Almost moving time!

[Lindsey]

Well it's 9:30 pm and I'm still at work... STILL waiting for a design!!! The worst part is I can't now claim my morning as sick time so I'm just getting up to my 8 hours for the day (i just took an hour to go eat). I had to miss my last class at the gym and nothing is getting done on my condo tonight I won't even have a bed to sleep in yet. Poor Layla needs to be fed as soon as possible but I can't take any time to go home. The stupid restaurant took so long with our food!
Gayle, I told Scott that when we buy a house together we can hire someone to paint. He just said no it's more fun doing things together! This was when I had done days and days of painting. Then he painted ONE CLOSET and told me he hates painting and we should hire someone if we buy a house lol.

[gja1000]

Originally Posted by Lindsey

Gayle, I told Scott that when we buy a house together we can hire someone to paint. He just said no it's more fun doing things together! This was when I had done days and days of painting. Then he painted ONE CLOSET and told me he hates painting and we should hire someone if we buy a house lol.

Lindsay! My husband HATES to paint - he wouldn't even paint a closet!!! He would NEVER paint the outside of the house!!!

I'm sorry you had to stay at work all night last night. Hopefully, you'll get things finished up in the condo this weekend!

[Blueyes]

Oh Lindsey! I LOVE to paint and wallpaper and decorate! I wish I were closer so I could help you. You are just tired and sick sweetheart. Do try to get some rest

[judy]

Hi Linds!!!

Congratulations....you moved in

It is such hard work to unpack, clean, paint, etc.

I hired my SIL to do all of the work. It took months because he didn't finish up for so long a time.

I did learn from that experience, rushing to get it done is not so important. Maybe you could slow down a bit. I like to live in a place for a while before I start really decorating. I kind of get a feeling for the place, and what I want to do with it.

I am so happy for you. I hope Layla gets trained quickly. Yorkies are notorious
for using anything laying on the floor as a pee pad. I had the carpet picked up here right away and put down laminate.

By the way, I love red walls. I have several red walls here. It brings such depth
into the house IMO.

[Lindsey]

Now that my friends have come and went, I can relax a little with the decorating On Thursday night, I wasn't able to leave the office until 6:30 am Scott and I got home, played a bit with our super hyper Layla, and then went to bed. We slept for 6 hours and got up at 12:30. We did get a lot done, but not enough. We just got home from shopping when my friend called and they were about 5 minutes away! As they were walking in the door I was rushing to get my hanging laundry out of the living room and put up my shower curtains and put food away! They jumped right in and helped. Scotts #1 and #2 (lol) hauled everything extra out into my storage shed on the deck so it was clean and clutter-free!

We had such a great weekend despite the rainy weather and record low temperatures! Our plans were all canceled but we went shopping and had some drinks and played games at home They bought me a new game as a housewarming present called Partini which was pretty fun. Before they left, Cherelle also handed me a Christmas ornament she had picked up while shopping. It's some snowflakes with a poem about friendship, and it was really sweet! We are both Christmas nuts, so it didn't surprise me that it's still the middle of summer and I got a Christmas ornament lol!

Last night we got new doorknobs put on and some pictures hung, and then I had a bubble bath and we ate chips, drank pop, and watched HGTV and the National Geographic channel before going to bed. It was so nice to just relax and not worry about how fast things were getting done!

Oh yeah, and I moved at a good time. My old roommate called me yesterday to make sure I still had the spare key to their place (she hasn't come to get it yet). On Saturday night, her new roommate had left the house at 5, locked the door, came back at midnight, unlocked the door, and found the whole house messed up. Someone had broken in! A laptop, a desktop computer, some shoes, and jewelry were stolen. I couldn't believe it when she told me. That's the second robbery in a year, although the last one was just on the deck. I couldn't imagine if we still lived there and Layla was home. Now I'm more glad than ever that I moved into a condo. She said she feels so violated and is scared to stay there alone.

[DianaB]

I'm glad that you can relax now. You really need to get some rest and get this sickness behind you and I think that a nice relaxing weekend is just what you need.

It sounds like you have great friends!! I love Christmas ornaments too so I can understand enjoying your gift.

