Daily Ooo's: Friday, April 1

[faerywings]

Sorry that I don't have an April Fools Day joke to share. I am too damn tired to think of one. What a long day/week it has been.
But it is Friday and as of this very moment, I have nowhere to go today. *knocks wood against any unexpected issues cuz y'all know my life is famous for them* ha!!!!

Yesterday's drs appt went good, I adore my surgeon and her staff. I am sure that they review my records before they talk to me, but they always ask me how my kids, and Gary are doing. How Lyme is. My dr greets me with a big hug and as she is doing the exam, we chat and joke around. I told her yesterday that she is now one of the few drs I don't dread having to see. And as long as things keep going the way they have been, only 2 more visits with her.

As I was waiting to be checked out and get my script for my next mammo in June (argh!!!! Not one more thing for June!!!! ) , Cait texted me that she was in the nurses office not doing well. I told her to keep in touch. After the dr, I had to run to BJs to get contractor bags, and she texted to say that she had thrown up and needed to be picked up. Off to the HS, and then the Library on the way home. Four things in one day is too much for me still.

semi-rant ahead:
I had been looking at the paint/stain to refinish my table, and showed Gary Trudy's photos. I am really excited, but he says Trudy's is really nice, but the style wouldn't look good in our house. We bickered a bit, he made a few suggestions that I didn't like, so I said forget it. Not worth arguing.
I tried to explain to him that I am so darn tired of everything in our house being so shabby. Almost all of our furniture is hand me down. Our "china cabinet" is 23 years old, and was actually a shoe closet from IKEA and is being held together with black duck tape. The cabinets in our island are original to the house (1950s) and are falling off the hinges. Everything is like that and it is getting to me. We can't afford to get anything new, but I have money leftover from Christmas, so I thought this would be an inexpensive way to spruce something up.

I guess I am now in a feeling sorry for myself mood. BFFATS -- big vaca in June, BFF planning a big cruise vaca next year. Cait is getting a new Canon DSLR from my parents for grad. Gary bought a 3D printer with his Christmas Money. (don't ask.... he makes me crazy ). This is part of who I am, I will use "my" gift money for things for the house, cars, or for other people's gifts. Never myself, and it is a bad habit to have and it bites me on the ass regularly. :croc:

So there is my rant/pity party.
Thanks for letting me get that out!

but the good news, I guess if you want to call it that, is that I recognized my mood, and put some work clothes on and swept the patio. As I was doing that, my neighbor was outside and we chatted and then walked the trail in their backyard. They had bought some more property last year but I was too sick to be able to back there so she gave me the tour. Then I cleared out some leaves and dead plants from another area of the yard and I felt MUCH better. Well, mentally better, physically- not so much! Bwuahahah!!

Today -- no idea of what to do I have to rest, for sure, since I have a busy week next week. 1 day of work, 3 drs, and hopefully my hair cut by my cousin.
OOOOHHH!!!! I forgot the best part of my day-- I now have an appt on Tues to get my line pulled!!!!!!!!!!!!!Soooooooo excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:bliss:

Hope that all of you have a super happy day!
(I just put myself in a great mood thinking about Tuesday!!!!)

xoxo

 

[faerywings]

Trudy- Thank you so much for the info on the paint/stain. I am just going to put it aside for now, maybe Gary will realize that I need a project to lift me up a bit.
Hope that you were able to get to to drs and are feeling better today.

Rae- how exciting to be looking for a new house! And that is awesome that your house is appraising more than your thought, always good to hear that!

kat- hope that you aren't sick, and Nancy-, bet you are having fun in PA!

Hugs and all good things to everyone who stops by!

 

[Aussiekat]

Morning Chris. Sounds like you have a bit of a battle over the furniture re-do ... but maybe Gary will come around. If he can have mechanical skeletons, the least you can have is some freshly painted furniture, right? That's great news on the line coming out!! Baby steps.

No April Fool's jokes here. To be honest, I really hope nobody pulls any pranks on me today .. just not in the mood. Have spent the past four days working on some stoooopid reports that our payroll provider SHOULD have done (long story), and that means my inbox has been overflowing with everything else. Feeling somewhat overwhelmed right now, so if a prank is pulled, I might just bite someone's head off. Ruh-roh. :sorry: Got in super-early today (6:30) so I can knock out a few things before the madness of the day really starts.

Still fighting this silly cough / sinus thing. I think it's truly the jetlag just rounding out. At least I've been able to get some sleep the past two nights. Not great sleep, but some ... and I don't really have that "I just want to curl up and go to sleep" feeling during the day now. Baby steps for me, too! LOL

 

[nancyr]

