7 days till the move
Well, it is Sunday night and I am at work. Tomorrow is my last night. It feels so unreal that it is coming so fast. That gives me 5 days without work to get things done before James comes back for the move. I have been so busy that I just never had time to blog. Let me see... I have some catching up to do.
I did the normal working thing Friday - Monday. Tuesday I finally had time to go out to some stores. We picked up Noelle's new glasses and got stuff we needed for the up coming puppy delivery. The one girl I work with mentioned that they kept their dog in a baby pool. It helped with clean up from the delivery and allowed the mom to get in and out for feedings,but keep the puppies in.
So we bought a baby pool and it just fits in the front door way. We put in towels from the hotel that got a stain on them so they can't be used. I also got carpet that was removed from a room because it got a stain. I can put that in the back of the Jeep during the move. It should be enough to make a few layers and we can just pull out a layer if it gets dirty along the way.
Next comes us looking for a house to rent in Wisconsin. We have had a hell of a time finding anyone that will allow dogs. Here everyone has dogs and it is no big deal. There are barely any houses for rent there and none allow dogs. James asked if we should get rid of the dogs and I said no way. So we had to start checking into townhouses. There are some townhouses that allow dogs but most are not in areas we wanted to live. I have been busy making phone calls and James has been checking out places. It has been horrible.
We are stuck choosing between a neighborhood we didn't like or a house that is too small. James is waiting to hear from one more person tomorrow and then he said we will have to just decide. He wants a lease signed tomorrow before we run out of time.
I also spent my days off scrubbing my whole house so I did not get any packing done. The land lady called me and said she wanted to come through and do an inspection of the house so she could get an idea of what work might need to be done after we leave. With all the people we are applying for a house with worried about the dogs we wanted a great reference from her so I scrubbed and scrubbed and shampooed carpets for 2 days.
I have had a package of those magic eraser things under my sink for ages and never used them until this week. I LOVE THEM !!! I went through 7 of them. I had to go to the store to buy more and also get oven cleaner and carpet stuff. I scrubbed everything.
When she came she didn't even open the fridge or oven. I was sooo mad that I spent all that time and she didn't even look. She did how ever say that it was very clean and looked like I had a maid clean it all. Little did she know that I cleaned like a crazy woman.
Next comes the dog issue. Hermione still has not had her babies. Average is 62-63 days. Which will be Tuesday or Wednesday. We had just hoped it would be sooner so the puppies would be older during the move. She looks so big and sad. I feel bad for her. Every night I hope she will have them but nothing yet. James keeps telling me to try to get her to deliver them. I don't know what he expects me to do. Squeeze them out of her? I think on Tuesday if they have not come yet I will take her for a little walk. Maybe that will help and I won't have to worry about going in to work.
Lastly, Mother's Day. I didn't feel like trying to make the hour and a half drive to my Mom's house since I worked all weekend and I worry about driving that far when James is no where near here to help if something happens. So I decided to send flowers. I ordered FTD online and spent over $70.
Mother's Day came and went and my Mother received nothing. I let it go thinking maybe they ran late and she will get them Monday. Tuesday I called to complain. I sat on hold for 30 minutes to be told the florist is not answering their phone so we have to wait until they respond to a message. Wednesday late at night I called again to be told they still have not responded.
They would try to call Thursday morning and if the florist does not answer they would call another one. I was promised a larger arrangement with an apology for my Mom and 20% off. Friday came around and I still had not heard anything from my Mom about getting them so I called FTD again at 4:45pm. They said they had to call a different florist because they still could not get a hold of the first one. They also said the place still had until 5pm to deliver them. I pointed out that they were supposed to be called Thursday morning to deliver them and it was Friday.
She said all we could do was wait since it was not 5pm yet. So after work Saturday I was busy calling ads for rentals when my Mom called me around 6pm. She said, "You are never going to guess what your Dad did while I was shopping. The flowers came and he yelled at them and told them he would not sign for anything and they needed to take them back since they were a week late." I wanted to scream at him.
