Today is one of those days where there's just to many interruptions and not enough being accomplished. So, I give up on trying.
Went to see the doc this morning. Glad it was an early appt. My view was get in and get it done and over with. The rooms were cold. They to had no water this morning. By the time I got home hubby was ready to get up. He was getting up early so we could go and get insulation. We didn't go yesterday because it snowed all day. I never told him I had a doc appt because he can't remember anything anyway. He was worried that I wasn't here when he got up and the boys didn't know where I was. Then when we go into town and I'm telling him I have yet another script to get filled. Drop the script, and then go get the insulation. He wants to know what the script is for. Well, some things men are just better off not knowing to much detail about and this is one of those things. All I have to do is say one word and he drops the subject. He knows better, lol. He's following me all around the pharmacy while I'm gathering my list of over the counter things I need. As a matter of fact, he's been clingy all day. Don't know what that's all about. He's off to work now so my hip attachment is gone, lol. It's really to late now to get into to much today, so I'll just do whatever.
Yesterday I got a lot accomplished. Finished cleaning the rest of the house, really well. Even got the sheets changed. My vitamins must be kicking in because by the time I looked at the clock it was only around 1:30. And everything was done. That was a first. Got some of the menu planning done, but not what I wanted. I just pulled some slow cooker recipes and shoved them in my planner. Nothing is detailed like I wanted. Maybe next week or maybe that will be something I'll work on all through the week.
Since the boys have both lost their ipods and some privileges, they got up this morning and cleaned, did dishes and took the trash out. Including cleaning the cat box. They never do this without being asked a million times. I know what they're doing and I'm not backing down and giving in. They're making me feel bad, but I can't give in. So now I feel lost because everything is done. I can't remember the last time that has happened. Guess I'll take my time going through all my email and read some journals.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Random thoughts
Got my early morning phone call of church being cancelled. I kind of figured it would be. It's still snowing. That and since the heat wasn't left on after Wednesday, they have some frozen pipes in the building. During the winter months church is held in the social hall because the heat in the church itself doesn't work that well. It's an old building, the church is an independent church and there is no offering plate passed around. Ever. I think the pastor that just retired said that has been stopped for about 20 years now. They don't request special offering for things the church needs either. The few special offerings are for missionary's, if requested. They have stopped supporting a few of the missionary's because the church has been looking for a pastor for 2 1/2 years now. They think the size of the church and no income is part of the problem. So the elders take turns each month speaking. One of the elders chooses a whole book to cover and the other elder chooses random passages. He's currently working on the book of Judges and because of all the cancellations, it seems to be taking forever. In Bible study we are working on the book on Philemon. That seems to be taking forever to, and that's a very short book, because of all the cancellations due to the weather.
I have no plans for today. Hubby took a load of laundry to work with him. It was one load. When he got home from work he took the basket and dumped it on the sofa. He did that yesterday to, but I thought it was because he needed the basket. This really irritated me this morning, especially since I worked so hard in the living room and it looks so nice, and then I walk out and see that on my sofa. Gggrrrrr. I'm going to have to tell him again, to keep it in the basket. We are pretty much caught up and have empty baskets around.
Need to work on my food menus for the week. I'll be thanking myself later in the week for doing this. It seems like by Thursday, I'm tired and just can't wait until the weekend gets here so I can relax just a little.
I was talking to a few of my neighbors and they were telling me that the night before was the coldest night we had yet. It got to -15. Apparently, we weren't the only ones with frozen pipes. Some of them had some to. Hubby was telling me that over at the station, they have a basement under the store, and one of the pipes burst. Hubby sets up a kerosene heater down in the basement when it gets to cold. Guess the heater wasn't enough that night. At least we weren't the only ones with problems. I think after today it's supposed to gradually start climbing into the 20's. It's going to feel like springtime around here, lol.
Time to brave the snow covered roads to take the oldest to work. Think I'm going to take hubby's truck, it has 4 wheel drive in it.
I have no plans for today. Hubby took a load of laundry to work with him. It was one load. When he got home from work he took the basket and dumped it on the sofa. He did that yesterday to, but I thought it was because he needed the basket. This really irritated me this morning, especially since I worked so hard in the living room and it looks so nice, and then I walk out and see that on my sofa. Gggrrrrr. I'm going to have to tell him again, to keep it in the basket. We are pretty much caught up and have empty baskets around.
Need to work on my food menus for the week. I'll be thanking myself later in the week for doing this. It seems like by Thursday, I'm tired and just can't wait until the weekend gets here so I can relax just a little.
