It's been two weeks or so since our famous After-Halloween party, and I stopped unpacking a week or so before that to concentrate on getting the place decorated and getting the items we needed, so it's probably been near a month since I last unpacked anything.
I was QUITE excited to finally unpack SOMETHING, even if it was just a bag. All bags are mostly clothes so nothing thrilling. The bag got dumped into the laundry chute.
I was actually pretty amused because the big bin we keep out dirty clothes in has been completely empty every day, and now I've dumped a bag full of clothes into it so we're back to catching up LOL. I guess I had it too easy only doing two loads of laundry a day. I've already started my white loads (of which I have two). With the new bag I imagine I'll have three total white loads today [I HATE WHITE LOADS!!].
Now I'm folding the clothes I took out of the dryer from last night.
I was going to draw some today since I can't do any outside work (I tried to, but the ground is still way too cold and stuff is sticking to the ground - annoying) but I think I'd like to play some Sims 3 again, since I scrapped a family yesterday and had to start all over. :)
Have a great Thursday!
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Thursday, November 13, 2014
The start of Jr High basketball
It was a dark, cold, blustery evening. We were very excited for our first game of the season. It was made even more special because my daughter (Diva) was going to be a Jr High basketball cheerleader for the first time ever.
I needed to come early to drop off the Capri Suns Diva promised I'd bring (that she didn't tell me about until the day before yesterday), so I got to see her in uniform with her hair all done up and her sparkly headband ($5) and make-up. I took a few pictures and then settled into the gym even though it was still half an hour before the 7th grade started playing. I got a pretty decent seat (half court!)
When it was finally time for the 7th graders to come out they came out fast and hard and aggressive! They amazed the crowd with their determination! One kid actually JUMPED OVER a kid from the other team trying to get the ball! Another kid had his arm bent around backwards but he seemed to be willing to break his arm in order to just get the ball back!! They won by a landslide.
Then my son's team came out. My little star barely lived up to his nickname. He was called for travelling at minimum six times. It was just sad. Last year he was the star of the team! The rest of the team did little better. The other team got so far ahead they started running continuous clock....I didn't even know they HAD a "pity rule" for Jr High. We lost 40-something to seven....and not one of those seven points were scored by an 8th grader...they were all made by 7th graders that moved up to help out the 8th grade team.
It was a depressing start to the season. Last year they lost every single game....I'm pretty sure they lost every single game the year before....I was hoping they'd learn from their mistakes by now, but no.
I'll still try to update this site on their progress through the season. We do have some pretty great players....they just don't come together as a team very well.
[On a brighter note this was the first game in two years that my little Star didn't get called for a bunch of fouls LOL]
And even worse we came out to a dusting of snow on our vehicles and ice on the roads!
I needed to come early to drop off the Capri Suns Diva promised I'd bring (that she didn't tell me about until the day before yesterday), so I got to see her in uniform with her hair all done up and her sparkly headband ($5) and make-up. I took a few pictures and then settled into the gym even though it was still half an hour before the 7th grade started playing. I got a pretty decent seat (half court!)
When it was finally time for the 7th graders to come out they came out fast and hard and aggressive! They amazed the crowd with their determination! One kid actually JUMPED OVER a kid from the other team trying to get the ball! Another kid had his arm bent around backwards but he seemed to be willing to break his arm in order to just get the ball back!! They won by a landslide.
Then my son's team came out. My little star barely lived up to his nickname. He was called for travelling at minimum six times. It was just sad. Last year he was the star of the team! The rest of the team did little better. The other team got so far ahead they started running continuous clock....I didn't even know they HAD a "pity rule" for Jr High. We lost 40-something to seven....and not one of those seven points were scored by an 8th grader...they were all made by 7th graders that moved up to help out the 8th grade team.
It was a depressing start to the season. Last year they lost every single game....I'm pretty sure they lost every single game the year before....I was hoping they'd learn from their mistakes by now, but no.
I'll still try to update this site on their progress through the season. We do have some pretty great players....they just don't come together as a team very well.
