No Monday yet? Must be a good one!

OliveOilsMom · May 2018

Welcome to Monday WW.

Weekend was good. H & I went out for a combo mother's day and birthday dinner for me at the Melting Pot and then went to see the Avengers. Without spoiling, the guy next to me started to cry at the end of the movie! What? Dude, please compose yourself!

Sunday morning we had some delicious strawberry cinnamon buns. Then family nap time and finally rib dinner at my brother's house.

All in all, a good weekend!

CharmedPam · May 2018

yummy to strawberry cinnamon buns! we saw avengers too! AND the guy next to ME kept on commentating on the movie! Like repeating lines (no, dude, I'm watching it with you...I hear it too), saying 'whaaaa?' and "omg!" really loud. I don't even like dc or marvel movies and I know that nothing should really shock people. It's a movie. About superhero's. Expect stuff that really can't happen to happen.

I ended up doing some of my stuff I wanted to do, I saved all my pictures but when I went to fry's to retract the pictures I have on my hard drive, they told me it was going to be $140! I was expecting $70 but I have 2 units, so it's two transfers. I do have some friends in I.T. who say it's easy and they can do it, but I think one of my friends wants to transfer all my files to his p.c. and then save them on a thumb drive for me.....so he'll have all my files. I'm not saying I saved porn or anything, but I do have some confidential files in my p.c. I'd rather him not have access too. If it's as easy as my other friend says, couldn't H and i figure this out? Anyone know of what cables to buy for such thing? Hooking up an external hard drive to the laptop to extract all my files and save them to a thumb drive.

kimmiinthemitten · May 2018

Hi Monday - I'm offish/WFH today. It rained pretty much all weekend so that part sucked. It's still raining and I bought some flowers I wanted to plant today so that's a big old nope.

I'm trying to book a last minute plane ticket to visit my sister for Nugget's birthday over Memorial Weekend but can't find my log in for Delta. Long story short; check all of your email subscriptions when changing jobs; even the annoying ones.

Speaking of changing jobs, I keep having dreams that I bump into old coworkers and they all hate me. It's a different dream/person every time and very strange.

If it stops raining, I'm door knocking with the hubs, and we have a phone call with a messaging consultant who wants to hear my story. I hope she has something to drink and some popcorn LOL.

kvruns · May 2018

@charmedpam so you have stuff on your computer you want to transfer to an external drive but then also have them on a thumb drive? That shouldn't be difficult at all so maybe I'm misunderstanding what you want to do

CharmedPam · May 2018

kvruns said:

@charmedpam so you have stuff on your computer you want to transfer to an external drive but then also have them on a thumb drive? That shouldn't be difficult at all so maybe I'm misunderstanding what you want to do

well my computer crashed, so it doesn't work. But the external hard drives have all my info. I just want them saved to a thumb drive. One of my I.T. friends said it's a simple drag and drop with cables (that he has) and another said he could do it for me (but then also have all my files, right?). I should email my friend again and ask him to give me an amazon link of those cables so I can buy them.

thisismynickname2 · May 2018

Happy Monday!
My bosses are at a conference, my big projects wrapped up, no deadlines this week, so I'm bored.

We received an odd wedding thank-you note over the weekend. The couple married in December so this is 5 months after the fact. We gave them cash (not a check, cash). That was DH's doing, not mine- I prefer to write checks so I know they're received!

The thank-you note only thanked us for spending the wedding with them, not for our actual gift. So now I'm slightly worried that maybe our card was stolen or something. What are the odds (rhetorical question)? Or, because they waited 5 months to do cards, they forgot what people gave? They moved after their wedding, so maybe they lost their gift list tracker? It's weird to me. Wish we'd written a check so we'd have known when they cashed it. Boo.

short+sassy · May 2018

@CharmedPam, I'll ask my H when I get home. He's an IT guy.

Weekend was not nearly as productive as I was hoping for, but at least it was relaxing. My H has been on the hunt for a new bike. He's already been to the two bike stores near us, to no avail. On Sat., we went to one further afield. No luck there either, but I had a coupon to a nearby pizza restaurant (Mellow Mushroom).

We stopped there for dinner and I had the most AMAZING pizza. It had a bleu cheese sauce with andouielle (sp?) sausage and big, fat shrimp perfectly cooked in Cajun seasonings. I wish I had gotten a medium instead of a small, lol. My H had a meat lover's calzone. It was pretty good, but nothing out of the ordinary.

