Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.

'Get It Done'


Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served  

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.


Gudanov - May 14, 2017 5:50:58 pm PDT #11387 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping

We met with the realtors and our house sold for over 700k!!!!1!!!! We're both flabbergasted. It's a nice house, but it only has one bathroom.

Wow. Our house would probably go for about 120k and we have 3 baths, 3 bedrooms, a 2 car garage and a half-acre of land.


Gudanov - May 14, 2017 5:59:18 pm PDT #11388 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping

This weekend I did four loads of laundry, and put away five. I've done three loads of dishes. I've broken down what seems like a million cardboard boxes that have been accumulating. Done some kitchen cleaning. Unclogged toilets twice. Jump started our Nissan that has been derelict for months. Discovered the battery was dead and got it replaced (still under warranty so no cost but super annoying because I wanted to run codes and fix the A/C, not deal with the battery). I edited and printed pictures for a multi-picture frame for my wife's office, hung the frame. Did a little work on my wife's office computer. Went on a massive grocery store trip, cooked dinner both nights, and did some coding on a web app for my wife's soon to be started business.


Gudanov - May 14, 2017 6:01:09 pm PDT #11389 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping

And I managed to get in exercise on both days. Unfortunately that still left a number of tasks on the table.


Scrappy - May 14, 2017 6:10:08 pm PDT #11390 of 30002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

That sounds like a lot, Gud!


meara - May 14, 2017 6:31:53 pm PDT #11391 of 30002

Yeah, I ran Saturday morning. And after that I sat on my ass and reheated some leftovers and read. And then I went and got ice cream, then went to a friend's house where we made a meal kit dinner and watched a movie. Today I got a massage and went to target. And ate last nights leftovers. I guess I unloaded the dishwasher in there somewhere.


Pix - May 14, 2017 6:32:33 pm PDT #11392 of 30002
The status is NOT quo.

Very happy for you, Scrappy!

Sadly, we are on the other side of the house-buying situation. Prices have always been crazy in LA, but they are even more stupid high right now, and people are swooping in to buy things for cash as investment properties whenever something that might be affordable (for all values of "affordable" that are half a million for a run-down 2-bedroom) pops up. At this point we are somewhat resigned to never being able to buy a house within commuting distance. Ah well. At least our rental situation is pretty stable.


Burrell - May 14, 2017 6:54:49 pm PDT #11393 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Congrats on the house, Scrappy!

And Pix, I hear you, housing in LA is nuts


Vortex - May 14, 2017 8:04:15 pm PDT #11394 of 30002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Unfortunately that still left a number of tasks on the table.

Perhaps, but it sounds like a number of tasks got done. I try not to let what I didn't do overshadow what I did do (sometimes I don't make that one, I admit.)


Jesse - May 15, 2017 2:57:38 am PDT #11395 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Scrappy, you are literally living the dream -- I keep saying, sure my mother could sell this house for a zillion dollars, but we don't want to live anywhere cheaper! If only I wanted to move to Michigan...


Laura - May 15, 2017 3:44:25 am PDT #11396 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.

Wow! That's more wading than running. That would be exhausting.

It was. Not for everyone though. The 3 of us were walking along about half way done when a couple guys passed us that were already wearing their medals, and dripping wet. We asked if they were doing it twice and they pointed ahead to 2 women each pushing strollers and said they were doing the 2nd time around to finish with their wives. A world of Awwwwww.

That is some productivity, aurelia! My chore list didn't even get a glance this weekend.

Yay bug screen, Connie! I hope you have the weather to enjoy it soon.

Way to be sure you are the first to get saved in a pool disaster, sarameg!

-t is making me tired with her chore list too!

So happy for Scrappy and J! You really did make the place so cute and deserve the reward. Good luck witht he Labradoodle. I can't walk Zoe with a choke chain or regular collar. I have to use a harness or she pulls my arm off.

And now after reading Gud's chore list I am completely exhausted!

So back to work with me. Happy Monday All!