Nothing Thread

[calypso*a*go-go]

Laura -- Missed the post about hubby's new job. Congrats!!!

We just found out yesterday the my DH's benefits are changing and we are going to lose about $1000/mo. Not happy, but what can you do? It's still a really good job so we'll just have to grin and bare it.

My DD just bought some of the photo squares and really likes them. She has a couple of friends that get together to scrapbook. Some of her pages have turned out really cute. I was impressed!

 

[lllovell]

Laura -- Missed the post about hubby's new job. Congrats!!!

We just found out yesterday the my DH's benefits are changing and we are going to lose about $1000/mo. Not happy, but what can you do? It's still a really good job so we'll just have to grin and bare it.

OUCH!!! I am glad its a good job overall, but that will be hard to swallow I am sure.

I was kinda liking hubby being a being a house hubby and its going to take some adjustment for me to get used to getting the boys to school again in the mornings. The nice thing is this job is with a smaller company that Home Depot Supply (their contractor services) has aquired, so there is TONS of room for moving up/advancement/etc. Basically - I am really REALLY REALLY hoping it will be a career for him. (he has been in HVAC service for a long time and then changed over to working for a suppliers selling parts to the service guys - which is much better for us as a family..stable income, set hours, etc....but there is just not much room in most companies like that, so he is pretty excited too. If I had insurance at my job, he would probably have stayed home as a house hubby - but that $800 a month for COBRA coverage is a nightmare)

Of course, a condition of him taking the job was that he has to have off in December for our WDW trip (ok - it wasn't a condition, but I did get him to tell them inadvance )

Three months of being a house hubby and having to take care of big ole' preggo pooped woman has also given him a new respect for housework lol Hopefully it wont be a lesson quickly forgotten!

 

[jnrrt]

Well, the law of unintended consequences:

I forwarded your joke to my husband, Carrie, and he responds with, "Okay, point taken, no cruises for you!" Hmmm. Good thing I know he's joking!

So, are you all saying that since I spent 5 hours yesterday doing my annual clean-everything-out-and-refile-everything-and-clear-the-desk-in-anticipation-of-the-fall that now I have a sick mind? How discouraging! And here I was so proud of myself! I found the top of the desk!

Seriously, I direct a pretty giant play every summer, and my office ends up full of props and wigs and makeup and everything under the sun. Add to that finishing the choir season, so all their music just gets randomly thrown in there until I can sort and file it all, not to mention all the new music coming in, and you basically get me just shutting the door for most of the summer and saying "guess I'm working at home today" until I can face it.

Oh well, without the mess, I would never have the satisfaction of actually getting it cleaned up in the end, now would I?

 

[lllovell]

Jnrrt - I am actually doing exactly the same thing here right now. About once a quarter, I HAVE to clean everything up and put things away and file those little misc pieces of paper that never seem to have a home and wipe everything off, etc. CAlling it having a sick mind might be too much...how about just moments of temp. insanity?

 

[jnrrt]

Calypso, sorry about you hubby's job! That is no fun!

Laura, sorry about losing you hubby at home, too! But still, it's for a good cause, and I'm so glad that it looks like it'll be so good for him.

 

[wtpclc]

So, are you all saying that since I spent 5 hours yesterday doing my annual clean-everything-out-and-refile-everything-and-clear-the-desk-in-anticipation-of-the-fall that now I have a sick mind? How discouraging! And here I was so proud of myself! I found the top of the desk!

Seeing as it's an annual thing and not a daily thing, and that it took you 5 hours to find teh top of your des, I'd say "Welcome to our Club!" Now, if you had a spotless desk dailiy, I'd put you in the category of not to be trusted.

Pops and such on teh desk? Ih it sounds like you have a fun job! (Not that's it's likely fun all of the time, but coneected to something you love.)

 

[wtpclc]

Calypso*a*go-go (think I finally got it right, but I could be wrong )- That's a big chnk to lose every month. Glad it still qualifies as a good job!

 

[jnrrt]

Jnrrt - I am actually doing exactly the same thing here right now. About once a quarter, I HAVE to clean everything up and put things away and file those little misc pieces of paper that never seem to have a home and wipe everything off, etc. CAlling it having a sick mind might be too much...how about just moments of temp. insanity?

Your miscellaneous pieces of paper made me laugh because yesterday I finally just threw away one sheet of music that was just page 14 and 15 of the piece. It's been sitting on my desk for probably a year, but you know that now that I have given up and thrown it away, the rest of the piece will turn up . It's always the way.