Today is the last day my sucky tenant has to pay her rent before we can file for an eviction. I haven't been bugging her at all. That's not my style. But I am going to send her a "reminder" text message at lunch that...today's the day...and, unfortunately, we will have to file for an eviction tomorrow if the rent is not received. I cannot even remotely understand why she is doing this to herself and her four kids. But being a normal, rational person has never been one of her strengths. So what can ya do (shrug).

Edited to add: Forgot to mention! After no luck, locally. My H ordered a bike on Amazon. It is arriving later this week. We are a one vehicle family (my car) and he rides his bike extensively for our p/t IC job. So I'm glad that he will finally have a much better quality bike. For him, it is definitely more of a "necessity" than a luxury.

OliveOilsMom · May 2018

Charmed Pam - Do you have a new laptop now? Or at least does DH have a laptop? To my knowledge you will need a computer of some kind to do the transfer. As long as you have two USB outlets on your computer, you can go right from external hard drive to flash drive. Plug in the external hard drive, most likely with a USB cord to the computer. Plug in the flash drive. Then just open the two folders for the hard drive and the flash drive and drag/drop.

TIMN - Just be glad you got a thank you note! The last few weddings/showers I've been to, I have not gotten one

short+sassy · May 2018

OliveOilsMom said:

Charmed Pam - Do you have a new laptop now? Or at least does DH have a laptop? To my knowledge you will need a computer of some kind to do the transfer. As long as you have two USB outlets on your computer, you can go right from external hard drive to flash drive. Plug in the external hard drive, most likely with a USB cord to the computer. Plug in the flash drive. Then just open the two folders for the hard drive and the flash drive and drag/drop.
TIMN - Just be glad you got a thank you note! The last few weddings/showers I've been to, I have not gotten one

This advice is what I'm thinking also, but I'll double check with H.

mrsconn23 · May 2018

Friday afternoon was glorious. I did go a little ugly early, but the hot weather made the cold beer go down a little too well.

Saturday, DH went to Cincy for the day with DefConn to see SIL and BIL who were up from GA and at BIL/SIL's house with the new baby. I did a whole lot of Netflix watching and then got ready to go to Wicked. The show was amazing. Best cast I've seen, especially Fiero (he's usually kind of a dud).

Sunday, mostly relaxing day. FIL and DH's uncle, who's in from San Fran, came for dinner.

My grandparents get into town today. My mom has surgery on Wednesday. This week is going to be a little nuts.

OliveOilsMom · May 2018

MrsConn- Prayers for your mom and a quick recovery!

kimmiinthemitten · May 2018

@mrsconn23 Thinking of you and your mom! Glad you had a nice weekend - you certainly deserve it!!

CharmedPam · May 2018

thisismynickname2 said:

Happy Monday!
My bosses are at a conference, my big projects wrapped up, no deadlines this week, so I'm bored.

We received an odd wedding thank-you note over the weekend. The couple married in December so this is 5 months after the fact. We gave them cash (not a check, cash). That was DH's doing, not mine- I prefer to write checks so I know they're received!

The thank-you note only thanked us for spending the wedding with them, not for our actual gift. So now I'm slightly worried that maybe our card was stolen or something. What are the odds (rhetorical question)? Or, because they waited 5 months to do cards, they forgot what people gave? They moved after their wedding, so maybe they lost their gift list tracker? It's weird to me. Wish we'd written a check so we'd have known when they cashed it. Boo.

That's very annoying! And it's a hard question to bring up, yaknow? "hey did you get our money?"
I actually went to a wedding, but didn't have a card, and we didnt have time to stop for one (because we were brideslaves but that's another story) so I just mailed her a check after the wedding. She hadn't cashed it in months so I FINALLY had to email her to make sure I sent it to the right address. She said "yup, we got it".
But then never cashed it. Ok. That's cool. But in your case, yours is untraceable and it's like how I feel when I walk away from a table after leaving a cash tip (at places that's dont have bill folders)...what if I walk away and the waitress doesn't pick it up, but some people eating around the table grab it? It makes me lose my sleep!

