Shelli asked me what I ended up doing today. All those possibilities to choose from!
I stayed home and cleaned the house for about 5 hours!
I kid you not.
I totally cleaned up the family room/kitchen. Trying to move the furniture into new spaces. But the furniture pretty much rules where it's supposed to be.
I cleaned up both bathrooms and tackled one of the upstairs storage closets (there are two really big storage closets upsstairs). I have a pile of clothing up there that is too tight for me and won't fit me for at least a 20 lb. weight loss. I figure that it will be so long before it fits again that it's time to put alot of it up on eBay. Before it goes out of style. Although if I hang onto it long enough, alot of it could become Retro and bring in some cash. But I'm tired of the clutter and would rather get rid of it now.
Stupid eBay. I hate it. I have three purses on there now but with the purse competition, nothing's selling. We also listed Thing 1's 60 gig Photo Ipod and got some scum to "Buy It Now" who turned out to be a scam artist. Thankfully we're savvy to the scam e-mails the jerk sent us so didn't give him our information. It's listed again so keep your fingers crossed that we'll get a legitimate buyer this time.
I'm going to put some of the boys clothing and some of my stuff on eBay anyway and see what happens. I just hate that there are such hateful people out there trying to get something for nothing.
Diane suggested that I take my mom to The Fun Sisters with me. What could be a wonderful time spent at one of my favorite boutiques could quickly turn into an incredibly annoying shopping expedition. Sorry, Diane, definitely not on my list of Fun Things To Do. My mom hates me. She claims she doesn't but you'd have to look high and low for some acceptance of me on her part. We are oil and water. Jesus, just the thought of taking her there makes me crazy. Thanks alot Diane!
New rule here: No one can make any suggestions for me to spend time with my mother.
That reminds me. I think I realized why yesterday was such a bitch while we were out delivering Food For Folks. Before we left her house she asked me to help her load her lawnmower into her car when we were done delivering food, so she could take it down to the hardware store for repair. I said No because I knew it would turn into me loading her lawnmower into her car all by myself. Cripes. The woman's 77 years old with high blood pressure and two prior heart bypass surgeries. My back has been wonderful since I started telling people that I no longer lift things. I didn't want to screw it up. And she didn't like that I had the nerve to say No to her so was snotty to me for the time we spent together.
She didn't even say goodbye to me when I got her home. Just made a beeline for the neighbor's house so she could ask him to deal with her damn lawnmower.
Honesty is not rewarded in her world. It took me forever to break out of the cycle of lying and excuses I lived in. I couldn't tell people I wasn't interested in going out on a Friday. No, I had to concoct some whacky excuse because it was a language I was so familiar with.
She still speaks in excuses and answers she thinks you want to hear.
Yep. Definitely not going to fuck up my day of fun taking my mom shopping with me.
I ran out to the local bagel shop to pick up plain bagels for Thing 2. Hallelujah! It's Pumpkin Bagel and Cream Cheese season at Bruegger's! Anyone been to Starbuck's lately? Are the Pumpkin Spice Lattes in yet? Unfortunately, the staff at my Bruegger's is incredibly obnoxious. Annoying little jokes and puns. I try to go to different Bruegger's while I'm running other errands so as to avoid them. The Manager is a whacky whacky whacky prankster and has apparently loaded his store with funny funny funny employees just like himself.
Between my mom, scamming eBayers, and Bruegger's I'm starting to feel all bitchy again.
So, yeah, no shopping for Fiestaware and no shopping for purses. But the house is looking pretty good for the moment!
6:16 p.m. - September 06, 2006
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