I was talking to a few of my neighbors and they were telling me that the night before was the coldest night we had yet. It got to -15. Apparently, we weren't the only ones with frozen pipes. Some of them had some to. Hubby was telling me that over at the station, they have a basement under the store, and one of the pipes burst. Hubby sets up a kerosene heater down in the basement when it gets to cold. Guess the heater wasn't enough that night. At least we weren't the only ones with problems. I think after today it's supposed to gradually start climbing into the 20's. It's going to feel like springtime around here, lol.
Time to brave the snow covered roads to take the oldest to work. Think I'm going to take hubby's truck, it has 4 wheel drive in it.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Saturday
It's taken me just about all day, but the living room is finally rearranged. Talk about tired!! I did have the youngest help me and then the oldest when he came home. It looks better. It was time for a change. It's something I have not been looking forward to. I have a set of bookcases in the living room that do hold books, lots and lots of books. They are a chore to move. I took the computer out and put it in the small room to, so that gave me more space. I was only going to do a few pieces at a time, but decided since I was on a roll, why not do the whole thing. This way, it's done. Now the little room has a online computer and an off line computer, right next to each other. We use the off line computer for games. I haven't really had much time lately to see whats wrong with the Internet connection on that one.
Woke up this morning to no hot water again. Last night was probably one of the coldest nights yet. Fortunately, hubby was here. I've been telling him that we need to keep the cabinets under the sinks open and the water dripping during the night, so hopefully, the pipes won't freeze. When he gets home he insists on shutting the cabinets( the only time he does this) and turning the water off. Ok, what do I know. Guess who was under the house with a hair dryer trying to dethaw the pipes, lol?? He had the oldest out there with him and checking every now and again to see if the water was on. Then, he has the nerve to come inside and tell me to let the water drip over night and keep the cabinet doors open when it's this cold. %^&&$$%!! Whatever. I asked what the problem was under the house that the pipe froze and he said there wasn't enough insulation for the pipes. I distinctly remember having a conversation with him during the spring about going under the house and checking everything. Making sure everything is still intact. His response was everything was still fine, why wouldn't it be?? So, as a temporary fix we are going to get insulation tomorrow and put it around the pipes that need more, then in the Spring go under there and fix anything that needs fixing. Guess these things sound better if he says it??
Knitting class starts up again this week, and I can't wait. I so desperately need that female companionship and time away. There's just something about sitting with a group of women and knitting that just alleivates all my stress . I miss that time when the classes stop. I got one of the gloves done that I started before the class ended, now I have to work on the other one. Hopefully I'll have it done by the time I go this week. It was so hard for me to do at first, but then once I wrapped my head around the visual part, it just flew together. It was a challenge, to say the least since it wasn't done the traditional way, and I'll be proud of myself for getting them done and sticking it out. So many times I wanted to throw in the towel. Since they were for my mother, I was going to send them to her for her birthday. Then we were talking the other day and she makes the comment that she never wears gloves anymore, just mittens. Well, crap man! Now I know, lol.
Hubby's been taking the laundry and doing it at work. Yesterday, he kept hounding me to give him all the dirty clothes. So I did, lol. The man was doing laundry until midnight, lol. I told him he had to dry it there to because I didn't want to be up until midnight drying clothes either. He did come home and put one load in our dryer. He took the one basket of clothes we had from yesterday. Little does he know, that basket didn't have the boys clothes in it. Oh well, they know he takes it and if they want their clothes cleaned, then they should know what to do.
Tomorrow we are supposed to get more snow. If it's to much predicted, church will be cancelled again. I plan to go some organizing for the week. Things worked much better during the week, when I took the time to plan out the weeks and plan out dinner for each day. Since we are generally out of the house 3 nights a week, getting slow cooker recipes ready for the week, makes things much simpler. While I'm at it I'm going to try to rearrange my own eating. I'm going to try 5 smaller meals and see how that works for me, but to also include the total amount of water, dairy, fruits and veggies I should have. I did feel better when I did this, but things got thrown off with having my teeth fixed and not being able to eat certain things. I still have to be really careful with certain fruits and veggies. One thing it has done for me is make me more mindful of my chewing and to slow down and take smaller bites. But, I need to start taking care of myself again. I've let myself go and it shows, so back to square one again. There is a local tops meeting that I've been thinking about going to, once the weather gets a little better.
The boys are doing their best to avoid me. They are both being punished because of their attitudes. They even lost their ipods. Both of them. Next on the list is the television. If this continues into tomorrow, I will make them write sentences. I used to do that and they both hated that with a passion, especially the youngest. He used to write me a story or an apology letter, lol. It's amazing what losing a few prized possessions and privileges will do for the attitudes, lol!
