New Year Housework Update
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bookofmirrorsI have a floor - and it's a big floor!
I am ever so pleased, and trust me, it's a HUGE step. I've spent the last three days at it, and was able to get it all sorted out.
A pile of garbage/garbage bags by the door, including a defunct computer monitor, all of which need thrown away - the monitor needs to be taken somewhere that will dispose it properly. MicroSeconds will do it for $10.
Two bags full of pillows, linens, and clothes to give away.
A big-ass box of miscellany to give away. Also a file cabinet; and 2 printers which I might part with. I think they work, if they had cords and the appropriate software. A computer skeleton.
Does it go without saying that I encourage y'all to come over and rummage through the stuff, and preferably take something home with you?
A box with a red and green lid, of Christmas stuff to be put in storage. My nativity set doesn't fit in it, so that's still on a shelf next to the fireplace.
A box of cross-stitching stuff for which I will continually prod
Savage_Rose to make arrangements for a BPAL exchange via my LiveJournal.
A box of stuff that doesn't belong to me or the Beastie, that I need to send to their owners, and/or the people I promised it to. Off the top of my head, the following people have stuff in there:
That_Sakka_Girl, 
Profundis, 
Logomancer, 
Waterfall_SH (plus some stuff for the girls), 
CelticMistress, and Fig. Anyone who wants to make arrangements to get this stuff, let me know. Some will have to be mailed, obviously.
Two boxes (er, one box and one laundry basket) of stuff of
LuneNoire's, some of which he may not want, but some of which I'm sure he does. Also, one gift bag. ;)
I have moved many things to other rooms where they belong, and they'll have to be set up properly in those rooms. This pretty much applies to the office, period. That won't be hard at all. Just a matter of finding the time to do it (again). All of
BlckwngdOrcl's stuff has been put into the drawer-thing I got at Wal-Mart with my gift card. The top drawer has my gaming dice in it and a couple of gaming things I used to use. Yes, friends, I too was a gamer at one time. I had a different set of dice for each character, in a color I associated with that character, and I looked forward to the Ren Faire every year so I could get new dice bags from the dealer that was always there. They had to match the dice, of course. And I also had a list of dice I was missing from each set, that I kept in my purse. Whenever I went to a gaming store, I would look for the dice to complete that set. We played AD&D below level 3.0, so it was the standard D20, D12, D10, D8, D6, D4, D10-percentile. All my percentile dice, for every set, were gray with red numbers. I was that kinda freak. I still maintain that using different dice sets for each character helped create the character's personality. My main character, for instance, had a shitty D20, and couldn't hit the broad side of a barn until her THAC0 hit 0. Pretty much all my dice were this pearlescent type. My percentile dice were the D10 version of these. I still have a bit of an unnatural obsession with them. Ummm... hence this digression.
There is a big storage bin of stuff, all of which has been gone through, and determined to be things that are either mine, or the Beastie's and mine together, and had no immediate place to be put away. It's all in the bin, and out of the way. I'll need another drawer thing to be able to put most of that stuff away, but at least it's there.
All the pagan stuff is still in a bin by itself. I haven't quite decided what to do with it.
Two tool boxes that need to be straightened out - another easy thing.
Oh, and two doors that we took down, to the master bedroom, and the office. I don't really want them back up, so they'll likely be put in storage. On the other hand, I'm seriously thinking about eyeballing what's in storage, to see if it can be brought back into the apartment and stored in the closet in the office. It would save us $50/month, and the stuff would be much more easily accessible. From my recollection, the huge majority of the stuff in storage is Christmas and Halloween decorations. Also our monogrammed towel set. Yes, we have monogrammed towels. Mine are purple, the Beastie's are green. They are the shit. My inner housewife goes all squee about them.
Anyway, such is the progress on the house. The good news: We now have room for a couch. The bad news: We now have room for a couch. (And can't afford it.) *insert obligatory Jeff Lawrence curse here*
So, with the exception of the office, which is a mild disaster area which I could easily work around, the house is pretty much how I want it to be, future furniture shopping notwithstanding. I lust after this and some matching side shelves (which I can't find on the website, but have seen in the store) to complete the TV area. Also, some sort of quirky floor lamp/torchiere, preferably in shades of blue.
Which means I now have no excuse not to fully clean the house. In a weird way, this pleases me no end. I can once again have a spotless house, on a regular basis.
