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.
perhaps the consequences are something she needs to care about.
Much ~ma for Scrappy's mother.
Ordering flooring. They are trying to squeeze me in for this Saturday. Woot!
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.
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):
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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!
Yay, for the new flooring omnis. It's very pretty.
Ooh, that floor looks nice, omnis.
Cass, I hope you can find a place to donate the TV. Seems a real shame that it's so difficult to give it away.
So it's been the kind of birthday that, in previous years, I would have considered a truly rubbish one. The Girl left for Israel at 8am, I had to work (and I'm still working, although at least I've transferred to bed now), and everyone who isn't my wife seems to have forgotten. But there are many plus points, not least that I like my work, my cats are adorable, and I'm currently drinking a very nice glass of wine (and I might have another one in a minute). Could definitely be worse. Even if I am now very firmly into my mid-thirties.
