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Okay, ferret snores are the cutest things in the world. <3
Joe and I have been so freaking busy you wouldn't believe it. OYY. It's been nuts. Our weekend off flew by far too quickly.
Today I went to see my grandpa and his wife. My grandpa's wife had a sewing machine built into a small table that she wanted to get rid of and she wanted to know if I wanted it. Of course I said sure, so, I picked that up today. It's a pretty piece of furniture and the sewing machine folds down to sit under the table and the tabletop folds on top so it's completely hidden. It looks like a pretty little side table instead of a sewing machine. And it's a nice heavy-duty metal thing.
In a strange twist of events, my coworker is looking for sewing machines to be donated for her church group she's organized, where they are teaching Hispanic women how to sew so they can become self-sufficient. So my old machine (plastic parts and all) will probably going to her once I'm familiar with the new machine. I don't have room for two sewing machines!
Speaking of getting rid of appliances.... well, Joe and I had a neighbor give us a washing machine because it "sometimes overflowed" and they have hardwood floors. Rather than try to figure out how to fix it, they just kicked it to the curb.... or, in this case, to our apartment. :P Since we've been house-hunting and not sure of where we'd get a washing machine, we took it in and kept it on the back patio.
Well, I got an e-mail in my in-box a couple days ago about a family in need of one. Nine children, four (or five?) of which are still living at home. No washing machine. We figured, it's easier for Joe and I to woolite clothes for two for a little while than it is for this family! So we donated the washing machine to them. The woman brought her two teenage boys with her to help load it into the van, and they were excited to be able to have clean clothes again. Sure they'll have to hang them out to dry until they get a dryer, but, half the work (MORE! than half) is done for them now. It felt much better to give that washing machine to someone who really needed it. After all, we aren't even using it.
The house hunt continues, and we're looking at all sorts of properties. Our realtor is all kinds of awesome and just a really sweet girl. I'm glad she's working for us. She works -hard- and so deserves every bit of pay she gets. And she's not skimping on the work for us, either; even though we're just looking at houses under $150k, and she -could- be trying to sell houses for three times as much. She still gives us the individual attention. I couldn't ask for more!! So we will keep working with her until we find the perfect house. :)
I don't know why, but I've still been really sleepy early in the evenings. I'm probably going to head upstairs to bed now, and curl up to read for a little bit. It's nice to be able to veg a bit in the evenings. Chores done... groceries bought, the floors vacuumed, the kitchen cleaned up a little bit... Oh, and I want to sing the praises of my new grocery bags I got from Publix. They're re-usable and only cost a buck apiece. I got four of them, and only NEED four for our normal grocery shopping. Not only that but because all this stuff fits into just these few bags, I can pull them up over my shoulder and carry them all inside in one trip. A -lot- easier than using the plastic bags!! It will be nice to eliminate the waste of the plastic bags. We use them for doo-doo duty and that's about it. No real reason to have all those plastic bags kicking around.
Right! So, off I go. <3
Joe and I have been so freaking busy you wouldn't believe it. OYY. It's been nuts. Our weekend off flew by far too quickly.
Today I went to see my grandpa and his wife. My grandpa's wife had a sewing machine built into a small table that she wanted to get rid of and she wanted to know if I wanted it. Of course I said sure, so, I picked that up today. It's a pretty piece of furniture and the sewing machine folds down to sit under the table and the tabletop folds on top so it's completely hidden. It looks like a pretty little side table instead of a sewing machine. And it's a nice heavy-duty metal thing.
In a strange twist of events, my coworker is looking for sewing machines to be donated for her church group she's organized, where they are teaching Hispanic women how to sew so they can become self-sufficient. So my old machine (plastic parts and all) will probably going to her once I'm familiar with the new machine. I don't have room for two sewing machines!
Speaking of getting rid of appliances.... well, Joe and I had a neighbor give us a washing machine because it "sometimes overflowed" and they have hardwood floors. Rather than try to figure out how to fix it, they just kicked it to the curb.... or, in this case, to our apartment. :P Since we've been house-hunting and not sure of where we'd get a washing machine, we took it in and kept it on the back patio.
Well, I got an e-mail in my in-box a couple days ago about a family in need of one. Nine children, four (or five?) of which are still living at home. No washing machine. We figured, it's easier for Joe and I to woolite clothes for two for a little while than it is for this family! So we donated the washing machine to them. The woman brought her two teenage boys with her to help load it into the van, and they were excited to be able to have clean clothes again. Sure they'll have to hang them out to dry until they get a dryer, but, half the work (MORE! than half) is done for them now. It felt much better to give that washing machine to someone who really needed it. After all, we aren't even using it.
The house hunt continues, and we're looking at all sorts of properties. Our realtor is all kinds of awesome and just a really sweet girl. I'm glad she's working for us. She works -hard- and so deserves every bit of pay she gets. And she's not skimping on the work for us, either; even though we're just looking at houses under $150k, and she -could- be trying to sell houses for three times as much. She still gives us the individual attention. I couldn't ask for more!! So we will keep working with her until we find the perfect house. :)
I don't know why, but I've still been really sleepy early in the evenings. I'm probably going to head upstairs to bed now, and curl up to read for a little bit. It's nice to be able to veg a bit in the evenings. Chores done... groceries bought, the floors vacuumed, the kitchen cleaned up a little bit... Oh, and I want to sing the praises of my new grocery bags I got from Publix. They're re-usable and only cost a buck apiece. I got four of them, and only NEED four for our normal grocery shopping. Not only that but because all this stuff fits into just these few bags, I can pull them up over my shoulder and carry them all inside in one trip. A -lot- easier than using the plastic bags!! It will be nice to eliminate the waste of the plastic bags. We use them for doo-doo duty and that's about it. No real reason to have all those plastic bags kicking around.
Right! So, off I go. <3