I did all my errands yesterday after work in the frigid temps. I was beginning to think I was crazy, but the payoff was it's done and I could do anything I wanted to today. Why I chose today to work my butt off in the house is beyond me, but it's done now. I can focus on other things.
Woke up this morning to no hot water again. Last night was probably one of the coldest nights yet. Fortunately, hubby was here. I've been telling him that we need to keep the cabinets under the sinks open and the water dripping during the night, so hopefully, the pipes won't freeze. When he gets home he insists on shutting the cabinets( the only time he does this) and turning the water off. Ok, what do I know. Guess who was under the house with a hair dryer trying to dethaw the pipes, lol?? He had the oldest out there with him and checking every now and again to see if the water was on. Then, he has the nerve to come inside and tell me to let the water drip over night and keep the cabinet doors open when it's this cold. %^&&$$%!! Whatever. I asked what the problem was under the house that the pipe froze and he said there wasn't enough insulation for the pipes. I distinctly remember having a conversation with him during the spring about going under the house and checking everything. Making sure everything is still intact. His response was everything was still fine, why wouldn't it be?? So, as a temporary fix we are going to get insulation tomorrow and put it around the pipes that need more, then in the Spring go under there and fix anything that needs fixing. Guess these things sound better if he says it??
Knitting class starts up again this week, and I can't wait. I so desperately need that female companionship and time away. There's just something about sitting with a group of women and knitting that just alleivates all my stress . I miss that time when the classes stop. I got one of the gloves done that I started before the class ended, now I have to work on the other one. Hopefully I'll have it done by the time I go this week. It was so hard for me to do at first, but then once I wrapped my head around the visual part, it just flew together. It was a challenge, to say the least since it wasn't done the traditional way, and I'll be proud of myself for getting them done and sticking it out. So many times I wanted to throw in the towel. Since they were for my mother, I was going to send them to her for her birthday. Then we were talking the other day and she makes the comment that she never wears gloves anymore, just mittens. Well, crap man! Now I know, lol.
Hubby's been taking the laundry and doing it at work. Yesterday, he kept hounding me to give him all the dirty clothes. So I did, lol. The man was doing laundry until midnight, lol. I told him he had to dry it there to because I didn't want to be up until midnight drying clothes either. He did come home and put one load in our dryer. He took the one basket of clothes we had from yesterday. Little does he know, that basket didn't have the boys clothes in it. Oh well, they know he takes it and if they want their clothes cleaned, then they should know what to do.
Tomorrow we are supposed to get more snow. If it's to much predicted, church will be cancelled again. I plan to go some organizing for the week. Things worked much better during the week, when I took the time to plan out the weeks and plan out dinner for each day. Since we are generally out of the house 3 nights a week, getting slow cooker recipes ready for the week, makes things much simpler. While I'm at it I'm going to try to rearrange my own eating. I'm going to try 5 smaller meals and see how that works for me, but to also include the total amount of water, dairy, fruits and veggies I should have. I did feel better when I did this, but things got thrown off with having my teeth fixed and not being able to eat certain things. I still have to be really careful with certain fruits and veggies. One thing it has done for me is make me more mindful of my chewing and to slow down and take smaller bites. But, I need to start taking care of myself again. I've let myself go and it shows, so back to square one again. There is a local tops meeting that I've been thinking about going to, once the weather gets a little better.
The boys are doing their best to avoid me. They are both being punished because of their attitudes. They even lost their ipods. Both of them. Next on the list is the television. If this continues into tomorrow, I will make them write sentences. I used to do that and they both hated that with a passion, especially the youngest. He used to write me a story or an apology letter, lol. It's amazing what losing a few prized possessions and privileges will do for the attitudes, lol!
I did all my errands yesterday after work in the frigid temps. I was beginning to think I was crazy, but the payoff was it's done and I could do anything I wanted to today. Why I chose today to work my butt off in the house is beyond me, but it's done now. I can focus on other things.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
The weekend has to be better
All day today I've been thinking it was Friday. It's been a very long week already. No plans for the weekend since it's supposed to still be bitterly cold. And more snow Sunday into Monday. The kids have off on Monday, I have a doc appt, maybe I can get them out of the house for the day, lol.
We went and got the new washer yesterday. It has issues. Can't seem to get it to spin the laundry out and actually stay in one place. Jumps all over the place. Hubby worked on it today, even put a piece of plywood under it as a last resort and still the same thing. So, I called and someone is coming out next week to check it out. I plan to take the afternoon off because I want this fixed, and fixed right. Hubby will be here, but might not be up and he will agree with anything the service person trys to tell him. I've had problems in the past with an appliance not being fixed right. Then when the warranty is up, all of a sudden it's fixed.
