'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 39: Cuppa Tea, Cuppa Tea, Almost Got Shagged, Cuppa Tea...
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
duck
ewwwww
Goose!
Takes off running.
yeeps our gas bill went up by half
That happens in the winter. Mine fucking doubled.
Mine fucking doubled.
aww that sucks. but now mine doesn't seem so bad.
Well, it does get colder up here.
I was amazed at how much the heating bill was in my first apartment in San Francisco. The place was drafty as hell and had no insulation, so the bills during the 40F-50F winter were almost as bad as a 0F-20F winter in Madison....
Woo-hoo, I have beef stew in the crockpot!
Mine fucking doubled.
ours went from $50 to $400. I am deeply suspicious.
Totally loved reading-after-the-fact with the Firefly watch and post last night ... missed it on account of still sick. But I'm very appreciative of the Chinese translations.
A few somewhat scary things are happening that I hope will all pan out in good ways.
- my boss and I had a really interesting conversation last night that I started, which could let me leave my current position gracefully in June, and keep a consulting gig on the side. Turns out her frustration over the past couple of months is related to outside factors and stress, as well as wondering when I was going to up and leave them empty handed (which I wouldn't do). There may be more than that, but that's the basics. Which is really good... but also - MEEP! Not fulltime employed... great idea during an economic downturn.
- we're talking with our realtor tonight about the house situation and trying to figure out a plan, or two. Not paying two mortgages come June is the goal. Actually, not paying two mortgages come tomorrow would be fine too.
- a local writing group that I've started checking in with just pimped www.travelswithchild.org - which is really nice, and I'm hoping for some pass-along from it. (by the way, Raq hates leeches. so do I.)
- I'm phone conferencing tomorrow about 4 (!) freelance jobs. I could land absolutely none of them, but still.
- Iris is finally back at preschool, after the worst most horrible toddler ick I've ever seen. Complete with fever, coughing, goop leaking from her EYES, and just all out grossness that the doctor gave us the helpful insight of "yup, it's going around!"
I don't know whether to run around waving my hands or just fall down on the floor.