And Meara succeeds in making me feel much better about my own need to weed out clothes. Rather than skirts, though, my thing is shirts.
Oh, God. Oh, God. My hair. My hair! The government gave me bad hair!
Cordelia ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Spike's Bitches 31: We're Motivated Go-getters.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
DebetEsse - Jun 18, 2006 5:48:06 pm PDT #546 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
meara - Jun 18, 2006 5:53:09 pm PDT #547 of 10001
Yeha, see why I said I needed someone's help, Debetesse?
DebetEsse - Jun 18, 2006 6:03:59 pm PDT #548 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
You didn't tell me it was clothes cleaning! That's a whole different deal than cleaning cleaning.
sj - Jun 18, 2006 6:34:36 pm PDT #549 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
This is why I don't count what I own, I would probably find it too upsetting.
Dave and I had a good day with his family. The only thing that didn't go well was the birthday gift we brought to his nephew. Dave gets his nephew comic books every year for his birthday, and we are always hearing from his parents that he loves them and that his father has to buy him more because he enjoys having them read to him so much. However, when he opened his gift today he said to Dave, "Can you not buy me comics anymore? I want toys." I felt so bad for Dave, because I know he thought he was doing a really cool thing for his nephew.
SailAweigh - Jun 18, 2006 6:43:46 pm PDT #550 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Oh, sj, that's too bad for Dave.
vw, I agree with the folks saying forget about the apartment in the kill zone. Too many cons, not enough pros. Total square footage is not the be-all-end-all of a good apartment. I'll take less sq. footage over more total storage space anyday.
The daughter was lonely in her new apartment, today. She came over and we did some shopping for the new apartment and went to dinner. I have to admit, I feel a lot more alone now that she's moved out. Even a little lonely because even if she wasn't here much at the same time I was, I'd gotten used to her living here. It's so quiet, now, even with the TV on.
DavidS - Jun 18, 2006 6:44:27 pm PDT #551 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Poor Dave!
As for when the kitties meet, out vet advises us not to interfere and let them sort it out but I fear that Trinian's brain of very small size will just make her a very vicious being. I'm a tad concerned to say the least.
I've heard from reputable sources that it helps to introduce the new kitties by putting some tuna juice on their heads.
Honest.
Also, I am pleased to be Laura's ex in Dreamland. NSM for the ex-element, but...you know. Laura. Woof.
erikaj - Jun 18, 2006 6:55:04 pm PDT #552 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Oh, you guys would be the Friendly Exes, like Stanley and Marge on H:LOTS. Which drove Munch crazy and made him all "Divorced people hate each other, Stanley."
sj - Jun 18, 2006 6:56:29 pm PDT #553 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
His mom tried to fix the situation by reminding him how much he loves to read comics, which he agreed with, but still wanted toys. Then she pointed out the matchbox car, the bubbles, and the squirt gun we also bought him and said, "And what are those?". I think she handled it pretty well, and it was just a four year old being a four year old. We brought squirt guns to both his neice and nephew (my idea) and they had a blast playing with them which was nice. They're adorable kids.
DavidS - Jun 18, 2006 6:57:56 pm PDT #554 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh, you guys would be the Friendly Exes, like Stanley and Marge on H:LOTS. Which drove Munch crazy and made him all "Divorced people hate each other, Stanley."
Heh. She's already got a friendly ex.
DavidS - Jun 18, 2006 6:59:46 pm PDT #555 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
and it was just a four year old being a four year old.
Ah. Well, at 4 they'll say all kinds of things which sting but don't mean much in the big scheme of things. Tell Dave not to sweat it. They're not especially kind at that age, and he's already established his role as Giving Things Uncle, which is not a bad role. Also, the undiluted bluntness is probably a sign of comfort with him.