Amyth, that is awful! I'm so sorry you had to experience that.
Sophia, you're totally within your right not to deal with him until December.
I had my nieces over today because there was no school. They dealt with some of ltc's toy clutter, and I dealt with the hell of the dining room. Once upon a time I had organized bins with art supplies and toys that are only allowed to be played with outdoors, but apparently when you ask people to put this in this bin or that one they put it in any bin they see. So, those had to be completely reorganized as well as putting together bins of gifts that I have saved for people, a bin for ltc's Christmas gifts, and a bin of gifts she so already been given but hasn't played with yet (those get doled out periodically).
The living room is also my catch all room for anything I don't know what to do with, but I managed to clean it all up. lic's too small clothes have been organized for vw's Stitch, a full bag of junk has been disposed of, and everything in the dining room that didn't have a home has been put away. I couldn't have done any of it without my nieces to grab this, fetch that, move this etc as well as keeping ltc busy and out of the way. Meanwhile, they also reorganized her dress up bin and all her stickers, coloring books, etc. I pay them well, but it's definitely still cheaper than a professional. There's still so much more to do. I want to get everything organized and uncluttered before Christmas so I can have a good, deep cleaning done by professionals.
Wow, that's a lot to get done!
Thanks, I'm exhausted now! I wish my niece's could come over more often, but they don't drive. So, I have to drive them 45 minutes each way, and that is just not feasible during the school year. TCG was dealing with leafpocalypse while we did all this. It really does take 3 people to get things done with ltc, especially if it involves throwing away any of the various bits of trash that she thinks are treasures.
Yikes amyth! I think at that point I'd be telling them to go find one of those docbots from The Matrix with lots of experience at spinal taps!
Sophia, I vote for the throwing-off-a-roof option. You've already contracted the services of a strapping young man and a dumpster, get your money's worth out of them!
You've already contracted the services of a strapping young man and a dumpster, get your money's worth out of them!
LOL! I think Matt has the right plan!!
Inspired by Sophia's heroic work of the last few weeks, I spent my day off tackling multiple stacks of trash in the living room and also scrubbing out the bottom third of the refrigerator (the top 2/3 is not so bad; it's the bottom shelf and the drawers where the horrors lurk), and also mainlined an entire emotionally draining Netflix miniseries (so much so that my dad called in the middle of the last episode and I sent him to voicemail because I didn't have the spoons to deal with the show and him), and now I am thoroughly knackered.
Matilda still needs to be given dessert and bundled off to bed, and at this point I'm fighting to stay awake longer than she does. All I need to do is outlast her by four minutes. I can do that, surely?
Putting in a word for New Zealand on the places-to-travel front. So much beauty, super nice people, and really affordable. Bonus if you can go with a friend who's willing to drive on the left side of the road (I am a very smart woman, but I cannot handle that).
We can yawn at one another, JZ - once Jim's on the ground in Nashville, I'm going to fall over where I sit.
You've already contracted the services of a strapping young man and a dumpster, get your money's worth out of them!
LOL! I think Matt has the right plan!!
LOLOL. I possibly should not involve a minor in my de roof estration
I like the after Thanksgiving thing. Which is basically the same thing as December.
Thanksgiving is late this year.
Pompeii and Herculaneum are a big part of my mostly unidentified Bucket List -- I want to spend several days just walking around and hanging out and asking lots of questions.