CharmedPam · May 2018

OliveOilsMom said:

Charmed Pam - Do you have a new laptop now? Or at least does DH have a laptop? To my knowledge you will need a computer of some kind to do the transfer. As long as you have two USB outlets on your computer, you can go right from external hard drive to flash drive. Plug in the external hard drive, most likely with a USB cord to the computer. Plug in the flash drive. Then just open the two folders for the hard drive and the flash drive and drag/drop.
TIMN - Just be glad you got a thank you note! The last few weddings/showers I've been to, I have not gotten one

yup! and my I.T. Friend send me the amazon link with almost those instructions. I hope it works. I don't want to pay $140 to get my pics and files back!

also - we're still on baby watch. SIL was due Saturday but no baby yet. It just doesn't want to come out!

kvruns · May 2018

Figured out my FB Marketplace posting issues. For some reason it isn't letting posts with Nike go through - it would show on my end but no where else. My H noticed a post that said "Nikes" so I changed all of my posts to Nikes (S added) and it worked and I sold a bunch of stuff. There are still a few that aren't showing up but at least the majority did.

levioosa · May 2018

A lot happened this weekend. Good friend had her baby after a brutal 3 day labor.

On Saturday I woke up with the intention of going to clinic. While I was in the shower I started to hear a bubbling noise that was not a normal shower sound. I looked around to see the toilet bubbling and I knew it wasn’t good news. FI went under the house and saw that the sewage pipe (already in questionable condition and in need of repair) had separated after the earthquake we had the other day. So now we only have a working laundry, kitchen sink, and kind of one toilet. He realigned the pipes so at least we can kiiind of use the one bathroom, but it needs a lot of help. I guess it’s a way to get me to the gym in the mornings since I need a place to shower. Lol.

Saturday night FI went up to see his parents and I spent the night at FSIL’s so I could have working ammenities. We went out to dinner and had a lot of fun. Sunday I drove to the beach to see my family and it was beautiful. Clinic today.

Sending your Mom good vibes @mrsconn23!

short+sassy · May 2018

Ugh, I am such a glutton for punishment. My problem tenant immediately called me when I sent my text. "Supposedly" it was a "misunderstanding". She assumed I should have known that when she texted, "You said you was going to come Sunday. So come Sunday." That I should have "known" she had the rent ready for me to pick up. Even though she had refused to say that directly when I asked her to verify it, multiple times.

She was waiting for me to call and come pick it up.
She never got the 5-Day Pay or Quit notice posted to her door (ummm, I have a pic of it posted on her door), which instructed her to mail it to me.
She never got H's text message last week to schedule the repairs she wants.

Soooo...giving her way more benefit of the doubt than I should...I am going this evening to pick up the rent (sigh).

I am SO sick of her. Unless something worse happens in the meantime...always a possibility...I'm going to give her a 60-Day Notice to vacate (served on or before June 30th). That will give her plenty of notice (it only has to be 30 days) and will take her to the natural end of the Section 8 part of the agreement (August 30th).

Oh and this was rich. Over the phone, she's all pissed at me and saying something like, "Why do you have to talk to me like I'm a child (referring to my text)? I'm an adult! I'm not a child, I HAVE children."

What I wanted to say, but was wise enough not to, "An adult? I would LOVE it if you would started acting like an adult. If you're such an adult, why do I need to ask you every.single.month...without fail...about the rent."

FTR, my text was reminding her today was the last day for the 5-Day. I did not name-call. I did not threaten, other than I hoped to not be forced to file an eviction. I did not speak to her like a child, at all. I provided facts, in the hopes of a resolution. Which, as it turns out, is what happened.

6fsn · May 2018

The weekend was fine. Lots of sports and lots of wtfs?

First-MIL and sFIL came to 6let's baseball game Saturday. That's all well and dandy, but M2, Max and I were running to different sports and never saw them. I was fine with it, but M2 was bummed she didn't get to see them and Max couldn't understand why they didn't want to see him play. They were within 10 minutes of Max's field (I did NOT tell Max this). I know it's because 6let is older and more fun to watch and they show him a lot of favoritism.

Second- The tournament was a mix of players from 2 sides of town. 6let made the top team and was playing with the director for the club. After the game the director had some really, really great things to say about 6let. He said he's been talking to the current coach and saying he needs to get 6let into more challenging games and push him because 6let has some great natural talent that needs to be tapped into more.

Then he asked if we were trying out for next year because he really wants him on his team. They're changing training locations so he said if the drive was too hard on the family he would help us find a club that worked better. Coach said he'd be a reference and make sure he got the level he deserved. That NEVER happens.

Last- One of 6let's other coaches is a former US National team, 2 time Olympic Team, and retired pro MLS soccer player. His son is also on the team. In the finals of the tournament 6let got called on a foul right in front of goal. It was a totally bogus call.

