One belief is that it's the length of fabric needed to create a Scottish man's set of clothing, including the pleats in the kilt. But it once was "the whole six yards" for that, so it may not be so certain.
Eight-foot ceilings here, yes, except for hall and stairs. So I'm sure that does make most easier.
Errands today included pharmacy 1 and bank. Pharmacist was really on her game, catching what might have been a new med that could have caused an old allergy of HRH's to flare. But she called HRH at home and was satisfied that dr discussed the possibilities and wanted to try.
Fielded call from the lady who does the bulletin for church, asking about a word processing glitch.
Huge storm here, and while I was trying to catch a nap, lol. Not easy! Had to do evening hen house chores in galoshes.
A little time this evening spent proofing a comparison essay for dd for punctuation or grammar errors.
Tah Dah Thursday
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lucylee
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Re: Tah Dah Thursday
Ta Da -- We have survived three days with the dgrands PLUS a big plumbing emergency PLUS dh's birthday "party."
Whew.
Y'all. Oh my goodness. I don't know when I posted last, but it has been wild around here.
DH asked dgs if he was just "showing out" for dgd. DGS is usually sooo good for us, but he was just wild. We'd tell him to stop doing something and five minutes later, he'd be doing it again.
The high point
of the week must have been last night.
DGD came back from the swimming party, which I did not attend, (ddil took them) and she wanted her bath. I put her off, and she fell asleep. Mistake #1, I guess.
Around MIDNIGHT, she woke up with a mad face on, and when I said, "Well. How are you doing," SHE said: "I want a BATH."
DH had just announced that he did not feel well at all, and he was going to bed. Very unusual for him. So I took dgd into the bedroom and asked him if we'd be bothering him if she went ahead and had her bath. Figured she was going to be up awhile anyway, after a 3-4 hour "nap."
Mistake #2.
As I tried to turn off the bath water, it would NOT budge. I mean, the knob would budge, but the water flow continued just like Niagara Falls.
I had to get dh up, and he tried all kinds of things, but NOTHING worked.
He went outside to turn off the water. Couldn't do that either.
I called the water dept and finally got a technician out here, but it was going to be about 30 minutes, they said, until he arrived.
Checked online for 24-hr emergency plumbers, and it was going to be an HOUR till he could get here. (I felt like I could do without water till the daylight and get a normal 9-5 plumber, but dh wanted it taken care of NOW.)
While waiting, the water kept rising. It was coming in faster than it could drain out. I had to bail water from the tub to dh's shower stall. What a mess.
Finally... finally... at 3:45 a.m., the plumber left, and all is well. At "only" a cost of $210 for the washer he replaced. Can y'all believe that? Of course, since he came from an hour away, at 2:00 a.m. in the morning... dh said it was well worth it.
It is very expensive to live with a man who is completely at a loss in the home repair business. Sheesh . I bet my daddy would have realized the washer was the problem. DH saw the washer crumble and fall out during his attempts to turn off the faucet.
But after all the excitement and everything, dh woke up feeling pretty good this morning, and his birthday dinner (pizza) went very well... dmom made a delicious cake... dbil and his gfriend came... and all's well that ends well.
I know dh and I are glad to have the house to ourselves for a change though. Oh my goodness. It has been EXHAUSTING.
LadyM... how you do this 24/7, I do not know. How ddil and ds do this... How does ANYONE manage more than one child, I don't know.
Dmom is trying to line me up to take her for out-patient "surgery" for the balloon procedure they do on sinuses. She said they could do it in the doctor's office, but she can't bear the thought of that without being put to sleep.
I told her I do not have a Monday that I am available until Aug. 26th.
DDIL lining me up for babysitting on at least two days when ds will be busy or out of town... plus the Mon/Wed classes she'll have starting Aug. 19.
I have doctor's appts the 12th and 14th and dh has his appt with new cardiologist the 19th -- and dgd will have to go to that appt with us.
I know this stage of life will not last forever, and when it is gone, it will seem that it passed way too quickly... but oh my goodness, it is overwhelming at the moment.
Just trying to cuop a little bit --
Twins -- oh my goodness, that is ME --
Always.
I had a list of all I needed to do today, before the party, when ds picked up the dgrands. Well... after all the excitement last night, and then ds not leaving till 3:00 pm himself, I told dh, I didn't care what happened, I was taking a nap.
I told dbil's girlfriend, "My standards have fallen quite a bit since the first time you visited. I would say it's like, 'how the mighty have fallen,' but it's more like, how the mediocre have fallen, because I was never 'mighty' in this department."
Needless to say, I did not polish the back door with Old English polish.
I swept the kitchen and s/s the bathroom. Period.
Hey -- one bonus for the day -- I met my FitBit goal (8000 steps) today. I was over halfway there before I went to bed!!!
Waving to you ALL!!! Hope your August goes smoothly.
Whew.
Y'all. Oh my goodness. I don't know when I posted last, but it has been wild around here.
