Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
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.
I slept in today. skipped church. head kinda hurting, I think because the rain is finally stopping for a bit, so the pressure is changing back.
I am trying to get some stuff done, like beyond just the base level that I manage, I need to get to some of the stuff that never gets done.
Regular stuff I've done and the schedule they should be done on:
clean and refill cat letter (ideally, twice daily)
sweep cat area of kitchen and change out pee pads as needed (ideally daily)
put away washed dishes (eh, I really don't mind a full drain rack)
wash dishes (ideally whenever there are some in the sink, every couple of days)
put away groceries (whenever bought, same day - these were bought yesterday)
wipe kitchen counters (after any food prep and/or every couple of days due to yuck and cats)
feed animals (twice a day, mac should take care of dog, but I left him sleeping)
chair slipcovers into dryer for air fluff ie: de pet hairing (once a week - the only way to stay on top of hair)
folded remainder of laundry (ideally laundry would be put away within a day of being done)
Now what I need to do:
Vacuum the living room rug and the chairs (should be done once a week)
Finish moving a bookshelf from front LVG to back LVG (one time thing, ongoing moving of furniture, this has been going on for weeks)
take pictures and list at least 5 things for sell (again ongoing stuff for me, moving way slower than I want because I am a sloth)
clean cat beds (this should really be done once a week also, they are gross)
make blueberry scones (mac is home alone this coming week and I told him I'd make some for him to have as breakfasts/snacks)
make mac a schedule for coming week - chores/reading/trombone (he will have these for every week that he is not in a summer activity)
start new bag for non-selling get rid of stuff
I may have a friend coming over today for re-watching Arrow from the beginning, so I should start on this stuff, huh. Maybe a shower first, or at least get dressed.
My mom, I swear, she does not get my life.
Emailed me yesterday at 9:21pm about a friend of hers that has tickets to a concert thing that my mom thinks maybe mac would want to go with if he could take a friend. Symphony playing video game/sci fi music with a laser light show. ok, fine, good idea for trying to get the kid who never wants to do anything to do something. I lament a lot about how mac never wants to go to music things, museum things, street fair/fest things. Mentioned it yesterday to her, in fact, over lunch.
So she emails me now. did you get the email. not even a day later. The concert is in 3 weeks. If your friend needs to know by a specific time if we want the tickets, let me know that in the initial email.
So my response. Yes, I got it. mac says "I don't know". I told him I need a yes/no answer today so we can let the people know.
Who has two thumbs and a sunburn? Yeah...one rain free day and I get torched.
Also made my last rent payment and first mortgage payment. Woot, woot!!! Just need to clear three things from the apt and I can turn in keys.
Who has two thumbs and a sunburn? Yeah...one rain free day and I get torched.
Also made my last rent payment and first mortgage payment. Woot, woot!!! Just need to clear three things from the apt and I can turn in keys.
Who has two thumbs and a sunburn? Yeah...one rain free day and I get torched.
Also made my last rent payment and first mortgage payment. Woot, woot!!! Just need to clear three things from the apt and I can turn in keys.
Also made my last rent payment and first mortgage payment. Woot, woot!!!
Yeah!!
We found out this weekend that our contractor royally screwed us over...we hired him do reface our kitchen cabinets plus a handful of other small things around the house. He started with the little things to get them out of the way, and somehow overspent our budget by $4k without even *starting* on the fucking kitchen!! Also hasn't provided any actual receipts for materials or invoices for labor, but suffice to say, we're challenging him on the cost (no, we will not be paying twice our original budget for half of the work you promised...) but now I don't know what to do about the kitchen. The cabinet refacing was the thing we really needed, and now we're back to square one. Somehow we're going to need to find another contractor or handyman who can put in decent looking cabinet doors and rebuild drawers for basically no money. (And we can't do IKEA, their cabinets are 30" high and ours are 24".)
Apparently Suzi has six thumbs! :)
Shit, Jess, that bites. A lot.
Woo, Suzi (apart from the sunburn).
Jessica, that sucks a lot.
I got up this morning and, as I was making coffee, I kept having the impulse to Go Do That Now for different things, all of which need to be done in the next week, but none of which needed to happen before coffee. I just spent an hour making a list, but I feel much better about my ability to proceed in a sand and relatively orderly fashion. We'll see how long that lasts.
Yay Suzi!
Ugh, Jessica. I am jealous of your 24" cabinets, though. My counters are too high.
Have grocery shopped and have decaf cold-brewing on the counter, so that's something. Did not really get anything I can just eat for lunch, more's the pity, maybe I can put something simple together quickly. Because hungry. Then we'll see what else absolutely must be done today.
friend is not coming over which of course has made me even more lazy.
I went and got mac Chipotle for late lunch/early dinner/only meal of his day I think.
MUST MOTIVATE!