I'm so tired of this crap

Every year around Christmas you get a thousand posts on Facebook from "friends" saying how they hate when people say "Happy Holidays" or write "Merry Xmas" and how we need to "keep the Christ in Christmas". And every year I want to throttle people.

So Proud of my Hubby!!!

Our car died last week. Hubby was pretty sure it was the starter. We were advised, however, that it could be electrical (like a dead battery) so on Saturday he borrowed Banshee's car and took the battery to get tested. It was completely dead. So he purchased a new one - but it didn't make the car start. Which led to plan B - replacing the starter. It was priced $130 at the local auto store, so we checked online and found one listed for $71 with free shipping. When we called to order it, it was even cheaper!!! And altho it was gonna take 3-5 business days to get to us, we figured it was totally worth it. So order it we did, and hubby took the bus to work every day and rode a (borrowed) bike every night home. For a week. The starter was delivered today. At first we thought it was the wrong part cuz it was labelled 2002 starter, but after some googling i discovered that starter fits the 1998 - 2002 version of our car. hubby went outside and took the old starter off (after much cussing, buying an extender for the rachet and a blood sacrifice). That was obviously the hard part cuz it took him a couple hours to get it off, but only about 30 minutes to put the new one on. AND THE CAR STARTED!!!!!! I am so proud of him!!!! And for once we were able to save money on a fix for our car!!! Even with the new battery (at almost $100) it was way cheaper than taking it in to get fixed!! And we still have money to be able to finish our Xmas shopping this weekend :-) xoxox

Too frigging early

Testing out my new app

Just downloaded a blogger app so I can blog on the go and stuff. Hoping to use it a lot for my crafty business blog and who knows. Maybe it will give me my voice.

Xoxox

P.s. attaching a pic of sleepy kitty

I prefer it cold

This evening I wasn't feeling so well - constant coughing and runny nose (even AFTER taking some cold and cough medicine) - so i went to sleep earlier than normal (around midnight). I made hubby promise he would turn down the thermostat before he went to sleep because he was staying up a little later and didn't want "to freeze" if i turned it down.

Usually, as soon as he heads to sleep, I turn the thermostat down from 70 to around 55 - 60.

Well, he didn't turn it down. And I can't sleep when it's too warm. Especially since I got used to sleeping in super cold in our old apt (in the winter - in the summer it was sleeping in the warm - which i don't do so well). So I woke up 3 hours later sweating and haven't been able to get back to sleep since. I have turned the heat down tho, so hopefully I will be able to sleep soon as it cools down enough.

Can't Sleep

Days and nights are all screwed up - again. Plus I'm a little stressed out (as usual) mostly about money and living and stuff like that.

I must say tho, I am so in love with our new place. I really miss the old one. Being downtown was so nice, especially during the holiday season cuz it's so pretty,  but this place isn't too shabby in terms of location. I have a 7-11 right around the corner from me, as well as a deli, and the bus stop is less than half a block from my door (and it runs to downtown).

this is moving week

we rented a truck yesterday and spent most of the day packing it and unpacking - and once everyone left we still ran 3 loads of car to our new place .... and we still aren't completely moved out!!!! I have spent most of the day in the apt today but i am pretty much useless cuz i'm so tired and sore from yesterday. Mostly I've washed clothes and bagged them up to take to the new place tonight. Also boxed up some electronic stuff. Will finish the bedroom by the time hubby gets here tonight after work (hopefully).

Tomorrow I'm spending the day at the new place to try and get some things unpacked and organized there so it looks and feels livable. Right now we have our loveseat set up and our bed and the tv in the living room - OH! and the coffee maker in the kitchen lol. you know - the necessities ;)

When hubby gets off work tomorrow it's back here to pack up the rest of the kitchen and the craft room. Wednesday is gonna be the living room and dining room and Thursday will be minor cleaning (if all goes according to plan) and giving the keys back to Leon (in exchange for our vacuum cleaner)

I'm so frigging tired. The only thing keeping me from taking a nap is the fact that we don't have a bed or a couch or anything for me to lay on lol.

Gonna play some bingo blitz - then it's back to packing and cleaning.

xoxox