Morning all. Monday already.
Shad – The news with the debt crisis and the market reaction is so troubling. It makes me just want to bury my head in the sand.
Mel – More adorable graphics – very cute bunny and monkey.
Sorry you had so many alarms over the weekend – and now the reports to file.
I like what you said about you and Jen trying to find something to laugh about every day. Words to live by, given the state of the world today. Stay cool today.
Michelle – Sounds like you had a nice time at the fair on Saturday. Congrats on getting out of the 230’s – great motivation to have going into an event with a number of temptations (with the exception of the deep-fried whatevers)!! Sounds like you handled it wonderfully.
Ceejay – Congrats on the weight loss! I doubt it’s all fluid.
: Yeh, how do you get a week of groceries for $40?? Glad you enjoyed the concert. Good that nothing came re closing/not closing the valves.
Annie – Today is finally the day for the AC repairman – yay!! Hope you can work out a payment plan for the cost of the repair. Maybe all the money you’ve saved in electricity while the AC’s been out will help with it, hahaha. I hope you have operational AC tonight and can catch up on your sleep!!!
I have to start a list of all the movies I’ve wanted to see but have been missing this summer. Horrible Bosses is one of them.
Happy – So sorry to hear dh had such a horrible drive up north with the trailer. And then to have his cell phone meet its death - not a great trip.
Hope you work out a plan to remove enough furniture, etc from the house to make the staging more effective – and get it to the other house safely. Like you, bf and I also had to look beyond dated décor and oodles of furniture to see the good points of the house we eventually bought, but things sure are different now… Good luck with the wallpaper, whoever ends up removing it. There was a lot of that in our house, and removing it is the first thing we had done (worth every penny, LOL). Sorry this is such a stressful time for you.
Mouse in the pool!!
Hello Ellen! Hope you and the family are doing well and enjoying the last bit of summer break before your kids go off to school.
My weekend was fine. Dentist now has digitized x-rays – he showed me mine on the laptop – thankfully everything’s good in there, bone is holding everything together, no cavities, etc. We talked about how it’s more important than ever to keep our teeth & gums healthy – they have to last a lot longer now that we’re living so much longer! More good news is that he thinks my night guard will last another 10 years. Good to know – Insurance doesn’t cover them and I’ll have time to save up the $$$ for a new one, LOL.
After that, went to the mall to buy bf’s gift card, then back home to do some laundry. The 50th b-day party Sat. eve. was nice. Outdoors, so thank goodness they thought to rent a giant fan to a) keep us comfortable and b) keep the bugs away.
There was a dj and karaoke and the police were called about the noise - and it wasn't even 8:30 pm??!! Glad they aren't my neighbors...
The party, however, put bf in a funk – as of yesterday, he is one year away from a big milestone bday and not happy about it. Other than that, he commented yesterday on the fact that the b-day girl from the party is getting heavier and had batwings. But what can we do? Women get batwings, guys go bald. Women get cellulite, men get manb00bs... Among other unpleasant results of aging...
Anyway, we got home around midnight – not too late - and I woke up at 8:36 am Sunday and managed to make it to a 9 am Zumba toning class. Different instructor (two instructors alternate the Sunday class) and this one didn’t know the routines as well as she could have. I have mixed feelings about that – she should know her stuff, but then again, it lets me off the hook because how can I get it right when she doesn’t, LOL. Doesn’t matter – my heart was pumping and I was sweating like crazy, so I know I got a good workout.
More laundry, puttering, a nice b-day dinner, and some reading rounded out the weekend. Bf liked his gift and has already decided he will build up a 3-day beard growth prior to his barber spa shave.
Today has started with the weird TOM headache. :headach: Going to pop some ibuprofen after I post this. That’s enough (well, probably more than enough) for now. TTYL.