. Turns out that my bill is not any higher than I remember...I just hadn't payed it any attention. However, I was correct in that I'm paying more than what other customers are paying for the same service.
And they have a deal where I can upgrade my internet and phone service and pay LESS than I'm currently paying...even after the 5 year introductory rate price. Wow! I can have faster internet, more phone services and pay $10 less than I'm currently paying...AND at the end of the 5 years I still won't be paying what I am now??? um YEAH sign me up!
So I did! :D
And as for the advertisement that caused all of this. The cable company is saying that our phone company will be taking away our choices since they're switching to the new company. Ummm isn't this the same thing as when they switched from being AT&T to Comcast to Xfinity???
See we have the phone/internet bill set up for auto-pay. So I never look at it...it just gets paid. I looked at the bill and it seemed to me that the rate I'm paying was higher...and I had signed up for a Price for Life package. So I went online and checked out the current rates for my internet & phone package. Turns out that I'm paying more for my deal than what they normally charge folks for the exact same service! So I got in an online chat session and asked what was up. Turns out that my bill is not any higher than I remember...I just hadn't payed it any attention. However, I was correct in that I'm paying more than what other customers are paying for the same service.
And they have a deal where I can upgrade my internet and phone service and pay LESS than I'm currently paying...even after the 5 year introductory rate price. Wow! I can have faster internet, more phone services and pay $10 less than I'm currently paying...AND at the end of the 5 years I still won't be paying what I am now??? um YEAH sign me up!
So I did! :D
And as for the advertisement that caused all of this. The cable company is saying that our phone company will be taking away our choices since they're switching to the new company. Ummm isn't this the same thing as when they switched from being AT&T to Comcast to Xfinity???
Friday, June 03, 2011
Access Denied!
I'm having with drawl today folks. Due to site maintenance my Facebook account won't let me in!!! Horrors!
I can get into everything else on my computer...a start. Darly can get to her Facebook... grumble! But my account won't let me in!!!
ARGH!!!
I can get into everything else on my computer...a start. Darly can get to her Facebook... grumble! But my account won't let me in!!!
ARGH!!!
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Dinner?
So Darly & I went to see a play this evening and afterward we needed to eat...
Me: So what would you like for dinner?
Darly: I don't know... something crunchy?
Me: What's that? Popcorn?
Darly: ummm no.
Me: Tacos?
Darly: ummm no.
Me: what???
Darly: I think I want that pizza at the mall.
Me: umm that's not crunch...and I think the mall is closed.
Darly: well what do you want?
Me: anything
Darly: okay I'll eat just about anything too.
Me: okay how about Wendy's?
Darly: no
Me: Subway
Darly: no
Me: oooh! I know... how about those little pizzas at the grocery store...in about 20 min we'll have pizza AND crunchy.
Darly: no
I suggested a few other things and she said no to them all...so
Me: FINE! We can just go home
After passing all food possibilities and are walking distance from home...
Darly: What about Quiznos?
Me: NO! We are going home!
We get home and I make myself a bagel. Darly pouts on the couch.
Me: are you going to eat something or just starve because you're mad at me?
Darly: Starve.
Me: okay fine!
about an hour later...
Darly: Okay, you win. I'll go eat
Me: I didn't realize it was a contest.
Me: So what would you like for dinner?
Darly: I don't know... something crunchy?
Me: What's that? Popcorn?
Darly: ummm no.
Me: Tacos?
Darly: ummm no.
Me: what???
Darly: I think I want that pizza at the mall.
Me: umm that's not crunch...and I think the mall is closed.
Darly: well what do you want?
Me: anything
Darly: okay I'll eat just about anything too.
Me: okay how about Wendy's?
Darly: no
Me: Subway
Darly: no
Me: oooh! I know... how about those little pizzas at the grocery store...in about 20 min we'll have pizza AND crunchy.
Darly: no
I suggested a few other things and she said no to them all...so
Me: FINE! We can just go home
After passing all food possibilities and are walking distance from home...
Darly: What about Quiznos?
Me: NO! We are going home!
We get home and I make myself a bagel. Darly pouts on the couch.
Me: are you going to eat something or just starve because you're mad at me?
Darly: Starve.
Me: okay fine!
about an hour later...
Darly: Okay, you win. I'll go eat
Me: I didn't realize it was a contest.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
well no wonder! - Rant!
Today a friend of mine posted on Facebook a rant about this article http://www.wfsb.com/news/27846498/detail.html?source=hart
Basically some kids had a contest to see who could ask a girl to the prom in the most creative way and the boy who won is now banned from going to the prom because he trespassed and vandalized the school to do it.
The reason I'm ranting is that my friend and her friends don't seem to think what the boy did was trespassing (one said because our tax dollars pay for the school therefore making it our property) or vandalism because the letters were just taped to the building.
Um this is why our country is such a mess folks...if we don't all agree on the laws that we agreed upon then we have a problem.
