Totally OT: Some good news please?



"Nexis" <[email protected]> writes:

>Luckily, his cardiologist wasn't a wallflower. He called the director of the
>HMO, and the surgery is back on track.

That is good news. I hope the surgery goes well.

Stacia
 
Terry Pulliam Burd <[email protected]> writes:

>I just took early retirement and played golf yesterday for the first
>time in 4 1/2 years. Stunk up the golf course, but it was a blast. I
>now also have time to work on embellishing my cooking skills, doing
>some volunteer work for the Public Law Center and catching up on my
>reading. Life is sweet.

Wow, that's terrific!

Stacia
 
On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 18:39:20 +0200, cathyxyz wrote:

> Have had rather a bad week. Hope it's been better for you guys? If so
> what good stuff happened to you?

According to my boss, it was a stressful week... maybe it was for her,
but it was just another week for me because I can take that kind of
stress.
--

Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.
 
Glitter Ninja wrote:


> The place definitely needs to be cleaned. The owners left it in a
> state that would have embarassed me to death. My husband is tired of
> hearing me complain about what dirty slobs these people were! They
> didn't vacuum or anything, there was stuff left in the kitchen sink
> drains, the doorknobs were gross... just yuck!

Have had that experience more than once over the years. No pride in
themselves. I used to rent a carpet cleaner, or whatever it took, to
make the premises presentable before I moved out of a place, but a lot
of people don't care, so I know how you feel.....BUT... the good news
is, you OWN this place... and you can clean it and keep it clean to
your standards.. bit of time and elbow grease, but when it's done
......yippee!

Cheers
Cathy(xyz)
 
On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 17:10:28 +0000 (UTC), Glitter Ninja wrote:

> cathyxyz <[email protected]> writes:
>
> >Have had rather a bad week. Hope it's been better for you guys? If so
> >what good stuff happened to you?
>
> Sorry you've had a bad week.
> I don't know if this is good or not, but today, in about two hours, we
> buy our first home. PANIC. I'm most nervous about the walk-through
> because I'm afraid they may have left the place kind of dirty. When
> they showed the place, they had old food out and greasy spots all over
> the kitchen. So yesterday, I bought tons of cleaning supplies, just in
> case!
>
Yes, the walk through can be stressful. I wasn't so worried about it,
but after those things were fixed and we'd signed off on them, I had
the worst nightmare of my entire life where I sat up in bed and
screamed "Oh, NO!" because I dreamed I'd overlooked something major
(in the days before buyers insurance). I went right back to sleep as
soon as I figured out it was just a dream, but hubby spent a long time
trying to get back to sleep.

--

Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.
 
sf wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 18:39:20 +0200, cathyxyz wrote:
>
> > Have had rather a bad week. Hope it's been better for you guys? If so
> > what good stuff happened to you?
>
> According to my boss, it was a stressful week... maybe it was for her,
> but it was just another week for me because I can take that kind of
> stress.

Some people perform better under stress at work - so did I, but this
was some family/personal stuff which I won't bore you with, but it just
got to me.

How's the birthday menu coming along? :)

Cheers
Cathy(xyz)
 
sf <[email protected]> writes:

>Yes, the walk through can be stressful. I wasn't so worried about it,
>but after those things were fixed and we'd signed off on them, I had
>the worst nightmare of my entire life where I sat up in bed and
>screamed "Oh, NO!" because I dreamed I'd overlooked something major
>(in the days before buyers insurance). I went right back to sleep as
>soon as I figured out it was just a dream, but hubby spent a long time
>trying to get back to sleep.

That's funny -- your hubby probably didn't think so, though! Our poor
husbands put up with so much from us.
The walk-through for the house was done 30 minutes before the closing,
even though I kept asking our slacker real estate agent to do it earlier
that week. He's friends with the former owners and when we did the
walk-through I discovered that they'd been delaying their move until the
last minute and I think he was trying to give them more time.
Since we have to move Monday, we were really stuck into taking the
place as it was left. I shouldn't complain much because it's a great
house, we were lucky to find it, but this morning I'm so sore from all
the cleaning that I'm cranky. Two more days of cleaning! Augh!

Stacia
 
"Glitter Ninja" <[email protected]> wrote

> The place definitely needs to be cleaned. The owners left it in a
> state that would have embarassed me to death. My husband is tired of
> hearing me complain about what dirty slobs these people were! They
> didn't vacuum or anything, there was stuff left in the kitchen sink
> drains, the doorknobs were gross... just yuck!

Some people don't embarrass easily. When I was an army brat,
my mother taught us you leave the place clean ... and, really, once
the stuff is out, it's not all that hard to clean, really. Next time I
move, my plan is to have it cleaned and painted, etc. before I
move in. Not always possible, I know.

Enjoy your new home, and let your husband off the hook (smile).

nancy
 
On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 12:42:41 -0500, "Nancy Young" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>"Glitter Ninja" <[email protected]> wrote
>
>> The place definitely needs to be cleaned. The owners left it in a
>> state that would have embarassed me to death. My husband is tired of
>> hearing me complain about what dirty slobs these people were! They
>> didn't vacuum or anything, there was stuff left in the kitchen sink
>> drains, the doorknobs were gross... just yuck!
>
>Some people don't embarrass easily. When I was an army brat,
>my mother taught us you leave the place clean ... and, really, once
>the stuff is out, it's not all that hard to clean, really. Next time I
>move, my plan is to have it cleaned and painted, etc. before I
>move in. Not always possible, I know.

In the military, you are required to leave your quarters absolutely
clean. They were inspected and you could not clear the base until
quarters met standards. There were people on base who earned good
money doing the cleaning. They were approved to do the work and they
were responsible.

