1) I have been absent from this space for a while. It feels like most days consist solely of chasing an almost 15 month old around and at the end of the day I have done nothing I feel is blog worthy. We could do the whole “here is Kaylee unpacking the diaper bag,” or “playing with the tupperware,” or “refolding the laundry,” or “leaving the dogs a trail of kibble to follow around the house,” or “having her millionth snack.”
But, that might get a little dull for everyone but me and her doting family. I totally love that I am home with her for the summer. But being pregnant and the heat, well, school is sounding a bit like it will be a break. (And then I will miss the little bug all day.)
2) Recently I took a look at my 28 before 29 list, and my, was I ambitious. Very. And I didn’t plan very well because one of the items on the list was to get pregnant (oohh cross that one off!), but I didn’t think how that would impact almost all of the rest of the list. I am going to give myself at least another year to get it all accomplished. Let’s call it my 28 before 30 list, ok?
3) I am not entirely sure why it is so difficult to get people who want to work on our house. It is an old house, but not in terrible condition by any means. We want the upstairs ceilings to be sheetrocked instead of the existing drop ceiling and the living room/dining room ceiling (which is currently plaster). There are some other small jobs. The fact is, we don’t have time or energy to do it ourselves and it is much more feasible to have someone else come and do it. Not to mention the fact that I am not permitted to do any ladder climbing etc. Some of the people I have contacted haven’t even returned my calls or emails. One seemed very polite, came and took a bunch of measurements, and then never got back to us. Is it that bad? Maybe they are disgusted that I am adamant about keeping the pink tile in the upstairs bath and the clawfoot tub? (They don’t realize that tile was a huge selling factor for me…) I am giving the estimate guy until tonight, and then I will start looking again.
4) I really could live on pasta with butter and salt. My current preference is linguine.
5) I wish that our washing machine was a little bigger. It is the ultracapacity or whatever one, but I need it just a smidge larger. I can squash our comforter in there, but it doesn’t get clean. And I have to wash it because Kaylee apparently peed all over the bed during a diaper change with Grandma. I had another comforter that I wanted to put on the bed, so that was the motivation I needed to start using it. But I still have to wash the other one which means a trip to the laundromat. When we lived in an apartment in Albany I did all our laundry at the laundromat and it wasn’t bad. But schlepping Kaylee with me adds a whole other dimension. Then again, she might love it. I will put it on the tentative activity list for tomorrow.
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I like the idea of 28 before 30!
We love pasta with Parmesan and butter
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pasta with JUST butter and salt??? hmmm i’m pretty much a sauce girl, but i will give it a try sometime, seems a bit healthier than dousing the pasta with sauce??
when i was younger i hated red sauce so i always had my pasta that way. or with olive oil. yum. and about #3, are you paying these people? maybe they are just intimidated? that’s pretty odd anyways.. good luck.