Hubby offered to do a few loads at the station tonight. I did feel bad, but then I figured, he's offering to help me so fine, I'll take it. I did send the youngest to take care of the laundry. It beats sitting in the laundromat tonight. Unfortunately hubby will probably be taking laundry with him the rest of the week. The oldest is there helping hubby in the station and the youngest is doing laundry. I have the house all to myself. Much needed quiet time for me. I came home today very focused on what I wanted to get accomplished. Got some much needed things at the store before I got home. My big mistake was walking in the door. Hubby took the oldest so it was just me and the youngest. I don't know what's the problem with this kid, but he's just so miserable and nasty lately. All week. After dealing with this attitude all week, and no change, well, we got into it big time today. Just had enough. I was seriously considering some major retail therapy, but behaved myself. My retail therapy was in the form of grocery shopping, lol. Went to the local market. Decided I really wanted to stay close to home. Anything I would have bought would not have been a need but a want. Do I really need those clearance boots? No. Do I need more clothes? No, can't take it home and wash it tonight anyway. Do we need food? Yeah, we always need food, lol. I think I just needed to get out of the house for a short while to clear my head. So glad knitting class starts next week. Tonight would have been one of those nights where I would have gone early and been one of the last ones to leave.
Hubby's family is tying to reach him. I hate when they do this. It usually means they want money or someone has a problem and they want him to drop everything and run and help them. They called this morning and left a message and again tonight. He might be avoiding them, or it might have been a while since he's talked to them and they just want to make sure he is ok. What I don't understand is why they don't call him at work. They know the number. Call during the day when he's sleeping. Call at night when he's working. He's been doing well with the not drinking. They never fail to trigger him to start again.
Just heard on the news about a plane that crashed in the Hudson river because the plane hit a flock of geese. Imagine that. This is the second problem with a plane in the news today. There was an emergency landing at Albany international this morning.
Time to get my few chores done for the night so I can relax. Gray's is on tonight, lol.
We went and got the new washer yesterday. It has issues. Can't seem to get it to spin the laundry out and actually stay in one place. Jumps all over the place. Hubby worked on it today, even put a piece of plywood under it as a last resort and still the same thing. So, I called and someone is coming out next week to check it out. I plan to take the afternoon off because I want this fixed, and fixed right. Hubby will be here, but might not be up and he will agree with anything the service person trys to tell him. I've had problems in the past with an appliance not being fixed right. Then when the warranty is up, all of a sudden it's fixed.
Hubby offered to do a few loads at the station tonight. I did feel bad, but then I figured, he's offering to help me so fine, I'll take it. I did send the youngest to take care of the laundry. It beats sitting in the laundromat tonight. Unfortunately hubby will probably be taking laundry with him the rest of the week. The oldest is there helping hubby in the station and the youngest is doing laundry. I have the house all to myself. Much needed quiet time for me. I came home today very focused on what I wanted to get accomplished. Got some much needed things at the store before I got home. My big mistake was walking in the door. Hubby took the oldest so it was just me and the youngest. I don't know what's the problem with this kid, but he's just so miserable and nasty lately. All week. After dealing with this attitude all week, and no change, well, we got into it big time today. Just had enough. I was seriously considering some major retail therapy, but behaved myself. My retail therapy was in the form of grocery shopping, lol. Went to the local market. Decided I really wanted to stay close to home. Anything I would have bought would not have been a need but a want. Do I really need those clearance boots? No. Do I need more clothes? No, can't take it home and wash it tonight anyway. Do we need food? Yeah, we always need food, lol. I think I just needed to get out of the house for a short while to clear my head. So glad knitting class starts next week. Tonight would have been one of those nights where I would have gone early and been one of the last ones to leave.
Hubby's family is tying to reach him. I hate when they do this. It usually means they want money or someone has a problem and they want him to drop everything and run and help them. They called this morning and left a message and again tonight. He might be avoiding them, or it might have been a while since he's talked to them and they just want to make sure he is ok. What I don't understand is why they don't call him at work. They know the number. Call during the day when he's sleeping. Call at night when he's working. He's been doing well with the not drinking. They never fail to trigger him to start again.
Just heard on the news about a plane that crashed in the Hudson river because the plane hit a flock of geese. Imagine that. This is the second problem with a plane in the news today. There was an emergency landing at Albany international this morning.
Time to get my few chores done for the night so I can relax. Gray's is on tonight, lol.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
A cold Wednesday
The heater has been running like crazy and today is just the beginning of the frigid temps. Tomorrow and Friday are supposed to be even colder! I'm not one who likes warm weather. I would choose the cold if I had a choice, but I don't like it when it's this cold. This extreme cold tends to make my back go into spasms. With hubby working nights now, it's hard to have him rub out the pain when I need it.
