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Let it all hangout -- The Grumpies, whinies, complainies Get It Off Your Chest Thread....

Sent some really important documents 2 weeks ago, paid for tracking, get an email yesterday saying they were waiting to be picked up, and if they weren’t, they’d be returned to us. Guess what, USPS have tried to deliver them to the wrong place :doh:
 
That's right, Sexy Man. If you keep shouting at me for no reason, and hang up on me, and are rude to me, and refuse to apologize, you WILL get dumped. I don't care how sexy you are. I'm used to living without all kinds of things that I really want. One more makes no difference. I can hear the silent reverberations of your astonished ego from across town.
 
Minor grumble in the greater scheme of living....
I needed a bathroom on a long drive so we stopped at a Starbucks that is reasonably reliable at having an okay bathroom. Great. Except the "music" was awful and someone had left a pay it forward gift card that had been used all day. You know the sort. One person left something like $10 and that was used towards the next order and other people added and so on. So I got in after it had been going for some hours and it only had $1 on it and the lady used it before I could say I would rather not use it. Gah. So I had to either add to the card or be "that person" that gets called out on all the community FB pages and talked about for days. I just wanted to pee and pay for my drink so I didn't feel guilty using their bathroom.

Like I said, minor grumble :lol:
 
We have been homeschooling since February, at the time it was the best choice because youngest son was not in a supportive environment and was struggling and not getting help.

Yesterday I took our youngest to the park to meet up with other homeschooling kids. Afterwards the mom who organized it planned another on Facebook. In the comments someone mentioned how a woman was “dancing inappropriately and acting like a Karen”. Another responded saying that she probably wasn’t a homeschooling mom and how they make sure to leave the park by 3 before the “public school kids takeover”.

I realized right then that this is not what I want to be a part of. Granted this is not to say all homeschoolers are like this, but so far my experience has been that there is this elitist arrogance and almost a Stepford quality to a lot of these mothers.

I just can’t get with this better than the rest attitude, I’m not better than anyone and I don’t want to be associated with that line of thinking. He will be going to school hopefully next week, (not his old school) and he is excited. I’m excited to leave all that nonsense behind us!
 
Frigging armchair organisers who would criticise others' events for this and that.

Roll up your sleeves and organise your own events as you see fit I'd say!

DK :x2
 
HI:

The zipper on my fav LV bag is frayed. This could also qualify in the first world problem thread.

cheers--Sharon
 
canuk-gal said:
HI:

The zipper on my fav LV bag is frayed. This could also qualify in the first world problem thread.

cheers--Sharon
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@canuk-gal I feel your pain. I have an old favorite LV crossbody bag that had piping that was getting a hole. I was too cheap to have them do it because the cost would have been astronomical. So..a few years ago I drove to New Jersey to a very popular place that repairs designer bags to have it repaired. They didn’t use piping that was the same. Now my favorite bag looks like a knockoff. I still use it but it bothers me. First world problem for sure.
 
MamaBee said:
@canuk-gal I feel your pain. I have an old favorite LV crossbody bag that had piping that was getting a hole. I was too cheap to have them do it because the cost would have been astronomical. So..a few years ago I drove to New Jersey to a very popular place that repairs designer bags to have it repaired. They didn’t use piping that was the same. Now my favorite bag looks like a knockoff. I still use it but it bothers me. First world problem for sure.
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I know it is going to be stupid $$. But I love that bag and it has worn like a dam. I'll be biting the bullet.
 
canuk-gal said:
I know it is going to be stupid $$. But I love that bag and it has worn like a dam. I'll be biting the bullet.
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You should do it. Now LV won’t touch my bag. I love it so much I’m thinking of buying a used one on EBay..I just love that bag.
 
MamaBee said:
You should do it. Now LV won’t touch my bag. I love it so much I’m thinking of buying a used one on EBay..I just love that bag.
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I'm going tomorrow. But I don't have an appt so I may not get any (STAT) estimate. I can book later in the week as needed.
 
MamaBee said:
You should do it. Now LV won’t touch my bag. I love it so much I’m thinking of buying a used one on EBay..I just love that bag.
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I’m replying to myself @canuk-gal …OMG..I just looked on EBay. They’re worse than mine..
 
