Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.

Jayne ,'Jaynestown'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Dana - May 09, 2014 10:50:02 am PDT #27338 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Some awesome Carl Kassell stuff:

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Dana - May 09, 2014 10:59:01 am PDT #27339 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Goddamnit, the appraisal on the Washington house came in lower than the purchase price, and the buyer wants a further reduction on the price.


Jesse - May 09, 2014 11:00:07 am PDT #27340 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ugh, Dana.

I love Carl Kassell.


flea - May 09, 2014 11:13:11 am PDT #27341 of 30000
information libertarian

Thank you for the Carl Kasell videos!

Dana, that is way worse than my house woes today. Yuck.


flea - May 09, 2014 11:13:12 am PDT #27342 of 30000
information libertarian

Thank you for the Carl Kasell videos!

Dana, that is way worse than my house woes today. Yuck.


Dana - May 09, 2014 11:14:30 am PDT #27343 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Husband's not home yet, but it seems like the only options are to get another appraisal (which we'd have to pay for, and which would surely delay the closing, which is in a week), to walk away from the sale, or to eat the difference.


Kate P. - May 09, 2014 11:23:17 am PDT #27344 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Ugh, Dana. None of those are fun options.

At 7pm my darling son, whom I love and therefore did not kill, said to me, "Mom, it looks like you need to do some laundry. The basket is full."

Ha. Are Casper and Dillo old enough to learn how to do the laundry themselves? I am so looking forward to the day when I can foist some chores off on the kids.


-t - May 09, 2014 11:27:50 am PDT #27345 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I'm sorry, Dana.


Jesse - May 09, 2014 11:30:05 am PDT #27346 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Laundry was my job from the time I was 9 or 10, at least partly because my parents have low standards. I mean, I just sorted the darks and lights and washed everything in warm.


flea - May 09, 2014 11:30:30 am PDT #27347 of 30000
information libertarian

Casper can do a load, with direction/reminders about settings. Dillo is too short still. The family I know with 8 kids set 10 as the Age of Doing Your Own Laundry (and as their youngest is now 11, presumably the mother now only does her own!)

Both kids can clean the cat litter box, do bathroom sink and toilet, and vacuum, although in all cases Dillo needs some encouragement. We've kind of fallen down on the dishes front. They can't make beds because apparently fitted sheets are mystifying.

Picking up socks from the living room floor remains a work in progress.