# MMP: Garage Sales, an early Father's Day and a birthday party **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [May 22, 2006, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-garage-sales-an-early-fathers-day-and-a-birthday-party/357715 "2006-05-22T05:40:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-garage-sales-an-early-fathers-day-and-a-birthday-party/357715/281 "2006-05-25T20:07:00Z")
Congrats to **Tel, Vunderkind, and FCM!!!** So, whatchew you buyin’ me \*\*FCM \*\* ? 😉😃 Cash awards are always nice, you deserved it after all the work you put in on that project. I hope I didn’t leave anyone out. I’m sorry if I did, I didn’t mean to, just consider yourself included in the congrats if I did leave you out. Okay, it’s only 1300 hours here and I wanna go home, dammit. I can attest to **welbywife** being a strong-minded person. Don’t ever mess with her Cobb Salad is all I’m saying. She was fully in the right, though. I thought it was hilarious. Just came back from a departmental meeting. I provided the Dove Dark chocolate to sweeten the boss up. I’m hoping he’ll say go ahead and take 59 minutes, but somehow I don’t think he will. Did you know that eclipse peppermint mints make your nose runny? No? I didn’t either, until today. Sheesh! Need to work some more on a table/chart combo thingy. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-garage-sales-an-early-fathers-day-and-a-birthday-party/357715/282 "2006-05-25T20:10:54Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Why are there muskrats and bunnies all over the place. Didn’t we just clean this place. You people put away your toys when you’re through! Yo’ mama don’t work here after all. Yes she does, don’t you see FairyChatMom right there? Congrats to Tel, Vunderkind, and FCM!!! From me too! ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-garage-sales-an-early-fathers-day-and-a-birthday-party/357715/283 "2006-05-25T20:12:57Z")
**gt** , I’m good at cleaning, but I HATE tidying. I would far rather scrub under the freezer (which I just did) than tidy (which I haven’t done yet). I actually moved the freezer and scrubbed the floor on my hands and knees in preference to getting stuff off the couch and clearing off the table and my desk. I think there’s something wrong with me. So I’ll clean if you’ll tidy. I hate tidying. I like the look of things when they’re tidy, though. My google ads are for plus size bras. Are they suggesting that I need a plus size bra? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-garage-sales-an-early-fathers-day-and-a-birthday-party/357715/284 "2006-05-25T20:17:04Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Yes she does, don’t you see FairyChatMom right there? pfffft - I don’t work here. This is where I come to _avoid_ work!!! ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-garage-sales-an-early-fathers-day-and-a-birthday-party/357715/285 "2006-05-25T20:37:33Z")
Well, I am so excited to get the painting done now! Yesterday, my boss told me about a big housewares/domestics sale at the Meier & Frank stores - clearing out inventory that they won’t carry as Macy’s, apparently. So me & the mister went shopping last night. You think men don’t like to shop? HAH! They do when they’re saving up to 72.5%, apparently! We (mostly at his insistance) spent about $440 last night, and got: **For the bedroom (which is going from lavendar & blue to aqua & cream/tan):** a queen-size down comforter queen duvet with matching shams (reversible light/medium aqua) 2 small decorative pillows, in shades of blue, aqua and green 2 sets of 400 thread-count queen sheets, with extra pillowcases (one light blue, the other tan) **For the master bathroom (which is going from screaming yellow to slate blue & cream):** slate blue rug set (bath rug, contour rug, toilet seat cover) set of slate blue towels (2 each of bath towel, hand towel, washcloth) **For the hall (guest) bathroom (which is going from gold and light & dark blue to gold and mossy green and deep reddish brown):** mossy green rug set (2 bath rugs & toilet seat cover) **For the kitchen:** set of knives (6 kitchen knives, 6 steak knives, 4 cheese knives, kitchen scissors, mezza luna, knife sharpening rod) in rotating block set of 16 drinking glasses (8 short, 8 tall) set of 6 tall pilsner glasses George Foreman “The Next Grilleration” ™ grill Oh, the place is going to look _so_ nice by the time my parents come to visit in July/August! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-garage-sales-an-early-fathers-day-and-a-birthday-party/357715/286 "2006-05-25T21:05:51Z")
Congrats on the award **FCM**! Those here’s some big bucks awards are the best, ain’t they! 😃 **YaWanna** I would have gone nuts in the store. Heh. I don’t like shopping for shoes, pants, groceries and such, but, house stuff and shirts? I’ll go nuts! It rained here a little while ago. Just outta the blue… _KERSPLASH!_ ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-garage-sales-an-early-fathers-day-and-a-birthday-party/357715/287 "2006-05-25T21:09:51Z")
