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Apr. 19th, 2005
Well, I had problems sleeping again, not quite at the level of getting up at 3:30 and cleaning the house, but still... I recouped by sleeping in until 10:45. I don't really like this too much, because I lose so much day, but at the same time, I feel almost rested for the first time in a while. The funny thing is that Chesh and I have been getting to bed by about 9:30 every night for several days now, and I still have problems sleeping. :-)
So, I feel... OK. Kind of rested. Managed to miss the Monday Morning Mopes this week by being busy, selling bra, returning hired plates, and roaming around the country side. I seem to have misplaced my mobile. I realised yesterday after I was going to sms L and L that I didn't know where it was, and hadn't actually seen it in a few days. I am sure I should be more upset, but I'm not. :-) Didn't make it to L and L's yesterday and hesitant to invite them over cos I have cake. I decided it was time to break in the minikugelhof tupperware, and did so. It reaffirmed my faith in my oven. (Can you tell I was an abused cook? My old oven abused me for years.) I love my oven. Good oven. I can cook things to golden brown and they're not black on the outside and raw on the inside. Or black on the front and raw at the back. Or just f*cked. :-)
I have been reading pregnancy mags again. There's not a lot to say about that really. They all sort of blend together after a while. :-) Oh, and this week I am week 26. Not officially in third trimester until week 29(ish). Cool. :-)
I started playing sims again. It's like drugs; I want to say no. I hate it during game play. I whinge about it afterwards. But every now and then I go back. My highlight of last night is sitting back, watching the game on my PC, watching my sim, sitting back, playing her game on her PC. *sigh* I've done some landscaping now too, so hopefully the next party they have will be a good one. I'm slowly getting better at the parties. (Rule one: Despite the encouragement, only select "Throw Party" ONCE. Rule Two - make it a day party and skip work! Rule three - Get the food organized BEFORE you select "Throw Party" on your phone options!)
So today is a cruisy day, with only a couple of things planned. Since I have lost so many hours to sleep, I doubt I will get as much cleaning done as I was hoping to. That's more of a morale thing than a time thing. It takes me hours to get worked up enough to clean. :-)
So, I feel... OK. Kind of rested. Managed to miss the Monday Morning Mopes this week by being busy, selling bra, returning hired plates, and roaming around the country side. I seem to have misplaced my mobile. I realised yesterday after I was going to sms L and L that I didn't know where it was, and hadn't actually seen it in a few days. I am sure I should be more upset, but I'm not. :-) Didn't make it to L and L's yesterday and hesitant to invite them over cos I have cake. I decided it was time to break in the minikugelhof tupperware, and did so. It reaffirmed my faith in my oven. (Can you tell I was an abused cook? My old oven abused me for years.) I love my oven. Good oven. I can cook things to golden brown and they're not black on the outside and raw on the inside. Or black on the front and raw at the back. Or just f*cked. :-)
I have been reading pregnancy mags again. There's not a lot to say about that really. They all sort of blend together after a while. :-) Oh, and this week I am week 26. Not officially in third trimester until week 29(ish). Cool. :-)
I started playing sims again. It's like drugs; I want to say no. I hate it during game play. I whinge about it afterwards. But every now and then I go back. My highlight of last night is sitting back, watching the game on my PC, watching my sim, sitting back, playing her game on her PC. *sigh* I've done some landscaping now too, so hopefully the next party they have will be a good one. I'm slowly getting better at the parties. (Rule one: Despite the encouragement, only select "Throw Party" ONCE. Rule Two - make it a day party and skip work! Rule three - Get the food organized BEFORE you select "Throw Party" on your phone options!)
So today is a cruisy day, with only a couple of things planned. Since I have lost so many hours to sleep, I doubt I will get as much cleaning done as I was hoping to. That's more of a morale thing than a time thing. It takes me hours to get worked up enough to clean. :-)
I don't know if it's just the lists I am on, or the fact that talking about cooking makes women open up to strangers, but I see so many emails where I sit back and think... "Honey, have you tried telling your husband to GET OUT OF THE FUCKING KITCHEN AND BLOODY WELL LET YOU COOK OR HE CAN DAMN WELL DO IT HIMSELF?"