I remember a couple of times mopping myself out the door.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974
 
"The Cook" <[email protected]> wrote

> On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 12:42:41 -0500, "Nancy Young" <[email protected]>
> wrote:

>>Some people don't embarrass easily. When I was an army brat,
>>my mother taught us you leave the place clean ...

> In the military, you are required to leave your quarters absolutely
> clean. They were inspected and you could not clear the base until
> quarters met standards. There were people on base who earned good
> money doing the cleaning. They were approved to do the work and they
> were responsible.

I'm sure, but my mother is from Japan ... that's how she is ... she
did that everywhere we moved after the military, too.

nancy
 
On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 17:38:24 +0000 (UTC), Glitter Ninja wrote:

> The walk-through for the house was done 30 minutes before the closing,
> even though I kept asking our slacker real estate agent to do it earlier
> that week.

Aaak. That's not nice. Well, if they said they were going to clean
it and didn't leave it clean... you could have it done professionally
and they would have had to pay for it.

> He's friends with the former owners
<snip>

I hate situations like that, because the "other guy" usually gets
screwed.
--

Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.
 
"Glitter Ninja" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "MareCat" <[email protected]> writes:
>
>>choice as to where we could live; since my family all lives within 4-5
>>hours
>>of Baltimore, and we like the area, that was our choice), and 2) I'm
>>pregnant! :) We're pretty excited about both pieces of news.
>
> Wow, congratz! Sounds like a heck of a move.

Thanks!

Mary
 
On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 18:39:20 +0200, cathyxyz
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Have had rather a bad week. Hope it's been better for you guys? If so
>what good stuff happened to you?

Sorry; I'm over in the bad-week corner with you. Maybe this thread
will help.

serene
 
MareCat wrote:
>
> Thanks! Yeah, we were pretty quiet about starting again. My hCG level on
> Friday (14 dpo) was *400*.

Oh Holy ****! Twins? Triplets? I hope for your sake and the
baby(ies) that it isn't any more than twins...When do you find out
more?

>
> >
> > I am bummed that you will not move to the PNW, though. I was hoping to
> > see you in Seattle. :( Have fun in Baltimore - I love the whole DC
> > area and there is so much to do. You will love it!
>
> I'm a bit bummed about that, too. But we've wanted to move close to my
> family for years, so when this opportunity presented itself, we jumped at
> it. One of my brothers lives an hour from Baltimore. Another one lives two
> hours away. And the rest of my family lives in north-central PA, about 4-5
> hours away. DH went to Hopkins, so he's very familar with Baltimore.

That will be nice for R. I so miss not having family here - it makes a
HUGE difference.

>
> Kelly (Snittens) will be moving there right around the same time we are! :)

Oh, awesome! You two will get along well - same kind of people, I
think. :) If I am in the area, I will look you guys up! I go to DC at
least once a year.

-L.
 
Ophelia wrote:
> > I am a *very* happy person today! :)))))
>
> That really *is* good news:)))))

Thanks, Ophelia. :)
-L.
 
[email protected] (Glitter Ninja) hitched up their panties and posted
news:[email protected]:

> "Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan" <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> Creamy Dijon Pork Chops
>
> Thanks for the recipe! I haven't eaten the pork chops I bought last
> week so when I do, I'm going to use this recipe on 'em. It looks good.
> I'm in a big paprika mood lately!
>
> Stacia

I love paprika. Buy it in small quantities but buy the best you can
afford. Hungarian paprika is the best IMO.

Michael

--
“It requires a certain kind of mind to see beauty in a hamburger bun.”
_Ray Kroc, creator of the McDonald's franchise
 
On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 12:27:14 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I love paprika. Buy it in small quantities but buy the best you can
>afford. Hungarian paprika is the best IMO.
>
>Michael

Try Spanish Smoked Paprika. It is in a class by itself. Absolutely
wonderful.

Christine
 
"-L." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> MareCat wrote:
>>
>> Thanks! Yeah, we were pretty quiet about starting again. My hCG level on
>> Friday (14 dpo) was *400*.
>
> Oh Holy ****! Twins? Triplets? I hope for your sake and the
> baby(ies) that it isn't any more than twins...When do you find out
> more?

I have my 2nd beta tomorrow and then they start doing u/s on Wednesday
(probably because of the high hCG). I'll be posting updates in aipgncy.


>> > I am bummed that you will not move to the PNW, though. I was hoping to
>> > see you in Seattle. :( Have fun in Baltimore - I love the whole DC
>> > area and there is so much to do. You will love it!
>>
>> I'm a bit bummed about that, too. But we've wanted to move close to my
>> family for years, so when this opportunity presented itself, we jumped at
>> it. One of my brothers lives an hour from Baltimore. Another one lives
>> two
>> hours away. And the rest of my family lives in north-central PA, about
>> 4-5
>> hours away. DH went to Hopkins, so he's very familar with Baltimore.
>
> That will be nice for R. I so miss not having family here - it makes a
> HUGE difference.

It does make a huge difference, and it's even more important to us now.


>> Kelly (Snittens) will be moving there right around the same time we are!
>> :)
>
> Oh, awesome! You two will get along well - same kind of people, I
> think. :) If I am in the area, I will look you guys up! I go to DC at
> least once a year.

Please let us know when you visit the area! It would be great for the three
of us to get together!

Mary
 
On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 18:39:20 +0200, cathyxyz
<[email protected]> connected the dots and wrote:

~Have had rather a bad week. Hope it's been better for you guys? If so
~what good stuff happened to you?

Very sorry to hear that. I hope you get some good stuff in your life
in the weeks to come.

Good news: After a week in rehab, Mom took 12 steps in a row. We're
hoping she'll be able to be here for Passover.

maxine in ri
 
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