I'm a bit torn about if the punishment fits the crime. I mean typically if you vandalize something, they make you clean it up and do some community service...and if you trespass you usually get a fine and more community service. However, I can see the school's perspective that if the parents didn't bother to teach their child that putting words up on a building you don't own is called vandalism then perhaps keeping the child from the activity they are vandalizing over is the right thing to do.
I think that I may have to show this to my child and see if I've raised her up right. I sure hope so.
Basically some kids had a contest to see who could ask a girl to the prom in the most creative way and the boy who won is now banned from going to the prom because he trespassed and vandalized the school to do it.
The reason I'm ranting is that my friend and her friends don't seem to think what the boy did was trespassing (one said because our tax dollars pay for the school therefore making it our property) or vandalism because the letters were just taped to the building.
Um this is why our country is such a mess folks...if we don't all agree on the laws that we agreed upon then we have a problem.
I'm a bit torn about if the punishment fits the crime. I mean typically if you vandalize something, they make you clean it up and do some community service...and if you trespass you usually get a fine and more community service. However, I can see the school's perspective that if the parents didn't bother to teach their child that putting words up on a building you don't own is called vandalism then perhaps keeping the child from the activity they are vandalizing over is the right thing to do.
I think that I may have to show this to my child and see if I've raised her up right. I sure hope so.
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Money for nuthin - FARCE!
sigh! I re-learned that nothing in life is free. I should have known better...but alas I got sucked in.
recently a friend of mine posted a link on her facebook for free air line tickets. I knew better, but I need air line tickets, so I clicked on the link...and happily gave them my contact info so I could get the free tickets they said I had won.
Then on the next page I learned the horrible truth! It was a page that told me to get the "free" tickets I had to sign up for some more great offers. you know the ones... "Try Netflix!" "Bookclub of the month!" "check our lower insurance rates!" blah blah blah.
I immediately closed the window but of course it was too late...they already had my email address. And soon enough the spam started hitting the fan. UGH!
Since I also foolishly gave them my real address, I'm sure I'll start getting junk mail galore too. Time to renew my subscriptions in the "Don't send me junk mail!" lists.
*hangs head in shame and leaves the room* http://www.ecocycle.org/junkmail/index.cfm
recently a friend of mine posted a link on her facebook for free air line tickets. I knew better, but I need air line tickets, so I clicked on the link...and happily gave them my contact info so I could get the free tickets they said I had won.
Then on the next page I learned the horrible truth! It was a page that told me to get the "free" tickets I had to sign up for some more great offers. you know the ones... "Try Netflix!" "Bookclub of the month!" "check our lower insurance rates!" blah blah blah.
I immediately closed the window but of course it was too late...they already had my email address. And soon enough the spam started hitting the fan. UGH!
Since I also foolishly gave them my real address, I'm sure I'll start getting junk mail galore too. Time to renew my subscriptions in the "Don't send me junk mail!" lists.
*hangs head in shame and leaves the room* http://www.ecocycle.org/junkmail/index.cfm
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
The beginning of the end?
Could this really be it? I think I've been waiting for this time of my life since I was 13 and first got my cycle.
Auntie Flo has never been my friend. I can barely remember the "excitement" about becoming a woman when I was a tweenager because when Auntie first came to visit I was like "WHAT THE??? Who in their right mind thinks this is a good thing? OYE!" (note: I've tried to put a better spin on things for Darly.) But honestly, what is good about this?
So when I started noticing some signs of peri-menopause, I was THRILLED! I couldn't be more happy about entering this time of my life. I was ready to start singing
But then things started going back to how they were before! What was going on??? and then I figured it out...seems that lovely Darly was sharing her hormones with me. oh boy!
Luckily that only lasted a few months and it seems I'm back on track for menopause again. w00t! Although there are some symptoms that I'm having that I would rather do without.
One thing is that I don't want go through menopause on hormone replacement therapy. My mom and mother in law both used HRT and did okay, but I think that I'm pretty well informed about the pros and cons and it just doesn't seem to me that HRT is the way to go for me. So I've been looking into products like Estroven.
I'm also liking Estroven on Facebook so I can keep up to date on savings. Just looking at their wall I'm learning all kinds of great stuff. :D
I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Estroven and received a gift certificate to thank me for taking the time to participate.
Auntie Flo has never been my friend. I can barely remember the "excitement" about becoming a woman when I was a tweenager because when Auntie first came to visit I was like "WHAT THE??? Who in their right mind thinks this is a good thing? OYE!" (note: I've tried to put a better spin on things for Darly.) But honestly, what is good about this?
So when I started noticing some signs of peri-menopause, I was THRILLED! I couldn't be more happy about entering this time of my life. I was ready to start singing
But then things started going back to how they were before! What was going on??? and then I figured it out...seems that lovely Darly was sharing her hormones with me. oh boy!
Luckily that only lasted a few months and it seems I'm back on track for menopause again. w00t! Although there are some symptoms that I'm having that I would rather do without.
