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judecorp ([personal profile] judecorp) wrote2008-04-23 12:09 pm

TIWBAIIHMT #1

Welcome to the first (of likely many) installments of Things I Would Blog About If I Had More Time!

1. I never did write about our trip to Florida, did I? Well, the weather was gorgeous and I managed to only piss off my MIL a couple of times, so I guess that's a win? I wish my in-laws liked me. Bleh. But they like Punk and that is going to have to be good enough for me.

2. While we were in Florida, spring came to the Happy Valley. There are now leaf buds and flowers on the trees, early flowers are up, and second flowers are on their way. We have SO MUCH yard work to do, especially because we never got around to picking up the sticks, acorns, and leaves from the fall. We have three oak trees in the front (holy acorns!) and three maple trees in the back, not to mention an assortment of conifers. We have a LOT of leaves. Ugh. I think we need to call someone. Ch-ching!

3. We are going to redo some of our kitchen to hopefully make our house more sellable someday. We're biting the bullet and paying big bucks to have a dishwasher installed because I think we have the only house in the universe without a dishwasher. We need to get the electrical and plumbing work done. Ch-ching!

4. I would write about Punk's child care experience. I will just say that it is going as well as it could, the provider is very nice and I think we made a good choice. Punk refuses to let me out of her sight after I pick her up, though. Kind of like, "Oh, Mama, I am on to you and I am NOT letting you get away with dropping me off TWICE!"

5. The other day, JAMN 94.5 came through my radio when I was in Northampton and Hadley. It is a Boston station. So weird! I listened to it until it faded out and it has never been back.

6. Yard work projects to come: the aforementioned leaves and acorns, getting rid of all of the crap the previous owners left in corners of the yard, cleaning out a little flower garden area in the backyard, cleaning and sealing the deck and little patio set we have, hanging a little swing for Punk, cleaning up the "landscaping" in the front of the house. I'm tired already just thinking about it.

7. I hate applying for jobs. HATE. But I have applied for 10 jobs this week while Punk has been at child care. I think that's pretty productive. We'll see what happens. I am in denial of having to go to work, though. Bleh.

8. Cinnamon Crunch bagels from Panera are THE DEVIL and I would eat three a day if I could. YOM.

Okay, that's enough for now. xo!

[identity profile] sassywoman.livejournal.com 2008-04-23 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
We are right there with you on the yard work. We have a large oak in the front of our house that drops acorns everywhere. Total PITA.

I wish I could watch Gus for you while you job search. I'm proud of you for working the job search so hard!

[identity profile] judecorp.livejournal.com 2008-04-24 01:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Ugh, the acorns are SUCH a PITA. They are so hard to wrangle!

I wish you could watch her too. She could play with Ms. Emma!

[identity profile] oppendonnell.livejournal.com 2008-04-23 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I love the city. NYC Dept of Parks and Recreation does my yard work. ;-)

JAMN can bite me because when I was growing up they were Z94, the Boston Zoo. Sniff.

[identity profile] caseylee.livejournal.com 2008-04-23 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh man! I forgot about the Zoo! HAHA!!

JAMN sucks now. And I like Hiphop. A lot. But they are all so annoying. Of course, I still listen. But they suck.

[identity profile] judecorp.livejournal.com 2008-04-24 01:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I really just like Ramiro and Pebbles in the morning.

[identity profile] caseylee.livejournal.com 2008-04-24 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I love Pebbles. Ramiro, lately, has been SO obnoxious!

[identity profile] judecorp.livejournal.com 2008-04-24 01:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Aah, the Zoo! :)

I love the city too. I just don't think I could ever afford it!

[identity profile] oppendonnell.livejournal.com 2008-04-24 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Someday, you will come visit us in the city, and you will see the space we live in.... :-P

[identity profile] judecorp.livejournal.com 2008-04-24 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I hope to take the Punk to the City this summer sometime for an overnight, maybe catch a Yankee game and some IVPers. I would love to see your place (and J!). xo

[identity profile] judecorp.livejournal.com 2008-04-24 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
We can't afford Fenway. Don't worry, though, we root for the other team.