I like to do this but my husband doesn't like vegetables chopped up into cubes. I want to do this but if it's a disaster the first time my husband won't let me do it again. My husband thinks lean cuisine type meals are too expensive but thinks if I make them myself they will be MORE expensive and won't let me do either. I live on a farm and my husband thinks the lean cuisine/frozen single serve meals will be a waste of time/too expensive. I live on a farm and my husband thinks making up home-made hamburger helper will be more expensive than buying the pre-made stuff.
WTF??
Isn't working 10/12 hour days taking up enough of his bloody time, he has to interfere in the kitchen too? And by the way, $3 an hour for a forty hour week babysitting sounds like a shocking amount of money if you're living on a farm. Grow something to sell! Sell something (like the spare children!) Grow anything and eat it! Make cheese! Sell it for a fortune! WHATEVER! Eat the children! Geese! Ducks! Chicken! Vegie patch! Bartering systems! AAAAACK!!
I spose I most annoyed with this whole "My husband doesn't let me..." sentence when it comes to cooking, a) because I se it so often on this list and b) because it's all a learning experience. If you stuff it up the first time, you learn, and try again. How frustrating and how horrible to be limited in such a way that you're not even allowed to make your own mistakes, not allowed to learn on your own.
My final advice would be to find a man who will support you and help you learn as much as you can from the life you have now. In my book, you only get the one! (Life that is, not men. I like men. *grin*)
I like to do this but my husband doesn't like vegetables chopped up into cubes. I want to do this but if it's a disaster the first time my husband won't let me do it again. My husband thinks lean cuisine type meals are too expensive but thinks if I make them myself they will be MORE expensive and won't let me do either. I live on a farm and my husband thinks the lean cuisine/frozen single serve meals will be a waste of time/too expensive. I live on a farm and my husband thinks making up home-made hamburger helper will be more expensive than buying the pre-made stuff.
WTF??
Isn't working 10/12 hour days taking up enough of his bloody time, he has to interfere in the kitchen too? And by the way, $3 an hour for a forty hour week babysitting sounds like a shocking amount of money if you're living on a farm. Grow something to sell! Sell something (like the spare children!) Grow anything and eat it! Make cheese! Sell it for a fortune! WHATEVER! Eat the children! Geese! Ducks! Chicken! Vegie patch! Bartering systems! AAAAACK!!
I spose I most annoyed with this whole "My husband doesn't let me..." sentence when it comes to cooking, a) because I se it so often on this list and b) because it's all a learning experience. If you stuff it up the first time, you learn, and try again. How frustrating and how horrible to be limited in such a way that you're not even allowed to make your own mistakes, not allowed to learn on your own.
My final advice would be to find a man who will support you and help you learn as much as you can from the life you have now. In my book, you only get the one! (Life that is, not men. I like men. *grin*)
Excitement for the Day
Apr. 19th, 2005 05:22 pmIf we pay off our house loan at our current rate, then we will finish it on the 28/10/2028. Weirdly enough, that's actually one year and a month out, but only just. (A lot happens to home loans after all. And this is a dicky spreadsheet I set up using directions found on the internet.)
If we move *all* our secret hidden take-over-the-world nest egg cash into it now but make no changes to payment or interest, then we will finish it on the 28/06/2022. 6 years and 4 months savings.
If we also paid $50 extra a month into the loan, we will have paid it off by 28/11/2019. A nine year and one month saving.
If we did NOT move our secret nest egg money into the loan, but did pay off an extra $50 a month, we would pay it out by 28/06/2024. Saving us four years and four months.
So, our options are roughly: 23 years. 14 years. 23 years. *sigh* Still seems like forever to me.
:-)
If we move *all* our secret hidden take-over-the-world nest egg cash into it now but make no changes to payment or interest, then we will finish it on the 28/06/2022. 6 years and 4 months savings.
If we also paid $50 extra a month into the loan, we will have paid it off by 28/11/2019. A nine year and one month saving.
If we did NOT move our secret nest egg money into the loan, but did pay off an extra $50 a month, we would pay it out by 28/06/2024. Saving us four years and four months.
So, our options are roughly: 23 years. 14 years. 23 years. *sigh* Still seems like forever to me.
:-)