And when I do the clean out, I always find interesting things. Most of them I understand because they have some link somewhere to music or theater, and I think people just drop them in my office because they don't want to throw it away and think I can use it. But others are just weird, and I don't know where they come from. This time I found parking ropes, and 6' roll of canvas (maybe someone thought I was using it for sets?), a can of rustoleum so old it was rusting (oh the irony!), and about 17000 lighting gels, not to mention 2 old tape decks, and an entire box of 50 year old choral music someone must have cleaned out of their attic and thrown under my table "just in case". And I'm just frugal enough that I will probably have to play through all of it before I can throw it away "just in case". Sigh.

 

[jnrrt]

Pops and such on teh desk? Ih it sounds like you have a fun job! (Not that's it's likely fun all of the time, but coneected to something you love.)

Yeah, it's a fun job. And a strange enough one that I have great job security - no one else has this very weird mix of skills!

My favorite prop is a wig that is the only thing allowed to live in my office all the time because I don't think it would survive in storage and don't want it crushed. It's a gigantic blond "Marilyn" wig - makes your head three times bigger, and we used it for a character named Sugar Blondelle, who was the sidekick for Dirk Chancey, 40's style detective. Gee, can you tell what story we worked off of for that one?

 

[wtpclc]

A question of ethics......

There is a post about getting $35 off a $55 dollar order at Disney DIrect. To do this, you need to log in, buy stuff, enter code, log out, repeat 4 or 5 times and tehn delte stuff from your cart leaving only the $55+ that you wanted. Now, teh shopper part of me relaly wanted to go on a shopping spree, but it somehow just seems wrong. If that's the way you have to do it, it's obviously not the way teh codes were intended to work. Anyone else think this is wrong or am I really just a party pooper at heart?

 

[jnrrt]

Simple. You're a party pooper.



No, actually, I think you're right. That is not ethical since they obviously do not intend for people to do it. Many people take advantage anyway, but personally, I would not be comfortable with it.

 

[wtpclc]

Simple. You're a party pooper.

Yeah, that's what I thought. I was just really surprised by the number of people who took advantage of it. I guess I shouldn't be, but I was. Thanks for confirming that I'm not the only one in the world who does not think that's right!

 

[WithDisneySpirit]

Its karma!!! I know I would activate "not so good" karma by using the stacking method. It would not be worth it to me I have taught my two DS's all about karma - the good kind and the other kind

 

[calypso*a*go-go]

Well, I guess I am now the black sheep of the "Nothing Thread" as I placed an order and stacked the codes. You know, I don't really feel bad about it though as my experience with DisneyDirect is this...everything I buy goes on clearance for half the price I paid for it! I know that's not a good excuse and I really wouldn't be surprised if all the recent orders with stacked codes were cancelled (and that would be okay with me too). But, I can just about guarantee you this: if they really are losing money by people using more that one code, they have the funds and the resources to fix the glitch.

 

[WithDisneySpirit]

Well, you don't look black to me...I "likes" you aw:

 

[wtpclc]

Calypso - I know they're not losing money and a lot of very nice people used the codes. I also only snuck into 1 rated R movie before I was 18 and hat was only a matter of weeks before I was 18. Just the way I am. It is very likely they caught teh glitch, though, as I heard teh site was down for maintenance at the endo fthe day.

 

[wtpclc]

OK, now that I've done exactly what I didn't want to do and alienated my virtual friends by showing them what Goody 2 Shoes I can be, let's see if I can revert to some nothingness.

Hubby called me yesterady afternoon to tell me that my replacemnt toy had arrived. As I suspected, however, they did not supply a new blade as they said they would. Call to company went something like this:

Me - You didn't send the new bnlad
Them - No, it didn't make it to the box
Me - WHen will I get it. It's kind of useless right now
Them - I don't know. Tomorrow?
Me - You better hope so or you won't want to talk to me tomorrow
Them - OK, I won't answer the phone
Me - Grumble, grumble, very disappointed in you , grumble grumble, hang up

The surprising thing is that I left my desk and got a voice mail from them. Note to self: They have caller ID, so I may want to try the cell phone next time if I want them to answer.

Them -Well, I don't understand why your blade's bad. Maybe you've got it installed wrong. Call back and I'll walk you through it.