One thing is that I don't want go through menopause on hormone replacement therapy. My mom and mother in law both used HRT and did okay, but I think that I'm pretty well informed about the pros and cons and it just doesn't seem to me that HRT is the way to go for me. So I've been looking into products like Estroven.
Estroven® products are herbal supplements made with all-natural ingredients to provide natural menopause symptom relief. Black cohosh plus soy isoflavones are combined with essential nutrients like calcium, folic acid, and B-vitamins. These work naturally in the body to help reduce hot flashes, night sweats, and other menopausal symptoms. Hundreds of thousands of women trust Estroven® products every year, and pharmacists recommend them 3 to 1 over other brands of menopause supplements.†Estroven has different menopause formulas to help combat symptoms, so I'll be grabbing the one that looks right for me. I'm also going to make more of an effort to get to the gym (swimsuit season is coming up fast!) so that should help too.
I'm also liking Estroven on Facebook so I can keep up to date on savings. Just looking at their wall I'm learning all kinds of great stuff. :D
I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Estroven and received a gift certificate to thank me for taking the time to participate.
Monday, April 04, 2011
I don't blog enough
sigh...it seems that my life as a product reviewer is over. I don't blog enough, I don't have enough of a following. Oh well, it was a nice gig while it lasted. I got to try out some really neat things. I hope that if you tried any that you liked them. The new thing seems to be twitter and I just refuse to do that seeing as I already spend way too much time on Facebook. (see I can't even give it proper respect by capitalizing the name :p )
I'll try to post my longer notes over here so that those of you few loyal folks who still follow me here can know what's going on. My shorter entries will be on Facebook. If I think it's important I may cross post.
Bummer, I was really looking forward to trying out that new thingamagig.
I'll try to post my longer notes over here so that those of you few loyal folks who still follow me here can know what's going on. My shorter entries will be on Facebook. If I think it's important I may cross post.
Bummer, I was really looking forward to trying out that new thingamagig.
Saturday, April 02, 2011
Friday, April 01, 2011
Ya gotta be kidding me! Really?
So after all this time...after all the hard work DH has done getting MIL's house ready...oh wait, I should show you.
When the house was originally put on the market we had a lot of showings, but it just wouldn't sell. One of the main comments we kept getting was that the buyers wanted the kitchen already redone. I don't really understand why someone would want to buy someone else's idea of perfect, except that it seems they don't want to spend the money to do it themselves. Hummm don't they realize that we up the price of the house when we have to add improvements? I guess not.
Here's the before...
And here's the after...
DH put in the tile himself and we paid to have the granite put in. So after many hours of hard work the house was put back on the market and had 7 showings for it's first weekend out. Everyone LOVED the new kitchen. (okay?) and on Monday our realtor called to ask hubby a question from one of the folks who came to see the house...
The want to know if he would accept an offer with a contingency... They need to sell their house first...And (get this) they haven't even put their house on the market yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When DH told me this my reaction was ____NO! and he didn't even get upset with me about the expletive...apparently his reaction was very similar.
Ya gotta be kidding me... after all this time and all this work they expect us to take their offer and just wait for their house to sell??? Yeah RIGHT! I don't think so pal! you want the house, you sell yours first...then you go find a house. Unless of course you want to pay the mortgage on our house while we wait. :p
oh and what's with all these folks 1 leaving all the lights turned on in the house when they come to see it and 2 using the bathrooms??? They've used up all the toilet paper in one of the bathrooms and hubby has had to clean the toilet...cuz who knows who might get turned off from someone coloring in there. ewwe!
When the house was originally put on the market we had a lot of showings, but it just wouldn't sell. One of the main comments we kept getting was that the buyers wanted the kitchen already redone. I don't really understand why someone would want to buy someone else's idea of perfect, except that it seems they don't want to spend the money to do it themselves. Hummm don't they realize that we up the price of the house when we have to add improvements? I guess not.
Here's the before...
And here's the after...
DH put in the tile himself and we paid to have the granite put in. So after many hours of hard work the house was put back on the market and had 7 showings for it's first weekend out. Everyone LOVED the new kitchen. (okay?) and on Monday our realtor called to ask hubby a question from one of the folks who came to see the house...
The want to know if he would accept an offer with a contingency... They need to sell their house first...And (get this) they haven't even put their house on the market yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When DH told me this my reaction was ____NO! and he didn't even get upset with me about the expletive...apparently his reaction was very similar.
Ya gotta be kidding me... after all this time and all this work they expect us to take their offer and just wait for their house to sell??? Yeah RIGHT! I don't think so pal! you want the house, you sell yours first...then you go find a house. Unless of course you want to pay the mortgage on our house while we wait. :p
oh and what's with all these folks 1 leaving all the lights turned on in the house when they come to see it and 2 using the bathrooms??? They've used up all the toilet paper in one of the bathrooms and hubby has had to clean the toilet...cuz who knows who might get turned off from someone coloring in there. ewwe!
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