DH asked dgs if he was just "showing out" for dgd. DGS is usually sooo good for us, but he was just wild. We'd tell him to stop doing something and five minutes later, he'd be doing it again.
The high point
of the week must have been last night. DGD came back from the swimming party, which I did not attend, (ddil took them) and she wanted her bath. I put her off, and she fell asleep. Mistake #1, I guess.
Around MIDNIGHT, she woke up with a mad face on, and when I said, "Well. How are you doing," SHE said: "I want a BATH."
DH had just announced that he did not feel well at all, and he was going to bed. Very unusual for him. So I took dgd into the bedroom and asked him if we'd be bothering him if she went ahead and had her bath. Figured she was going to be up awhile anyway, after a 3-4 hour "nap."
Mistake #2.
As I tried to turn off the bath water, it would NOT budge. I mean, the knob would budge, but the water flow continued just like Niagara Falls.
I had to get dh up, and he tried all kinds of things, but NOTHING worked.
He went outside to turn off the water. Couldn't do that either.
I called the water dept and finally got a technician out here, but it was going to be about 30 minutes, they said, until he arrived.
Checked online for 24-hr emergency plumbers, and it was going to be an HOUR till he could get here. (I felt like I could do without water till the daylight and get a normal 9-5 plumber, but dh wanted it taken care of NOW.)
While waiting, the water kept rising. It was coming in faster than it could drain out. I had to bail water from the tub to dh's shower stall. What a mess.
Finally... finally... at 3:45 a.m., the plumber left, and all is well. At "only" a cost of $210 for the washer he replaced. Can y'all believe that? Of course, since he came from an hour away, at 2:00 a.m. in the morning... dh said it was well worth it.
It is very expensive to live with a man who is completely at a loss in the home repair business. Sheesh . I bet my daddy would have realized the washer was the problem. DH saw the washer crumble and fall out during his attempts to turn off the faucet.
But after all the excitement and everything, dh woke up feeling pretty good this morning, and his birthday dinner (pizza) went very well... dmom made a delicious cake... dbil and his gfriend came... and all's well that ends well.
I know dh and I are glad to have the house to ourselves for a change though. Oh my goodness. It has been EXHAUSTING.
LadyM... how you do this 24/7, I do not know. How ddil and ds do this... How does ANYONE manage more than one child, I don't know.
Dmom is trying to line me up to take her for out-patient "surgery" for the balloon procedure they do on sinuses. She said they could do it in the doctor's office, but she can't bear the thought of that without being put to sleep.
I told her I do not have a Monday that I am available until Aug. 26th.
DDIL lining me up for babysitting on at least two days when ds will be busy or out of town... plus the Mon/Wed classes she'll have starting Aug. 19.
I have doctor's appts the 12th and 14th and dh has his appt with new cardiologist the 19th -- and dgd will have to go to that appt with us.
I know this stage of life will not last forever, and when it is gone, it will seem that it passed way too quickly... but oh my goodness, it is overwhelming at the moment.
Just trying to cuop a little bit --
Twins -- oh my goodness, that is ME --
Why is it I have a productive day (yesterday) followed by one where I can't seem to get any traction?
Always.
I had a list of all I needed to do today, before the party, when ds picked up the dgrands. Well... after all the excitement last night, and then ds not leaving till 3:00 pm himself, I told dh, I didn't care what happened, I was taking a nap.
I told dbil's girlfriend, "My standards have fallen quite a bit since the first time you visited. I would say it's like, 'how the mighty have fallen,' but it's more like, how the mediocre have fallen, because I was never 'mighty' in this department."
Needless to say, I did not polish the back door with Old English polish.
I swept the kitchen and s/s the bathroom. Period.
Hey -- one bonus for the day -- I met my FitBit goal (8000 steps) today. I was over halfway there before I went to bed!!!
Waving to you ALL!!! Hope your August goes smoothly.
Tomorrow is another day.
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blessedw2
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Re: Tah Dah Thursday
ooo hoo d harriet and getting that work done. spiffy ceilings!!! hello d lucy!
hello d lucy happy belated birthday to your dh!
Oh my gosh - I am so sorry you had the plumbing (especially erupting at midnight!!!)
lol - having little ones for multiple days are EXHAUSTING! It is so nice to rest! I used to hear people say having the grandkids over, keeps you young if it doesn't exhaust (they used to use the words - kill you but i like exhaust
) you first.
oh my gosh you are witty -
yay on your steps!
hello d lucy happy belated birthday to your dh!
Oh my gosh - I am so sorry you had the plumbing (especially erupting at midnight!!!)
lol - having little ones for multiple days are EXHAUSTING! It is so nice to rest! I used to hear people say having the grandkids over, keeps you young if it doesn't exhaust (they used to use the words - kill you but i like exhaust
) you first. oh my gosh you are witty -
you are still mighty in my book!'how the mighty have fallen,' but it's more like, how the mediocre have fallen,
yay on your steps!
it is always a joy to be here with you!