[On a brighter note this was the first game in two years that my little Star didn't get called for a bunch of fouls LOL]
And even worse we came out to a dusting of snow on our vehicles and ice on the roads!
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Not a good week.
Between the Mr working weird hours (sometimes 2nd, sometimes 3rd, sometimes half of one and half of another), my not sleeping well (it happens), my CRAZY busy schedule, a water line busting in the alley directly behind my house, a sick elderly dog, trying to get my kitchen reorganized and cleaned, and getting Halloween put away, not even mentioning this dreary freezing weather.........I just want to stop everything and play computer games all day!!!
But I can't.
And I won't.
I'm finishing up the kitchen now and let the day go from there.
I'm miserable with worry about my elderly dog. We have a vet appointment so hopefully that will make me feel better...but to be honest I'm ALSO worried the vet will order all kinds of tests I can't afford right now and I feel like my dog probably doesn't NEED too many tests....he's nearing 13 years-old....he might just be winding down. Then I start to think he might be on his way out and then I start freaking out because I have had this dog as a member of my family since before half my children! What will I do without him!!
So here's to hoping it's just an easy fix, which would be all that more awesome if it was cheap, too.
I'm trying hard, here, but today just isn't a good one.
I'm trying to pick a new book to read. My official book is too difficult when my mind is running too fast (another thing I'm bringing up with the doctor ~ this frantic thought pattern usually precedes a bout of depression) so I finished my entire "Little House" series. I've got a LOT of choices I just don't want to choose. My stepson brought me a Lisa Scottoline from who knows where. The last Scottoline I read I did not enjoy....but then again I severely disliked the "Twilight" series but I adored "The Host" by the same author, so I'm willing to give it a shot. My only issue is it looks suspiciously like the other book I already read and disliked enough to give it away....it's called "Devil's Corner." I remember quite a lot of the book I read before but not the name so I should know pretty quickly if it's the same book. However it's here and it's out so I might as well start reading it.
After I finish the kitchen, of course.
But I can't.
And I won't.
I'm finishing up the kitchen now and let the day go from there.
I'm miserable with worry about my elderly dog. We have a vet appointment so hopefully that will make me feel better...but to be honest I'm ALSO worried the vet will order all kinds of tests I can't afford right now and I feel like my dog probably doesn't NEED too many tests....he's nearing 13 years-old....he might just be winding down. Then I start to think he might be on his way out and then I start freaking out because I have had this dog as a member of my family since before half my children! What will I do without him!!
So here's to hoping it's just an easy fix, which would be all that more awesome if it was cheap, too.
I'm trying hard, here, but today just isn't a good one.
I'm trying to pick a new book to read. My official book is too difficult when my mind is running too fast (another thing I'm bringing up with the doctor ~ this frantic thought pattern usually precedes a bout of depression) so I finished my entire "Little House" series. I've got a LOT of choices I just don't want to choose. My stepson brought me a Lisa Scottoline from who knows where. The last Scottoline I read I did not enjoy....but then again I severely disliked the "Twilight" series but I adored "The Host" by the same author, so I'm willing to give it a shot. My only issue is it looks suspiciously like the other book I already read and disliked enough to give it away....it's called "Devil's Corner." I remember quite a lot of the book I read before but not the name so I should know pretty quickly if it's the same book. However it's here and it's out so I might as well start reading it.
After I finish the kitchen, of course.
Friday, November 7, 2014
Continuation of last entry:
I have gone through the few things that made it from "the crate."
Upon further inspection, half the items are now in the trash.
The one skirt still seems fine so it will get put away.
On a brighter note, the two shirts actually seem fine, and, wonder upon wonders...after losing the ten pounds they both actually FIT!
HOORAY!
One shirt is stained from it's ordeal, so it will be a work shirt, the other happens to be a Halloween shirt, so it will get put away with my other Halloween shirts Monday.
I'm just so happy I fit into them!!
That is all.
Upon further inspection, half the items are now in the trash.
The one skirt still seems fine so it will get put away.
On a brighter note, the two shirts actually seem fine, and, wonder upon wonders...after losing the ten pounds they both actually FIT!
