we need an ongoing thread to share our failures ond / or accomplishments each day. some of them could be pretty humorous. remember in morgan county indiana we say " it aint braggin if ya done it.
Cousin came to spend the day with us and I cooked burgers on the grill, with baked beans, chips and such...It was great! She brought some great donuts and I had baked a cake...We both ate too much, enjoyed a lot of chit chat and coffee on the deck and I made Mom a special smoothie with her Jevity 1.2 , ice cream, mixed berries...it was great and she really enjoyed it...I am worn out, but actually enjoyed a holiday today!! woo hoo! fun times!
Ha ha...it is morning and now that the smoke from the BBQ grill has cleared, I have to say, that while yesterday was fun on the realm of being able to actually "do" something holiday ish the reality of it is that reviewing the day, my guest did nothing but sit on her behind the entire day, including clearning away her dirty dishes after our meal. I am offically a doofus and am wondering if I am in such need of company I am willing to put up with anything off of someone. I am so tired this morning I feel like I have been beaten and I am paying the price for all the "entertaining I did yesterday. My guest had so much fun she told me I was gong to see a lot more of her on upcoming holidays. I am practicing, starting now, and will tell her, look, I am far too tired to be cooking and waiting on folks. I just can't do it anymore.... feeling stupid
Thanks, Veronica - that's definitely the plan - a "man sale" to sell the remainder of Dad's tools. It breaks my heart to sell them, but everyone in the family will have a chance to get what they want out of them first, so they will go to good use.
Boni - I started cutting my hair short after I moved in with Mom - so much easier to deal with! No more hour in front of the mirror every morning with hair dryer, curling iron, spray and mousse! A little spritz, blow it dry in 5 mins and I'm done!
arkaren - you accomplished more than I did yesterday! Those darn dishes creeped up on me again....dang it.
I'm sorry cousin was a wombat guest who didn't engage her food-filled brain long enough to think about all the WORK involved in clearing up - but oh please! Don't let it spoil the lovely fun day you had. It would be such a pity.
Yes, I agree: next time, strict rules about any guest has to bring food (as per your instructions); help with cooking and preparations; and DEFINITELY do the dishes (ideally you have a little chain gang doing this while you lounge on the sofa eating choccies). But please don't let it ruin your lovely day. We live and learn, eh? xxx
True countrymouse, live and learn...and definitely will be assinging tasks (and food assignments) next time...you get what you ask for...both good and bad....
susan , i need a good welding helmet and die grinder , 3/8 impact ratchet and a good 1/2 impact wrench. then i need a girl to operate them . lol .. still cutting firewood. customers sons hinted yesterday that im being paid to cut my own firewood this coming winter. mike IS that lovely and thoughtful of a person . i really treat him well on some world class stonework and hes the kind to make it right with you . va tomorrow. lilly better quit bitchin , im wearing a cut off t shirt over my a shirt. oughtta slather myself with fake tanning cream , im bout that ornery . lol i work outdoors d*mnt , i turn dark .. love cutting and splitting wood but s*it , its hard work..
LOL Cap - sorry, I don't think Dad had any of those tools (wouldn't surprise me if we do find them, though - can't even walk through that garage right now, it's that packed with junk), and good luck finding a girl to operate them!
Good luck at the VA tomorrow...no fun, I understand.
ah , im a gentleman veronica. if a gal is interested in me she needs to let me know cause i dont play that flirt / rejection / ego crap . i do need to clean up tho . im covered in 4 different colors of enamel , body filler , sawdust and stone dust. the last girl who had a remote interest in me threw me in the bathtub . she wanted to come in and wash my hair in the tub but that wasnt possible -- i had this periscope thing going on . im chintzy , only had bout 4 inches of water in the tub. . lol .. then she put this skin softener lotion on my arms and the next day i destroyed a knuckle working on a bike .. f that . i use fabric hardener in my clothes and skin hardener on my arms.. dumb b*tch wanted me but wanted me remade -- it didnt happen.. he he.. she doesnt know what a man is ..
mom tried to warn me. mom said shes pretending to be your type -- but shes not. the hor better learn to cut firewood cause her lez friends aint gonna take care of her like i did .. im a giver till you hurt me ..
I just have to share this....maybe some of you have already seen it, but it's making the rounds on Facebook right now. Since I can't share the image, I'll share the text:
Rest Your Mind
I know you've been laying awake at night, wondering why baby diapers have brand names such as "Luvs", "Huggies", and "Pampers", while undergarments for old people are called "Depends".
