Anya ,'Bring On The Night'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Damn my lack of a good musket!
Managed to take off early from my site here and stop at Marshalls--and found the mother load of baggalini bags (which I love and I know a couple other folks here have). Not on clearance but still cheap enough that I'm buying two. ;)
After 4 weeks of no hot water, we finally have a new water heater.
I feel kinda like this should be profiled in Good Stuff, I am so damned happy.
Happy for you, Strix!
4 Weeks!!!???
I got back the estimate of parts and labor for replacing the engine of my Subaru: $4500. I may have cried out a little, but I soon reminded myself that just the downpayment on a new car, or even the cost of a used car, is way way more. Also, the value of my current car goes from zero to like a significant percentage of what I'd be laying out.
Huge hunk of my remaining savings, but if I get a job that I need the car for commuting with. Maybe by spending the money, the universe will respond by helping me find a job....
4.Fucking. Weeks. Having to do with the basement flooding, and everyone's fave excuse, money.
Took a couple of showers at my friend's house, and at folks', but my last "shower" was a couple of weeks ago at the pool, and it was a rinse and shampoo over the swimsuit, because i forgot clean clothes, and my conditioner fell out in the car.
So it's been sponge baths using Crock-pot warmed water since then. NOT FULFILLING.
FWIW, best goddamned shower of my life so far.
Ugh Theo, that's a hurt.
And dang, kids just arrived home and I still had a bit of work to do. Oh well, will just work anyway.
Strix, good heavens, 4 WEEKS without hot water? You might as well have gone camping!
(I hate camping.)
Theo, ouch. But you're right, a new/used car would have cost much more, and Subarus are tough little things worth repairing.
the mother load of baggalini bags
Ahh, Baggalinis. I have about five of 'em. I carried one little crossbody purse all through Ireland and it carried everything I needed for all-day outings. Amazing. Like a little Tardis. Should've bought it in blue.
Oh Strix, yay for a good hot shower!
Strix, insent to your profile address.
Saw my doc as a follow-up on my trigeminal nueralgia. Going to try a maintenance dose for the next couple of months and then in October look at tapering down to see if it I can go off the meds. Yay?
Now if only I could shake today's headache. Plus it is HOT outside. And I'm feeling whiney.