Cue a verbal back and forth. Some parents yelled about the call. The ref told them to shut up (literally). A parent said something else and the ref said if we didn't tone it down he was going to clear the sidelines.

The father of the coach and grandfather of one of the players said something else and the ref told him to get off the field. Grandpa says "I can't walk. Call me a golf cart and I'll go." The ref looked at him and said "If you can't walk, then you shouldn't be here."

Coach LOSES it. Runs to his dad, calls the ref an asshole, and storms off the field. The other coaches on both sides try to call a time out to calm everything down, but the ref wouldn't let them! That ref is going to be pretty embarrassed if he realizes he was arguing a call with someone who's seen every level of play.

charlotte989875 · May 2018

It’s been a whirlwind weekend/Monday. Found a house we liked Saturday and put in an offer. Waiting to hear back still. Dad had surgery to remove the cancer today. He just woke up. I sat with my Mom all day (even though she said she didn’t need it) and she was really happy I did. And meeting with a friend tonight about a potential job change for me. Whirlwind.

Cookie Pusher · May 2018

6fsn said:

That ref is going to be pretty embarrassed if he realizes he was arguing a call with someone who's seen every level of play.

DH has been a ref for over 20 years. He's reffed everything from U8 to semi-pro during his career. If someone wants to disagree with the any of his calls, calling him an asshole isn't going to do a thing to embarrass him or make him see things differently, especially during a little kids' game. If that coach or his father have a legitimate problem with how the game was officiated, they should make a formal grievance to the league and the official's association.

levioosa · May 2018

charlotte989875 said:

It’s been a whirlwind weekend/Monday. Found a house we liked Saturday and put in an offer. Waiting to hear back still. Dad had surgery to remove the cancer today. He just woke up. I sat with my Mom all day (even though she said she didn’t need it) and she was really happy I did. And meeting with a friend tonight about a potential job change for me. Whirlwind.

Fingers crossed the house works out! Sending good healing vibes to your dad.

short+sassy · May 2018

charlotte989875 said:

It’s been a whirlwind weekend/Monday. Found a house we liked Saturday and put in an offer. Waiting to hear back still. Dad had surgery to remove the cancer today. He just woke up. I sat with my Mom all day (even though she said she didn’t need it) and she was really happy I did. And meeting with a friend tonight about a potential job change for me. Whirlwind.

A whirlwind indeed! Sending happy thoughts your way for the house, a quick recovery for your Dad, and potential job opportunity.

6fsn · May 2018

Cookie Pusher said:

6fsn said:

That ref is going to be pretty embarrassed if he realizes he was arguing a call with someone who's seen every level of play.

DH has been a ref for over 20 years. He's reffed everything from U8 to semi-pro during his career. If someone wants to disagree with the any of his calls, calling him an asshole isn't going to do a thing to embarrass him or make him see things differently, especially during a little kids' game. If that coach or his father have a legitimate problem with how the game was officiated, they should make a formal grievance to the league and the official's association.

Telling someone they shouldn't be watching a game because they can't walk should be an embarrassment.

CharmedPam · May 2018

@charlotte989875, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you on all accounts. glad the operation when smoothly.

kvruns · May 2018

Cookie Pusher said:

6fsn said:

That ref is going to be pretty embarrassed if he realizes he was arguing a call with someone who's seen every level of play.

DH has been a ref for over 20 years. He's reffed everything from U8 to semi-pro during his career. If someone wants to disagree with the any of his calls, calling him an asshole isn't going to do a thing to embarrass him or make him see things differently, especially during a little kids' game. If that coach or his father have a legitimate problem with how the game was officiated, they should make a formal grievance to the league and the official's association.

that's what I was thinking. Just because the coach was a pro doesn't give him a right to be rude to the ref.

If his blow up/comments were solely about how his dad/the grandfather were treated that is different but if it was just about the call idk

Cookie Pusher · May 2018

6fsn said:

Cookie Pusher said:

6fsn said:

That ref is going to be pretty embarrassed if he realizes he was arguing a call with someone who's seen every level of play.

DH has been a ref for over 20 years. He's reffed everything from U8 to semi-pro during his career. If someone wants to disagree with the any of his calls, calling him an asshole isn't going to do a thing to embarrass him or make him see things differently, especially during a little kids' game. If that coach or his father have a legitimate problem with how the game was officiated, they should make a formal grievance to the league and the official's association.

Telling someone they shouldn't be watching a game because they can't walk should be an embarrassment.

That comment from the ref was out of line, but anyone (former pro or not) argue against the call wasn't going to cause the ref to be embarrassed.

