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lyndausvi · October 2015

So what's going on?

In my email box this morning was a link to some special deals at Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands. That got me dreaming of going away. I know I'm leaving in 10 days (not to Necker), but I want to leave now dammit! I have a feeling next week is going to be very, very long.

Apparently my neighbor put their house on the market yesterday (these are townhouses, so basically the same as ours). I got a big chuckle this morning looking at the listing. I even yelled at DH, "did you know we are within walking distance to fine dinning restaurants?" He was like "since when is a burger joint (no waitstaff) fine dining?" Oh and apparently that dark space under the deck is a fenced in yard. Things you learn reading the real estate pages.

Any random comments you want to make?

thisismynickname2 · October 2015

Was it raining in Chicago last night, or was that just the tears of thousands of Cubs fans?

Well done, NY Mets.

There's always next year...

(That's my random comment today. And my travel e-mail alerts always give me daydreams...)

drunkenwitch · October 2015

I'm turning 40 tomorrow. I am going to take the day off and spend it at all lady nekkid spa with a friend and then BF is taking me out to dinner. Saturday BF is hosting a party, apparently there will be some birthday surprises (no, not THAT, we're not ready for THAT). I also decided to take Monday off and spend the day winterizimg my garden.

OliveOilsMom · October 2015

I love looking at real estate listings when I know the house/area well. I know you guys were looking to buy, would you think of putting in an offer on that townhouse?

I just ordered our Christmas cards. I know its super early, but I use Vistaprint and always get the cheap shipping, which takes 3 weeks. So I'm always a little paranoid that they will actually take 3 weeks to come in! I always get them addressed, signed, and stamped in November, but wait till Dec to put them in the mail. I have too much stuff to do after Thanksgiving to worry about Christmas cards. Plus I got 50% off at VP!

H & I leave for NOLA on Nov 11th and it can't come soon enough! We have been TTC and its looking like I will be able to drink on the trip. Which I'm happy about, but also bummed about. We booked this trip knowing I might be pregnant during it and I would have been happy enough to just eat all the awesome food. We are also seeing an RE now, so we can step up our TTC game, at least.

lyndausvi · October 2015

Happy early birthday @drunkenwitch.

40 wasn't bad for me. 36 was kind of bad though. It felt like I was on the other side of being young. I was also still single and started feeling bad for myself. By the time 40 came I was (and still am) good with my age.

arrippa · October 2015

Both Ann Taylor and Loft are having 50% off sales. I can never resist it, although I did shop responsibly.

drunkenwitch said:

I'm turning 40 tomorrow. I am going to take the day off and spend it at all lady nekkid spa with a friend and then BF is taking me out to dinner. Saturday BF is hosting a party, apparently there will be some birthday surprises (no, not THAT, we're not ready for THAT). I also decided to take Monday off and spend the day winterizimg my garden.

I am turning 40 next year and always dreamed of traveling abroad for it. Unfortunately, my friend is getting married five days after my birthday so I need to revaluate my plans.

lyndausvi · October 2015

OliveOilsMom said:

I love looking at real estate listings when I know the house/area well. I know you guys were looking to buy, would you think of putting in an offer on that townhouse?
I just ordered our Christmas cards. I know its super early, but I use Vistaprint and always get the cheap shipping, which takes 3 weeks. So I'm always a little paranoid that they will actually take 3 weeks to come in! I always get them addressed, signed, and stamped in November, but wait till Dec to put them in the mail. I have too much stuff to do after Thanksgiving to worry about Christmas cards. Plus I got 50% off at VP!
H & I leave for NOLA on Nov 11th and it can't come soon enough! We have been TTC and its looking like I will be able to drink on the trip. Which I'm happy about, but also bummed about. We booked this trip knowing I might be pregnant during it and I would have been happy enough to just eat all the awesome food. We are also seeing an RE now, so we can step up our TTC game, at least.

no. It's way over priced. The place across the street sold 3 months ago for $60K less and it was renovated. This one does have an extra bathroom, but hasn't been renovated at all. That extra bathroom is not worth $60K and the renovations that need to be done.

Have fun in NOLA. Great time of year to go down there.

emmaaa · October 2015

I made Salsbury steak for supper last night and it was delicious! So I brought leftover for lunch and I'm contemplating just eating it now.

thefanciestbeckler · October 2015

DH went over to the place he used to work to see about getting a job yesterday. They hired him on the spot. He started today. He wasn't too thrilled, but it will be so nice to have that extra income while we are waiting on his final few tests to finish up pilot school. This is what is going on inside my head right now:

photokitty · October 2015

We had a Back to the Future party last night. I dressed as the clock tower and ate pizza hut for the first time in....forever, could be back when dolerens were widely available...

ShesSoCold · October 2015

I'm pissy today.

