Author: Superpaige (Page 134 of 180)

While waiting around and not wanting to get involved in any big project (like cleaning) while waiting for my couches, I decided to cancel a stray credit card that has been sitting on my desk here for about a year and never been used except the first time to get the $30 credit or whatever it was.  So, after putting in all the requisite numbers and sitting on hold for about 10 minutes, the lady came on the line (very nice, with no Indian accent, by the way) and when I told her I wanted to cancel, told me that card was in Mr. Erickson’s name, and was he available to come to the phone right now?  So, no, I couldn’t cancel that card, and will now have to make Mr. Erickson do it.

And still no couch.

Got a phone call from a guy at the furniture store, asking if I would be home (duh!) and saying that they would now load up my furniture and bring it.

They told me the couch would be delivered between 9 and 11.  Well, now it’s 11:00 and I see no delivery truck.  Hmmmm.  So, here I am with poor little John who has a fever and doesn’t feel good, feeding him juice and watching Cars.  With no couch, yet.

I knew that Ryan was a pretty laid back guy, but when I called him from the furniture store and asked if he cared if I bought a new couch on Wednesday, his answer to me was, “As long as I don’t have to haul it.”  He didn’t really care what color, what fabric, etc.  I asked if he wanted to go and see them, and he said he could if I wanted him to, but that he trusts me.  So, basically, as long as I don’t ask him to move it for me, I guess he’s ok with whatever I buy!  (I must say that the couch purchase was not totally out of the blue, I had been talking about it and planning it for weeks, and we already knew it was in the budget, so it wasn’t a huge surprise.)

And what to do with the old couch?  I thought my sister could use it, as her couch has recently bitten the dust, but it turns out it wouldn’t work for her.  So, I posted it on freecycle, and had 4 people within the hour who wanted and would be willing to pick up the old couch.  I went with the lady who said she could pick it up that very afternoon.  Then when a friend was over to drop off her kids, I asked if she could help me move the two sectional pieces to the front porch.  Man, that was hard!  I don’t know how they got them in here.  No wonder Ryan didn’t want to move them.  Anyway, we only scratched the floor in one place, and we did manage to get them out onto the porch, so when the lady and her son came to pick them up, we just had to carry them out to the trailer, and she was loaded up in 15 minutes!

So, I was able to vacuum the carpet,  and clean the walls and even moved the piano from one wall to the other—-now that thing is heavy!  So, today the couches should arrive, and I just hope I love them as much in my home as I did in the showroom.

I want a  cookie.  I don’t know where this craving is coming from, but when I came home from rehearsal last night I was tired and hungry and wanted a cookie.  I didn’t have one.  I don’t think we even have any cookies in the house, even.  It’s been 3 weeks since I gave up sugar, and the cravings have really gone away.  Until this cookie thing.  I don’t want to eat a cookie.  I want to keep on keeping off sugar.  I’m actually quite proud of myself and I’ve even lost almost 5 pounds.  I don’t want to eat a cookie.  I don’t want to WANT to eat a cookie.  I know I can make myself not EAT a cookie, but How do I make myself not WANT a cookie?

Deep breathing, I guess.  I’ve made pizza for the kids for lunch, so I’ll go eat that (healthy alternative–not so much) and hope it kills my cookie craving.  If that doesn’t work, I’ll sip my diet coke, then maybe have some popcorn.  If I’m still having a craving I could always break out asugar free pudding snack.  Wish me luck.

My little boy can sit for what seems like hours just making car sounds.  Whether he has an actual car or not.  Wow!

Today was a glorious day!  I think it reached 70 degrees here.  My crocuses are blooming, the tulips and the daffodils are pushing their little green leaves up, and I really need to get out there and weed.  Are you enjoying the spring weather?
True to my promise, today I cleaned out the mudroom.  I didn’t get to the counter yet, but I got all the gloves and hats put away, all the boots went downstairs, all the shoes that fit no one put away, and the extra shoes that aren’t being worn are now on their way to bedroom closets.  I also threw away tons of crap, filled an extremely large garbage bag with stuff for D.I., and took out all the coats and hung them in the closet.  The floor, although not mopped, was thoroughly vacuumed.  It looks about a hundred percent better in there, and hopefully now I won’t be tripping on backpacks and coats all over the floor.

It’s 7:15 and my kids are playing happily OUTSIDE!  The trampoline is back up (we took it down for the winter) and the kids are playing on the playground.  Oh, the joy of spring.  Now I need to make a canopy for the playground.  I took the measurements today and I’ll start working on it tomorrow.  Or the next day.

It’s daylight savings time, and that means that not only am I tired, but I’m confused.  My computer, the clock in the car and most of my watches say it’s 2:20, while the kitchen clock and the watch I’m wearing say it’s 3:20.  It’s enough to make one miss soccer practice entirely (I wish).  But besides losing an hour of sleep, daylight savings time reminds me that it’s time to go through the pile of stuff that is winter outerwear around here.  I think every person has at least 2 coats, a pair or two of boot, several gloves,  a few scarves and multiple layers of sweatshirts.  All of these items are in a heap on the mudroom floor.  Oh, there are the token few that have been hung up, and most of the shoes end up in the shoe basket, but the majority is just an unorganized mess.  So, it’s my job to discard the coats that are either too small or have broken zippers, and put away nicely the ones that can be saved for next year.  I’m sure once I get everything put nicely away, we’ll have another big snowstorm, however, so I’m not rushing over to do it right this minute.

Last night’s Amazing Race?  Wow.

I don’t know if Ryan can carry on without his favorite team.

Today was the last day of a certain radio contest in which they give away a set of 4 Disneyland Hopper Passes to the winner.  The winner who is caller 19 when they play the song of the day.  Well, I’ve been glued to the radio for the past three weeks and have only been a measly “caller 4” or something like that.   Today it was ringing, and when he answered it he asked how are you doing, fine, etc.  Then asked if I had ever kissed my brother.

What?  Yes, actually, I have.

No, I mean really kissed your brother, like slipped him some tongue, the guy says.

Well, no, that I have not done.

Well, this is going to feel as bad as kissing your brother, because you are caller 18.

Nooooooooo!

But, since today is get over it day (see previous post), I will have to let it go, and not stress about the fact that I was this close to taking my family to Disneyland.