Congrats on the award **FCM**! Those here’s some big bucks awards are the best, ain’t they! 😃 **YaWanna** I would have gone nuts in the store. Heh. I don’t like shopping for shoes, pants, groceries and such, but, house stuff and shirts? I’ll go nuts! It rained here a little while ago. Just outta the blue… _KERSPLASH!_ I swear, one minute it was all nice and sunny. I go in my laundry room to put on a load of towels, take a look outside and it was pouring. Now it’s sunny again. And hot. And humid. It’s summer. ACBG is bringing me supper. He’s bringing me chicken ‘n dumplin’s, collard greens and squash, cause that’s what I said I wanted when he called me up from the place the’s gettin’ it from. He’s sweet sometimes. AWWWWWW ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-garage-sales-an-early-fathers-day-and-a-birthday-party/357715/288 "2006-05-25T21:10:59Z")
**Drae** , you’re welcome. Scopings aren’t so bad, they give you drugs! 😃 More congrats to **tel** and **Vunderkid**!!! **FCM** mabe you can make jars for all the spaghetti covered buskrats in this thread. **LiLi** , I cleaned the bathroom today, and the Roomba is cleaning the carpet. The cat and dog aren’t into housework. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-garage-sales-an-early-fathers-day-and-a-birthday-party/357715/289 "2006-05-25T21:13:56Z")
\*\*DoggieB \*\* - how do your pets react to the Roomba? ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-garage-sales-an-early-fathers-day-and-a-birthday-party/357715/290 "2006-05-25T22:07:55Z")
Know what I wonder? I wonder how the heck my sorta double post from the twilight zone showed up. I mean, there’s the post I typed up (the second one) and one with part of what I typed (the first one). I told y’all tossing muskrats and bunnies around would lead to bad things! I’m very, very confused. What’s a Roomba (looks like somebody can’t spell rhumba) and why would pets react to it? ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-garage-sales-an-early-fathers-day-and-a-birthday-party/357715/291 "2006-05-25T22:24:21Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > \*\*DoggieB \*\* - how do your pets react to the Roomba? Maggie ignores it , unless it runs into her. Lucretia hates it(it tends to chase her when she steps on the “on” button.) **swampy** , [This](http://store.irobot.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2172855&cp=2174940.2174930&parentPage=family) is a Roomba. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-garage-sales-an-early-fathers-day-and-a-birthday-party/357715/292 "2006-05-25T22:50:21Z")
Congrats **FCM** and **Tel** and…aw Hell, any body else who deserves it. And if you’re still sick, sorry about that. The othe day I had to wear a pair of boxers from a couple years ago, before I lost all that weight, and I felt like I’d packed a parachute in my pants. It was weird. We spent an hour and a half talking to a bank guy about re-financing our house today. We’re gonna pay off all our credit cards! Woot! Then some of them at least, are gonna get chopped up. 😃 As for your double post **Swampy** , I suspect those mushrats have been molesting the hamsters. I’m just sayin’. I wonder if we need any housewares? ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-garage-sales-an-early-fathers-day-and-a-birthday-party/357715/293 "2006-05-25T22:55:33Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **YaWanna** I would have gone nuts in the store. Heh. I don’t like shopping for shoes, pants, groceries and such, but, house stuff and shirts? I’ll go nuts! Yeah, he actually wanted me to buy **more**. He’d go find shit and bring me over to it and say “how 'bout this? Do you want one of these?” And I mis-typed - the sales were up to 77.5%, not 7.25% (75% off, then another 10% off the remainder). That stuff would have cost us over $1,600 at regular prices. Damn - I should have looked to see if they were selling Roombas™! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-garage-sales-an-early-fathers-day-and-a-birthday-party/357715/294 "2006-05-25T22:57:52Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > **FCM** mabe you can make jars for all the spaghetti covered buskrats in this thread. Dare I do this? Yes, I dare - _Spaghetti Covered Buskrats_ - BAND NAME!!! 😃 Demolition has begun! I’ll post pics later tonight. Right now, I’m heading out to pick up pizza - late dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-garage-sales-an-early-fathers-day-and-a-birthday-party/357715/295 "2006-05-25T22:59:23Z")