And I hate how people in my office constantly comment on what I am/am not eating. I'm trying to lose a little weight but not making a big deal about it. Whenever someone brings in donuts or something I get asked 100 times if I've had one and why not. Then when I eat a salad or whatever I brought someone has some assy comment about how I don't need to lose weight or eat salads or blah blah blah. Look, douche, leave me the fuck alone and let me eat. Or not.

lyndausvi · October 2015

I've been clocked in for 2 hours now. Not a single phone call. Not one. No VM's either when I logged in.

I just tested the lines. They are down. I called my boss and he said that his son (who "pays" the bills) told him the credit card expired and they shut us down. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't they give you tons of notice before they shut you down? I just can't see a major company just shutting you off without notice.

Our accounting system's card also expired (also with the new chip people are getting new cards anyway). I've told the son every other day for the last 20 days it needs to be changed. I get a notice every time I log in. We have 10 days left. How much to you want to bet our accounting system will be shut down? I leave in 10 days and will not be here for the fall out.

Maggie0829 · October 2015

I am super ready for a vacation right now. Unfortunately the vacation I have planned doesn't happen until February. So the next few months need to move along.

A house that I have always loved went up on the market the other day. When I saw that it was "coming soon" I had some grand delusion that H and I would sell our house and buy the cute house I always liked. After seeing what it was listed for, my delusion was shattered. Still a great house, but man oh man the owners suck at decorating.

I painted my bathroom not that long ago as well as my vanity cabinet. I have decided that I really don't like either and now want to repaint them both.

drunkenwitch · October 2015

ShesSoCold said:
I'm pissy today.

And I hate how people in my office constantly comment on what I am/am not eating. I'm trying to lose a little weight but not making a big deal about it. Whenever someone brings in donuts or something I get asked 100 times if I've had one and why not. Then when I eat a salad or whatever I brought someone has some assy comment about how I don't need to lose weight or eat salads or blah blah blah. Look, douche, leave me the fuck alone and let me eat. Or not.

Food police drive me fucking crazy. I am a grown assed adult so what I eat or don't eat is nobody's damn business. The way I've handled it in the past is by looking them straight in tbe eyes and saying "you seem really fixated on what I'm eating, is everything okay with you? " when they start sputtering and back pedaling I just nod and make soothing noises.

drunkenwitch · October 2015

lyndausvi said:
Happy early birthday @drunkenwitch.

40 wasn't bad for me. 36 was kind of bad though. It felt like I was on the other side of being young. I was also still single and started feeling bad for myself. By the time 40 came I was (and still am) good with my age.

Thank you, I have to admit I am having some anxiety I can't quite pinpoint. I know because I've had nightmares for a week which is always my body's way of telling me "bitch, you better unpack what you're stressed about"

jenna8984 · October 2015

@lyndausvi I am constantly looking up real estate for fun. If I drive by a fancy house for sale I'll always look at how much asking is (knowing damn well that I can never afford it). Plus since we spent the last 5 months house hunting I like to look up the ones that we looked at and see what they ended up going for. One was an absolutely gorgeous house but on a WOOD foundation. WTF right??? Obviously my dad, FIL, realtor, everyone was like run! So I looked the other day and not only has it dropped 30k in price but they wrote in a note about "this foundation is top of the line, do your research people". bahahahaha yea, nice try, good luck with that!!

@thefanciestbeckler congrats for his job!! and the new name since you're not "to be" anymore!

I'm sad because it just dawned on me that I haven't seen commercials for shows I was into so I looked them up and they are canceled. Marry Me and A to Z. This always happens to me, I swear I was the only person into the Sarah Michelle Gellar show "Ringer" and that got canceled after one season as well.

ryanandjoe4 · October 2015

drunkenwitch said:

Happy early birthday @drunkenwitch.

40 wasn't bad for me. 36 was kind of bad though. It felt like I was on the other side of being young. I was also still single and started feeling bad for myself. By the time 40 came I was (and still am) good with my age.
Thank you, I have to admit I am having some anxiety I can't quite pinpoint. I know because I've had nightmares for a week which is always my body's way of telling me "bitch, you better unpack what you're stressed about"

I turn 30 in April, my H thinks that I am not going to handle it well. I think it will just be another day..

kvruns · October 2015

my weekly TravelZoo Top 20 list or whatever it is that comes out on Wednesdays always gets me daydreaming about vacations.

Taking a mental health day Monday and I can't wait. I'm just so annoyed with work anymore that I'm super cranky. Probably doesn't help it's that time of the month!

ShesSoCold · October 2015

I'm trying to convince my sister to go to St. Louis with me to go to a Hawks game and a Bears game. She's not into it.

I need better friends.

kimmiinthemitten · October 2015

lyndausvi said:

Happy early birthday @drunkenwitch.