We didn't make it to bible study tonight. I just took the cake out of the oven for the youngest birthday. We had to go and get the washer today, and take the old one out. I just moved out of the way and let the guys do it. Didn't want to be around when the tempers started to flair. And they did. Hubby partially set it up and had to leave because the fool claimed he had to go somewhere today. Hubby put the hoses on backwards. Imagine my surprise when the rinse is coming in and there's steam coming out of the top of the lid, lol! For some reason the boys can't seem to get it balanced right. I did one load to make sure the machine works and there are no leaks. All's fine until the spin cycle. Jumps all over the place. They get one side balanced and the other side is off. Can't seem to get both sides balanced. So, since they were losing their tempers, I told them to just leave it and see if hubby can get it before he goes to work tomorrow. If worse comes to worse, we can put a piece of plywood under both machines.
Hubby took my car to work today. He knows someone who can get us a headlight for the car. It's not broken, just I think maybe the brackets or what ever holds the headlight in is broken. Hubby had the chore of picking all the deer fur out, lol. And that stuff that was on the side of the car. I'm a little afraid to even guess what it was. Eeeewwww. The paint is definitely cracked. I could see tonight where hubby or someone picked at it. Fortunately, the damage doesn't look any worse in the daytime than it did at night.
We celebrated the youngest birthday tonight because the rest of the week will be busy, and there's the possibility of more snow on Sunday into Monday. It was tonight or not at all. The youngest got 3 new hoodies, 2 pairs of sweat pants and an iTunes card. One of his friends gave him an iTunes card to. Guess he's happy. Hasn't said much. He did work on buying music and movies for his Ipod though.
The cake should be cool enough to frost and then I'm going to call it a night. I haven't been sleeping well at night. Believe it our not, it's just to hot for me to sleep. I have to kick all the covers off, then I wake up because I'm cold, cover up, then hot again. Geez! Of course, when hubby comes home and I'm uncovered, he makes sure to bundle me up. Doesn't cross his mind I might be hot! Going to have to sleep with the ceiling fan on again. It's been off because of hubby being sick and not wanting it on, but I need air, lol!!
We didn't make it to bible study tonight. I just took the cake out of the oven for the youngest birthday. We had to go and get the washer today, and take the old one out. I just moved out of the way and let the guys do it. Didn't want to be around when the tempers started to flair. And they did. Hubby partially set it up and had to leave because the fool claimed he had to go somewhere today. Hubby put the hoses on backwards. Imagine my surprise when the rinse is coming in and there's steam coming out of the top of the lid, lol! For some reason the boys can't seem to get it balanced right. I did one load to make sure the machine works and there are no leaks. All's fine until the spin cycle. Jumps all over the place. They get one side balanced and the other side is off. Can't seem to get both sides balanced. So, since they were losing their tempers, I told them to just leave it and see if hubby can get it before he goes to work tomorrow. If worse comes to worse, we can put a piece of plywood under both machines.
Hubby took my car to work today. He knows someone who can get us a headlight for the car. It's not broken, just I think maybe the brackets or what ever holds the headlight in is broken. Hubby had the chore of picking all the deer fur out, lol. And that stuff that was on the side of the car. I'm a little afraid to even guess what it was. Eeeewwww. The paint is definitely cracked. I could see tonight where hubby or someone picked at it. Fortunately, the damage doesn't look any worse in the daytime than it did at night.
We celebrated the youngest birthday tonight because the rest of the week will be busy, and there's the possibility of more snow on Sunday into Monday. It was tonight or not at all. The youngest got 3 new hoodies, 2 pairs of sweat pants and an iTunes card. One of his friends gave him an iTunes card to. Guess he's happy. Hasn't said much. He did work on buying music and movies for his Ipod though.
The cake should be cool enough to frost and then I'm going to call it a night. I haven't been sleeping well at night. Believe it our not, it's just to hot for me to sleep. I have to kick all the covers off, then I wake up because I'm cold, cover up, then hot again. Geez! Of course, when hubby comes home and I'm uncovered, he makes sure to bundle me up. Doesn't cross his mind I might be hot! Going to have to sleep with the ceiling fan on again. It's been off because of hubby being sick and not wanting it on, but I need air, lol!!
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Glad this day is almost over!!
