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<------ *points to icon* Yes, Dean. Yes I am.
Remember my little office flooding drama back in early May? Well, we only just had new carpet installed last Thursday. My new assistant and I have been working in a makeshift set up for over a month. Needless to say, I was more than a little thrilled things were finally on the way to being restored to normal.
Then, being my life, more crazy stuff happened.
Friday afternoon, my MIL slipped on wet tile at Church and shattered her kneecap. We had the whole ambulance/emergency room experience. She had surgery to wire it back together Monday, and was discharged today. I stayed at home with her most of the day, as my FIL is having to work out of town. She's doing well, so that is a wonderful thing.
Saturday night we came home from work, to discover our A/C was out. Hubby, Baby Dogs, and I had to suffer through 80+ temperatures all night. Luckily, we were able to get it serviced and fixed Sunday afternoon. \o/
Sunday, all the stress everyone's been under came to a head, and I got into shouting match with my FIL at work...and in front of God and everybody. Being part of a family business can be incredibly frustrating at times. We made up, but it was just one more drop in the bucket of suck.
I've already put in over 53 hours at work, since I had to work all weekend to get the offices set back up. Plus, I tackled the cleaning, and reorganizing of the entire building. *iz ded*
Oh, and to top it all off...I have a stupid heat rash.
All this craziness has apparently caused me to be completely discombobulated. How do I know this? Because when I went to brush my teeth yesterday morning, I tried to squirt contact lens solution on my toothbrush. *facepalm*
Maybe this weekend will be better. Please? *begs*
Tags: family, life in general, work
Current Mood:  exhausted
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So, recently I decided that I wanted to upgrade to DVR. I've been a DirecTV customer for 11 years, and called them to get pricing. They were on crack. They wanted to charge me $150.00 for 2 DVRs, and then add $17 a month to my bill. The extra charges per month included lease fees for the DVR equipment they want me to pay for. Which, hello?...if I pay for the equipment, why do I have to pay lease fees? Yeah, I didn't get it either. I figured I'd call Dish Network, to see what kind of "new customer" deals they were offering. I couldn't be happier with what they offered. A 2 room receiver, 1 HD, and 1 standard. 2 room DVR, and a package with 100 more channels than I was getting with Direct. Plus, 6 months at 1/2 price, then after that we'd be paying the same amount we were already paying Direct. So we were going to get lots more for our money. Sounds good right? I discussed it with Hubby, and then scheduled the installation. ( Behold The Drama )Tags: eyesthatslay vs.
Current Location: over the edge liek whoa
Current Mood:  deranged
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So, here's the thing. I had a wonderful birthday. Sending out more birthday thanks to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) sandy_s and rikki_oko for lovely, and generous gifts! I love you girls!
There I was basking in the afterglow of birthday happiness, and my car decides to have a massive breakdown. A very expensive, massive, breakdown involving exhaust manifolds, and catalytic converters. *headdesk* Both Hubby and I nearly had a stroke when we received the repair quote from the dealership. Planning on getting a couple of more quotes from other mechanics tomorrow. So since Tues. afternoon, I've pretty much been a big ball of WAH over my car. I've even scolded it for not warning me with at least some small sign. A check engine light before disaster struck would have been nice, ya know? Bad, naughty, car. Did I mention WAH?
Also, my work place suffered some pretty intense water damage a couple of weeks ago. Enough to soak the carpets in two offices. That's been a barrel of fun. NOT. We had to wait a week for an adjuster to come out. We couldn't clean, or move anything. All of our computers, printers, fax machine, etc. are in that awful humid enviroment! There was condensation on everything! By the time the adjuster showed, both offices were majorly gross and funky smelling. I even saw mold growing on one of my wood file cabinets! Adjuster notifed us that the type of damage we had wasn't covered. The water came through a faulty door, blown ajar during a pouring thunderstorm, and apparently it has to be a leak from a damaged roof or wall. Oh joy. Second adjuster was requested by our insurance salesman. We had to wait another week for him. As you can imagine, we still couldn't clean anything. *headdesk, headdesk, headdesk* So now the offices are unbearable. The walls are warped, and according to the flooring guy - the mold is toxic when the odor becomes sickly sweet. Well, we've reached that stage now. The only good? The second adjuster seemed to think the damage would be covered. Still. I, and my new office assistant, have missed work days because we weren't able to do anything. We worked 3 days last week, trying to stay out of the offices as much as possible. That was before the "sweet" smell started. Now that it has, I've decided that we are not going to work in that building until it's cleaned. Tomorrow we'll be working in another building, and we'll just have to make due without access to our computers, files, or anything we'd generally need. Looks like it will be phone duty only for us. *sigh*
So yeah. Looks like the universe decided to balance out the fabulous-ness of my birthday with car and work drama. *glares at universe*
Other than that...
