Ever have one of those moments where you say to yourself "Can anything else go wrong?".
Yep...it's one of those weeks for me. Despite trying my darndest to stay well, I'm getting a nasty cold this week. I spent the day at McKenna's school yesterday, and let me tell you the germs were flying all around that place! For starters, half of the class was absent, and the other half didn't look so hot! One little kid puked in the middle of the carpet during story time & I'm pretty sure the class used up a whole box of kleenex by the days end. I'm still glad I got to spend the day with McKenna...but next time I'll have to remember to come right home and jump in a extra hot shower and scrub every inch of my body with antibacterial soap!
Oh, and just so I can continue to gripe, let me tell you how much I'm enjoying this weather (rolling eyes...). I am so sick of winter! I'm over it! My kids have gone stir crazy, I've gone stir crazy, and I can't find one once of motivation to do a darn thing around the house. My house is down right dirty & it's going to take A TON of spring cleaning to get it back to where it used to be. I'm going to be paying a hefty price for my lazy attitude this Spring!
And....my washer is broken :-( It broke last Wednesday & I spent all day Saturday at my Mom's house doing laundry. My mom gave me her extra washer (she has two sets) to use until we can buy a new one (which I'm very thankful for), but that washer leaks & I have to mop my kitchen every time I use it! I tried putting a towel under the washer, but then I realized that plan was not working out so great because that just creates MORE laundry! Did I mention how when something in this house breaks.... it stays broken for a minimum of 3-5 years! (You think I'm kidding? Ask my fence how many years it's been broken....)
This long vent was brought to you by: One Grumpy Mama! She would like to apologize for the "downer" tone of today's post. She will return to her regular upbeat programming when the nice weather returns, her washer, dishwasher, garbage disposal, back door, garage doors, closet doors, backed up plumbing, backyard fence, and dining room floor are all fixed! Until then, she would like to reserve the right to be grumpy and rant about random issues whenever she feels like it!
Thank You!
4 comments:
Sorry Amber! You know the old saying about "when life deals you lemons...." Just kidding!!! That person said that on a sunny day at the beach.
At least your kitchen floor is probably really clean all the time! hee hee.
The person who came up with that saying had a $1,000 emergency fund in place, never got sick, didn't crack a double yolk egg for breakfast, AND lived somwhere sunny! HA!
Oh, I feel your pain and cold!
the fence at the back of our yard is leaning out
at a 45 degree angle. One more snowflake, and the whole back fence is gonna land in our nieighbor's yard.
I can literally see the outdoors from the 1 inch gap at the bottom of the doors going out to our backyard.
And oh yeah, I already told you about finding the gallon of water that was frozen in the pantry (the back of the pantry is pretty much just some sheet rock that covers up what use to be the back door of the house!)
Oh, and the hot water for some reason, won't work in the upstairs bathroom, which results in brainfreeze when I have to wash my face at night.
If I wash my face in the bathroom downstairs, my toes will get frostbitten while standing there.
The upside is, I haven't seen any mice for a long time around here, and I'm pretty sure they aren't hangin' out in the insulation free walls.
My washer is in our dungeon basement near the steps leading up to the cellar door that are currently covered in a light dusting of snow.
If I wasn't so cold, I guess I wouldn't have all this humor to share...
One more thing...if your refrigerator stops working, just bring your food over here. We can store it in our bedroom which use to be a screened in second floor porch (and I guess still is). There's no heat source to the room and our alarm clock tells you the exact temp of the room (that's always nice to know just exactly how cold it is).
We could just put all the food in plastic bags and hang them from the plant hangers that are still screwed into the ceiling. That way, everything will get a direct shot of nice cold air seeping through from all 8 window frames. Just a thought.
I'm beginning to understand why I like summer so much.
Did I mention I hate winter?
Sister, I would have to agree that you have the coldest house around! I seem to remember not being able to take off my coat the last time I came to your house. I know you are not making this up, so you have my sympathy!
Let's join a "Winter Haters" club together. Or, maybe we could just head on back to Florida for 2-3 more months :-)
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