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• climbingsingle member

  

  April 2022

  Oh man, I'm sorry the movie ended up being a bit awkward. Why'd he accept the invite then?? 
  
  My weekend was both good and bad. Friday N got home. He cooked a great dinner and we caught up. 
  Saturday I was able to get a lot of stuff done around the house. Unpacked more boxes. It was nice most of the day so we spent some time outside. Took the kids for ice cream too. 
  
  Saturday night as we were laying in bed, I got a facetime call from a number I didn't recognize. And then a text. It was my ex-husband. He was very clearly drunk and then started threatening me again. Empty threats, really. He was saying he was going to call my boss. For what, I have no idea. But like...go ahead? Everyone knows you're a lying psychopath. But the fact that he found my number is unnerving and I'm still very bothered by it. I've blocked the number he called from (it's not his cell number, as I have that number blocked as well of course). I didn't sleep much that night and had intense anxiety Sunday morning, so much so that I threw up. 
  
  However, I still went to see my brother and SIL Sunday for Easter. We had brunch and I got to see my adorable nephew! 

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• VarunaTT member

  

  April 2022

  Wow, @climbingsingle, I am so sorry.  IDK what is going on lately, but the number of people in my life having to deal with creepy men has skyrocketed.  I'd call your cell phone company and make sure that they didn't give it out and check to make sure it's not somehow accessible on FB?  Sometimes I feel like random privacy settings change on FB, so I check mine every few months.  Are you going to fill out a police report?
  

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• climbingsingle member

  

  April 2022

  VarunaTT said:

  Wow, @climbingsingle, I am so sorry.  IDK what is going on lately, but the number of people in my life having to deal with creepy men has skyrocketed.  I'd call your cell phone company and make sure that they didn't give it out and check to make sure it's not somehow accessible on FB?  Sometimes I feel like random privacy settings change on FB, so I check mine every few months.  Are you going to fill out a police report?
  

  I definitely don't have my number listed on FB. I can't think of how he got it. He does have connections at Verizon, and N said apparently if you pay for a White Pages membership, you can find people's numbers. 
  
  I'm on the fence about going to the police. He didn't threaten my safety, so I have a feeling they're going to tell me there's nothing they can do. 

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• mrsconn23 member

  

  April 2022

  Oh no @climbingsingle, that's awful and so scary.
  That sucks that L was awkward @VarunaTT. 
  
  Weekend was all right.  Friday was a Costco run.  We watched the first ep of Outer Range (new Prime show) and it was slow to start, but the end had DH and I almost jumping off our seats.  
  
  Saturday, DH worked on the guest room painting job. I did a bunch of running around since I literally had nothing for Easter.  The rest of the day was prep work for Easter and cooking.  
  
  Sunday, we made brunch.  The kiddo and his gf came over.  I guess FIL was under the weather so he didn't show up.  :: shrug :: We went to dad's for dinner and did an egg hunt with the kids.  
  
  In 'what the shit?!', it snowed about a quarter inch overnight.  It will be 80 on Saturday. 

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• short+sassy member

  

  April 2022

  @VarunaTT, I'm sorry the movie was awkward with L.  I hope your allergy pills help you out and congrats on lowering your anti depressant.  Hopefully, that will be a better level.
  
  @climbingsingle, I'm sorry to hear your ex called.  It sounds really upsetting.  If I remember correctly, you already had to change your phone number so he would stop harassing you.  At least it happened after N was back in town.
  
  Friday and Saturday were delightfully relaxing!  I posted my rental ad up on Sunday.  It had a slow start and I was a little worried.  Hoped it was just because of Easter.  But then it turned into the usual torrent.  Phew!  Stressful, but so much better than crickets.
  
  Good luck to my H!  He's the one handling the showings today and I think it's going to be an onslaught.  We do "open house" style showings, but I only set it up for a one hour timeframe.  I should have done a two hour timeframe.  Eeek!
  
  Other than that, it's a busy day at work.  I have a something urgent to get out today, but at least am making good progress.   

  

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• climbingsingle member

  

  April 2022

  short+sassy said:

  
  
  @climbingsingle, I'm sorry to hear your ex called.  It sounds really upsetting.  If I remember correctly, you already had to change your phone number so he would stop harassing you.  At least it happened after N was back in town.
  
     

  Yup, he kept shutting my phone off even after I changed my number, which he was able to do because he had the serial number to the phone. I had to buy a new phone last year to get him to stop doing that. And yes I'm so glad that N was home AND that I hadn't been drinking..lol. Because if I'd had a glass or two of wine in me when that happened, I probably would have had an overreaction. 

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• MissKittyDanger member

  

  April 2022

  @VarunaTT urg that sucks about movie. Maybe L is just unsure about the boundary they set? But agreed, L needs to speak up
  
  @climbingsingle urg that's awful and creepy. Glad it didn't entirely ruin your weekend.
  
  @short+sassy Luck to your H & for your work!
  
  
  Weekend was good.
  Thursday BK was with SFIL all day. They had a great day. Walked up to the store to pick a card for MIL {her bday was Friday} Then I guess she was tired, so she actually asked SFIL if he could bring her home.
  M still wfh so when SFIL called, BK was sitting on the front step with her back ready to go lmao
  Within 5min, she fell asleep on the couch. Since M was working, he let her sleep until I got home.
  