MamaBee said:
I’m replying to myself @canuk-gal …OMG..I just looked on EBay. They’re worse than mine..
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You work so hard. Buy yourself a new one. YOU are WORTH it and DESERVE it.
 
MamaBee said:
You should do it. Now LV won’t touch my bag. I love it so much I’m thinking of buying a used one on EBay..I just love that bag.
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@MamaBee rather than eBay, I know quite a few people who use this site for luxury preloved. My transaction (or two) went seamlessly.

Sorry about your bag @canuk-gal I know what it’s like to love a bag…

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Woke up this morning to a house full of smoke from wildfires. The house painters removed weather stripping from doors to paint yesterday and were planning on replacing on Monday. I interrupted their weekend holiday departure time and told them to get here asap to reinstall new weather stripping. They were done with that by 8 a.m.

In the meantime, wafting through the house with the smoke stink was the odor of cat pee. A search yielded a dried puddle outside a bathroom door where DH's dirty laundry cart is located. Pee on the laundry and the cart. Much swearing ensued. The offending cat was caught 5 minutes latter peeing on a living room wall. Much swearing ensued. It's territorial marking behavior; he just had a check up and nothing is physically wrong with him.

After the smoke and pee drama, I headed to the grocery store. Halfway there, tire warning comes on showing weird reading -- 48 psi in 3 tires and 25 in another. Happily, Les Schwab was on the way. They found a nail in the low psi tire; fixed it and assured me all is well. As soon as I pulled out of their parking lot, the tire warning came back on. Probably a sensor issue. Will call the dealer next week. Sigh.
 
The toilet overflowed in our camper. What a crappy start to vacation. 2 hours of cleaning and I still feel like it’s dirty
 
canuk-gal said:
I'm going tomorrow. But I don't have an appt so I may not get any (STAT) estimate. I can book later in the week as needed.
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I received excellent service at LV. Good news the repair is inexpensive but the other news is it will take 9 months. It took all my will power NOT to buy another bag while standing there!!!! I got very greedy!!!
 
When you have to post an open invitation to your wedding on FB because most people you asked can't come, there is something wrong! Also.... If you want people to be able to make it, you might set a date more than 3 weeks out!

Also.... Ift isn't bad luck to see the bride before the wedding. It IS bad luck to marry in a rush because he is about to be a freaking convicted felon :rolleyes: :wall: :wall:
 
TooPatient said:
When you have to post an open invitation to your wedding on FB because most people you asked can't come, there is something wrong! Also.... If you want people to be able to make it, you might set a date more than 3 weeks out!

Also.... Ift isn't bad luck to see the bride before the wedding. It IS bad luck to marry in a rush because he is about to be a freaking convicted felon :rolleyes: :wall: :wall:
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All good points! :eek2:
 
My best friend in the world is going to move to another country she is a dual citizen of (but has not been back to sine she was a toddler) for a variety of reasons, financial and just how messed up the USA is right now being two powerful ones.

She could move in with us, my house is definitely large enough (although having roommates again would take some getting used to on both sides), but her pets would kill my pets. I could never ask her to give up her fur baby, and she would never ask me to give up my little feathered menaces.

I don't want her to move so far away from me, but I can't fix the country, and I cannot alleviate her financial strain. Reminds me of a meme I saw with the text "Why is it so expensive to be alive? I'm not even having a good time!"

It's a year or two away, but it will suck so bad. Good thing I have a passport and very understanding spouse who agrees I'll just have to go visit once or twice a year.

On a broader note, there are just so many things I wish I could fix for my friends and family yet remain powerless to do so.
 
Currently camping with the dog in the van at my favourite campsite.

I had been coming to this campsite regularly since 2009 and had a favourite grass pitch with electric hook up (EHU).

The mobile phone signal and internet access is very patchy at this site, being in the middle of a forest.

Now that I am in a van/RV, it is even more difficult to get a good signal. :roll2:

As I need to have good internet access and mobile phone signal in order to stay being continuously contactable as required by my line of work, I had to moved to a different pitch, a hard-standing one closer to the campsite's office where the Wi-Fi signal is the strongest.

