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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. 

I was just telling dream_mancer  about Eldest reading fanfic at The Pit.  My advice to him boiled down to:  "Stay away from sex, violence, and girls with floor length purple hair." 

*dies laughing*

I don't normally watch the doctor talk shows.  Because the doctors annoy me.  But I was impressed with Dr. Oz starting out his spiel today saying that being healthy did not mean looking like Twiggy.  Yay. 

So...  I stepped on the scale today.  I don't normally, because it depresses me.  And for the first time in about 8 years, it read under 200 pounds.  *blinks*  I've lost approximately 15 pounds in a month.  How?  Good question.  Where?  Also a good question.

OK, I have made some lifestyle changes.  I'm trying to not sit my fat butt in front of the tv/computer so much.  And trying, with limited success, to do some sort of exercise every day, even if it's just some crunches.  We've switched back to whole wheat bread and pasta, for the most part.  And I'm trying to drink more liquids during the day.  Which is oddly hard.  I forget to drink and I? don't know why.

I should mention that we don't really eat unhealthy around here.  I mean, sure, we should add in more fruits and veggies, but there's really no junk food in my house.  The kids eat apples, pears, bananas, etc for snacks.  We easily go through 9 pounds of apples a week.  That's just the apples.  And they're not going to waste.  Youngest eats everything but the stem.  Eldest leaves a scrap of the core. 

So where did my lost 15 pounds come from?  No idea.  I don't look or feel like I have lost any weight.  Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled that I'm under 200 pounds again, but I really wish I could see the change. 

Of course, the 15 pounds could just be from the hair #3 has pulled from my head.  Today.

Comment to this post, and I will list five things I associate with you, They might make sense or they might be totally random. Then post that list, with your commentary, to your LJ (or just add a reply back to me). Other people (including me) can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself.

I got Luna, boys (as in your own), army, Tennessee, pictures from dream_mancer.
( Words, Words, Words )
That was kinda fun, to see what words Laura associates with me.  Anyone else want to give me words?  Or want words?

The party was a success.  Eldest got quite the haul.  Air Hogs rockets and spy gear and new crystal kits.  He's very happy.

The movie was fun.  Not sure who is cuter, Caspian or Peter.  Caspian has the black eyes and accent, Peter with the blue eyes and kissable lips...

And I bet they're both jail bait.

Susan is so pretty. 

I LEAVE TOMORROW!  *SQUEE!!!!*