Good morning! Cant believe it is April 1. Where did March go? We made it back to our homes around 7:30. The way home seemed so much faster than they way there, it always does and I am never sure why. We changed our plans and just headed to Antietam with no stop at Gettysburg. Well me made it to Antietam just in time for the last Ranger presentation of the battle. The young man did an awesome job and really brought the story to life. We then did the driving tour stopping often to take photos and read the plaques. It was a mostly sunny and warmish day but lots of wind. Still the trees were flowering so it was lovely. We then drove to the bed&Breakfast Thomas Shepherd Inn in Shepherdstown. It was lovely! We then walked the town and had dinner at a cute French bistro. It was so good. Then to bed. We were going to get up on Thursday and head to Gettysburg but in talking to others staying at the Inn they all suggested we head south to Harper's Ferry. It was a major part of the Antietam story and it is only 15 min south so we went there instead. OMgosh am I glad we did. It is really awesome. There is the cliffs which over look the Shenandoah River. We saw some awesome birds and again the red buds and cherry trees in bloom so pretty. We took a 2 mile hike and it was beautiful. Then we took the shuttle bus to the lower town and there is the convergence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. Learned a lot of history about the town which has been well preserved. Had a fun lunch that was so much better than we thought it would be. So we left West Virginia and came back through Maryland, PA and then NJ. So fun to see so many states in one day. Cant wait to get my photos uploaded and begin scrapping! And my girlfriends daughter was awesome with Luther so that made me so happy! And she said he was good for her too. In a week I am off again LOL. On another note. The funniest thing is I never win anything. But on the trip the president of Devils tweeted if you want to win two tickets tweet to him what was your favorite Devils hockey moment. So I did and I won. LOL. My son and I are hoping for some good seats and then I will give away my tickets. Win win!

Chris so glad you are getting your line out! So happy for you! So sorry you are not going your table. Maybe it is better saved for warmer weather. I cannot believe that today is so warm and it will be back to cold next week. Not happy about that! Cant wait to see dog and Scott photos sounds so cute! Sorry Cait is sick. And you can rant anytime you want!

Trudy I could not believe we defeated Boston. The thing I like best about my team is they always battle hard to the end. My team lost to the Panthers but they are leading the Atlantic so not expected to win.

Rae you descriptions of those two dogs is so fun! Congrats on the home being more than you expected. Fun times looking for some where new to live.

Kat hope you are not sick.

Have a great day all!

 

[taxed4ever]

Morning gals... It is another lovely sunny day here, but most likely it will turn ugly for the weekend!! That always seems to be the way the weather works LOL. Well my Dr. Appt was interesting yesterday, what I thought was a simple inner ear infection turned out to be something that I might have to suffer with for the rest of my life!! She is sure that I have "Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo" or BPPV, doesn't that sound fun!! If you are bored and want to waste some time reading about it here is a link.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benign_paroxysmal_positional_vertigo Not exactly sure how this began or what might have caused it as I have not had a head trauma or ear infection that I can remember. Oh well one more thing to live with and hopefully the pills that she has prescribed to me will take away the dizziness, she says it may come and go and can even be brought on by barometric pressures. Oh brother now I will be able to predict the weather with my vertigo :becky:

Chris - I am sorry that your Gary is giving you a hard time about the furniture re-do!! My Gary was the same and kept telling me that he thought it would not look right, but he sure loves the way it has turned out now and totally admits that he was WRONG!!! Not a word usually found in his vocabulary LOL. Now he wants me to do the side tables in our living room the same way, too funny so now I will be off to the store to get more paint. Then I have one more piece that I want to do in a different colour to put in the kitchen. Hope that Cait feels better today! I am so happy for you that you will be getting your pic line removed!! Oh Happy Day!! :bliss: A reason in itself to celebrate!

Kat - Ugh that really is awful that you are battling with that jet lag crap still!! Such a shame that you have to deal with stuff that should have been done by your payroll person too!! Hope no one pulls any April Fools sh$@ on you this morning either! Hope you get to sleep in this weekend !

Nancy - Wow! Your trip sounds amazing!! So nice that you got to do that 2 mile hike too!! A great decision! I can't wait to see your photos, I am sure you have some wonderful shots!!
You are right your Devils do play hard right to the end!! Wish I could say the same of our Bruins :becky: I bet you are happy to be back with your fur baby again!! Congrats on your winning of the tickets !! Have a great day!

Rae - How exciting to be looking for a new house and to find out that your place appraises higher than you thought! Hopefully you can find something that will please everyone without it costing a fortune!! I know that the housing in Vancouver is simply outrageous these days, so I hope that the area you are looking in is a bit more down to earth with the costs!! Have a fun time with your pup walking today, I know you will be enjoying these wonderful temps we are having!!

Well I need to catch up here and open a new thread for the challenge tracking, I hope that you are all able to join us in the challenges!! I should really get out for a walk while we still have beautiful weather!! Off to get some breakfast and another cup of coffee!! Have a great Friday everyone!! :wave:

 

[bcgal00]

Good morning, ladies. Busy day ahead so just a quick hello here. We talked last night and agreed that as exciting it is to have our home appraised higher than we expected, it makes sense to try to be patient and hold off for another year or two before selling and then the appraisal should be a bit higher and we'll have paid off another large chunk of the principal. My daughter agreed, saying that it gives us all time to figure out what we want and how we'll do it. So, down to earth now....play the waiting game for awhile. Its ok though b/c I love my house and the area we live in so I'll be patient for a bit. Got a call from my client last night and one of the other doctors wants to send me a bit of work every day. It'll be great to make a bit more money. She's a bit wishy washy though so I won't hold my breath on this being a long term thing but you never know. If all goes well, I may even get more from her eventually. It will cut into my scrappy time but I'll just have to organize my time better.

Chris - yay for getting the line out soon and btw....complain away to us anytime...we all need a shoulder to lean on.

Trudy - you've started a reno fever in us all LOL. I really want to do the bedroom furniture sometime this year.

Nancy - yay for winning the tickets!

Gotta go get my work done and do some CT stuff later before heading out to dog walk this afternoon. Have a great day, everyone!