GOOD Day.
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Patriots Day, it's a Mass/New England thing.
It commemorates
Must be more of a Mass thing, since I was in CT for 17 years and the most we had to do with it was seeing some fine print on a calendar.
Well, my big client meeting the other day... icing on the cake. The intent of the meeting was to prove our competence. Problem is, the meeting was canceled, because the guy they put in charge of coordinating everything was too incompetent to get everything together. He then tried to pawn it off on everybody else by saying we never sent him anything (he never called or e-mailed requesting anything, we all just put together individual PowerPoint presentations.) So, in light of that folly, there's about a 95% chance I'll be in North Carolina by July.
jmbeck
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My MIL should be packing her bags to leave our house as I type this.
So, yes, I'm having a very good day.
So, yes, I'm having a very good day.
Chucktown PE
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When we lived in ATL my mother in law would always pack her bags up, I'd happily load them in the car, then she'd stick around until 5 o'clock in the afternoon and "have" to stay another night because traffic was so bad. Then I'd unhappily take them out of the car. Then I'd begrudgingly put them back in the car the next morning. This happened at least 3 or 4 times.
I am headed up to Concord, NC to help my brother work on his house this weekend so that should be fun. We're going to replumb some more of the water piping with PEX, rebuild his cellar entrance, fix the sump in the cellar, and rewire a couple more rooms for grounded power.
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GulfCoastCivil
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I'm having a good day. I'm looking forward to dinner with my gma tonight at the worst casino buffet in existence. (Treasure Chest casino) The company will more than make up for it though.
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Friday night at Der VTE Haus means a wild night of cleaning. In the wintertime, we tend to clean houe, do laundry, etc. on Friday night to maximize the amount of freetime we have in the daylight to do stuff outside on the weekends. Then for dinner at 9:30 or whenever we're done, we have some sort of conglomeration of leftovers from the week.
We live our lives fast and wild. If you blink, you might miss us.
Though its pretty nice today, and the weather is supposed to be pooey all weekend, so we might have to buck that trend.
We live our lives fast and wild. If you blink, you might miss us.
Though its pretty nice today, and the weather is supposed to be pooey all weekend, so we might have to buck that trend.
Chucktown PE
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Finally bought a car yesterday. Signed all the paperwork and it is on a truck from PA right now. My wife was really happy. We've been borrowing her parents' car for the last 8 months. We really needed a bigger car with the kids and everything. I got the car for a steal of a price as well. I ended up spending $5k less than I had planned.
Nice! Get a good APR? I need to start shopping for a new truck. I bought a new race engine, planned to trailer the car and tools down when I move, and then forgot that I don't own a truck to pull it anymore :brickwall: Oh well, what's another car/insurance payment...
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On Tuesday my son was stung by a bee.
On Wednesday his eyelids swelled and he stayed home with me.
On Thursday he woke up covered in hives, so we went to the doctor, and now has to carry an epipen with him everywhere in case the reaction is worse next time. He spent the rest of the day going to classes and meetings with me.
Today I was really looking forward to a quiet, productive day. It started out great with breakfast out with my husband. I was just settling down to do some work when daycare called... my daughter dislocated her elbow. I've spent the rest of the day at the doctors office with her.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! Well too late to do anything productive now...maybe next week.
On Wednesday his eyelids swelled and he stayed home with me.
On Thursday he woke up covered in hives, so we went to the doctor, and now has to carry an epipen with him everywhere in case the reaction is worse next time. He spent the rest of the day going to classes and meetings with me.
Today I was really looking forward to a quiet, productive day. It started out great with breakfast out with my husband. I was just settling down to do some work when daycare called... my daughter dislocated her elbow. I've spent the rest of the day at the doctors office with her.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! Well too late to do anything productive now...maybe next week.
snickerd3
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Yikes! At least the kids have mommy to cling-on, hang-on, and for company while they're miserable.
I hope everbody heals quickly.
You should find a bee...kill it and let your son beat it sensless with a newspaper for a while. I'll bet it'll make him feel better.
I hope everbody heals quickly.
You should find a bee...kill it and let your son beat it sensless with a newspaper for a while. I'll bet it'll make him feel better.
GulfCoastCivil
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Frazil ~ Hope the kids heal fast and that their moods improve even faster.
Chucktown PE
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I got 5.5% rate on a 2006 model. I was debating paying cash but decided that I better keep all the cash I have until I decide what I'm doing with buying a house. I'm going to deplete my savings accounts if I pay cash for the car and pay 20% down on a house and I'm not comfortable not have at least 3 months of my income in savings.
Still pretty low for a used rate. I'm going to finance the truck I have to buy as well. I'll probably pay it off in less than a year, but the loan will look good to keep boosting my credit as well. I like to do the three months as well, though I've taken a hit as of late. I'm just itching to get to site, as the monthly per diem for our North Carolina project is $3200 a month, even higher than the New Orleans job that we got booted from.
RIP - VTEnviro
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I'm off from work today, and got to watch (in person) the Boston marathon for a while today. It's amazing to see the world class runners at it.
It's my wife's birthday, and I'm about to make her the ice cream she asked to have for dessert, and then give her some more presents.
It's cool that her birthday coincided with the marathon. She's a real distance running enthusiast and could pretty much pick out by name most of the elite runners of both genders.
It's my wife's birthday, and I'm about to make her the ice cream she asked to have for dessert, and then give her some more presents.
It's cool that her birthday coincided with the marathon. She's a real distance running enthusiast and could pretty much pick out by name most of the elite runners of both genders.
snickerd3
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Making ice cream...sounds like fun. I don't have the patience to sit there and churn.
One of my friends had her baby this this morning, healthing baby girl.
One of my friends had her baby this this morning, healthing baby girl.
SSmith
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Things not going well on the home front... *sighs*
