Okay I'm reading thru posts with an empty email window up to type responses as I go!
Re: my sister coming with her husband's friend for christmas - I mentioned Christmas and she sounded hesitant anyway. Like they are not quite ready for Christmas. Good! :-)
What did you end up doing for your advent calendar? We still need to get ours out. I'm behind on decorating again!
Check me out - while reading this I saw the thank you card thing so I just wrote one out and looked up his address and got it ready to send. A stamp and in the mail is all it needs - we'll see if it gets that far!
I did the frozen meal thing once years ago for my MIL. That was back when I cooked every night because it was enjoyable with Erik and Scott both loving everything I made and Braeden and Chane too little to complain much. Now B&C both like "plain" food (as in grilled chicken with rice and veggies all separate so not much fun to cook). So I don't cook that way much anymore. Plus I've gotte4n into cooking stuff like hot dogs which I never used to make. This year she said "oh, just make me three months' worth of meals, that's all I need!" and I got the impression she wanted it to be an easy gift for me. She doesn't realize I don't cook that way anymore but I will. My kids will just have to suck it up. Not three months' worth though - I'm going to try to do 30 meals with maybe 12-15 different things.
YOu do need to get your counters done. It's not like with me where they are chipped and getting worn out looking - you have a mold problem which you can't ignore. It's not good for you guys to be around and it will spread. I don't think it's sad you want that stuff done before your dinner - of course you do. You wouldn't be normal if you didn't so stop beating yourself up for being "shallow." You are anything but!
That's really nice Andrew brought you that dessert. And it sounds YUMMY! I would love that I think. Sounds like my kind of dessert.
I hope the job thing works out. That would suck if he had to commute. Especially if he's not an early bird. The only reason I see much of Scott is that he's willing to get up at 4:30 so he can be home by 5. If he left here at 8 we wouldn't see him at all.
I'm also having Christmas freakouts. I don't think I've overspent way too much on Christmas but somehow we did on many other things and have a credit card balance which I don't want. Remember we took out a 2nd mortgage only this spring to pay off our cards and cannot afford even a minimum payment. Ack! Boy I hope my MIL buys some of these gifts!
I used to work in a stupid place like where Andrew is. I was the receptionist and it was my job to record when people walked in. They had to be buzzed in by me so they couldn't sneak in. It really sucked. The big boss was always in early but he did like nothing (he got fired right after I left). They also didn't get credit for working late. And they had all these rules like if you were sick after a holiday you didn't get the pay for the holiday either. My last "real" job had no rules like that, at least not in my department. We were supposed to be there from 8:45 to 5:15 but some people got in at 6 and left early in the afternoon, and some got in at 9:30 or later and stayed late. Nobody kept track of it except that we did have to "bill" clients so you kind of had to work your 8 hours. Most people worked 9-10 or more and were happy to do it. I stayed sometimes 'til 11 cheerfully. It was just an awesome job. Well 'til the end when they started changing some things but the company attracted top notch employees - I had to go through 3 interview processes and it took 2 months to get all the way into the job and it was the best job I ever had. It proves that people respond to how you treat them. The job where I had to write down people who were 1 minute late had so many miserable people who were watching the clock and when they did work late it was because they had to or they had no life. I truly hope your husband can find a job like that! Even if he ends up working more (which I did) he would be happier in it and that counts for a lot. Hey, I hope my own husband finds something like that too! lol
I don't know what dosage I'm on. Actually I'm on "Pristiq" which is basically Effexor but time release. It's a newer version.
LOL Angel just attempted to jump into the windowsill for the first time and ended up hanging by her front paws. She's still too little. I just had to reach over and give her a boost. Poor Sami, now she can't even go up high to get away from her. Plus we moved Angel down here so I could reclaim our guest bathroom the other night so no breaks at all. Now they are fighting in the windowsill. Hmm, we got another cat for Sami to have a friend and now it's like I have two fighting kids here all day lol. I THINK they are playing. most of the time anyway!
I need to make a list. I called my sister Sarah, the one I dont' really get along with much but lives near here, and asked her to go shopping today. My first "social" outing since July when she and I went to a concert. I passed a really cool junk store I think she'd love that I usually visit once each Christmas season and noticed it's going out of business :-( So I called to see if she wanted to go. She said call her at 9. If we go, it'll be later. It takes her FOREVER to get ready to go anywhere and she's totally not a morning person so more than likely we'll meet at noon. I don't have time for this really but I think it will help me get motivated to do some things around here. I'm still a little dizzy and my stomach is sick but everyone in my house has stomach issues lately so that part is probably a virus or something.
Going to make a list.
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