40 wasn't bad for me. 36 was kind of bad though. It felt like I was on the other side of being young. I was also still single and started feeling bad for myself. By the time 40 came I was (and still am) good with my age.

Noo! I'm just a few month shy of 36. But I'll also be 36 at our wedding so maybe that's how I'll combat it:).

Happy Birthday @drunkenwitch!

ETA - I'm really glad I found this site! I know I wouldn't have been one of the complete disasters we see posting here, but in the beginning I lurked a lot to see what people had to say. Now when I lurk it's to see if my immediate opinion matches everyone elses!! I'm so much more confident in my decision making moving forward on this whole wedding thing now!

NowIamMrsKlein · October 2015

I haven't been on here for awhile,

I've been out of a job since the day after our honeymoon almost a month ago (wow, it seems like it was way longer ago than that) and since its a smaller city I have been having no luck. I've only had 1 interview in the last 25ish days. My phone rings this morning at 8 and its an Alberta Number (I live in BC) so I didn't really think much about it and answered with a fairly groggy 'hullo?'

turns out one of the places I applied its head office is in alberta and it was their HR lady calling to see if I had a moment for a phone interview. That sure wakes one up fast!

Maggie0829 · October 2015

ryanandjoe4 said:

drunkenwitch said:

Happy early birthday @drunkenwitch.

40 wasn't bad for me. 36 was kind of bad though. It felt like I was on the other side of being young. I was also still single and started feeling bad for myself. By the time 40 came I was (and still am) good with my age.
Thank you, I have to admit I am having some anxiety I can't quite pinpoint. I know because I've had nightmares for a week which is always my body's way of telling me "bitch, you better unpack what you're stressed about"

I turn 30 in April, my H thinks that I am not going to handle it well. I think it will just be another day..

Turning 30 was a breeze for me. Had a great time. Went to Harry Potter World. Saw alligators and manatees.

Turning 31. Well that sucked a big one. I usually do not give a rats ass about my birthday or what age I am. But for some reason I was a huge bitch the week leading up to my birthday and the day of cried on and off all day. I figured that subconsciously I was not very happy about turning 31. Why? Who the hell knows.

ryanandjoe4 · October 2015

NowIamMrsKlein said:

I haven't been on here for awhile,

I've been out of a job since the day after our honeymoon almost a month ago (wow, it seems like it was way longer ago than that) and since its a smaller city I have been having no luck. I've only had 1 interview in the last 25ish days. My phone rings this morning at 8 and its an Alberta Number (I live in BC) so I didn't really think much about it and answered with a fairly groggy 'hullo?'

turns out one of the places I applied its head office is in alberta and it was their HR lady calling to see if I had a moment for a phone interview. That sure wakes one up fast!

I have a company that has called me every two months for the last 8 months saying we are still interested in you for this position just this, this, and this happened, (all reasonable things) if I was out of a job though it would be horrible. I feel like they were waiting on my wedding to be over and now that it is I have my 3rd interview with HR next week, fingers crossed it is my dream position..

ryanandjoe4 · October 2015

Maggie0829 said:

ryanandjoe4 said:

drunkenwitch said:

Happy early birthday @drunkenwitch.

40 wasn't bad for me. 36 was kind of bad though. It felt like I was on the other side of being young. I was also still single and started feeling bad for myself. By the time 40 came I was (and still am) good with my age.
Thank you, I have to admit I am having some anxiety I can't quite pinpoint. I know because I've had nightmares for a week which is always my body's way of telling me "bitch, you better unpack what you're stressed about"

I turn 30 in April, my H thinks that I am not going to handle it well. I think it will just be another day..

Turning 30 was a breeze for me. Had a great time. Went to Harry Potter World. Saw alligators and manatees.

Turning 31. Well that sucked a big one. I usually do not give a rats ass about my birthday or what age I am. But for some reason I was a huge bitch the week leading up to my birthday and the day of cried on and off all day. I figured that subconsciously I was not very happy about turning 31. Why? Who the hell knows.

I forget how old I am most days, people ask me and I am like ummm let me think.... oh yea 29..

wandajune6 · October 2015

jenna8984 said:

@lyndausvi I am constantly looking up real estate for fun. If I drive by a fancy house for sale I'll always look at how much asking is (knowing damn well that I can never afford it). Plus since we spent the last 5 months house hunting I like to look up the ones that we looked at and see what they ended up going for. One was an absolutely gorgeous house but on a WOOD foundation. WTF right??? Obviously my dad, FIL, realtor, everyone was like run! So I looked the other day and not only has it dropped 30k in price but they wrote in a note about "this foundation is top of the line, do your research people". bahahahaha yea, nice try, good luck with that!!
@thefanciestbeckler congrats for his job!! and the new name since you're not "to be" anymore!
I'm sad because it just dawned on me that I haven't seen commercials for shows I was into so I looked them up and they are canceled. Marry Me and A to Z. This always happens to me, I swear I was the only person into the Sarah Michelle Gellar show "Ringer" and that got canceled after one season as well.

