Me too. I lost it at “grudgemental.”
Well, then, what does he think you should do? There is a problem here that needs to be solved. You have proposed a reasonable solution. What solutions does he have for the problem? He’s a grownup, he has to do more than just shoot down any solution you propose.
Do you have a weekly shopper type newspaper. You may be able to find a lawn mowing person in there. Or is hubby opposed to hiring out altogether?
Belated hugs and chocolate to flatlined.
I wake up this morning with blood all over the side of my pajama top. Not what you want to see before coffee. I strip off my top to see what’s going on. I have a fairly large mole on my side about where my bra band hits, it’s been there all along, but this morning it’s bleeding. Pretty sure that’s not normal.
I stop the bleeding, jump in the shower to clean up, and stop the bleeding again after I bump the mole with the towel. Upon closer inspection the mole has definately changed color. It’s darker on one side, and the color has ‘bled’ out from around the border. Yikes.
I have a family history of skin cancer, I’m really trying hard not to jump to conclusions here. I haven’t paid much attention to this particular mole because I have to haul my boob up and out of the way to see it. Out of sight, out of mind, ya know… Fortunately I had already scheduled my “yearly” exam for next week. Doc always does a mole check for me while I’m there because of my family history, fair skin, and multiple moles.
Mom had a cancerous mole removed about 10 years ago, and she’s been spot-free since. But I’m still worried. Dammit…
Oh and “grudgemental” is hilarious! Thanks for the laugh, I needed that.
To be fair, he did make the phone calls to the first two guys and he’s been talking to our son to figure out what to do about our mower. When I mentioned possibly renting one, he thought that might work, and when I brought up Craigslist, he suggested looking in the yellow pages instead. I have a feeling that anybody who lists in the phone book is probably going to be more expensive, but we’ll probably do some checking in the next few days. We’ll probably wind up paying somebody to cut it the one time and then work on what to do from there. I’m just frustrated because I thought we had it figured out. Stupid people should have called back! I don’t know why they didn’t want our money.
He’s fine with paying someone to do it. He’s just a bit leery about Craigslist. So we’ll have to find another source of people to hire.
Any neighborhood kids looking to earn a few bucks over the summer? I got some budding entrepreneurs started that way in my old neighborhood across the state.
Ah, the Yellow Pages … I remember them.
Why in hell is ZoneAlarm suddenly tagging files in the Malwarebytes directory as viruses?
Hurray about the truck being sold.
I did call the Adult Protective Services, they said they would come out and talk to him next month. As long as he isn’t harming himself or others, its not an emergancy.
I agree with you that there are a LOT of awesome people here. Back before I was willing to accept Bill’s money, I got PM’s from people offering to help me pay to get my car fixed…and in once shining moment offering to help me buy a new kitty tree just because I posted that I had the choice between having some strays fixed or buying something that looked nice in my living room. (PS, Bill sent me some PetSmart cards that I haven’t used, if you feel safe to PM your mailing address to me I’d send you a couple.)
It happened to me at work. Thankfully, the smoke is so thick that nobody thought it was weird that I started coughing and blowing my nose. That was great!
The fire is starting to worry me. Its up the hill from me, but when the winds die down at night, its starts creeping down the hill. My plan when I see the flames is to grab the cats and scat, but I’ve only got 1 trap so the ferals need to be smart enough to run away without getting ran over by firetrucks.
http://prescottaz.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1087&ArticleID=106541
Here is the link if anyone is interested.
And now, after reading some of the other threads, I feel that I should double post so that I can say that when the generous offers happened, I told the kind people to keep their money for someone who was really in need.
I did appreciate the offers of help, and I will remember them always. The kindness of online strangers made me tear up irl.
I managed to snag one of my ferals. She is now in a cage. Send good thoughts that I can get some more. They will be just fine in cages for a couple of days, but if I have to grab cats and scat, I need the wildlings somewhere that I can grab them. If I don’t have to scat, they will have spent a couple of days eating lots of gooshy food and drinking water that the birds haven’t shared. Its a win-win all around.
Stay safe. Please.
flatlined, you do have the fire insurance paid up, right?
Okay, people waiting in line for an advance green turn arrow - you need to pay attention (to the driving, not their Blackberry, that is). The people directly behind these people who are sitting with their thumbs up their bums when the light changes need to give them a little honk if they don’t move in a reasonable time. The people who didn’t miss the light because you did your jobs thank you.
Goddamn motherfucking bug bites on my ankles are driving me slowly but surely INSANE! INSANE I tells ya!
Also, “not” and “now” are just far too easy to typo-switch. An IM conversation with my off-site manager took a weird turn when I told her “I will not do {XYZ}” instead of “I will now do {XYZ}” and for a second there much consternation ensued.
flatlined, sounds like you’d better keep the Petsmart cards in case you have to vamoose*! Doggies are all good, and I hope you can say the same for the kitties REAL SOON! Maybe I can figure out how to send y’all some of the afternoon thunderstorms we’ve had lately (You can have the accompanying mosquitos, too. And the slugs! Ugh, slugs!)
Be safe!
*Maybe if our a/c goes out, I’ll take people up on their generous offers… 
If I’ve said the same thing four times in a row and you reply, “I hear what you’re saying, but…” stop right there. No you fucking haven’t. I’ve told you the same thing four. times. in. a. row. Whining, begging and pleading obviously aren’t going to change the answer. Which is no. Deal with it. Life doesn’t always work out in your favor.
Lacunae Matata, why did you have to mention slugs? I went outside one night last week to check on Chernobyl the outside cat and stepped on a slug. I was actually thinking about using sandpaper to make sure I got all the slime off my foot. Just thinking about it makes me go all ewwwwww.
There are some wonderfully kind people on this board. I’ve never been desperate enough to have to accept help, but having it offered is heartwarming.
flatlined, I’m glad Tony’s situation is looking more hopeful. If necessary, I can roadtrip kittens to Arizona after you move; I’ve always wanted to see Arizona. I can provide kittens, I’m sure, we’ll just have to take up a collection for gas money.
There are people who just don’t understand how essential pets are to some people. When Hurricanine Iniki was approaching Ohau in '92, the authorities were pissed off because people weren’t going to shelters. The shelters wouldn’t allow pets! I wasn’t in the evacuation zone, but I wouldn’t have left my cats.
I need food advice. I got results of my bloodwork Friday and my colesterol levels are nasty. What can I eat? I’m a Southern girl raised on fried food, which I know I can’t have anymore. What can I have?
I want to pit all grocery stores that are not my usual grocery store!
I know where to find anything in my usual grocery store and I can have a list of five things and be out of there before you can say “boo” (LITERALLY!). But these not usual grocery stores are laid out differently which totally sucks and I hate it! Ugh…
SCL, I’m no sort of dietitian, but I’m a Southern girl who cooks for a Southern guy who’s successfully losing weight and lowering his cholesterol. Why not start a thread in Cafe Society, so we can help without derailing this too far? (BTW, beans and rice will be my first suggestion.)
And last week I was cravenly attacked by slugs on two successive evenings. And by “attacked,” I mean that one crawled onto my toe, and another touched my arm! I’d have posted about it sooner, but I was busy having a bad case of the heeby jeebies. And boiling my toe and my arm.