Potpourri

Currently? 3:05am. Princess? In her bed snoring away. Hubs? In our bed snoring. Bear? In the toddler bed in our room. Hubs went and got the Bear at 2:25am because he was crying. Thankfully, the kid is back to sleep. And NOT in our bed. Me? Can't sleep. That's why I'm online!

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Niece#2 is engaged. She's engaged to a loser. A loser who is currently "living the den" of Sister#1 & my BIL's house. The loser who barely got his high school diploma. The loser who will be joining the armed forces in a couple of months. Niece#2 works at Blockbuster. She also lives in my sister's house. No wedding date has been set.

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"Wait until you finish school (meaning college) before you start a family..." This was the advice Sister#1 gave Niece#2 when she was told of the engagement. Hmm...Interesting advice. But doesn't it sound familiar? This is the advice my folks gave Sister#1 when she was dating my BIL. But my folks just wanted my sister to finish high school! She didn't listen to my folks. She ended up running away from home midway through the 11th grade. She got her GED about 4 years after she ran away.

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I ordered our "We've moved" announcements. We should be getting them in the mail tomorrow. When my ILs came down last Sunday for dinner, Hubs made a point of telling his Mom that we'd ordered the announcements and would be mailing them out soon. Now WHY did he do that? Because she was telling us about how Hub's cousin had moved and she (my MIL) just received the announcement. She was letting us know about that because she didn't think we'd received one. He told me later that he wanted to make sure she knew because she'd end up bugging him about it to find out when we were sending them out. Like WHY is that any of her business? What if we decided NOT to send announcements out? So what? It's not like anyone on her side (about 95%) or my FILs side (about 100%) ever sends out stuff to let us know when they've moved! We end up hearing months and months after the fact that "so and so now lives here..."

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My parents house will be a mess next week. They are having their old countertops/sinks removed. New ones are being installed. They'll be getting new Sandstone Corian countertops and sinks installed! It's going in the kitchen. AND it's going in all the bathrooms. The cabinets? The pieces required for the refacing are currently being manufactured. The actual installation will be in a month or so once all the pieces are complete. They've opted to go with a beech color for the cabinets. Someone will be at their house soon to scrape off their popcorn ceiling. The newly unveiled ceiling and the walls will be painted a new color -- hopefully a warm color to tie along with the sandstone counters and beech cabinetry. Any paint suggestions? It's going to look a LOT different. Currently, the walls are a dingy white. The countertops are plain white tile with white grout. The cabinets are dark brown. Home improvements. Gotta love them!

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Backyard? Still not done. They still need to paint the stucco exterior. THEN they'll install the grill. I'm sure it'll get done. But I knew it wouldn't be a TWO day job like the guy told Hubs.