Driveby 'cuz I finally managed to remember when I have the computer in front of me - For Pix, the link for my bag:
Night, Lovelies!
Hmm. It's sounds like the finest party I can imagine getting paid to go to.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[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.
EpicTangent - Jul 11, 2012 10:25:04 pm PDT #16910 of 30001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
erin_obscure - Jul 11, 2012 10:35:47 pm PDT #16911 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I second vote for leaving stuff on porch/balcony/patio dealie and letting folks come pick it up on their own time. I love freecycle but I hate dealing with all those people F2F. Just give em the address and let em take care of the rest :)
WRT sister issues...she had been scheduled for an Outward Bound intervention program the last two summers. Last summer she caught the convenient mild mono and didn't go because of the sickness. This summer they cancelled on her because the rest of the group turned out to be teenage boys with substance abuse issues and my sister with a group of boys...yeah. No one expected that to turn out well. There's a slight chance she might be able to get into a program later this summer, but in the meantime there's lots of family counseling and fretting. There was also talk of shipping her to her grandparents (in NC) for a time but then her granddad started having serious health issues so that's no go. I'm not on board with her staying here, waaaaaay too much unsupervised time with my 12 hour work nights (plus, I'd like to have a life myself, thankyouverymuchIneverchosetohaveachild). I still think a boarding school would be a good option. Sure, she'd still get into trouble...but some other administrator would be dealing with the day to day problems. She just doesn't care about consequences, so the constant pattern of sneaking around, getting caught, getting punished, sulking, sneaking around some more is kinda driving everyone bonkers.
le nubian - Jul 12, 2012 2:39:37 am PDT #16912 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
perhaps the consequences are something she needs to care about.
Fred Pete - Jul 12, 2012 4:57:14 am PDT #16913 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Much ~ma for Scrappy's mother.
omnis_audis - Jul 12, 2012 8:13:33 am PDT #16914 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Ordering flooring. They are trying to squeeze me in for this Saturday. Woot!
Cass - Jul 12, 2012 8:57:20 am PDT #16915 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I second vote for leaving stuff on porch/balcony/patio dealie and letting folks come pick it up on their own time.
Yeah, people are weird.
And Craigslist people are passive aggressive as HELL. We're near 90 today, folks. Want a cheap air conditioner? Don't send me successive emails saying no thanks and then asking for a picture. Then offer me half when it's already cheap.
I know we've talked about it but I am just so sorry for you and your sister, erin. She's making her future so much harder than it ought to be and that's so hard.
Hey, are you interested in an indoor sixish foot ficus (possibly two) that could also live outside (just somewhere covered from the drenching rain)? It needs some TLC after I abandoned it for a month but these things bounce back. I can't move plants to California. Totally forgot that until today.
omnis_audis - Jul 12, 2012 9:22:34 am PDT #16916 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Flooring update, they can squeeze me in! It seems the bulk of their installation business is commercial and insurance repair (water/fire/crime clean up stuff), so their installation guys are available on Saturday! Woot. Got a good price (I think). And will have new flooring and new dishwasher on Saturday! Yipee! Here is a link to the flooring I ordered (note, picture is not my living room or furniture): [link]
There are no glues, it's a floating floor. So VOC's are nil. And installation should be a snap (pun intended).
Now, let's see if I can move in next week! Eeep!
sumi - Jul 12, 2012 9:23:59 am PDT #16917 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Pretty flooring.
Scrappy - Jul 12, 2012 9:24:11 am PDT #16918 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Gorgeous, Omnis!
sj - Jul 12, 2012 10:21:49 am PDT #16919 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yay, for the new flooring omnis. It's very pretty.