In other news, I no longer work at Sedona MedSpa. I put in for the last two Saturdays off, since I was going to Indiana; somehow, they didn't notice, and put me on the schedule. I corrected the error, which they weren't too pleased about. When I get back from Indiana, I was told I was going to be taken off the schedule from now on. I was allowed to resign, and the charge nurse was very cool about it. Here's an excerpt of what I wrote to her: As with most things in my life, this is probably a blessing in disguise. Much as I love(d) "my" clients, as I suspected, they were almost all able to move on to work with other nurses, and I haven't heard any complaints yet. Most of the ones I was really close to have finished their treatments, and I wasn't really needed for that. The extra money now and then was nice, but wasn't in my budget, so it wasn't needed. What I think I ended up staying for in the end was the free treatments, and I can live with the level of reduction I have now (or save up money for later!). In the end, though, what I always wanted was more time for myself, my husband, my family, and I know that, even this one extra day a week will make a world of difference to me. It has been a pleasure. She wished me the best, and that's pretty much the end of it. And I really do feel like it was a good thing, and probably long overdue. I'm not upset about it, and I look forward to having the extra time. I'm now down to two jobs, both of which are working with David, in his office Monday-Thursday, and at his house, 7 nights a week. The 7 nights a week is still frustrating, but it's the only way all the bills can get paid. I may have to re-evaluate that, actually, now that my snafu with the flexible spending account is corrected in the new year. The Beastie will be bringing home more money, which is good. Initially, of course, that will go towards his car (10 months at the current payment plan), but I think things will be good. Also, he goes to the Petsmart grooming academy... egad! next month! Anyway, after he passes that, and such, he'll start to get a higher pay rate, as well. Of course, we don't expect that to happen until around April, but still...
Things are really looking up. I'm well-pleased with the directions things are going. :)
Oh! Note to
Strega42: You might want to wait until February to put me on Jamelle's schedule. At my parents' house, I was ever so pleased to find she had baby oil, which, to me, is a quickie version of lotion, and smells good, so I used that after every shower. Apparently, my body wasn't happy with this bright idea, and I have this horrible (and itchy!!!!) rash on my sides. I'm guessing this will fuck with the shading and skin tones and whatnot, so I should probably wait till that goes away. I'm going to show up unexpected at my doctor's doorstep tomorrow when he opens and pop in for some Naftin cream. That stuff kicks ass.
Anyway, I think that's about it. Did I mention life was good?
I am ever so pleased, and trust me, it's a HUGE step. I've spent the last three days at it, and was able to get it all sorted out.
A pile of garbage/garbage bags by the door, including a defunct computer monitor, all of which need thrown away - the monitor needs to be taken somewhere that will dispose it properly. MicroSeconds will do it for $10.
Two bags full of pillows, linens, and clothes to give away.
A big-ass box of miscellany to give away. Also a file cabinet; and 2 printers which I might part with. I think they work, if they had cords and the appropriate software. A computer skeleton.
Does it go without saying that I encourage y'all to come over and rummage through the stuff, and preferably take something home with you?
A box with a red and green lid, of Christmas stuff to be put in storage. My nativity set doesn't fit in it, so that's still on a shelf next to the fireplace.
A box of cross-stitching stuff for which I will continually prod
Savage_Rose to make arrangements for a BPAL exchange via my LiveJournal.A box of stuff that doesn't belong to me or the Beastie, that I need to send to their owners, and/or the people I promised it to. Off the top of my head, the following people have stuff in there:
That_Sakka_Girl, Profundis, Logomancer, Waterfall_SH (plus some stuff for the girls), CelticMistress, and Fig. Anyone who wants to make arrangements to get this stuff, let me know. Some will have to be mailed, obviously.Two boxes (er, one box and one laundry basket) of stuff of
LuneNoire's, some of which he may not want, but some of which I'm sure he does. Also, one gift bag. ;)I have moved many things to other rooms where they belong, and they'll have to be set up properly in those rooms. This pretty much applies to the office, period. That won't be hard at all. Just a matter of finding the time to do it (again). All of
BlckwngdOrcl's stuff has been put into the drawer-thing I got at Wal-Mart with my gift card. The top drawer has my gaming dice in it and a couple of gaming things I used to use. Yes, friends, I too was a gamer at one time. I had a different set of dice for each character, in a color I associated with that character, and I looked forward to the Ren Faire every year so I could get new dice bags from the dealer that was always there. They had to match the dice, of course. And I also had a list of dice I was missing from each set, that I kept in my purse. Whenever I went to a gaming store, I would look for the dice to complete that set. We played AD&D below level 3.0, so it was the standard D20, D12, D10, D8, D6, D4, D10-percentile. All my percentile dice, for every set, were gray with red numbers. I was that kinda freak. I still maintain that using different dice sets for each character helped create the character's personality. My main character, for instance, had a shitty D20, and couldn't hit the broad side of a barn until her THAC0 hit 0. Pretty much all my dice were this pearlescent type. My percentile dice were the D10 version of these. I still have a bit of an unnatural obsession with them. Ummm... hence this digression.There is a big storage bin of stuff, all of which has been gone through, and determined to be things that are either mine, or the Beastie's and mine together, and had no immediate place to be put away. It's all in the bin, and out of the way. I'll need another drawer thing to be able to put most of that stuff away, but at least it's there.