- I missed the Supernatural finale. I can, however, catch it on Hulu now that I've got broadband. woot!
- I was pleasantly surprised to hear Dollhouse was renewed. Now let's hope FOX will stay out of Joss' way in S2.
- The Lost finale was all kinds of awesome. I love my freaky show!
- Managed to post a set of Supernatural icons, and work on some other graphics projects too.
- Enjoyed gorgeous weather today, which was a nice treat.
Soooo. Here's to hoping that I'll be able to get a more reasonable repair rate, and have some progress made on restoring our offices to an inhabitable state. *prays liek woah*
Tags: dollhouse, life in general, lost, supernatural, wah, work
Current Mood:  whiny
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I've made 29 Supernatural icons. Enjoy! :) 1. Comment on which you take. 2. Credit [eyesthatslay] in keywords/comments 3. Don't hotlink. 4. Don't modify. 5. Don't redistribute without asking. 6. Nominations are welcome. See my FAQs for answers to commonly asked questions, and icon resources. Thank you to danaid_luv for providing some
of the images.Samples: 1.  2.  3.  ( Click For The Rest )Tags: icons, supernatural
Current Mood:  blah
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Thank you to everyone for the lovely birthday wishes! <3 <3 *hugs*
Special thanks to angstchic, musing_mia, & sweet_ali for the generous gifts. You girls are awesome. *smooches*
Thanks also to phibatola, and sweet_ali (again) for the virtual gifts. :D
I had a wonderful birthday/doggie mom day.
Hubby and the baby dogs sang happy birthday to me, then I got Happy Mother's Day doggie kisses. Then Hubby took me to my favorite sushi bar for lunch. Then we spent the afternoon shopping, and picked up my new wireless broadband card! *flails* OMG I've been LONGING for broadband FOREVER. Iz beeside selph with happinezz. \o/
MIL & FIL gave me a gift card to Target, which will come in handy as I lurve to shop there too. There really is no bad shopping is there?
Hubby and I plan on celebrating with my Mom, and her hubby, for her Mom's day, and my bday, next week.
So I'm a very happy b-day girl. :)
Oh!! I also found a new office assistant and have begun training her. I'm so excited, because she's super sweet and is catching on already! Yay!! Life is good.
Now for the other May babies on my f-list...
Happy Birthday!!!
May
03: kuhpuh
04: newreflections
05: cacanina
05: new_toy
05: luinielle
06: zimshan
07: rockchic22
10: jeepchic
11: yeuxdebleu
12: denisef
12: lisalamona
13: superwomen02
14: haunted_solace
14: grave_medicine
14: disorderly_mind
16: poetlady
18: shady76
18: danaid_luv *glomps*
19: kskitten
19: ladylyonors
19: tasha73
21: firko
23: skytalon
23: gracefulshrimp
23: vampkiss
23: lizziesdiary
25: chrysalitron
26: slinkypsychokit
27: wisemack
27: cathyteach2
28: azuredflame
28: hobbituk
29: lmbossy
31: cathain_magi
31: corbeau
Birthday post info here. Tags: *squee*, baby dogs, family, friends, gifts, hubby, life in general, work
Current Mood:  so happy
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I've been missing you, so here I am. :) I've gotten tons of house/yard stuff accomplished, but of course there's always more to do. HGTV is a dangerous thing. It keeps giving me ideas, and stuff!!! Hubby and I planted grass (yes, AGAIN), landscaped the baby dog's yard, painted the shutters a nice taupe (they were hunter green), planted azaleas, roses, and laid a flagstone path. Whew! Oh, and I also planted some hollyhock rootings for the first time, and look forward to seeing how those turn out. So far the grass seems to be doing fairly well - we're kind of cursed with grass issues for some reason. (grow dammit!!!) ( Entertainment (spoilers for 24) & Other Stuff )I hope everyone's having a good week out there! *hugs flist* Tags: 24, baby dogs, castle, dollhouse, family, friends, fringe, hubby, life in general, lost, supernatural, twilight, work
Current Mood:  tired
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cheerful
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hopeful
victorious & rubbing it in
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Where'd March go?
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