It does sound like you moved at just the right time. Now you can feel all nice and safe in your new condo. I'm so anxious for pictures when you get done decorating!!!

[MaddieBoo]

Originally Posted by Lindsey

Now that my friends have come and went, I can relax a little with the decorating On Thursday night, I wasn't able to leave the office until 6:30 am Scott and I got home, played a bit with our super hyper Layla, and then went to bed. We slept for 6 hours and got up at 12:30. We did get a lot done, but not enough. We just got home from shopping when my friend called and they were about 5 minutes away! As they were walking in the door I was rushing to get my hanging laundry out of the living room and put up my shower curtains and put food away! They jumped right in and helped. Scotts #1 and #2 (lol) hauled everything extra out into my storage shed on the deck so it was clean and clutter-free!

We had such a great weekend despite the rainy weather and record low temperatures! Our plans were all canceled but we went shopping and had some drinks and played games at home They bought me a new game as a housewarming present called Partini which was pretty fun. Before they left, Cherelle also handed me a Christmas ornament she had picked up while shopping. It's some snowflakes with a poem about friendship, and it was really sweet! We are both Christmas nuts, so it didn't surprise me that it's still the middle of summer and I got a Christmas ornament lol!

Last night we got new doorknobs put on and some pictures hung, and then I had a bubble bath and we ate chips, drank pop, and watched HGTV and the National Geographic channel before going to bed. It was so nice to just relax and not worry about how fast things were getting done!

Oh yeah, and I moved at a good time. My old roommate called me yesterday to make sure I still had the spare key to their place (she hasn't come to get it yet). On Saturday night, her new roommate had left the house at 5, locked the door, came back at midnight, unlocked the door, and found the whole house messed up. Someone had broken in! A laptop, a desktop computer, some shoes, and jewelry were stolen. I couldn't believe it when she told me. That's the second robbery in a year, although the last one was just on the deck. I couldn't imagine if we still lived there and Layla was home. Now I'm more glad than ever that I moved into a condo. She said she feels so violated and is scared to stay there alone.

That is so funny, I just got that game as well. It's pretty funny, hey?
It sounds like your place is really coming together!

[Lindsey]

Originally Posted by MaddieBoo

That is so funny, I just got that game as well. It's pretty funny, hey?
It sounds like your place is really coming together!

It is so much fun! There were a few times with the "straight up" card where we had to write about a person that we were all laughing so hard we were in tears!

Last night I went shopping for some extra stuff for the condo. I got a cute vase and a bunch of tall sticks (lol I don't know how else to describe it) for the back corner of the den/library area. It looks nicer than it sounds I also got 3 shelves to put on the wall in the living/dining area. Scott put those up before bedtime. The last thing I got was wicker laundry hampers, one with a divider with "Lights" and "Darks" and the other matching but just a bit smaller (for jeans ) They have lids which is nice to deter Layla from eating my socks!

On the topic of Layla, she went about 20 steps backwards in potty training. She is peeing EVERYWHERE. I just can't seem to get it all out of the carpet and it's terrible. I understand her not wanting to stay in the laundry room all day now because there's no ventilation and even though it's big and she has her food and water and bed far away from her pee pad, just one pee on it and the room smells so bad. It also gets really hot and humid in there with no air flow. It's making me want to pull my hair out. I know Scott is getting so frustrated too. I just keep telling him "It's not her, it's us" We need to spend more time training but it's really tough when we're both working.

She's also just being a brat in general. Anything we leave out is fair game for her to eat. Last weekend just before my friends left, she opened a zipper of my friend's suitcase and ate half a chocolate bar!!!! I was so worried because chocolate can be so bad, but it wasn't dark chocolate and my friend felt terrible so I didn't want to make her feel worse. They were on their way out so I thought I'd watch her and if she was acting weird I would take her to the vet but she didn't seem to have any problems at all. It just scared me a lot! She has also eaten soup, pasta, and chips in the last couple of weeks. She used to be way better behaved than this!!! Last night we woke up to her snooping through Scott's overnight bag, and the night before she pooped on the floor at the end of my bed I'm starting to feel like a really bad dog trainer. I don't know how to stop it.

Anyways, I'm hoping I will have most of my stuff in place by next weekend so I will get some pictures for you!