All the pagan stuff is still in a bin by itself. I haven't quite decided what to do with it.
Two tool boxes that need to be straightened out - another easy thing.
Oh, and two doors that we took down, to the master bedroom, and the office. I don't really want them back up, so they'll likely be put in storage. On the other hand, I'm seriously thinking about eyeballing what's in storage, to see if it can be brought back into the apartment and stored in the closet in the office. It would save us $50/month, and the stuff would be much more easily accessible. From my recollection, the huge majority of the stuff in storage is Christmas and Halloween decorations. Also our monogrammed towel set. Yes, we have monogrammed towels. Mine are purple, the Beastie's are green. They are the shit. My inner housewife goes all squee about them.
Anyway, such is the progress on the house. The good news: We now have room for a couch. The bad news: We now have room for a couch. (And can't afford it.) *insert obligatory Jeff Lawrence curse here*
So, with the exception of the office, which is a mild disaster area which I could easily work around, the house is pretty much how I want it to be, future furniture shopping notwithstanding. I lust after this and some matching side shelves (which I can't find on the website, but have seen in the store) to complete the TV area. Also, some sort of quirky floor lamp/torchiere, preferably in shades of blue.
Which means I now have no excuse not to fully clean the house. In a weird way, this pleases me no end. I can once again have a spotless house, on a regular basis.
In other news, I no longer work at Sedona MedSpa. I put in for the last two Saturdays off, since I was going to Indiana; somehow, they didn't notice, and put me on the schedule. I corrected the error, which they weren't too pleased about. When I get back from Indiana, I was told I was going to be taken off the schedule from now on. I was allowed to resign, and the charge nurse was very cool about it. Here's an excerpt of what I wrote to her: As with most things in my life, this is probably a blessing in disguise. Much as I love(d) "my" clients, as I suspected, they were almost all able to move on to work with other nurses, and I haven't heard any complaints yet. Most of the ones I was really close to have finished their treatments, and I wasn't really needed for that. The extra money now and then was nice, but wasn't in my budget, so it wasn't needed. What I think I ended up staying for in the end was the free treatments, and I can live with the level of reduction I have now (or save up money for later!). In the end, though, what I always wanted was more time for myself, my husband, my family, and I know that, even this one extra day a week will make a world of difference to me. It has been a pleasure. She wished me the best, and that's pretty much the end of it. And I really do feel like it was a good thing, and probably long overdue. I'm not upset about it, and I look forward to having the extra time. I'm now down to two jobs, both of which are working with David, in his office Monday-Thursday, and at his house, 7 nights a week. The 7 nights a week is still frustrating, but it's the only way all the bills can get paid. I may have to re-evaluate that, actually, now that my snafu with the flexible spending account is corrected in the new year. The Beastie will be bringing home more money, which is good. Initially, of course, that will go towards his car (10 months at the current payment plan), but I think things will be good. Also, he goes to the Petsmart grooming academy... egad! next month! Anyway, after he passes that, and such, he'll start to get a higher pay rate, as well. Of course, we don't expect that to happen until around April, but still...
Things are really looking up. I'm well-pleased with the directions things are going. :)
Oh! Note to
Strega42: You might want to wait until February to put me on Jamelle's schedule. At my parents' house, I was ever so pleased to find she had baby oil, which, to me, is a quickie version of lotion, and smells good, so I used that after every shower. Apparently, my body wasn't happy with this bright idea, and I have this horrible (and itchy!!!!) rash on my sides. I'm guessing this will fuck with the shading and skin tones and whatnot, so I should probably wait till that goes away. I'm going to show up unexpected at my doctor's doorstep tomorrow when he opens and pop in for some Naftin cream. That stuff kicks ass.Anyway, I think that's about it. Did I mention life was good?