HOORAY!
One shirt is stained from it's ordeal, so it will be a work shirt, the other happens to be a Halloween shirt, so it will get put away with my other Halloween shirts Monday.
I'm just so happy I fit into them!!
That is all.
UGH
Yesterday I finished the basement. It didn't take long, but boy was it physical! ALL my muscles were sore by the time I was done. I was very pleased that I only hauled one garbage bag of trash out of there.
However, I was NOT pleased at one find.
One of my goals with reorganizing the basement was to put all our Christmas decorations in one place. So I moved boxes and crates all to one spot. My stepdaughter had tried to attempt the same thing, only she put the boxes she was moving into a pile next to the pool table, and I didn't want that because it limits the space around the pool table for people to navigate in order to get the best shot. ;)
After I moved her boxes to be with the other boxes, I found a familiar crate.
A while back, I had gone through all the clothes I had been selfishly keeping "for when I lose weight." Of course, it's been about 9 years since I've lost anything except my tiny 10 pounds, so I decided I'd be mature and get rid of (donate, mostly) most of those clothes. I kept a few choice pieces for inspiration, for sentimental value, or because I bought them when I had less children and more money so they cost too much for me to want to part with. I whittled it down to this one crate.
The problem with this crate was instead of a bottom, it had kind of a plastic mesh. It was fine to keep the clothes aired out, but you may remember our basement flooded pretty badly that one time.
I specifically remember telling a teenager to check that crate and get out the wet clothes so I could wash them. This teenager specifically told me they did it. At the time I had SO MUCH laundry because of the flood that I thought nothing more about it (my brain barely functions enough to keep me alive, I swear).
Until of course I found it underneath a ton of Christmas decorations.
The crate did not smell (to me: I have a pathetic sense of smell. I can barely smell anything most of the time), so I opened it up and I'm betting you can guess what I found.
UGH.
So I washed them anyway (I'm nothing if not optimistic) and dried them, but most of it was garbage by the time I was through.
I saved four shirts and a skirt, but I really don't think even they will make it through many more washes.
I am very irritated with the teenager that lied to me but there's nothing I can do about it now. I probably shouldn't be keeping clothes I don't fit in anyway.
****NOTE*****
After I washed and dried the ruined clothes I did run a cycle in the washing machine with just bleach to clean it (I also left it open all night to completely dry the inside) and I did thoroughly clean out the dryer with the vacuum to get out all lint/destroyed pieces of cloth out of all the exhaust JUST to make sure.
However, I was NOT pleased at one find.
One of my goals with reorganizing the basement was to put all our Christmas decorations in one place. So I moved boxes and crates all to one spot. My stepdaughter had tried to attempt the same thing, only she put the boxes she was moving into a pile next to the pool table, and I didn't want that because it limits the space around the pool table for people to navigate in order to get the best shot. ;)
After I moved her boxes to be with the other boxes, I found a familiar crate.
A while back, I had gone through all the clothes I had been selfishly keeping "for when I lose weight." Of course, it's been about 9 years since I've lost anything except my tiny 10 pounds, so I decided I'd be mature and get rid of (donate, mostly) most of those clothes. I kept a few choice pieces for inspiration, for sentimental value, or because I bought them when I had less children and more money so they cost too much for me to want to part with. I whittled it down to this one crate.
The problem with this crate was instead of a bottom, it had kind of a plastic mesh. It was fine to keep the clothes aired out, but you may remember our basement flooded pretty badly that one time.
I specifically remember telling a teenager to check that crate and get out the wet clothes so I could wash them. This teenager specifically told me they did it. At the time I had SO MUCH laundry because of the flood that I thought nothing more about it (my brain barely functions enough to keep me alive, I swear).
Until of course I found it underneath a ton of Christmas decorations.
The crate did not smell (to me: I have a pathetic sense of smell. I can barely smell anything most of the time), so I opened it up and I'm betting you can guess what I found.
UGH.
So I washed them anyway (I'm nothing if not optimistic) and dried them, but most of it was garbage by the time I was through.
