Stuology

My main goal since I’ve been back from KC is to just freakin’ sleep. My head hurts. I’m exhausted. My first attempt was after we were all home before Mac got in. Ada was settled on the loveseat. I was settled on the sofa. I was almost asleep when Jay comes up and bashes me [...]

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The current forecast says, “66, cloudy and breezy.” For those who do not live in a plains state, that means, “66, cloudy and tie down your deck furniture and hold onto your lighter-weight children.” Why I even post about this non-event? Because my co-workers in South Dakota are under a blizzard warning. Blizzard at the [...]

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I picked up Fallout 3 for Mac for his anniversary present, and we also picked up Lego Batman. Then the 360 decided that all of our game discs were unreadable, even the one we played this afternoon. The first troubleshooting technique didn’t work.

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Next up on the list of broken things: the Mazda. We are down to one car, and I have to run Ada from Raintree to Googols every afternoon. It would add about another two hours to my morning if I took the T and its stupid, inefficient routes. It is a high priority to get [...]

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Early this morning…like 1:00am early this morning, Mac and I heard this strange beeping. He hadn’t been home for long, going out to a friend’s birthday party while I stayed home with the kids and packed. So, we were still awake. Our first thoughts was it was originating in the kids’ room. Even though most [...]

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How about a cracked pan of lasagna in the oven, found by me when I suddenly said, “What smells like it is burning?” And a dryer that won’t dry the clothes that Mac brought back from the laundromat a little damp. It has been 1.5 hours on high, and they are now just getting dry. [...]

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I put in a load of laundry, and it worked great. Until the end of the load. And then I got the “LD” code again. And I did my MacGyvering trick to try to get the water out of the pump*. I then started another load, and it filled the soap bin with water**, and [...]

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I went to the doctor this morning. He ruled out strep and mono, and just labeled it as a virus. They took a culture for more info. In the meantime, I have terrible, horrific throat pain, and I’ve been having chills and a fever since Sunday night. I had two episodes of almost passing out [...]

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While making drinks for dinner last night, I found a broken glass in the cabinet. We have lots of glasses, so no big. This morning while putting away dishes, I noticed that a plate in the cabinet was broken. It is about a 1/3 – 2/3 split. This is also not that big of a [...]

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The sink plumber was a no-show without as much as a call, unless he has called Mac by now. Mac had to leave to go to KC. The washing machine repairman came, I explained what was wrong, he took a quick look and then put in an order for a new motor and pump. Our [...]

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