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DH got a new job! Large corporation with lots of room for upward growth. One of the guys he interviewed with said that they were going to have a problem with trying to keep him on the level he was hired at because the company will want to promote him.

DH is... He want a to work at this level for awhile first. Learn the business. But then he is fine with it.

Also, $1,000 more a month. Give it take? And not necessarily better health insurance, but they pay MORE or the monthly cost. I dint know what percentage they pay yet. But it HAS to be better than the old job. (SiL worked at the same company as DH for a few months. When she quit to work for the Ubiquitous Yellow Store, she took an overall pay cut, but the take home pay was more because of insurance.)

The whole insurance thing is what really made DH go "Huh..." and start looking. And after some of the crap that has gone on for the last few months, I'm glad he did.

Out of boredom and curiosity, he watched a video on how to tell if your workplace is a toxic environment. He scoffed at the beginning, he said. Then, as he was watching it, started going "oh..." Apparently half of the examples he could identify in his office.

In other news: Eldest has a job interview tomorrow for a thing that could be an actual career. Not that retail is not a career. But a job that will pay him a real wage and that has growth opportunities. So, wish him luck on that.

And other, other news: SiL is gonna have twins! They are due Easter.

MiL is going to drive us crazy with it, I am sure...

 Eventually I will stop doing this.  Really.  Going from walking pneumonia straight to bronchitis was not my best plan.  I'm feeling much better, but I keep waking up in the middle of the night, coughing my head off.  It is not fun.

Updates from recent posts:  

Back in May there was the whole shit storm about throwing her things away and moving fabric.  We finally have all the fabric washed and folded.  Not quite 2 seven foot bookcases worth of fabric, once it was folded neatly.  Or, neatish.  And it is not sorted very well.  But I can now at least touch all of it without gagging.  And, yes, I threw some away.  Anything smaller than my hand (and not an obvious quilting project), mouse eaten, or piss stained was snuck out and burned.  Because EW! My MiL every once in awhile will make a "subtle" comment to see if I threw something out.  Will mention a large piece of green cloth that used to be in the sewing room, or large safety pins, but she doesn't know where they are now.

DH LOVES his job.  He is basically the problem solver for a company that prints off bank documents.  So, tax forms, notices that they are not going to penalize you for a late payment due to the hurricane and flooding, that sort of thing.  And his bosses love him, so that's good.

He is currently on a low dose antidepressant.  He's been on one before, right after he got out of the Army.  It did not work then, but that was before his knee pain was effectively treated.  This time,since he is not in constant pain, it is working much better.  He doesn't feel as short tempered and doesn't feel like a shoe is about to drop.  So, that's all good.  The psychology appointments have not worked out so well, though.  He's supposed to be doing Skype type appointments, only the doctor he was assigned to can't get her system to work...

The House was appraised today.  (And Now My Kindle It Capitalizing Every Word.  Why?)  It went well, I think.  The appraiser basically said that we would easily appraise for the refinance amount.  So, yay.  

And the, Eldest put his foot through the ceiling while putting Christmas boxes away.  Again.  He did it 2 years ago as well.  Youngest did it last year.  So...  I have a hole in my ceiling, because I could not deal tonight. I'm going to make him fix it, because skillz.

Oh, the other thing that happened (and now my Kindle is not capitalizing things, but if I type too fast it adds letters and won't take them away.  Kindle and the DW dialog box do not get along.) is that the fridge downstairs has possibly bit the dust.  I'm honestly not sure.  It's only 2 ish years old.  But the freezer portion is not getting cold enough and the fridge is freezing things.  We are defrosting it tonight and I will try again tomorrow.  This is after the water filter in it cracked and flooded the basement kitchen.  So...  Yeah.

Oh!  Insulation is up in the basement room we are remodeling.  The difference in temperature is amazing!  Once the sheetrock is up, we plan on shuffling the boys into that room while we do the same to their bedroom.  Because it makes that significant of a difference.  

(And now the Kindle is not auto capitalizing after periods and the autocorrect feature is just the options of s, d, and this...  Every time I switch to a different tab for a moment, to check to see what needs an infodump update, the quirk between Kindle and the DW dialog changes. Or Possibly When I Click OutSide Of The Dialog Box.  Seriously?!?!?! 

now im going to play with it.  this is one click outside the box.  obviously autotcorrect has failed.

Next, What Is It Going TO Do?

ThirD Time?  This Thing Is So.Weird.


Forth.  Wonder What Will Happen If I Go To A Didifferent Tabout For A Moment.

Let's See, Shall We?

Yeah, kindle And Ew Have Issues.)

Oh!  The cat that had kittens.  We ended up keeping 2 of them.  This means we have 6 cats in the house, which is way too much.  Good thing we have a 5,000.square foot house...  We kept the black girl, who is Luci Furr and the boy, who is Loki.  Both have been fixed already.  After the holidays I will get their mom fixed.  

Also, sorry for tbe crazy spellings, capitalizations, and randomness.  I blame it all on the quirk.


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( Lots of F words in here. )

OK.  I have ranted and babbled and dealt with some of my built up feelings.  Now I feel like I'm going to pass out. 