I saved four shirts and a skirt, but I really don't think even they will make it through many more washes.
I am very irritated with the teenager that lied to me but there's nothing I can do about it now. I probably shouldn't be keeping clothes I don't fit in anyway.
****NOTE*****
After I washed and dried the ruined clothes I did run a cycle in the washing machine with just bleach to clean it (I also left it open all night to completely dry the inside) and I did thoroughly clean out the dryer with the vacuum to get out all lint/destroyed pieces of cloth out of all the exhaust JUST to make sure.
Thursday, November 6, 2014
A Quick Extra
I am paying for the Netflix service where I get a DVD in the mail, and when I'm done with it I mail it back and after a little while I get a new one.
Well a while back I stopped getting new ones. I looked it up online and apparently I still had a Friends disc somewhere.
I.
LOOKED.
EVERYWHERE for this stupid disc, and it did not exist in this house!!
So the other day my husband and I finally broke down and changed our streaming Netflix to work on four screens instead of two (we were tired of fighting with children over who gets to watch). I considered (for quite a while, actually) shutting off the DVD service (I'm still PAYING for it, after all)....but I ultimately didn't.
So today I was headed for the bathroom, and remembered that two weeks ago I finished my "bathroom book," and I decided it was time to put a new book in there. I looked through my "to read" shelf (which is drawn from my "to read" PILE, which is getting pretty big) and found this book:
It was my "van book" from when I only drove the van, and it fell into the "meh" pile of books that I read a bit of but wasn't really enjoying so I just kind of left it sitting around. (It's a mystery book, and I'm not fond of mysteries.)
So I decided to grab it and put it in it's new home in the bathroom cabinet to read whenever I'm spending a longish time in the bathroom. Since that was what I was doing, I ended up opening the book and began to read....and I'll bet you can guess what fell out of it.
MY MISSING NETFLIX DVD!!
WHY. ON. EARTH. This thing was IN MY BOOK all this time I have NO IDEA!!!!!
I have never once in my LIFE put a DVD in a BOOK.
In any case since I have it I'm going to go ahead and watch it ;). Then I can get it mailed later today.
This is further proof that I'm correct in my theory that one of my husband's ex-girlfriends has passed on and is spending eternity messing with me to make my husband mad at me LOL!
P.S. I LOVE "FRIENDS!!!!!"
Well a while back I stopped getting new ones. I looked it up online and apparently I still had a Friends disc somewhere.
I.
LOOKED.
EVERYWHERE for this stupid disc, and it did not exist in this house!!
So the other day my husband and I finally broke down and changed our streaming Netflix to work on four screens instead of two (we were tired of fighting with children over who gets to watch). I considered (for quite a while, actually) shutting off the DVD service (I'm still PAYING for it, after all)....but I ultimately didn't.
So today I was headed for the bathroom, and remembered that two weeks ago I finished my "bathroom book," and I decided it was time to put a new book in there. I looked through my "to read" shelf (which is drawn from my "to read" PILE, which is getting pretty big) and found this book:
It was my "van book" from when I only drove the van, and it fell into the "meh" pile of books that I read a bit of but wasn't really enjoying so I just kind of left it sitting around. (It's a mystery book, and I'm not fond of mysteries.)
So I decided to grab it and put it in it's new home in the bathroom cabinet to read whenever I'm spending a longish time in the bathroom. Since that was what I was doing, I ended up opening the book and began to read....and I'll bet you can guess what fell out of it.
MY MISSING NETFLIX DVD!!
WHY. ON. EARTH. This thing was IN MY BOOK all this time I have NO IDEA!!!!!
I have never once in my LIFE put a DVD in a BOOK.
In any case since I have it I'm going to go ahead and watch it ;). Then I can get it mailed later today.
This is further proof that I'm correct in my theory that one of my husband's ex-girlfriends has passed on and is spending eternity messing with me to make my husband mad at me LOL!
P.S. I LOVE "FRIENDS!!!!!"