Not quite right. I loved "Ringer"! Also bummed that they canceled "Forever."

I spent the last 36 hours working on our website. I'm not a web person. I've been congratulating myself today for being a coding genius because I figured out how to work some stupid WordPress widgets.

madamerwin · October 2015

My work is having a sample sale today (the company I work for is owned by a larger company that is owned by a larger company that sells everything from groceries to furniture and clothing). I took short lunches yesterday and Tuesday so I could go right when it starts at 4. It's a complete shit show and people hoard gigantic piles of useless shit, but last year I left with two lawn chairs, four lawn chair cushions, Christmas presents (toys) for all the kids in my life, a bunch of jewelry and some clothes, and kitchen and garden items for under $40.

I am not sure my husband appreciates how much crap I bring back from these sales, but I made him take the car to work today so I could have the truck. Just in case I find too much awesome shit. It's like Christmas!

thefanciestbeckler · October 2015

@jenna8984 thank you!!! I thought it was time for a change

NowIamMrsKlein · October 2015

ryanandjoe4 said:

Maggie0829 said:

ryanandjoe4 said:

drunkenwitch said:

Happy early birthday @drunkenwitch.

40 wasn't bad for me. 36 was kind of bad though. It felt like I was on the other side of being young. I was also still single and started feeling bad for myself. By the time 40 came I was (and still am) good with my age.
Thank you, I have to admit I am having some anxiety I can't quite pinpoint. I know because I've had nightmares for a week which is always my body's way of telling me "bitch, you better unpack what you're stressed about"

I turn 30 in April, my H thinks that I am not going to handle it well. I think it will just be another day..

Turning 30 was a breeze for me. Had a great time. Went to Harry Potter World. Saw alligators and manatees.

Turning 31. Well that sucked a big one. I usually do not give a rats ass about my birthday or what age I am. But for some reason I was a huge bitch the week leading up to my birthday and the day of cried on and off all day. I figured that subconsciously I was not very happy about turning 31. Why? Who the hell knows.

I forget how old I am most days, people ask me and I am like ummm let me think.... oh yea 29..

I turned 29 on tuesday. It was surprisingly difficult. I didn't think that I would have any problem with it but I woke up sad and had a hard time shaking it. I think its the whole unemployment thing. to be 29 and not have a job and be struggling even finding prospects, I guess by now I figured I would be in a career and at the company I plan on staying with. Sigh. Maybe by 30!

ryanandjoe4 · October 2015

NowIamMrsKlein said:

ryanandjoe4 said:

Maggie0829 said:

ryanandjoe4 said:

drunkenwitch said:

Happy early birthday @drunkenwitch.

40 wasn't bad for me. 36 was kind of bad though. It felt like I was on the other side of being young. I was also still single and started feeling bad for myself. By the time 40 came I was (and still am) good with my age.
Thank you, I have to admit I am having some anxiety I can't quite pinpoint. I know because I've had nightmares for a week which is always my body's way of telling me "bitch, you better unpack what you're stressed about"

I turn 30 in April, my H thinks that I am not going to handle it well. I think it will just be another day..

Turning 30 was a breeze for me. Had a great time. Went to Harry Potter World. Saw alligators and manatees.

Turning 31. Well that sucked a big one. I usually do not give a rats ass about my birthday or what age I am. But for some reason I was a huge bitch the week leading up to my birthday and the day of cried on and off all day. I figured that subconsciously I was not very happy about turning 31. Why? Who the hell knows.

I forget how old I am most days, people ask me and I am like ummm let me think.... oh yea 29..

I turned 29 on tuesday. It was surprisingly difficult. I didn't think that I would have any problem with it but I woke up sad and had a hard time shaking it. I think its the whole unemployment thing. to be 29 and not have a job and be struggling even finding prospects, I guess by now I figured I would be in a career and at the company I plan on staying with. Sigh. Maybe by 30!

I agree, I am in a job I hate, and dislike more and more each day. I am hoping to be in a different position in the next 6 months, if its this company or another one.. If I am not that may change how i feel about 30... even though I did plan on having my MBA done by now but maybe by 35 I will be using my MBA..

fyrchk · October 2015

Happy Birthday @drunkenwitch

40 was an easy birthday. I did cry on my 39th though. Since you're already past that, just enjoy it and drink up!

drunkenwitch · October 2015

fyrchk said:
Happy Birthday @drunkenwitch
40 was an easy birthday. I did cry on my 39th though. Since you're already past that, just enjoy it and drink up!

Bought myself some nice Scotch!

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