Happy birthday, goddessvicky !

Um...  Do I have anything else to post about?

*shrug*  Babble it is!

Eldest and Youngest have a Taekwondo belt test on Saturday.  They're up for Orange.  Their master says that they have it.  So, yay.

This is actually going to be a busy week for me.  FRG meeting on Wednesday  Hail and Farewell on Friday (if I can find a freaking sitter!), and then the belt test on Saturday.  And I seriously have to clean the house.  No, like SERIOUSLY.

#3 is toddling along.  He still only says a couple of words, but his understanding is obvious.  And he loves learning and using sign language.  He knows Mommy, Papa, brother, cat, bird, bunny, ball, more, eat, drink, and hurt...  He doesn't always use them, but he does know them.  And he's using a fork and spoon.  If only I could get him to STAY in his highchair with them. 

Wow, Eldest and Youngest are so not awake yet.  #3 is, though!

DH is about to have 3 weeks off.  This might drive me batty.

As in Security Clearance.  My husband's is due for an update.  So, he's filling out the paperwork right now.  And constantly texting me things to look up.  Like addresses from when he was deployed.  And my birth information, as well as my parents' birth information.  And his parents' birth information.  And Mom's address.  All stuff that I have or can find...  But still.

Me: Do they need to know my bra size as well?

DH: Yeah, by year, but I didn't have to look that up.


*sigh*

It would not have been so bad if #3 had not been actively fighting sleep by doing all the things he knows he's not supposed to do.

Was AWESOME!  Seriously!  Definitely worth the price of admission.  If I had been near an aisle, I would have been rolling in it from the laughter. 

I want two things now. 

( This one is slightly spoilery... )

And second, a story that follows the events of the movie, only with Clint/Darcy dating.  Because...  Wow, that would be an awesome story.

Either one of these might eat my brain until I write it.  Though, I would have to watch the movie much more often to make sure I get details right.  No hardship there.  (Like Cap's ass shot the first time we see him.  Man can wear khaki pants!)

Oh!  *coff*  BTW, my hubby loves me and let me take the older two boys to watch The Avengers as part of my Mother's Day.  He stayed home with #3.  He's awesome!

And, yes, awesome is my word of the day.

I'm patiently waiting fort Volvo to call and tell me what is wrong with my car.  Patiently.  Really.  The battery is not holding a charge.  I am not thrilled.  Hopefully it's nothing too insane, but considering that it's been in the bay for about 4 hours now...  Of course, they might just be tracking down the leak in the evap system.  It's in the fuel neck fill hose thingy. 

Unpacking is still progressing.  We have most of it done, really.  But...  Some of this stuff, I just have no idea what to do with. 

*sigh*  I want my car back.  Not that I want or need to go anywhere, but being stuck sucks.

Let's see...  DH's computer died.  Apparently it's a failing of Windows Vista.  So, he was going to buy a new hard drive and Windows 7, but 7 was just as expensive as a whole new tower.  So, we bought a tower, only it was broken.  Some problem with Windows that customer support could not figure out, so we took it back.  And now DH is waiting for his new laptop to be delivered.  He was going to wait until closer to his next deployment before ordering it, but with the desktop down, it seemed silly not to.  We might see about getting a new tower later.  *shrug*

I should be emptying a box.  But #3 is asleep on the couch and I don't want to leave him downstairs alone.  And...  OK, I could call the older two down to sit with him...  But I really don't want to unpack right now.

Because I thought I should actually try it.

#3 is currently in his cage, cruising the edges and babbling happily away.  Yes, he cruises.  Slowly, but it's cruising.  And has two teeth coming up.  They've broken through, but are not actually up yet.

My Mom is up and using a walker.  Like #3, it's slow going.  Her right knee needs replacement surgery, but apparently they will not do it until she is more mobile.  Which I guess makes sense.  Focus on one type of PT first, and then go on to the next.

I think Sis's marriage might be in the process of imploding.  Again.  I could be wrong.  It's not like she does not bitch about her hubby all the time anyway.  Apparently he told her that he thinks she's going through a mid-life crisis and is selfish.  *blinks*  Because she got her hair cut and is going Friday to have her nails done and eat lunch with her BFF. 

*sigh*  Not that I can do anything about it.  I can't really even tell what is actually going on.  Sis always bitches about her hubby.  ALWAYS.  So...  I dunno.

Let's see, cats have an appointment tomorrow.  They've over due for shots.  #3 has one on Feb 2nd.  I still need to make one for my car.  Yes, I have a weird way of thinking about things.

My car needs it 50K check up.  I think Volvo actually does like 55K.  But it's telling me that it's time for that.  And I have a leak in the weather stripping.  Which makes for fun times, considering all the rain we've been having.  Not looking forward to the bill.

The plan to go out to Bliss right now is to make a 4-5 day trip out.  That's driving 5-7 hours each day, checking into a hotel, and exploring the local area a bit.  With DH and I both driving, but staying together (relatively).  Then he'll sign in and have 10 days of house hunting.  I need to look online again.  And do an actual search.  We're 45 days out (give or take).  Wow, moving again.  With a baby!  Yikes!!!