The Busiest Time of Year
I love our annual "After Halloween Party," but I am so busy I don't have time to unpack!! And there are things out there that I really REALLY want unpacked!!! (I can't say I "need" them or they would have been unpacked already.)
I am so grumpy this morning!!! And it would cheer me up to unpack a bag of clothes (my mind has been recalling several items [mostly of children's clothing] that are missing from this house) or a crate or something!!! And I really need to start working on getting furniture in here or consider getting rid of it all together! Although it will soon be too cold to worry about furniture until Spring.
The kids have been less than helpful in keeping the house clean. I had most of it cleaned and party-ready, thinking if they could JUST pick up after themselves it would stay that way.
No.
I just about had a meltdown because there was a dried piece of bread crumbled into my floorboards, and a bowl of mac n' cheese sitting out all night.
I threatened all the children that if food keeps getting left out punishments will start becoming unreasonable and unignorable. We did not have the first bug OR mouse last winter!! And so far I've already seen evidence of a rodent (I left a bag of pistachios out and suddenly they were all shells with suspicious black pellet feces laying around. Proof enough for me!) and God help these children if I find a bug in this house!!
I told them this morning that AFTER THE PARTY (because WHY do they think the house has to be clean just for company? It should be clean ALL THE TIME!!!) every single time I find dirty dishes laying around or food left out EVERYONE will be grounded! [read: no wifi] And if no one can pick up after themselves it will go from being grounded one day to two, then three....I would certainly hope if everyone in the freaking house gets grounded for a WEEK just for a bowl of cereal being left out they would alter their behavior?
LET'S HOPE, because I can't live this way anymore....I can barely keep up with picking up after my husband...I can't do five kids as well anymore [not to mention 3 dogs, one of which is elderly and having more problems every day, two cats, a rabbit a tortoise and a turtle!! {although I don't really have to do very much with the turtle}.]
Well, I'm off to clean some more! I'm finishing the basement today. It would have been done a month ago but a certain teenager begged me to let them do it so they could earn money, then they never did anything. Now the party is Saturday and if we want the basement to be a haunted house it still needs to be cleaned up. So I will have to do it. For free.
I live the life, y'all. ;)
I am so grumpy this morning!!! And it would cheer me up to unpack a bag of clothes (my mind has been recalling several items [mostly of children's clothing] that are missing from this house) or a crate or something!!! And I really need to start working on getting furniture in here or consider getting rid of it all together! Although it will soon be too cold to worry about furniture until Spring.
The kids have been less than helpful in keeping the house clean. I had most of it cleaned and party-ready, thinking if they could JUST pick up after themselves it would stay that way.
No.
I just about had a meltdown because there was a dried piece of bread crumbled into my floorboards, and a bowl of mac n' cheese sitting out all night.
I threatened all the children that if food keeps getting left out punishments will start becoming unreasonable and unignorable. We did not have the first bug OR mouse last winter!! And so far I've already seen evidence of a rodent (I left a bag of pistachios out and suddenly they were all shells with suspicious black pellet feces laying around. Proof enough for me!) and God help these children if I find a bug in this house!!
I told them this morning that AFTER THE PARTY (because WHY do they think the house has to be clean just for company? It should be clean ALL THE TIME!!!) every single time I find dirty dishes laying around or food left out EVERYONE will be grounded! [read: no wifi] And if no one can pick up after themselves it will go from being grounded one day to two, then three....I would certainly hope if everyone in the freaking house gets grounded for a WEEK just for a bowl of cereal being left out they would alter their behavior?
LET'S HOPE, because I can't live this way anymore....I can barely keep up with picking up after my husband...I can't do five kids as well anymore [not to mention 3 dogs, one of which is elderly and having more problems every day, two cats, a rabbit a tortoise and a turtle!! {although I don't really have to do very much with the turtle}.]
Well, I'm off to clean some more! I'm finishing the basement today. It would have been done a month ago but a certain teenager begged me to let them do it so they could earn money, then they never did anything. Now the party is Saturday and if we want the basement to be a haunted house it still needs to be cleaned up. So I will have to do it. For free.
I live the life, y'all. ;)
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