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little_joni

New Year Reflections

Jan 01, 2011 16:56

For months I've been thinking about how much I hope 2011 is better then 2010. It's not that 2010 was totally bad, but it didn't start out great for me at least (my ex-step dad and aunt both died and I was struggling in the health department). 2010 got better and ended fairly well. But now that 2011 is here I feel kind of...how do I describe it ( Read more... )

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herroyaldemones January 2 2011, 06:07:27 UTC

I am always in approval of Joni making new dolly clothes. Mostly because I love to buy them. Tee-hee. I wish I had clothes-making skills like you. The extent of my sewing skills involves making curtains. Which, you know, are so terribly difficult.

Your garage is our basement. My mom made it her personal mission in 2010 to reorganize the entire basement. And of course, she was the one doing it all, since my dad is pretty much useless when it comes to things like that. She actually had a fire lit under her when she realized that my brother wasn't going to graduate school and that we needed to store his stuff for around 18 months instead of just 8. And she doesn't want to rent a storage unit, so she cleaned so much junk out of the basement I'm pretty sure we can fit everything in now. We'll have no room to move around, of course, but all our stuff will fit.

I fully support this road trip around the midwest. For obvious reasons. I so hope you're able to make it out here!

little_joni January 4 2011, 15:32:44 UTC

Well, I got the sewing machine and everything was fine...but now the machine is making a funny noise (a "not good" funny noise). I'm sure a brand spanking new machine isn't supposed to do this, so I'm going to contact the store today or tomorrow to see if they know what's up and if I might possibly exchange it ( ... )

herroyaldemones January 5 2011, 05:58:12 UTC

Well, I hope your sewing machine is fixable...or at the very least, exchangeable! Thank goodness for warranties!

My parents used to live in Fort Worth, and my mom HATED not having a basement. She had always had one, and she just did not like having to store stuff in the garage. Garages are for cars! She's slowly getting used to the idea that since my brother is moving all of his stuff back home, she's going to have store stuff in there again. Well, as long as we can still park in there...

Ten bucks says that when you get around to cleaning the garage, your husband will take a look at half the stuff and go "but I need that!!" Haha. Men and their junk.

Well, if not St. Louis, I can still manage Columbia, Jefferson City, Kansas City....really, if it's along a major highway, I can get there in four hours or less. Missouri, compared to Texas, is a relatively small state. And please, if you're going to Illinois anyway, you might as well drift over to the Missouri side. Everyone knows we're the FAR better state.

little_joni January 5 2011, 18:42:49 UTC

Good news, I figured out the sewing machine...I think. It wasn't broken. I just need to get used to it more. ;) But I didn't have to take it back or anything like that ( ... )

herroyaldemones January 7 2011, 16:52:43 UTC

Well, that's good about the sewing machine.

My parents have always been insistent that we be able to park our cars in the garage. That's what it's for! Although, to be fair, we have to worry about snow and ice a LOT more here, so a garage is quite handy in that regard.

I'd say that if he hasn't used it in a year, it needs to go. We had a bunch of old scrap material in our garage/basement that my mom said my dad either had to use by the end of the summer or it had to go.

Well, if you need suggestions on things to do in KC, my brother has lived there for years and we've taken several day trips out to see him. And I think you're totally right about going different routes there and back. After all, if you have to travel that far anyways, you might as well get the most of it!

little_joni January 9 2011, 00:37:45 UTC

If we still lived in Colorado and had snow, etc, then I would be a lot more insistent about having the cars in the garage, too. But then we'd probably also still have a basement. :P

I feel the same way about having things lying around unused. It's one of those picking your battles things, and it's a battle I'm tired of waging with my husband. He can keep stuff as long as it doesn't clutter the house and at least tries to keep the garage neat. Once things come into the house he knows not to push it. XD

I think we know what we're going to see while we're out driving across country. And I didn't remember your brother lived in KC until you mentioned it again, but now I recall you saying that before. :D I'd love to see the arch in St. Louis myself so we'll see if that can be arranged. But...I'd rather see you more. ;)

herroyaldemones January 9 2011, 06:40:23 UTC

Our basement is partially finished, so sometimes storage is a wee bit difficult, but we manage. And fitting your car into the garage here is pretty much a necessity, since we get severe hailstorms at least once a year. That will ruin your car.

My mom allows my dad a man space in the corner of the basement that he can do whatever he wants to, as long as it doesn't invade the rest of the basement. It's a mess, but he keeps it contained. It's like you said, it's a battle that my mom chooses not to pick, instead she just compromises with him on it. Which seems to work pretty well.

Well, he's moving back from KC on Thursday, but he went to college there from August 2006 to December 2010, so he's quite familiar with the area. And he knows all the great local restaurants to eat at. Besides the Arch, STL does have one of the top zoos in the country. And it's free. Okay, parking is $11, but the zoo itself is free. And so is just about everything else in Forest Park (art museum, history museum...lots of good stuff here). I'm just ( ... )

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