I have to admit; I was eyeing that Roomba too. However, I bought a Dyson last year, so I couldn’t really justify to my husband why I need a Roomba. I know why I need it. I only get around to vaccuuming about once a week, and the dog hair and stuff just collects. If I had that Roomba, the carpets and floor would look ever so much nicer. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-garage-sales-an-early-fathers-day-and-a-birthday-party/357715/296 "2006-05-25T23:39:41Z")
**LiLi** , I think that was **rosie** who offered you an alternate cleaning location. Feel free to stop by my house when you’re done at hers, though. 😃 (Haven’t we tried this before? Isn’t there a husband in transit to help us out with our household chores? And, by the way, what happened to your newest husband that you thought you’d maybe acquired? Perhaps he requires training?) Wow! Great to see all the reasons for congratulations… Yay on the accounting gig, **Tel**! And on the successfull grajumacation, VunderKid. And on the work award, **FCM**. It sounded like you put plenty of work into that project, so it’s nice that they’re truly recognizing it. **welby** , your link made me laugh. Thank you. It’s a good thing I had an extremely positive weekend cuz my week has been one large vat of :mad: :mad: :mad:. (You thought I was going to say something else, didn’tcha?) It’s hard to imagine the level of frustration I would have reached with even an average weekend. I think I’m taking muskrats and baby bunnies to work tomorrow. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I had 3 separate conversations about “this too shall pass” today. At least I have a nice supportive boss who doesn’t mind if I vent and sometimes says the stuff I feel like saying. Truly a peach. Speaking of bunnies…I have a very cute baby bunny in my garden this year. It’s eating my delphiniums. ☹ I’m hoping I can still find a way rescue them. It’s supposed to rain today, but hasn’t quite gotten there. I have a bunch of plants that need to be watered and I’m hoping the rain will get here soon and take care of that for me. (Pleeeeeeeease?) I’m planning to spend as much of the weekend as possible in my garden. I’m sure getting lots done would be highly therapeutic at this point. Now I’m gonna go find a bit of dinner and finish my recap of the weekend that I never got to earlier. Maybe that’ll give me the inspiration to survive tomorrow without hurting anyone. ::Thinks cheerful thoughts:: Back later with something lighthearted. Promise. GT ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-garage-sales-an-early-fathers-day-and-a-birthday-party/357715/297 "2006-05-25T23:51:20Z")
Just what the heck is Ya Ya clothing and why do the ads keep harpin’ on it? Ok, people, that does it! The muskrats and bunnies (and possibly rabrats or muskbits) are molesting the hamsters. Get 'em out of here now! You want animals, fine, but _you_ will have to take care of them. I’m sick and tired of all this cleaning up and picking up after everybody. Oh, and would it kill any of ya to at least try to put your dirty clothes in the hamper just once! And get out of the living room with that grape koolaid, we just had the carpet cleaned! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-garage-sales-an-early-fathers-day-and-a-birthday-party/357715/298 "2006-05-25T23:54:39Z")
Oh,yeah, we have a volunteer for Monday, so let’s put it to a vote. All in favor of **Puggy** hosting next week’s MMP say “Aye.” \*\* AYE!!!\*\* All those opposed, say “Nay.” **:: CRICKETS ::** The “Ayes” have it. **Puggy** shall host (hostess?) the MMP on Monday. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-garage-sales-an-early-fathers-day-and-a-birthday-party/357715/299 "2006-05-26T00:06:51Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Just what the heck is Ya Ya clothing and why do the ads keep harpin’ on it? > > Ok, people, that does it! The muskrats and bunnies (and possibly rabrats or muskbits) are molesting the hamsters. Get 'em out of here now! You want animals, fine, but _you_ will have to take care of them. I’m sick and tired of all this cleaning up and picking up after everybody. Oh, and would it kill any of ya to at least try to put your dirty clothes in the hamper just once! And get out of the living room with that grape koolaid, we just had the carpet cleaned! Okok, jeez. :picks up a bunny and wanders out of thread: BUNNY! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-garage-sales-an-early-fathers-day-and-a-birthday-party/357715/300 "2006-05-26T00:10:44Z")
Bear in mind I’m a lots worse photographer than potter. With that disclaimer out there, check out the pics [here](http://groups.msn.com/MRW-misc/studio.msnw?Page=1). The first two were taken when Man Land was all neat and organized. The last three were taken today. Demolition didn’t just begin - it’s done. Tomorrow, we start plumbing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-garage-sales-an-early-fathers-day-and-a-birthday-party/357715.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-garage-sales-an-early-fathers-day-and-a-birthday-party/357715.md?page=16)