Well, I knew she didn't believe that I bneeded a new blade when I first told her, but she would not let me explain why. However, she is trying to help and she did call back a rather grumpy person to see if she could make it so I could use it. So, I call:

Them - I don't understand why your blade doesn't work
Me - Well, when teh roller that hold the paper down did not work, the paper shot all over. The blade was not always on paper. Your info said that was bad. The cutting strip under it was pretty destroyed so I'm assuming the bladeis destroyed.
Them - Oh, I didn't know that
*No, you did not give em a chance to tell you that*
Me - Plus, I got one cut out of it and even after the roller was fixed, it did not cut right. We tried every combination adn setup we could find.
Them - Well, what did the blade do?
I explained
Them - Oh, your blade broke.

No Kidding! That's what I told you Friday! Arghhhh!

Them - You'll have ot wait for the new blade/. We've been really busy, so it just got missed.

What do you want to bet it was never sent and the ship date will be yesterday? I knnew she didn't believe me, even when she said she replace it.

We had 2 engineers working on the thing and, even though it did not come with the manual, it's not that hard to figure out. I am anxiously awaiting hubby's report today, though. He's taking the blade to work to put it under the scope and confirm that it really is broken. Yes, we are geeks.

On the "bright side," my dinner went late and I did not have time to play with it. Plus I missed my run, althugh dh was waiting for me. SO, he had a late run by himself. I'm feeling kind of bad. I really could not help it,. though. Why i slife so complicated?

Are we sufficiently "nothing'd" by my ramblings?

Heading to closet. Anyone mind if I keep the lights off? My head hurts. Got any more of those jumbo aspirin Mar'?

 

[lllovell]

GGRRRRR - Carrie, I would be a bit more than frustrated if I were in your shoes. I HATE when people don't listen to me. I do hope it all is worked out soon and that the use of the machine makes you quickly forget all the frustrations to actually GET it there and in working order.

Its almost Friday!! Anyone have big plans for the weekend? I think we are going to take the boys to a minor league baseball game (last one of the season at home) because they have been asking about baseball. Hopefully, it wont be TOO hot

Spirit, I believe in making your own karma as well....but often it feels like I am siting around waiting for things to balance out lol

Lisa - I hope your order doesn't get canceled. That site makes me crazy anyway because it never works well for me, so if you got it to work - more power to ya!

Have a good rest of the morning!

Laura

 

[calypso*a*go-go]

Carrie, Lisa, and Laura -- No one has alienated me and I'm glad no one thinks I'm the "demon seed". You have to admit, sometimes there are things encouraged on these boards that probably shouldn't be. For the most part, I'm a pretty good girl. However, sometimes I JUST CAN'T HELP MYSELF!!! (And yes, I have been feeling guilty ever since my last post.)

As for the weekend, we're going camping--again. Should be the last one of the season. Now I have a real challenge (much worse than pancake batter!). You see, we specifically bought a used travel trailer at a premium price because it is designed to fit in a standard garage. We thought we would be borrowing my dad's truck for the few occasions we went camping. Truck was an extended cab vs. crew cab and the kids (and dog) we smashed in like sardines. So, as I mentioned in a previous post, we bought a new F150 Supercrew. Here's my problem: they both won't fit in the garage! I didn't mind keeping the truck in the driveway during the summer, but refuse to leave it out in the winter. Now I need to decide whether we bite the bullet and store the trailer somewhere (and eat crow as we told all our friends about the tons of money we would be saving by keeping it stored in our gargage), or do we push them both off a cliff, or just find a way to make it work? I'm going with the latter option for now...but that may change at any moment!

Boy, who ever dreamed experiencing the great outdoors could be so expensive?

 

[lllovell]

ugh - and that, my dear, is exactly why I don't see hubby and I ever buying a travel trailor of any sort! They look like so much fun but my practical side always comes back to "where do we keep it" and I never seem to have a good answer. Yours sounds like a GREAT size to me and I would have gone for it under the same circumstance, but one of my bosses here owns some self storage facilities and I see what those people pay for "outside" storage for boats and RVs and it is HUGE expense over the lifetime of owning one. But then I flash back to the time involved in setting up tent camps and all the extra work we used to have to do (tarps over tables, setting up cooking gear, water, etc) so much of which would be eliminated with a good camper. ARGH!!! I don't envy your decision!

Of course, we don't HAVE a garage, so its a moot arguement for me at this time. Ours was turned into extra living space before we bought the house. We do have a work shop with a lean to attached to it to give hubby's grandfather's 64 Chevy pickup cover to keep it out of the elements, but the rest of our cars are out in the open. (I think we are going to be one of those families that NEVER has enough garage space).