What a day! I get home from work and hubby is still here, waiting for me. I get in late, just as the kids are getting home. Hubby tells me to meet him at work. I'm confused as to why since I thought it was just me and the oldest going into Hudson to fill hubby's script and pick up the last few things for the youngest birthday tomorrow. He tells me he's going to so we can hit Sears and look for a washer. Oh! He had someone come this morning and give him an estimate of how much it would cost to fix the washer. The guy told him $300 to $350. Ouch!! So, hubby decided it would be better to get another one. If we hit a sale, we could pay a little more for a new one. I did, once again, tell hubby we are going for the extended warranty if we get another one. He agreed. We drop his script, with a 45 minute wait, and go to Sears. Only one person in the store working. By the time we were ready, the guy was on the phone. So we had to wait. I thought hubby was going to get impatient, since he had to be at work by 4 pm, but he hung around. Guess he didn't want me hitting him up for quarters for the Laundromat all the time, lol. This Sears is a little store. They had a lot of Kenmore and Maytags. A few Whirlpools. Of course, if I could have any kind I wanted
I would have gone for one of the front loaders. Poor hubby
would have gone into heart failure if I told him that after seeing the prices, lol. I stayed away from the Maytag's. I checked out consumer reports online last night and they had nothing good to say about Maytag's. Everyone I know has nothing good to say about Maytag's. I always thought they were good, but, going with the majority on this one. I got a Whirlpool. It's really nice. Has a separate setting for jeans, second rinse, which I love, and lots of other cool features. It was slightly more than the Kenmore I almost got. Hubby was fine with it as long as I stayed away from the front loaders, lol.
So, we go to Walmart to get the birthday gifts. Every. Time. I. Turned. Around. Hubby. Was. Gone. I spent more time trying to find him than I did actually shopping for the few things I bought. I felt like I should have brought a leash for the man, lol!! By this time it's 4:45. I'm ready to go get his script and leave. He decided to order pizza. Another 30 minute wait. So we walked around Big Lots. I kept a hold of the man in that store, lol.
Get to the station and hubby tells me to wait, he wants the oldest to help him stock for a few minutes. We leave and we're talking as we're going home. The speed limit in the area is 30 and I was going under that because it's a speed trap. Well, I hit a deer right in that area. Didn't kill it. It turned around and went the way it came from. The pick up behind me, swerved into the other lane, I guess to avoid me and/or the deer. The oldest is jumping around in his seat scared out of his mind. He's yelling at me to pull over. There was a lot of traffic behind me and I wanted to pull over where the shoulder was bigger. He finally starts yelling at me to stop the car. I didn't think there was much damage. No lights broken and nothing rubbing. I hit the deer behind the shoulder. I figured if the deer went the other way, it wasn't to bad. I pull over and the oldest is so upset he couldn't get out of the car. He gets out and wants to look at the damage. I wanted to wait until we got home. We only live 5 minutes from hubby's work. The front of the hood is bent a little. The hood opens. The head light is pushed in a little and the lens cover for the side running lights is cracked. It looked like on the fender the paint is cracked. The damage looks minor, but I know to fix it will require a new hood, fender, and lights. I ran my hand along the side and didn't feel any dents on the fender itself. I'll be able to see better tomorrow in the daylight. Both the boys said hubby is going to flip when he sees it. I did call hubby and told him what happened. I explained where the damage is. He said he wasn't mad, but he got all quiet when I told him. We'll see how he acts tomorrow when I actually see him. Or if the damage looks worse in the daylight.
Tomorrow we have to take the truck and get the washer. We have to move the old one out first. Hubby didn't want to pay the extra money to have it removed and delivered, even though you get that money back. Tomorrow is also the youngest birthday. I wanted to go to Bible Study, but I really don't see that happening. By the time we get the machine and I bake a cake, it just might be to late to go. I really wanted to since Church was cancelled because of the snow. It's to late now to bake. I had to finish folding all the laundry I did over the past 2 days. I was lazy this weekend, lol.
Well, I'm getting tired. Going to call it a night soon.
I would have gone for one of the front loaders. Poor hubby
would have gone into heart failure if I told him that after seeing the prices, lol. I stayed away from the Maytag's. I checked out consumer reports online last night and they had nothing good to say about Maytag's. Everyone I know has nothing good to say about Maytag's. I always thought they were good, but, going with the majority on this one. I got a Whirlpool. It's really nice. Has a separate setting for jeans, second rinse, which I love, and lots of other cool features. It was slightly more than the Kenmore I almost got. Hubby was fine with it as long as I stayed away from the front loaders, lol.
So, we go to Walmart to get the birthday gifts. Every. Time. I. Turned. Around. Hubby. Was. Gone. I spent more time trying to find him than I did actually shopping for the few things I bought. I felt like I should have brought a leash for the man, lol!! By this time it's 4:45. I'm ready to go get his script and leave. He decided to order pizza. Another 30 minute wait. So we walked around Big Lots. I kept a hold of the man in that store, lol.
