So we are gearing up for this weekend -- and of course after a stressful week -- and not really knowing how this weekend was going to work -- the DH and I got into a "maritial spat" on the drive to work this morning. At least that is what my coworker referred to it as. Ha ha, she said "Those first seven years are hard ... and then when you have kids too."
I guess after August we are in the clear for awhile huh? Haha. She further went on to clarify "I guess after that you get pretty good at ignoring each other."
Hehe.
Of course we made up -- there is no real point in fighting for long, is there? No one wins. But it did remind me though of a friend I used to have -- they thought that once you got married it was supposed to perfect harmony and bliss forever and ever. I wonder if that kind of marriage has ever existed? At least where the two people involved still loved each other and lived in the same house that is.
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Thanks for the vacuum and dish thoughts Zoey -- it was nice even if for pretend. I ended up doing a lot last night. Man did I get a crap load of things done. I took out all the cat saturated pee stuff in the basement, swept and bleached the basement floor, cleaned the clogged drains (in basement), went to Ace to try and find some kind of plumbers glue to fix the corroded faucet ... they said I needed to replace the whole thing. Easier said than done! I don't know how to turn water off. :( Later on I tried taping it -- failed. Then gum -- failed. Then more tape -- failed. Sigh.
I also got some pesticide for the rose bush, books from the library and pink nail polish and pinwheels from walgreens. I also did dishes, cleaned the kitchen and living room and put things away, wrote three pages of letter and managed to make dinner and watch "the Village" - --(boring!)
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Brother in law Phil is getting hitched this weekend, also it's the first camping trip of the year. And it's Hilary's birthday and I don't know what to get her yet. :(
posted by hadjare @ 12:41 PM
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What pod people don't fight in a marriage? Oh, I know... the ones who get divorced. heh.
As long as you respect each other enough to resolve things and work things out, you're fine.
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=howTo&p=Repair/RepFaucet.html&rn=RightNavFiles/rightNavHowTo
i don't know hilary so i can only give you my general gift giving advice, which basically breaks down into two main ideas:
- get them the kind of stuff you need around the house but rarely if ever think of buying for yourself; this can range from nice stationary to a fancy axe. i got a neat metal collapsable shovel once that fits this theme and have given things like maglite flashlights in the same spirit.
- the other idea is to get the sort of stuff you'd like to get but never seem to want to find the money for, since it's so extravagent; not really wasteful, just a little fancier than most people need. really good soap, for example. or maybe a collection of fancy lip glosses and so forth - a visit to community pharmacy or someplace similar is a great way to come up with ideas for this.
burt's bees lip gloss is friggin' excellent, in case you're wondering. a couple of those, some wrapping paper and you're done.
Who runs Bartertown?!?
Embargo ON!
if there isn't a knob to turn off the water supply right near the faucet you'll be replacing [and there usually is... but i can see how there might not be in an older house] you can usually turn off the entire water supply right near your water meter.
you know what your water meter looks like, right? it'll have a dial on it that'll be spinning around if you've got the water running anywhere in the house [and it'll probably say something about water supply, too] - just look for that and then look for a knob you can turn until that spinning needle comes to a complete stop. note: these are usually located fairly close to an exterior wall, if that helps. you can check to make sure your water is off by turning off a faucet and then you can replace the leaky one by following the instructions that come with most replacement ones or by just double-checking in a book from the library. it's totally doable - when i was working for the landscaper, i actually had to solder some copper tubing and i'd never done that before; turns out that as long as you use a lot of flux, it's pretty easy.
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