Well, here is the low down on the whole thing:
When babies crap in their pants, people are still gonna Luv 'em, Hug 'em and Pamper 'em.
When old people crap in their pants, it "Depends" on who's in the will!
Glad I got that straightened out, so you can rest your mind.
ive seen elders as beautiful as babies. my aunt is one of them.. she wants to go wood cutting with me . her husband was a real flat tire . the sorry sob copped himself a disability by the age of 30 . that aint hard , you just ride the docs till your costing them more than your worth . edna loves my maniacal s*it ..
if somebody dont feed me im going to narc you out to lilly . she aint gonna be happy .. i have chicken livers thawing but they probably aint going to happen tonight ..
had to narc my renter girl out to probation tonight. she was lying in the floor unable to stand up . i really dont want to burn to death in the basement of my own home plus lose everything ive worked for for 55 years. id rather shed stare at block walls till she decides to change her life . ive always drank but not to the point of falling around. im not having this s**t ..
While making dinner, I could not find items I use regularly. Those you who are married understand that we, the women put things away that allows us to make dinner easier for us while hubby puts thing away very differently.
My accomplishment is that I cleared out an awkward cupboard filled with tupperware and other plastic containers we never use. This cupboard is useless as when you open it...it goes back about to a depth of say 18 inches,,,then it turns to the left going back another 2 feet. How do you use a cupboard like this? Anyway, I threw out all the plastic ware we never use so I can utilize it for more functional kitchen items for cooking. I will get a P-gun to label to the inside with Sharynmaries's kitchen items. If hubby continues to store things here, I will tell him I am throwing it out.
Accomplishment with mom's nursing home...I finally got fed up yesterday with the director of sw and/or nurses not getting back to me when I had a simple request or question (could someone look in mom's ears?)..that took two weeks; hoe often is mom's bp taken...still don't have an answer and the coup de grace, she wss supposed to be seen by the dentist, she was on the list, but not seen, that after I made 12 phone calls in two days to alert everyone who needed to know. So I callrd yesterday and told them nicely that from now on, I'm only doing email.
Ah, Sharyn, I have such happy memories of the entire family playing hunt-the-lemon-squeezer… It's become a figure of speech for me and my kids. Good feeling, clearing out a cupboard :) I did the medicine cabinet today, my word it felt virtuous.
ba8ata, i suggest emails for all business. one can proof what theyre sending, and the business covered is indesputable later . i had a great day . took edna for early morn , fasting blood test , then to see her SIL in a nearby town and still got 4 hours of wood cutting in . poured rain all day, it felt lovely on these dehydrated bones .. often i cant tell you what day or even what month it is . who cares ? if its nice i work, if it rains the work shifts to the garage. got busted on a surprise drug screen at va. couple of zans , couple of beers . sue me , im not running for chief commander of nato , just kill the d*mn hepc. lol .. they were all nice about it and in fact werent all that surprised .. my punishment is biweekly visits with doc ly*on . bummer, shes hottern hammered hell .. listening to a h*llish good alice concert and cooking edna some apples and rice.. lifes only going to get better , thats whats incredible.. family cookout for ednas 91 st b -day sat night. normally wouldnt be interested but wth ? ive got the firewood b**ches . lol
lol, doc asked me if id only had one beer . i told her one was all i was admitting to . her job is getting answers , mine is evading them so lets dance doc.. i must have already died, im under the care of a total of 7 unbelievably hot looking women right now. that isnt even counting the receptionist . i play the dumbazz but i know theyre having as much fun as i am .. the indy va rocks !!
switching to a molly hatchet concert. they still rock but it appears a couple of em have spent their fortunes on good food. the cats arms barely reach his guitar is what im implying here .. rather humorous.. what has a total of 60 feet and 20 teeth ? the front row of spectators at a molly hatchet concert..
Failure for yesterday - had a complete and total meltdown and posted it on here in another thread. Feeling somewhat better today. I guess everyone needs to vent now and then, but I felt bad for posting it. Should probably keep rants like that to myself.
Accomplishment: Picked up the paint and supplies for the upcoming work on the house, contacted the city office and discussed the permits needed for possible extension of the deck and paving of the driveway (deck may not be possible, but driveway definitely is), and checked pricing on the varnish needed to refinish the wood floors in 2 rooms and a hall in the house - $200 on top of what I just spent for the paint and supplies, so that's going to have to wait another week or two.
Planned accomplishment for tonight: catch up on all this freakin' work so I can invoice my clients, which should have been done over the weekend!
