After working every day last week (including 9am-midnight on Saturday & Sunday as well) Ted got some time off yesterday and was able to come home around 2pm. I manage to get a lot of little things done around the house during the day – and those little things add up. But having an extra set of hands around (strong, knowledgeable ones!) sure makes things faster and more efficient. Yesterday we tackled a meeting with our insurance agent to hammer out auto, renters & life insurance information as a married couple and we ran some errands to Home Depot – again (surprise surprise – today is Thursday and I have been to Home Depot 3 times this week). This time we came out with yard trash bags to bag up our ridiculous pile of leaves and a fire extinguisher (um yes, this should have been one of our very first purchases. Oops.), and we priced out landscaping rocks to make a fire pit in our backyard (yes! can’t wait to do a s’more and hot dog roast!). We finished installing the weather stripping on the front door of the house, swept and power hosed off the side porch that I made a mess of raking dirt and leaves, finished cutting out and laying the carpet in the rest of the basement and we still had time to enjoy dinner and Hell’s Kitchen and do picks for football this week.
However, amidst all the productivity we did manage to forget one thing. This morning as I emptied our kitchen trash I realized that today is Thursday. Thursday is trash day. And our trash was not at the curb by 4am. Oops again. Getting used to a new schedule takes time I guess. There may be some very appreciative raccoons at our house this week. I suppose it should have been a clue when we saw a neighbor driving down his driveway towing a garbage can to the curb. Nope – didn’t ring a bell then. Looking back, that should have definitely sparked something in the brain…
And since I know how much everyone loves hearing about the random rumblings in my head, here is today’s tidbits:
1) Apparently there is a fairly large and active coyote population in Anderson Township where we live. Huh. Who knew? It was on the news last night. Lots of pets have gone missing and there’s been plenty of coyote sightings. Our house is set back on the road and we have a deep backyard that eventually backs up to a lake. Sounds like prime coyote spotting territory to me!
2) My pedicure from our wedding three weeks ago still looks fresh. Three weeks! I’m dumbfounded. Not that I’m a big mani/pedi know-it-all (I’ve had two pedicures and maybe 5 manicures in my life), but even I know most polish chips after 3.7 seconds. My pedicure still looks like it was done this morning. The lady who did the manicures and pedicures was raving about how excellent this top coat stuff was as she was applying it, but since I was getting married in like 30 hours, I pretty much promptly disregarded the top coat nonsense to be honest. Dear Santa, I think I need a bottle of that top coat.I would only have to do my nails like 3 times a year! And that, folks, is how the cheap and lazy operate.
3) I am having such a hard time finding the motivation do start the job application process. I would love a job. I love researching things. I love writing. I love all that stuff that goes hand-in-hand with applying for positions, but just gussying up the motivation to actually get started is killer. I know once I’m started I’ll have great drive and energy to keep going, but pushing for the initial motivation makes me suddenly want to do things like clean the bathroom instead.
4) Just ate a carton of golden raspberries. They are supposedly sweeter than red raspberries, but I can’t tell a difference. And, like normal raspberries, they are delicious.
5) Our first grown-up people big-item purchase as newlyweds arrived today: Our new LG2101 washer & dryer. I enjoyed watching the huge Sears truck attempt to turn around on the street and back down our driveway (now that’s entertainment people) and Ted enjoyed whipping out his wrench and level and going to town making it perfectly level. It does all kinds of neat things like sensor washing where it auto balances and weighs the loads. For the insane amount of research I did on the sucker to make sure it has excellent reviews (it does) and to know all its pros and cons, I sure hope it works! The test cycle without clothing when it was hooked up went well. And most importantly it has a bazillion controls & options, it lights up in a rainbow of LED-goodness, and plays little tunes when it powers on and finishes a load – umm, love it! But in all seriousness we’re thrilled to have it!
Now that Ted is home early for the day we’re on to bagging leaves. Maybe I’ll eventually get around to posting pictures of our wedding and the house for everyone to see.
P.S. – A heartfelt THANK YOU to all our soldiers, military and veterans. You are the heroes of this nation. Happy Veterans Day!