Get to the station and hubby tells me to wait, he wants the oldest to help him stock for a few minutes. We leave and we're talking as we're going home. The speed limit in the area is 30 and I was going under that because it's a speed trap. Well, I hit a deer right in that area. Didn't kill it. It turned around and went the way it came from. The pick up behind me, swerved into the other lane, I guess to avoid me and/or the deer. The oldest is jumping around in his seat scared out of his mind. He's yelling at me to pull over. There was a lot of traffic behind me and I wanted to pull over where the shoulder was bigger. He finally starts yelling at me to stop the car. I didn't think there was much damage. No lights broken and nothing rubbing. I hit the deer behind the shoulder. I figured if the deer went the other way, it wasn't to bad. I pull over and the oldest is so upset he couldn't get out of the car. He gets out and wants to look at the damage. I wanted to wait until we got home. We only live 5 minutes from hubby's work. The front of the hood is bent a little. The hood opens. The head light is pushed in a little and the lens cover for the side running lights is cracked. It looked like on the fender the paint is cracked. The damage looks minor, but I know to fix it will require a new hood, fender, and lights. I ran my hand along the side and didn't feel any dents on the fender itself. I'll be able to see better tomorrow in the daylight. Both the boys said hubby is going to flip when he sees it. I did call hubby and told him what happened. I explained where the damage is. He said he wasn't mad, but he got all quiet when I told him. We'll see how he acts tomorrow when I actually see him. Or if the damage looks worse in the daylight.
Tomorrow we have to take the truck and get the washer. We have to move the old one out first. Hubby didn't want to pay the extra money to have it removed and delivered, even though you get that money back. Tomorrow is also the youngest birthday. I wanted to go to Bible Study, but I really don't see that happening. By the time we get the machine and I bake a cake, it just might be to late to go. I really wanted to since Church was cancelled because of the snow. It's to late now to bake. I had to finish folding all the laundry I did over the past 2 days. I was lazy this weekend, lol.
Well, I'm getting tired. Going to call it a night soon.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Taking a break
And going to enjoy some "me" time. I've done about as much housework as I can stand right now. For some reason today, I'm tired of just making do. I'm ready to get rid of some of these things and get new. Like the vacuum. The on and off switch doesn't work anymore, so you have to plug and unplug it to turn it off and on. Not to much of a hassle. Except, it seems to have it's days, like today, where every little thing slips the belt off, and the hose decides to clog, repeatedly, where the bend is. This gets really irritating after a while. Can't even make it through one room without stopping a few times. Then there's the washer. It really needs help. The water doesn't turn off when it's supposed to and leaks all over the floor. But not always, only when it feels like it. Then it gets stuck, again when it feels like it, and won't spin. Hubby's looking around for someone he might know who could come and maybe fix this. Maybe these things are all bothering me because it is truly a Monday.
Go to vacuum in the boys room, which I rarely do, and step on some pic cd's that are laying all over the floor. Why?? I have no idea since they are my pics and the last time I saw them they were on the shelf where I put them. To avoid this kind of thing. But, that's the youngest, not happy unless he's into everything and making a mess. I do think the oldest was having a tantrum this morning because I heard him growling this morning before he went to school. He was also the last one out the door. He doesn't feel good anyway, so I'm sure anyone who comes in contact with him today is just going to be dealing with such a sweet child. To bad I can't ship him off somewhere for a few hours, lol.
Hubby's working nights now. The fool brought back the other woman and she started this morning. Hubby, worked his normal shift yesterday, came home around 4:30 went to bed and then went back to work at 8 pm because the fool couldn't work any later than that because he had to be up early today. Hubby worked until 1 am. I'm glad hubby did come home instead of going upstairs and resting for a few hours. But he knew as well as I did that if he went upstairs the fool wouldn't leave him alone. He knows coming home, I won't let anyone bother him. I even woke him up late and took the phone off the hook, lol. As soon as hubby walked out the door the fool was calling and calling. I didn't answer it. I only would have been mean to him anyway. Since the woman is back the oldest doesn't have to work every day after school. Just on weekends and Thursdays. The woman has Sundays off which means the fool has to open, (yeah, right) so I'm thinking of talking to hubby and having the oldest not work Sunday's. That way the fool is forced to work by himself. Mean I know. The woman opens at 4 and leaves at noon. Hubby comes in at 2 and works until closing. That leaves the fool alone for only 2 hours. He's upstairs watching tv or running all the other times. What really gets me is he crys to all the other family members that hubby is lazy and doesn't work!!
