Our windshield wipers got all weird after a snowstorm several months ago and Vinnie was able to go in and fix it with a screwdriver. So it shouldn't cost that much. And nope, no snow since Friday. Where you have gotten all of the snow Kae, we have gotten not much at all. Why can't we have a happy medium huh.
The sun is shining here which deludes you into thinking that its warm outside. But the snow makes everything bright. Today I am waiting around the house this morning because we are getting our washer and dryer serviced. I need to call housing about our dishwasher because it just doesn't work. I want to try and hit the gym today, I feel like I will maximize my weight loss if I get some exercise. Plus I need to get my cholesterol rechecked so Vinnie can leave me alone about intaking more sodium then I should (I think all foods that are low in fat and calories are high in sodium).
My son and I had a nice dinner together last night, watched a movie, and he left at about 11:00 p.m. I waited up for a phone call from the west coast so, with the time difference, I didn't get to bed until about 1:00 a.m. I read for only about fifteen minutes before the sandman got me; this morning's rain is making me very sleepy now!
I'm going to make another mug of coffee, and read some of the excerpts from CB's 1932 diary that my husband sent me this morning. After that, there's the usual household stuff, and I need to clean our turtle's tank. That ought to kill at least an hour since I have to completely disassemble the thing, sterilizeclorox all of the rocks, empty the tank of all water, and then put everything back together again. All this for one tiny little turtle! KaeEll -- I'm sure that such talk doesn't inspire you to housesit that fish again! LOL...
Oh, yeah...Arizona-daughter informed me last night that she has gotten herself a second mini-lop bunny to be a companion to her first one. They are apparently full siblings, but from different litters. (Do you call it "litters" when it refers to bunnies???)
That's all I've got for now!
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Har, Moore! I can see you right now cleaning the turtle house. Have fun, snort.
Shelly, can you send Vinnie and his screwdriver up here to fix my windshield wipers, please? So good to have a handy husband! I've always told my sons "If you can't be handsome, better be handy". You've got both and I've got neither, lol.
Y&R is on now. Nothing too thrilling but I'll start a thread and fill in a few highlights.
yeah Vinnie surprises me sometimes because not everyone is good at both computer stuff and car stuff too. Maybe when he gets home I will ask him how he fixed it and I can write up a step by step thing on how to fix it. Do you have something like an Auto Zone by you?
Nothing like that here, Shelly, but thank you so much. Don't go to much trouble, please. I'll just take it into the dealership after this snow storm has finished. If it's a relatively simple procedure, and Ted can take care of it, great!!
The bathroom renovator guy is on his way over here now. I have no idea how much this project is going to set us back, which is why I'm concerned about spending money on the car. I think he'll tell me that the shower is going to have to be completely rebuilt.
Har, Moore! I can see you right now cleaning the turtle house. Have fun, snort.
Yeah, thanks... It's gonna be loads of laughs. I have to haul out the mini wet vac to suck out the last of the water that I can't scoop out with an old, plastic pitcher. And, it's seriously nasty water!
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YUCK, Moore! Just yuck. You must love that turtle a lot. I cringe when I have to clean up doggie barf after the little one, who wolfs down his food without chewing sometimes, throws up on the floor, but at least he curls up to me and licks my hand. That kind of cancels out the negative.
I lost the image of the bathroom I wanted! It was on Nick's website and he removed it! Ack. And since it's 3:30 in the morning there, I can't phone him, and Andrew, the very handsome renovator is going to be here in a few minutes. Which reminds me, I'd better go put on some lipstick. :)
AHA!! My news report just unveiled the blind item in Lainey's column today. It was Katherine Heigl and her brand new hubby that got into a huge row at the Oscars after party. She wants babied asap and he does not. She was screaming at him. He was drunk.
Oh great! The contractor just left. He discovered a major problem with the existing plumbing that will entail ripping up the concrete floor to reinstall a proper pipe configuration. The previous owners were do-it-yourselfers and didn't put the business end of the toilet into the correct side of the pee-trap or something. Hence, sewer gas belches into the family room. I wondered what the heck that smell was!! So now, instead of putting in sexy rain head showers, I'll be stuck spending money on necessary un-fun improvements. Darn!! Isn't it always the way?
We did pick out some pretty limestone (Moca Crema) for the vanity top and a Kohler toilet on sale at Home Depot.
kae my husband says to take the black rubber cap thing off and use a screw driver to tighten the wipers. Though our wipers were stuck down so I don't know if it would work for you.
Andrew just e mailed his estimate for the bathroom re-do. Gulp!!
Tina, this house was built back in the early 60's. Maybe even late 50's, but it was gutted and renovated about 12 years ago by a previous owner. It's in pretty good shape other than this plumbing disaster, and we've done all sorts of improvements in the 6 1/2 years we've been here.
If Ted spent any more time at work, he might as well just move in at the office. He's already working 60+ hours a week these days, and no break in sight until April. Gah!
He'll freak when he sees the estimate, but it's a good investment. When we do put the house on the market, we'll get every penny back and then some, and we do hope to move within the next few years. We need a bigger dining room and a much better kitchen. Because of the previous renovations, redoing the kitchen isn't really an option. We might as well tear the whole thing down and start from scratch, which we would do if we liked the neighbourhood, but we don't.
kae my husband says to take the black rubber cap thing off and use a screw driver to tighten the wipers. Though our wipers were stuck down so I don't know if it would work for you.
Thanks Shelly! I'll tell Ted and hope for the best. I think it's a more fiddly problem though.
Hey guyswe're getting snow here as well. We went to the local second hand shop and sold some stuff taking up space in the housel. They gave us 25.00 for our swing, and we donated some of the extra clothes. However, they didn't take our little saucer thing so I think I'm going to give it to a girl my mom knows in my old town that is having a baby.
She's still in high school.
You know it's really an epidemic in my home town. Out of my graduating class, 3 girls were either pregnant or had children (if my "smutty intuitions and assumptions" are right 2 others had been pregnant but had their "little problem" nipped in the bud") The worst thing about it is that we had only 10 girls in my class. One of the girls (the girl who is actually married to Cody's father) was on baby number 2 (and father number 2) by her senior year. I have always wanted to do something to help with the problem It's a small town and parents really don't get involved. It's a terrible shame.
I have however decided that I'm going to talk to our pastor and offer to do counseling to young girls in our church or in the community who are either pregnant, or considering sexual situations. I figure I would be a good mentor for these girls since I've been there, but I still graduated at the top of my class, still attend college, and up until recently supported myself with little to no help from the state. In fact one of my proudest days was when I was able to call IL Department of Human Services to tell them that Cody and I no longer needed our medical card because all of our medical expenses were covered by Cingular. Granted my case worker ended up talking me into keeping our medical card at the time, because young and naieve little Jessica didn't realize what a pain in the butt copays would be. I'm actually quite thankful for that, because there were times that those copays would have been tough to meet. Especially when it's 100.00 for an ER visit and well you all know how it is when you have highly active boys .. who like sports... and bikes .... and skate boards .... and are very horribly uncoordinated.
Anyways, I know a lot of the girls around here do have abortions and don't even think twice about responsible birth control. It breaks my heart because some of these girls end up having the abortions because they don't have all of the information on adoption and they are terrified to go through the pregnancy alone. I figure if I could just be there for them through out the process no matter what they decide to do, it will really help them.
SO crud Aiden's getting into my make up .. thank ya Beth lol. So I'm about done with this post lol.
