Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Still sitting...

At least I am not painting.......at least not at the moment. I think that we have finished painting for a while. Now it is just getting rooms finished. For instance, we could scrub on the tiles in the master bath all day and not be done. And we could pack up the quilt machine (after we find the quilt machine again). And we could start packing the books in the study. We haven't even started the study. Ugh. And I have to put the basement ceiling back together (now that I have run the new water line for the ice maker - even though we aren't hooking it up to the fridge because the ice maker in our current fridge is broken but we could hook it up if we wanted to). And, of course, sometime in the next day or two I need to mow the grass again. Beats raking leaves I suppose.

And I have gotten a little bit of response in the job looking area. No interviews let alone no job offers but at least I am starting to get a little response in the way of e-mails from real humans instead of just the computer generated ones. Who knows....something IS going to come along......someday.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Here we sit....

Well, yesterday I finally got the quarter round down around the floor in the kitchen and the molding around the tops of the cabinet (where they meet the ceiling). We keep trying to forget the one inch strip above the back splash below the new range hood that is one inch shorter than the old one. We gotta do something about that one of these days. Alice is talking about the curtains for in there (I am pretty sure she got the material today). Then we will be DONE with the kitchen. Much more work, and much more time than I ever would have guessed.

This afternoon we started packing books in our bedroom. I hope we can finish that tomorrow. Then we will have to rearrange the furniture. We presently have too many dressers but the new night stands should provide some "stash" space since they each have a drawer and a shelf with doors. And what won't fit gets packed. Simple really. NOT!!

The job hunt continues. Got an early tinkle of a lead today. More like a rumor really. I have applied to several companies and for a couple of the jobs I sound like a perfect fit (at least to me) and the companies haven't even acknowledged that I exist. I am now working harder on the few contacts that I have in companies there. We will see....

Meanwhile in better news. I have lost a few pounds. Stress is not exactly the recommended weight loss program but I am also trying to watch the portion sizes (yes, daughters I can hear you).