Koah's posts

@Wildfire: I hope I get everything done too. I'm burning out with the house-to-dos. I just want to get back to focusing on Christmas and not the expensive house maintenance and repairs. CX

Lol, The movie Waterworld just came to mind, and how in that movie everyone valued dirt and live plants like gold.

Did you get your bags of dirt for the garden?

Last summer, it took me forever to rip up our shrubs and I'm finding their sprouts now. I gotta go through and rip them out again and then get a yard stabber to get down to their roots. [yard stabber = pointy hoe]

@Wildfire: How's your garden coming along? :)

I just drank a hot chai and coolin' down from waking up aggravated.
I got a few things for plans today.
Turns out my husband has been getting the Call Backs from a company I've been trying to get ahold of to fix something. OTL so, I'll be borrowing his phone today. X)
And, later I have an appt and I'll be doing a hunt around town for a new washing machine.

@Wildfire: Our roofers are continuing the job. I'm seeing new shingles on.
My husband now understands where I'm coming from with my anger for the company. So, we'll see if the company pushes us for more money.

I have an appointment today and I'm having a "I'm sick of being pregnant" kind of morning. It's early to be feeling that way, but omg, my poor tummy isn't expanding as fast as the baby is growing. T^T

@Wildfire: I mixed them up. Sounds like you raised an ambitious kid. :D Buy him a water bottle for xmas to hint he needs to stay hydrated! lol.
It took me a good ...7 years from 18, to realize I needed to be healthier. e.e' I was also an ambitious young person. lol. I really didn't 'slow down' until a couple of years ago when I realized it affected my kids.
For quite a while, and sometimes still, I'll see someone with my old energy levels with no kids and I get a tinge of jealousy.

My kids have significantly fewer gifts than the teenagers. I'm already low-key explaining to my kids that these teens haven't had Christmas in years because their lives are so different than ours. So they'll be pretty spoiled by Santa and family.
My sister hated Christmas and so she took the holiday away from my niece. Now that my niece is 15, she realizes how important having family and material items are for her kid. So my sis is going totally overboard, which is actually fun to watch and be apart of.

My roofers are continuing their work today. =O man, I hope my roof gets actually finished and my stress will lessen. I just have to wait and see.

@Wildfire: I definitely have nice friends. :3 I somehow managed to find friends I can count on. :d
I'm sure you boys will appreciate the gifts this year.
Are you upset the eldest wants to move out soon?

and Good Morning.
I'm in a lot better mental space today.
Christmas wrapping is almost dooooone! for my sister. Then I can dive into my own stash.

@Wildfire: lol! you should give your boys "big boy" items. Like cleaning supplies and .. gift cards to their favorite food places. Anything they might need and won't think of? socks, unders, etc?

I'm going to look for little candies to shove in spaces in their stockings. My sister covered the quirky gifts for their stockings, she got squishy toys n stuff.
I guess I don't need to do shopping now, I just got a text from a friend who sent little things for kiddos. <333

I think I'll prep the room for a real tree, you totally helped motivate me a little bit. I love the smell of a real tree. I need to find a tree skirt, so the needles don't get stuck in the carpet.

@Wildfire: My sister is insisting on us getting a real tree and my energy is getting so wiped. lol. A real tree sounds like work. XD
I'm going to do some cheap xmas shopping today for stuffers n whatnot.
I'm on hold with a different company about other house problems. lol. Tis the month for home repairs.

@Wildfire: My husband has a very 'go with the flow' attitude. Takes a lot for him to feel worked up. He very, very rarely gets mad. Takes a lot for me to get mad too.
So now, when I do get mad, he tries to understand the logic of my anger, especially if he doesn't feel/understand it. So I pointed out the errors on paper. He gets my frustration now, but I don't foresee him fighting the fight to not pay more money on supply. :\

So Today! I'm going to set up the kids' advent calender and get some xmas lights to begin indoor decoration. So my outdoor decorating has been put on Pause... I just spent SO much money on Garland to line the roof. XD My stress is through the roof. T^T -tries to laugh-

@Wildfire: That's precisely where I'm at. I'm trying to calm my mind at home and reserving my "management" voice for the company that's trying to dupe us.
My husband signed the contract, so i can be angry all I want, but I don't hold the power with this fight.

@Wildfire: I had to warp into my old "management voice" from my working days to get my husband to understand that this situation should absolutely be on the company, not us. He's still under the impression that we need to pay them more for the extra material. They like.. WAY underestimated the amount of wood they'd need to complete the job.
OTL oh babies- I'm, for the first time in 4 months+, totally furious.

@danielle: omg! is he doing okay?!