6fsn · May 2018

@kvruns the coach lost it about how his dad was treated not about the call.

STARMOON44 · May 2018

6fsn said:

The weekend was fine. Lots of sports and lots of wtfs?
First-MIL and sFIL came to 6let's baseball game Saturday. That's all well and dandy, but M2, Max and I were running to different sports and never saw them. I was fine with it, but M2 was bummed she didn't get to see them and Max couldn't understand why they didn't want to see him play. They were within 10 minutes of Max's field (I did NOT tell Max this). I know it's because 6let is older and more fun to watch and they show him a lot of favoritism.
Second- The tournament was a mix of players from 2 sides of town. 6let made the top team and was playing with the director for the club. After the game the director had some really, really great things to say about 6let. He said he's been talking to the current coach and saying he needs to get 6let into more challenging games and push him because 6let has some great natural talent that needs to be tapped into more.
Then he asked if we were trying out for next year because he really wants him on his team. They're changing training locations so he said if the drive was too hard on the family he would help us find a club that worked better. Coach said he'd be a reference and make sure he got the level he deserved. That NEVER happens.
Last- One of 6let's other coaches is a former US National team, 2 time Olympic Team, and retired pro MLS soccer player. His son is also on the team. In the finals of the tournament 6let got called on a foul right in front of goal. It was a totally bogus call.
Cue a verbal back and forth. Some parents yelled about the call. The ref told them to shut up (literally). A parent said something else and the ref said if we didn't tone it down he was going to clear the sidelines.
The father of the coach and grandfather of one of the players said something else and the ref told him to get off the field. Grandpa says "I can't walk. Call me a golf cart and I'll go." The ref looked at him and said "If you can't walk, then you shouldn't be here."
Coach LOSES it. Runs to his dad, calls the ref an asshole, and storms off the field. The other coaches on both sides try to call a time out to calm everything down, but the ref wouldn't let them! That ref is going to be pretty embarrassed if he realizes he was arguing a call with someone who's seen every level of play.

The only people who should be embarrassed here are the parents and grandparents and coach. If someone is on the field, they need to get off it? How did he get on the field if not walking? I’m baffled by how any of this reflects poorly on the ref. I hate sports so much. Way to model good behavior adults.

Jen4948 · May 2018

@6fsn, gee, that's crazy. So much for modeling good sportsmanship.

@short+sassy, I hope you can finally get this client off your back.

@charlotte989875, good luck with the house, and the possible job change, and good thoughts for your dad. And @mrsconn23, good thoughts for your mom. I hope your parents recover speedily.

Nice weekend for me. I did go to the beach.

banana468 · May 2018

short+sassy said:

Ugh, I am such a glutton for punishment. My problem tenant immediately called me when I sent my text. "Supposedly" it was a "misunderstanding". She assumed I should have known that when she texted, "You said you was going to come Sunday. So come Sunday." That I should have "known" she had the rent ready for me to pick up. Even though she had refused to say that directly when I asked her to verify it, multiple times.
She was waiting for me to call and come pick it up.
She never got the 5-Day Pay or Quit notice posted to her door (ummm, I have a pic of it posted on her door), which instructed her to mail it to me.
She never got H's text message last week to schedule the repairs she wants.
Soooo...giving her way more benefit of the doubt than I should...I am going this evening to pick up the rent (sigh).
I am SO sick of her. Unless something worse happens in the meantime...always a possibility...I'm going to give her a 60-Day Notice to vacate (served on or before June 30th). That will give her plenty of notice (it only has to be 30 days) and will take her to the natural end of the Section 8 part of the agreement (August 30th).
Oh and this was rich. Over the phone, she's all pissed at me and saying something like, "Why do you have to talk to me like I'm a child (referring to my text)? I'm an adult! I'm not a child, I HAVE children."
What I wanted to say, but was wise enough not to, "An adult? I would LOVE it if you would started acting like an adult. If you're such an adult, why do I need to ask you every.single.month...without fail...about the rent."
FTR, my text was reminding her today was the last day for the 5-Day. I did not name-call. I did not threaten, other than I hoped to not be forced to file an eviction. I did not speak to her like a child, at all. I provided facts, in the hopes of a resolution. Which, as it turns out, is what happened.

I think she's playing you. I know you're now limiting her time in the residence anyway but it sounds like she's going to deny any responsibility and gaslight you (of course it meant she had the rent money on the Sunday you couldn't get it) but the joke's on her!

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