[identity profile] caseylee.livejournal.com 2008-04-24 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
oh good! you scared me!

fenway is so expensive. luckily we have clients that gave us free tickets to last friday's game. otherwise, we'd never be able to go.

[identity profile] oppendonnell.livejournal.com 2008-04-24 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

(Anonymous) 2008-04-23 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Re: Numero 5----Me and my rabbit-eared tv are in Maine and the other day I picked up WBZ from Boston out of nowhere. And it left again, so weird!

[identity profile] sarahaubry.livejournal.com 2008-04-23 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
you don't get JAMN? we got it in NH.....I listened to that and 107.9 with Matty in the morning.......

But when I do travel back to NH now...it seems as though they play OLD stuff.

[identity profile] vttwinmama.livejournal.com 2008-04-23 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
so funny! i listened to that SAME stuff growing up in NH! what a blast from the past!

[identity profile] judecorp.livejournal.com 2008-04-24 01:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Nah, we don't get JAM'N. We're a lot further from Boston than you were in NH.

[identity profile] tea-soaked.livejournal.com 2008-04-23 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
yep we were way to busy being new mamas in the fall and never dealt w/the leaves - so yeah, i can relate. wish ihad the money to hire someone...

[identity profile] judecorp.livejournal.com 2008-04-24 01:19 pm (UTC)(link)
We don't have the money but we also have to get rid of these leaves. Augh!

[identity profile] andriagirlie.livejournal.com 2008-04-24 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
I like this TIWBAIIHMT concept of yours. I might have to use this.

[identity profile] judecorp.livejournal.com 2008-04-24 01:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Steal away!

[identity profile] colorbars.livejournal.com 2008-04-24 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
Jude, did you hear JAMN on 94.5 or 94.9? The 94.9 translator is closer to you, so that might be easier to hear. You probably experienced tropospheric ducting.

[identity profile] judecorp.livejournal.com 2008-04-24 01:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I was pretty sure it was 94.5 but I could be mistaken. I will have to check again sometime and let you know. WTF is "tropospheric ducting"?

[identity profile] colorbars.livejournal.com 2008-04-29 09:52 am (UTC)(link)
Tropospheric ducting is when a radio signal gets bent in the atmosphere instead of going in a straight line like it usually does. Normally VHF and UHF signals only go in a straight line out to the horizon, so if you're behind the horizon (or a mountain or a lot of tall hills or whatever) you don't see the signal. A duct is created by disturbed weather which bend the signal that's going up into the atmosphere and bounces it back to earth further away from where it would normally be able to go. Think about what would happen if you were shining a flashlight up into the air. Nobody on the ground could see it. But, if there was someone with a giant mirror up there somewhere, they could bounce it back down to someone a long way away. That's oversimplified, but that's the general idea.

[identity profile] judecorp.livejournal.com 2008-04-29 12:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Fascinating.

gypsygrrl

(Anonymous) 2008-04-27 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
oh my.
#8 ~ be still my heart. someone else who is in love with those bagels. the only thing that keeps me from getting one Every Day Of Class is the parking situation at the local Panera ~ its at the end of a shopping center and parking is like trying to swim with sharks. anxiety-making at its best!

but. now you corrupted me, and i am going to have to have one today!

[identity profile] vorpalbla.livejournal.com 2008-04-28 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
"because I think we have the only house in the universe without a dishwasher."

If it helps: my apartment doesn't have one either.

[identity profile] judecorp.livejournal.com 2008-04-29 12:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I just worry that if/when we ever try to sell this house, not having a dishwasher is going to be a negative. And umm, after wrangling a kid and/or working all day (or both), dishes get REALLY unappealing. :)