Well, while writing this, the washer just put water all over the floor and hubby's not happy. He wants to know why I haven't fixed this sooner. Maybe because he can't remember anything. I've been telling him about the washer, for a while now. He never says anything, so, ok fine, have it your way. Now that he's here and see's there's truly a problem, he wants to know why I didn't take care of it. Just can't win. He either wants to have it fixed, depending on how much it will cost, or replace it. I don't want another machine. I don't want to go looking for another machine. But, since we live in such a underdeveloped, rural area, it's hard to find someone to come and fix things, without wanting an arm, leg and the firstborn. Maybe it would be cheaper to buy something else. I did tell hubby, and told him to remember this conversation, that if we buy another one, we are buying the warranties. For as long as we can get. Over the summer we had to have the fridge fixed. We had it 13 months at the time. Really aggravated me. Since this is the second appliance we've had problems with, I think, for us its a good idea. I figure if we do that, then nothing will happen until the warranties run out anyway, lol. And before we buy, I need to check into how hard it is to get something repaired. Thinking maybe we should stick with Sears because they will come out here to boonieville, lol.
Took hubby to his docs appt. Didn't go in with him, I should have. Asked him what the doc said he has, he doesn't know. He came out with a script. What's it for, he doesn't know. Did she tell you to do or take anything special, he doesn't know. I asked him if he was still breathing, he looked at me and goes, I thought she would write everything down for me. Lol, apparently not, she is under the mistaken impression that you can remember things, lol.
Go to vacuum in the boys room, which I rarely do, and step on some pic cd's that are laying all over the floor. Why?? I have no idea since they are my pics and the last time I saw them they were on the shelf where I put them. To avoid this kind of thing. But, that's the youngest, not happy unless he's into everything and making a mess. I do think the oldest was having a tantrum this morning because I heard him growling this morning before he went to school. He was also the last one out the door. He doesn't feel good anyway, so I'm sure anyone who comes in contact with him today is just going to be dealing with such a sweet child. To bad I can't ship him off somewhere for a few hours, lol.
Hubby's working nights now. The fool brought back the other woman and she started this morning. Hubby, worked his normal shift yesterday, came home around 4:30 went to bed and then went back to work at 8 pm because the fool couldn't work any later than that because he had to be up early today. Hubby worked until 1 am. I'm glad hubby did come home instead of going upstairs and resting for a few hours. But he knew as well as I did that if he went upstairs the fool wouldn't leave him alone. He knows coming home, I won't let anyone bother him. I even woke him up late and took the phone off the hook, lol. As soon as hubby walked out the door the fool was calling and calling. I didn't answer it. I only would have been mean to him anyway. Since the woman is back the oldest doesn't have to work every day after school. Just on weekends and Thursdays. The woman has Sundays off which means the fool has to open, (yeah, right) so I'm thinking of talking to hubby and having the oldest not work Sunday's. That way the fool is forced to work by himself. Mean I know. The woman opens at 4 and leaves at noon. Hubby comes in at 2 and works until closing. That leaves the fool alone for only 2 hours. He's upstairs watching tv or running all the other times. What really gets me is he crys to all the other family members that hubby is lazy and doesn't work!!
Well, while writing this, the washer just put water all over the floor and hubby's not happy. He wants to know why I haven't fixed this sooner. Maybe because he can't remember anything. I've been telling him about the washer, for a while now. He never says anything, so, ok fine, have it your way. Now that he's here and see's there's truly a problem, he wants to know why I didn't take care of it. Just can't win. He either wants to have it fixed, depending on how much it will cost, or replace it. I don't want another machine. I don't want to go looking for another machine. But, since we live in such a underdeveloped, rural area, it's hard to find someone to come and fix things, without wanting an arm, leg and the firstborn. Maybe it would be cheaper to buy something else. I did tell hubby, and told him to remember this conversation, that if we buy another one, we are buying the warranties. For as long as we can get. Over the summer we had to have the fridge fixed. We had it 13 months at the time. Really aggravated me. Since this is the second appliance we've had problems with, I think, for us its a good idea. I figure if we do that, then nothing will happen until the warranties run out anyway, lol. And before we buy, I need to check into how hard it is to get something repaired. Thinking maybe we should stick with Sears because they will come out here to boonieville, lol.
Took hubby to his docs appt. Didn't go in with him, I should have. Asked him what the doc said he has, he doesn't know. He came out with a script. What's it for, he doesn't know. Did she tell you to do or take anything special, he doesn't know. I asked him if he was still breathing, he looked at me and goes, I thought she would write everything down for me. Lol, apparently not, she is under the mistaken impression that you can remember things, lol.
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