The florist never called me to tell me what happened so I waited to see if FTD would. Nothing, Not one call from anyone. Finally after two weeks my card was credited the full amount that was originally charged. I will never again do business with FTD.
I did the normal working thing Friday - Monday. Tuesday I finally had time to go out to some stores. We picked up Noelle's new glasses and got stuff we needed for the up coming puppy delivery. The one girl I work with mentioned that they kept their dog in a baby pool. It helped with clean up from the delivery and allowed the mom to get in and out for feedings,but keep the puppies in.
So we bought a baby pool and it just fits in the front door way. We put in towels from the hotel that got a stain on them so they can't be used. I also got carpet that was removed from a room because it got a stain. I can put that in the back of the Jeep during the move. It should be enough to make a few layers and we can just pull out a layer if it gets dirty along the way.
Next comes us looking for a house to rent in Wisconsin. We have had a hell of a time finding anyone that will allow dogs. Here everyone has dogs and it is no big deal. There are barely any houses for rent there and none allow dogs. James asked if we should get rid of the dogs and I said no way. So we had to start checking into townhouses. There are some townhouses that allow dogs but most are not in areas we wanted to live. I have been busy making phone calls and James has been checking out places. It has been horrible.
We are stuck choosing between a neighborhood we didn't like or a house that is too small. James is waiting to hear from one more person tomorrow and then he said we will have to just decide. He wants a lease signed tomorrow before we run out of time.
I also spent my days off scrubbing my whole house so I did not get any packing done. The land lady called me and said she wanted to come through and do an inspection of the house so she could get an idea of what work might need to be done after we leave. With all the people we are applying for a house with worried about the dogs we wanted a great reference from her so I scrubbed and scrubbed and shampooed carpets for 2 days.
I have had a package of those magic eraser things under my sink for ages and never used them until this week. I LOVE THEM !!! I went through 7 of them. I had to go to the store to buy more and also get oven cleaner and carpet stuff. I scrubbed everything.
When she came she didn't even open the fridge or oven. I was sooo mad that I spent all that time and she didn't even look. She did how ever say that it was very clean and looked like I had a maid clean it all. Little did she know that I cleaned like a crazy woman.
Next comes the dog issue. Hermione still has not had her babies. Average is 62-63 days. Which will be Tuesday or Wednesday. We had just hoped it would be sooner so the puppies would be older during the move. She looks so big and sad. I feel bad for her. Every night I hope she will have them but nothing yet. James keeps telling me to try to get her to deliver them. I don't know what he expects me to do. Squeeze them out of her? I think on Tuesday if they have not come yet I will take her for a little walk. Maybe that will help and I won't have to worry about going in to work.
Lastly, Mother's Day. I didn't feel like trying to make the hour and a half drive to my Mom's house since I worked all weekend and I worry about driving that far when James is no where near here to help if something happens. So I decided to send flowers. I ordered FTD online and spent over $70.
Mother's Day came and went and my Mother received nothing. I let it go thinking maybe they ran late and she will get them Monday. Tuesday I called to complain. I sat on hold for 30 minutes to be told the florist is not answering their phone so we have to wait until they respond to a message. Wednesday late at night I called again to be told they still have not responded.
They would try to call Thursday morning and if the florist does not answer they would call another one. I was promised a larger arrangement with an apology for my Mom and 20% off. Friday came around and I still had not heard anything from my Mom about getting them so I called FTD again at 4:45pm. They said they had to call a different florist because they still could not get a hold of the first one. They also said the place still had until 5pm to deliver them. I pointed out that they were supposed to be called Thursday morning to deliver them and it was Friday.
She said all we could do was wait since it was not 5pm yet. So after work Saturday I was busy calling ads for rentals when my Mom called me around 6pm. She said, "You are never going to guess what your Dad did while I was shopping. The flowers came and he yelled at them and told them he would not sign for anything and they needed to take them back since they were a week late." I wanted to scream at him.
The florist never called me to tell me what happened so I waited to see if FTD would. Nothing, Not one call from anyone. Finally after two weeks my card was credited the full amount that was originally charged. I will never again do business with FTD.
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