  Friday we did dinner at my mum's with a brief stop at my granny's place. She wanted to show BK all the easter decor she did. She's always been that person to decorate for holidays and she loves that there's another little one to show them to.
  Dinner was good. Since my mum knew BK wouldn't eat the ham, she made some spaghetti for her.
  BK didn't fall asleep until like 945 *sigh*
  
  Saturday was dinner with IL's - not typical easter dinner because belated bday dinner for MIL. We had ribs, rice and corn.
  BK had a hot dog cooked with diana sauce {so it was caramelized} and some rice.
  They did a little easter egg hunt for BK - with watering can to carry eggs - and then she got a fun little plastic vanity, with some books and a new bunny.
  She ate too much chocolate, so by the time we got her home and in bath she was melting down.
  
  Sunday - we did our easter. I got bunny foot prints to basically follow from the stairs to the living room with some treats on the way.
  She got {spread out} a frozen egg with tattoos, bows, hat, pjs, chalk, bubble machine and a giant hollow doggy {we're gonna break that up so she can have a bit at a time lol}
  
  BK is at IL's today because MIL doesn't see her much and M & I work.

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• CharmedPam member

  

  April 2022

  @climbingsingle that’s some bullshit.  Maybe he got it from someone you consider a friend? If it’s so new, a year, I’d think it takes longer to go up online.  But I dunno, that’s probably not the case anymore. 

  @VarunaTT, I’m also wondering why he accepted? 

  @mrsconn23 we had that too! And 78 on Sat.  WtW?
  
  i’m at the doctors now.  Running late.  Per usual. I also wfh in the morning and realized why I had so much praise in my last review. The counterparts in my position, which covered for me while I was away are probably the most lazy people I’ve met. All my work they didn’t finish they threw back at me. Ummm no. It doesn’t work like that in our office. You finish what you start. So when they were comparing me to those ladies - that bar was very low. Lol. 

  
  

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• VarunaTT member

  

  April 2022

  I'm rather meh on figuring out what goes on in a man's mind.  So far, there aren't any red flags and the one person at work who knows is convinced that L wants to go out (and had been saying so long before I really considered L a viable dating candidate), but is saying no b/c of work, and is fumbling the entire matter at this point.  There's obviously some emotional maturity there, b/c it was a sweet and kind rejection, but maybe he's still a work in progress. 
  
  
  
   I'm just watching the show at this point, b/c I'm confident in what **I** would like to do, but I'm going to respect the boundary he put up too and keep on with myself.

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• short+sassy member

  

  April 2022

  Well that was really disheartening .
  
  I replied back to over 100 FB messages between yesterday and today.  With dozens of people told when the showings were today.  Not everyone replied back, of course.  But quite a few people did.
  
  Only 3 people showed up and only one of them took an application!  Didn't even fill it out and leave it.  Took it to "send later", which almost never happens.  Oh well. I'm not going to quite worry yet.  We've rented it out before to good folks, even with few showings and applications turned in.
  
  As an aside, not counting my personal duplex, our rentals are in two different parts of town.  The areas are called East NOLA and the Westbank (because it's on the other side of the MS River from NOLA prime).
  
  My H and I don't really understand it, but showings are a totally different experience for those two areas.  We always have a higher percentage of no shows for East NOLA and much fewer applications, though it isn't usually this bad.  Whereas for the Westbank, our showings and applications turned in are like gangbusters.  It is a somewhat more desirable area, but not by that much.  Similar fairly low crime rates.
  

  

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• climbingsingle member

  

  April 2022

  @short+sassy that's a bummer. I'm sorry. 

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• charlotte989875 member

  

  April 2022

  It’s snowing again. WTF I’m done with this weather. 

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• short+sassy member

  

  April 2022

  It does sound late in the year for snow.  The weather needs to look at the calendar and realize it's mid-April.
  
  I'll try to send the sunshine and spring weather to all the Northern Knotties.
  

  

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• MobKaz member

  

  April 2022

  Random Monday interjection.........wasn't there someone not too long ago that said they had an incident with a refrigerator and the door simply falling off??
  
  https://wgntv.com/news/ge-recalls-155k-refrigerators-that-have-caused-37-injuries-so-far/?fbclid=IwAR0Aq3ZyDhooILBqt1773VF8uXWcE40oJHAxgVarhSoxFVW2NUW3pOq-ns4
  
  

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• ILoveBeachMusic member

  

  April 2022

  We woke up to snow in Chicago and came home in the rain. The weekend was good full of birthday celebrations. The one year old didn't want to share his presents with his big brothers- big surprise. The older two are learning that he has his own stuff too. Easter morning H and I went to a church in town. DD and her family haven't been going to church since the pandemic started. She has been very hesitant since her kiddos can't be vaccinated yet. H and I found a church of our denomination and went. It was lovely. We usually go to DD's church (Catholic) when we are there but since they didn't go, we went to a church where we could take communion. I made deviled eggs to have with dinner.  One of the twins ate 5! He loved them. The other didn't like them this year (he loved them last year) and the baby ate one. They all devoured the ham.
  
  We are home for a couple of days then off to a meeting in PA and stopping to see DS1 and DIL on the way home.
  
  
  

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• MNNEBride member

  

  April 2022

  @charlotte989875 - wasn't it your fridge door that came off?

  

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• charlotte989875 member

  

  April 2022

  MNNEBride said:

  @charlotte989875 - wasn't it your fridge door that came off?

  Yes! It was me! Turns out we could put it back on but still not idea how it managed to come off. 

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