Note to self: absolutely MUST take before/after pics of the work on the house. Ripping up the RED & BLACK CARPET IN THE KITCHEN has already made a world of difference! Can't wait to see how it looks once the 1970's dark wood paneling is ripped down, the walls painted and the floors refinished.
Accomplishments: vacuumed house, listened to dads Korean war stories.
Boni - I started cutting my hair short after I moved in with Mom - so much easier to deal with! No more hour in front of the mirror every morning with hair dryer, curling iron, spray and mousse! A little spritz, blow it dry in 5 mins and I'm done!
arkaren - you accomplished more than I did yesterday! Those darn dishes creeped up on me again....dang it.
I'm sorry cousin was a wombat guest who didn't engage her food-filled brain long enough to think about all the WORK involved in clearing up - but oh please! Don't let it spoil the lovely fun day you had. It would be such a pity.
Yes, I agree: next time, strict rules about any guest has to bring food (as per your instructions); help with cooking and preparations; and DEFINITELY do the dishes (ideally you have a little chain gang doing this while you lounge on the sofa eating choccies). But please don't let it ruin your lovely day. We live and learn, eh? xxx
va tomorrow. lilly better quit bitchin , im wearing a cut off t shirt over my a shirt.
oughtta slather myself with fake tanning cream , im bout that ornery . lol
i work outdoors d*mnt , i turn dark ..
love cutting and splitting wood but s*it , its hard work..
Good luck at the VA tomorrow...no fun, I understand.
then she put this skin softener lotion on my arms and the next day i destroyed a knuckle working on a bike .. f that . i use fabric hardener in my clothes and skin hardener on my arms.. dumb b*tch wanted me but wanted me remade -- it didnt happen.. he he..
she doesnt know what a man is ..
Rest Your Mind
I know you've been laying awake at night, wondering why baby diapers have brand names such as "Luvs", "Huggies", and "Pampers", while undergarments for old people are called "Depends".
Well, here is the low down on the whole thing:
When babies crap in their pants, people are still gonna Luv 'em, Hug 'em and Pamper 'em.
When old people crap in their pants, it "Depends" on who's in the will!
Glad I got that straightened out, so you can rest your mind.
My accomplishment is that I cleared out an awkward cupboard filled with tupperware and other plastic containers we never use. This cupboard is useless as when you open it...it goes back about to a depth of say 18 inches,,,then it turns to the left going back another 2 feet. How do you use a cupboard like this? Anyway, I threw out all the plastic ware we never use so I can utilize it for more functional kitchen items for cooking. I will get a P-gun to label to the inside with Sharynmaries's kitchen items. If hubby continues to store things here, I will tell him I am throwing it out.
i suggest emails for all business. one can proof what theyre sending, and the business covered is indesputable later .
i had a great day . took edna for early morn , fasting blood test , then to see her SIL in a nearby town and still got 4 hours of wood cutting in . poured rain all day, it felt lovely on these dehydrated bones ..
often i cant tell you what day or even what month it is . who cares ? if its nice i work, if it rains the work shifts to the garage.
got busted on a surprise drug screen at va. couple of zans , couple of beers .
sue me , im not running for chief commander of nato , just kill the d*mn hepc. lol .. they were all nice about it and in fact werent all that surprised .. my punishment is biweekly visits with doc ly*on . bummer, shes hottern hammered hell ..
listening to a h*llish good alice concert and cooking edna some apples and rice..
lifes only going to get better , thats whats incredible..
family cookout for ednas 91 st b -day sat night. normally wouldnt be interested but wth ? ive got the firewood b**ches . lol
i must have already died, im under the care of a total of 7 unbelievably hot looking women right now. that isnt even counting the receptionist . i play the dumbazz but i know theyre having as much fun as i am .. the indy va rocks !!
what has a total of 60 feet and 20 teeth ? the front row of spectators at a molly hatchet concert..
Accomplishment: Picked up the paint and supplies for the upcoming work on the house, contacted the city office and discussed the permits needed for possible extension of the deck and paving of the driveway (deck may not be possible, but driveway definitely is), and checked pricing on the varnish needed to refinish the wood floors in 2 rooms and a hall in the house - $200 on top of what I just spent for the paint and supplies, so that's going to have to wait another week or two.
Planned accomplishment for tonight: catch up on all this freakin' work so I can invoice my clients, which should have been done over the weekend!
I sat my butt on the deck in the 89* temperature for 1 1/2 hour and it felt sooooo good...
I deserved it after all the darn snow we had here in MA this winter, not to mention all the shoveling I did!