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Happy Friday!
I'm just so giddy today. We get our new bed. It's so long overdue. I hope I'm not setting myself up for disappointment.
I'm working the rest of the weekend.
What are you up to this weekend?
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Re: Happy Friday!
Kinda not looking forward to it, but there's a good chance I'm going to skip her wedding (fiance can't get the day off and unless I meet a few people this Sunday and happen to end up at the same table, I won't know anyone- and I'm not a fan of small talk) so I am kind of doing this as a "consolation."
She texted me earlier this week to ask if I thought I'd be able to come (RSVP's are due 9/5)... I dunno. Maybe I'll just go to the wedding and skip the reception. The wedding is being held at a Japanese garden and that sounds cool...
That was a long ramble. Can it be 4:30 so I can go home now?!
I had a moment of weakness and signed up for Fios, so I could catch up on tv this weekend :-P The Custom package is a total rip off though, even though I only watch one channel... Well, two now that I have the channel that shows Bringing up Bates, my new obsession!
Tomorrow my coworkers are meeting in NYC to walk the highline, but I was just there on Tuesday, and my sister is having a birthday party tomorrow that I should probably show up to.
My damn wedding photo books haven't even shipped yet after a week, so I am PISSED. Hopefully they will arrive before I leave for the beach next Thursday, at least.
Mostly just catching up with work this weekend though! DH got called in last night, and he's on call again tonight, so if he has to go that will put him at 1 day off in 10, 13 hour shifts, so he is not happy!
Oh and I should start packing for the beach!
The wedding is in 30 days, so this is the last free weekend I have for a long time!
My body is at work, but my head is at home. I have a to-do list a mile long
I can't rely on H to get anything done. I've been asking for literally MONTHS for him to put together the two bar chairs that go to our kitchen table and they've just sat there. So last night I brought the box out and will be putting them together myself. He comes home and asked what was in the box. He showed no remorse when I told him what they were.
Might try to prep the dining room and kitchen to prime and paint.
Hanging lights and flower boxes on my freshly painted deck.
Other random chores.
Tomorrow we are going to a couple festivals in towns near us. One is a Taste of the city where vendors from local restaurants set up and we get to try a bunch of different stuff. The other is a corn Fest where you can get a cooked ear of corn dipped in butter for 50 cents or a quarter or something. They have crafts and stuff too.
Sunday is our anniversary and since we will be out and about all day Saturday are going to stay home and play board games and relax. Dinner we are using a bunch of gift cards and go to Red Lobster where we will eat all the crab. Delicious lemon cake will be waiting for us at home. Yum!
Thanks for the reminder about a new bed. I need tog et one ASAP. I have been waking up with pain.
I am going to visit a friend who got married, had a baby and moved over an hour away. There will be a few people there so it'll be a nice little lunch party.
PSA for Boston people-Nathan Fillion is in town. I repeat, Nathan Fillion is in town. Some friends ran into him at a play last night. He was in town to see Waitress, which is playing in Cambridge.
Our whole house is painted a neutral color by the former owners. There was a gallon of similar paint in the garage when we moved it. So we thought we were lucky and had extra. So H goes around and paints over all the smudges and marked put on the walls from moving in. It was not a match. It is slightly brighter color.
We decided to do a color match from dry wall we took off the ceiling from a leak in the bathroom. We buy the gallon and H covers over all the previously painted spots, only now this color is a little more gray in tone than the rest of the walls. Ugh. But I think our issue was using the drywall that had water damage, I think it effected the color. We are attempting another gallon using one of the heater vents that was painted with the color. But we haven't purchased the gallon yet. Fingers crossed because we don't want to completely have to paint the house yet!
This weekend is my BFF's family reunion at the shore. And since I'm an honorary member I get to go. They buy bushels of crabs! Last year it was 5! I help cook up the garlic crabs now (they do the garlic and a traditional old bay boil), but once I'm done, I just get to sit on my butt and eat all the crabs! I can sit there for hours! It's amazing! I look forward to it every year!
Ugh I hate painting. Years ago when I was single I moved into my brother's house and they were like here's your room- Joe used to live here and he painted the whole thing (including the ceiling) black. That shit took me like 4 coats of white all by myself to finally get the coverage!!!! Then our kitchen cabinets- DH took the doors off to sand and I was left with the job of painting all the insides white. Pain in the ass that was!
I'm not doing much, lunch with a friend and her baby tomorrow. It's supposed to by rainy all weekend so probably some tv marathons.
@lyndausvi yay new bed- hope you like it!
@cupcait927 hope you guys get in a good groove soon and make make up
@becklertobe woohoo that sounds like a great weekend to me
@littlemushroom happy anniversary!
@thisismynickname dude I'm so with you. Dinner is a priority, people, get your shit together!
@soontobemrsklein that is a long drive. Does he get to drive back with you or does he have to take off flight from that town?
Really looking forward to NEXT weekend though: Girl's night on Friday and a birthday celebration in Austin on Saturday (with lots of alcohol and pool time I'm sure).