Okay, so enough of this mopey crap. I do this every single year. Once I’ve survived the holidays and packed up the Christmas stuff I go into a funk. It doesn’t help that this funk coincides with the post-holiday return to work and sending the kids back to school and selling of the Girl Scout cookies and living through the Pinewood Derby sawdust ( Read more... )

Huh. So you guys know that I’m (almost) 40. Old. One of the (few and far between) joys of my job is getting to work with younger co-workers. I love getting them right out of college, training them, mentoring them, and then watching them move on to bigger and better things. One of the best things about my summer was when my intern, Sean, left ( Read more... )

It was a fun Halloween. The kids looked great and we gave away more than 4 bags of candy. Of course, the kids each brought home a huge amount from Trick or Treating, so now I have to figure out how I can throw most of it away between now and Thanksgiving. heh. My goal every year is to have it all gone by Christmas. I'm usually pretty ( Read more... )

Yesterday one of my dearest friends, Teri Smith, died. She has dealt with health issues frequently in the past few years so her passing wasn’t unexpected, but it was sudden, nonetheless. She is survived by her husband, SJ, her roommate, tree, her best friend, JM, her mother, sisters, 3 children, numerous grandchildren, and dozens and dozens of ( Read more... )

I feel completely helpless at the moment. I’m trapped at home with contractors while my dear friend, qnotku, lies in an ICU bed in terrible state. The prognosis isn’t good. Those of us who love her are grieving terribly and I can’t even leave my fucking house to go and be with them. The bouncy Hispanic music emanating from my kitchen radio, and the ( Read more... )

After three days, five contractors, two plastic door sheets, lots of tile dust and an unwieldy corner cabinet, the kitchen and powder room tile is IN and DONE!! He even put wood trim down and it looks great. Now we just have to wait until Friday when the contractor comes to do the drywall and painting and such. I'd be elated except we still don' ( Read more... )

Contractors just left. My kitchen looks like downtown Beirut, only with a refrigerator in the middle of the street. LOL. I had hoped to visit the inimitable qnotku, her delightful husband, and tree220 tonight, but just can't imagine dragging my butt out of the house ( Read more... )

So last night I was sleepily telling the hubby how much I was looking forward to having a slow, lazy weekend when he tells me that I've forgotten we're camping with the Cub Scouts down in Pohick forest. Ah yes. I knew it was too good to be true. 45 screaming boys and their parents. A wonder to behold. *g ( Read more... )

I’d like to start by saying that I hate Mondays. Let’s get the negative crap out of the way first and then begin the delightful reminiscing on (most of) the weekend ( Read more... )

So. The floor guy came today and the Male said he was great. He took a sample of what was left of the carpet on the basement stairs and promptly proclaimed it to be a good quality carpet and pad. He said that based on the tightness of the weave he knew it was one of two carpet makers. That’s pretty sharp right there. Heh. So he said we could ( Read more... )