Yet more meara. Bwahaha!
Re: house repairs: I took out insurance that covers all the working "parts" of the house, from plumbing to electrical, including appliances, with discounted prices on replacement. $42/month and whenever something breaks, I just call the number, 24/7/365, and an actual qualified technician comes swiftly to fix it. What's the biggest fear of home ownership? "What if something happens that I can't pay for?" It's a huge weight off my mind. My sister said it was unnecessary, but she has a fat savings account and I don't. I think it was a good idea.
So, oatmeal. Eat it, y'all.
OK, I'm eating oatmeal RIGHT NOW and it's ... sorta OK, so, how much, and is Quaker Instant good enough? Because my LDL/triglycerides need to come down a few points.
And while I go to the gym, it's only 3-4 times a week
hahahaha. I wish I could get myself there twice a week.
the L-word
I once got into a 2-year relationship with a girl I was casually dating, because I casually told her I loved her - she'd driven me to the hospital, and I was still believing that she was a really good person, and I meant that I loved her but not that I LOVED loved her, you know, I was trying to say something like "I love you for doing this for me" but before I could say anything to further clarify, which I was about to, her face lit up like Christmas and angels sang and bluebirds appeared and tied ribbons in her hair and she exclaimed "oh I love you too I can't believe you said it first!" and well. 2-year relationship. With what turned out to be a crazy person. I am MUCH more careful about saying the L-word now.
Tresabel Pitcher
That is a wonderful name! She must have been a fascinating person. There should be more Tresabels in the world. And yes, she should have a book.
I haven't seen Iron Man OR Sherlock Holmes.
Did you know some IV meds taste on injection?
Noted. I'm probably gonna use that in a novel sometime.
ION, my hair keeps getting awesomer. It's now about 5 inches of deep copper red, with jet black tips. Looks good curly, looks better straight.
The Cutting Edge 3 people are skating to "She's Like the Wind"!
They just did it again -- Cutting Edge 4 has the same female lead as Cutting Edge 3, and despite Cutting Edge 3 ending with, "The answer is yes. I'll skate with you. Always," in Cutting Edge 4, she's single romantically and isn't skating with anyone.
That's so bizarre.
ION, I am not having pie for dinner after all. Partly because I forgot, but mostly because when I woke up this morning (way too early) I realized I had been dreaming that I was making seared scallops for breakfast. So I had to go to Whole Foods and get some and now I'm having seared scallops with grapefruit sauce and some garlickly broccoli rabe.
I have a home warrantee. It's ~$450/year and what I call a co-pay for each visit, but that's all I pay, regardless of what is involved. I've used it for a couple goofy things where idiots-guide-to-plumbing left me frustrated (like, I couldn't figure out my stupid toilet. ) Called when I made it rain in the livingroom and learned I have no overflow pipe in my tub. Had I wanted them to, they would have installed one, but that would wind up tearing up the floor, which I'm saving for when I redo all the plumbing up there (I really like my floor and intend to preserve it.) And used them again to winter-ready my radiator and learned all sorts of fascinating things. Frankly, I can bleed them myself, but emptying the reserve air tank? Adjusting the pressure? Yeah, next time that needs doing, I am calling them again. And now I know to check that shit.
I'll probably keep it for a few years until my savings recovers some.
I think the water in the basement is coming up through the concrete. Interesting. Long term fix is to drill a hole and put in a sump. But it only really happens when we get saturation like this. I'll live.
Hey, they actually varied the plot a little this time! Drunken obnoxious speed skater was banned from speed skating for punching a teammate, and now he's begging depressed heartbroken figure skater (who was happy fulfilled in love figure skater in the last movie) to skate with him, because he can't stand being out of the spotlight so he figures he'll try figure skating.
Oof. It's been a busy day.
I made it to Target, and have come to the conclusion that the Liberty stuff is not for me. The only adult clothes I saw that had fabric I would have worn were in cuts I didn't like. The rest was just too busy and not me. I didn't look at the sheets or accessories though, and there were some really cute kids clothes. I almost bought a skirt for Amy's Sara, but they didn't have it in her size.
(et finish the thought) Then I went down to San Jose to see G&J--they say Hi, ita and Kat, then stopped at work and managed to do in two hours something I've been trying to find time to do for six or eight months.
Then I went to TJs, and got lots of bad for me stuff.
I totally helped my mother by buying her Caramel Delights off her -- she's on Weight Watchers, and I haven't managed to get any of my own yet!
You're such a good samaritan, Jesse!
I need to stop grocery shopping for a bit, or at least make a strict list. After the Snowpocalypsegeddons, the larders were bare and I think it made me a little nuts. I'm way overstocked now. I normally have enough for the week and maybe a few days. But with the storms? Yeah, that wasn't so good. But I don't think I'm going to find myself unable to do my regular trips to the store for three weeks any time soon again. And I probably have enough dinner food for over a month now. Which is goofy.
