Annoying things:
- No one (very few people, anyway) remembered it was our wedding anniversary. Our FORTIETH anniversary! :(
- (Small pleasure: ALI bloggers & other childless friends came through for me and made me feel better. Thank you!)
- Older Nephew was rear-ended while driving home from work one night recently, and is now suffering from whiplash, requiring physio (which, happily, seems to be helping some). The driver who hit him was a young girl, freshly licensed -- and looking at her cellphone while behind the wheel. (Are you surprised? : p )
- There was enough damage to his car (a 12-year-old hand-me-down from BIL) that it's basically a writeoff. BIL is on the hunt to find him a new one.
- We've all heard that you shouldn't drink and drive, but PLEASE, don't text or otherwise look at your cellphone while you're driving, too!
- The water spout in the shower cubicle in the master ensuite bathroom has been dripping for months now... and (as a result) so has the drain. It's been getting worse lately. You can HEAR it dripping (although I've found that laying a piece of paper towel over the drain at night stops the noise... no way I could sleep with that going on!). I shone a flashlight though the grate where the water goes down, and it looks like there's a bit of a clog forming. Ugh. :p I have had "CALL PLUMBER" on my to-do list for eons now (there are a couple of other things we need them to do too, in both bathrooms), but we're just too busy right now, so it's going to have to wait until we get back from our trip west.
- (Not the annoying thing:) Dh tried on his suit -- for the first time since his dad's funeral 7 years ago, I think -- and it fit! It was pretty snug before, but he's lost some weight, and he will need to wear a suit to his cousin's son's wedding in August. (Weddings here are NOT casual dress!)
- Related annoying thing: we checked his dress shirts (he had a few nice ones in the closet, left over from his work days), and they ALL had yellowing around the collar & cuffs. (!) We bought him a new white one at the mall earlier this week.
- Not enough sunshine lately. :(
Small pleasures:
- We did have a lovely anniversary dinner. :) We had steaks, something we don't have too often these days, and wine -- and we had dessert: Billy Miner Pie, which is kind of a signature dish for this restaurant chain: mocha ice cream on a chocolate cookie crumb crust, drizzled with chocolate and caramel syrup and sprinkled with slivered toasted almonds. Yum! (I don't know what tomorrow's weekly weigh-in will look like -- but it was worth the splurge!)
- We took four large shopping bags full of books to the thrift store this week (mostly ones I have cheap e-versions for). I was keeping count as I filled the first two bags (44 books), but I forgot to count how many were in the last two bags -- but you get the idea...! I do hate letting go of books :( but my bookshelves were getting awfully cluttered, so I knew it was time to do a cull...! and my shelves look much neater. (For now anyway...! lol)
- Window washing (the accessible outside windows of the building -- whatever's on the balcony is our responsibility) is currently underway! (Clean windows make me happy! :) )
- Pre-vacation pedicure this afternoon. :)
If there's any time you should splurge ($$$ or calories!), it's on your 40th wedding anniversary! I'm so glad you celebrated it.
ReplyDeleteYou are doing a very good job of decluttering your bookshelves. My DH has decided he needs to, but can't bring himself to throw things out. I will too, but I only have about 1/4 of our total book stash, having committed to e-books this time 15 years ago!
Enjoy the pedicure!
And sorry about the ughs. We share the "call the plumber" one. It's been on a "yellow sticky" for weeks!
I agree -- what better time to be indulgent and eat your face off than your 40th anniversary! :) Ohhh, decluttering bookshelves. I have do that soon. I have too many piles on top of rows, and I could make them neater (but I also could GET ANOTHER BOOKSHELF, BWAHAHAHAHAHA). I saw one that is like the rotating library display, takes up less space and holds an insane amount of titles. Just where to put it... Mmmm new clean washed windows. I need to do the same, I need to hire it out because most windows are too high for me to do safely. So scary about Older Nephew! I am glad he's okay for the most part, but ugh to getting a new car and being in PT all because of inattention. Grrr. Enjoy that pedicure and the vacation!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! 40 years is a wonderful milestone. I’m from the Netherlands and they have a saying: in life you have to hang up your own party streamers.
ReplyDeleteI also want to thank you for sharing your stories. I have been following your stories for 10 years now. They have helped me so much. I can relate to so much.Thank you and I hope you will keep sharing your stories for the next 40 years as well.
Happy (recent) anniversary! We celebrated 15 years last week. Most often we celebrate our anniversary by going to dinner together. Having a huge party sounds exhausting lol.
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