That is sensible, Teppy, and it's what they would want to learn. They don't want to burn you out, after all.
So far I have: gone running with my niece, done two loads of laundry, determined the skunk is yes, still underneath the shed, and made a pot of cassoulet for the week. Oh, and I bought an extension cord so now my OVEN WORKS! YAY. Which means I can bake again!
Although not today; it's not as hot as yesterday, but it's still warm. But yay, baking!
I may set up the bread machine to make some banana bread in a few minutes. After I clean the bathroom.
Later I will get my nails done, and maybe get some wine at the BevMo sale; I have rather a lot of "good" wine ($20-28/bottle) but not so much "weeknight" wine (under $14/bottle). And a cheap lamp at Target or something so I have more light in the living room...
That's good, Tep.
We are already gentrified, but this feels like a new level.
I guess that's what I mean, some kind of metagentrification. Something to keep an eye on, anyway.
I hope you get to send time with them.
Well, if it only takes willpower, we have that in aplenty. CFerg doesn't really have multiple people over at once, so I have asked him to tell me when his current guests are about to leave.
So wise that he comes here for the dark and rainy season.
He could have come a month later? He's doing one of those housebuilding charity shows, which is another diversion for his career. Good diversion, though--he's established himself with a number of charities, and this one is back home, so he's Mr. Good Guy.
That is sensible, Teppy, and it's what they would want to learn. They don't want to burn you out, after all.
When my boss (okay, and here's the thing about being a freelancer; the AMA is technically my client, and she's not really my "boss," but I can't get out of that mindset...and maybe that's a big part of my problem) sends emails to the whole group of freelance editors, she often uses the phrase "let me know how much work you will be taking." And that does position it as though we (the freelancers) have a say in this, *because* we're contractors.
It's been almost a year, and I think I don't have the mindset of being a contractor, as opposed to working for The Man. I think I need a How to Think Like a Contractor handbook.
Speaking of charities...we just got back from UCLA's Children's Hospital big shindig - They rent out the Santa Monica Pier and give away trunks-full of toys at the midway games. It was NUTS.
I envy those of you getting the Fall weather. Mid to high 80s here. I did an hours worth of yard work today and am now cooling off and hydrating before I go out and plant two giant mum plants I bought today.
So I just poked around the new condo on the corner, and it's nice, but JFC -- it's listed at $1.35 MILLION DOLLARS. I want to ring some kind of bell on the street so all of us current residents can talk about it.
This is the townhouse next door to me. Granted, I don't think they'll get the asking price, but STILL. Ridic!
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For some reason, I always think "trulia" is another sweetener when I first hear it. (But that's truvia, I guess? There are too many now.)
That said, that's a gorgeous house.
The place by me is bigger, and new construction, but STILL.
