Progress on the house

This past weekend was very productive, though it didn't feel that way to me and Dicea, for different reasons.

She was wonderful and spent the day in the kitchen making sure we all ate, drank and prepared a WONDERFUL Non-thanksgiving day meal.

dicea, bakestondone and I got to the house and had a quick dinner and did some organization Friday night and were later joined bytheboomboom and deadised. Saturday my aunt and uncle came over and blue_rock arrived around noon.

Boogie and my Aunt tackled the masterbed room and when they had finished it was empty save for furniture and the bags of freecycle clothes in the closet.

deadised and theboomboom helped to keep the boxes coming from the spare room, which I sat in the living room and sorted through. Boom-boom helped sort when there was no room to bring down more boxes. She said that going through the house and the stuff (specifically the toys) was like walking back to her childhood.

The blue_rock helped out where needed as a catch as catch can position. Or at least that is how it looked from my position parked in the living room.

Before dinner was ready the spare room was empty save for the closet. The closet is a project in and of itself that I hope to get the assistance of The Huntress to go through as it is mostly little girl's clothes.

AFter the yummy dinner Boogie and blue_rock taped the edges in the spare room.

We then celebrated the Boogie's birthday with a really yummy chocolate thing and we hung out until people went to sleep.

Sunday morning was a low key breakfast and after folks headed out I got the spare room painted! What a difference a color change makes. It had been panic attack yellow (and my folks wondered why my sister had been an anxious child when her room was that nasty color). But now it's a little darker than robin's egg.

Dicea made a very delicious left over thanksgiving day soup for lunch. After she helped me get 40+ more bags of garbage to the curb she had to head home. I then got the master bathroom wallpaper stripped off the walls. Now it just needs to be sanded and painted. My hope is to have that done Wednesday night. It won't take long to do. I will need to repaint the cabinets in there but that is low priority. The walls need to be done. At least the base coat.

Tonight I have to get a scroll done for Ice Dragon and tomorrow is take my car in to be sold and get the Ice Dragon scroll turned in at Scribal practice.

After this weekend I plan on taking a break from the house. I've been going non-stop since mom got put in the hospital and I'm starting to feel run down and sniffly. I can't afford to get sick.

I will post when in April I'll be at the house working though for those who want to join me. As I tell folks though... I never expect help, but welcome it when it arrives.

the director of my life story meme

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Conflicting horoscopes. *le sigh*

Cancer
Quickie:
Solitude is a gift to cherish now -- it will help you recharge your batteries.

Overview:
Ignore any pressure you're feeling (especially if it's coming from yourself). Let any relevant parties know you're not quite ready to make a move, but you will be soon. Then go somewhere peaceful to think.

Extended:
Do not fall into the mental trap of thinking that being at home alone on a Friday or Saturday night is something to be sad about. Social obligations are not always everything they're cracked up to be, and you shouldn't accept an invitation just for the sake of being included in the crowd. Solitude is a gift to cherish right now -- it will recharge your batteries and help you understand how much power you have over your life. Do whatever you want

Ox
This has the potential to be a very nice day Get over any self-doubt; this is a time for action. If you're the creative type, go all out, as you could have a wildly successful day at work. Then, treat yourself to a night out on the town with friends. Be sure to socialize and be open to meeting new people.

the TV

Circuit City are morons. 'nuf said. AFter last week trying 8 times to get a live person on their Circuit City Advantage program I finally manage to arrange to have someone be contacted to come look at the big TV at mom's house.

I tell them there is a new phone number for the file and to delete the other ones. I give them my cell #. Luckily they told me who they were putting the work order to and tell me I'll hear from them in 2 business days to arrange a service call.

A week later I don't hear anything so I call the service people. I get "we left messages at 907-XXXX and tried to call 691-XXXX." I sigh and say that I had told Circuit City to remove those numbers as invalid.

Anyway. They are coming a week from today after 5 to look at the TV. Betcha they say they need to take it with them. Maybe Sunday I will get people to help me move the bins in the hallway up to the attic so that the TV can get taken down the hall if it needs to be.

But I am now understanding why Circuit City is going out of business in the area. They suck.