In addition to moving pitch that included moving a windbreak that I put up to minimise the dog being disturbed by passing people and dogs, I had to do so in between thundery showers to dodge the rain.

I normally go camping the week after the school summer holiday has ended. The weather had always been very good in the past, with school holiday weather being lousy usually.

However, this year, we had great weather during the school holidays, and the weather forecast where I am is thundery showers/rain. It is the first time since 2009 that I have bad weather at this campsite, hey ho! :roll2:

DK :confused2:
 
I have covid after years of managing to not catch it. Feeling miserable and I have too much work to do to be able to take the week off to just sleep. On the bright side, my husband got it at the same time so at least I have company in my misery!
 
@foxinsox, sending you and your dh healing vibes, I hope you're both feeling better soon. I've read a few articles recently about how important rest/sleep is while recovering from covid, I know you're busy but try to get as much sleep as you possibly can. It gives the body a chance to focus all its energy on recovery. Take care and feel better soon.
 
Thank you @junebug17 you are totally right! I also got the hard word from my team to log off so have done exactly that and will spend this afternoon napping with the animals in the spring sunshine :sleep:
 
A tale of JFDIM ...

I had been trying to organise a concert to showcase 3 local acts that have personal connections to me and all are brilliant musicians in their own right, to raise funds for a charity organisation of which I am an active member since October 2021.

For whatever reasons, they are dithering and could not give the go ahead, even though I took the initiative to make enquiries and booked the venue back in February 2022!!! Apparently they do not wish for members of the club to inject money into events themselves, whatever! :roll2:

So I have cut my losses after spending considerable amount of time and effort in preparing a budget, recce'ing, responding to concerns etc., etc.; and decided to stage the concert myself, and to raise funds for a different local charity that I volunteer for instead.

Turning frustration and disheartening feelings into something positive by taking control, and I am determined for the concert to go ahead comes rain or shine.

Now that the decision has been made, I can start the ball rolling and organise the concert as I see fit.

Great fun ahead!

DK :))
 
I'm feeling lonely and tired.

My DH is on business travel and the house seems awfully quiet.

I'm also still fatigued from having Covid in early August and then as soon as I was well from that, I got a summer cold. Energy is not back yet, even though life is full speed ahead.

Feeling soooooo behind in all my work. Don't feel like I can ever get my head above water with even my house chores let alone my real work.

And all I think about and all I want are SPARKLIES! (And having a clean, organized house. I HATE disorder.) I am working towards getting a sparkly at Christmas, but I don't know if it will be small, medium or large. All depends on how much work gets done and what $ comes in.

Mostly missing my DH. And physically exhausted. Thanks for letting me talks about it.

Does anyone else feel this way? Like they are drowning in work (house work, plus job work) and can't catch up no matter how hard they try? I just want to lie in bed or on the couch with my dogs and google my next sparkly purchase or rewrite countless sparkly wishlists, trying to rank order them.
 
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RunningwithScissors said:
I'm feeling lonely and tired.
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Does anyone else feel this way? Like they are drowning in work (house work, plus job work) and can't catch up no matter how hard they try? I just want to lie in bed or on the couch with my dogs and google my next sparkly purchase or rewrite countless sparkly wishlists, trying to rank order them.
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*virtual hugs*
Loneliness is probably my least favorite feeling in the world, and combined with fatigue from two illnesses right after the other, PLUS all the work (employment, day to day chores, housework, being the carrier of the mental load, etc.), yes, yes it often does feel like you can't ever catch up.

I'll say my little sob story too - misery loves company, right? Alleviates the loneliness just a tad? =)
Covid got me mid August, and why the physical symptoms were gone in three days, the brain fog has lingered a bit. Hubby got it too, although it took him two weeks to recover. I'm back in college full time, working part time and just started a new job, and the only one who keeps track of cleaning, cooking, grocery shopping, laundry, changing the filters for the furnace monthly, yard work, sending birthday cards/presents, scheduling social events, and the list goes on and on. Add on top of that I'm extremely disappointed in the curriculum for a chunk of my next degree (the part I'm actually hoping to utilize, the other part is just to make my resume look pretty), so now I'm researching how to round out the practical portion of the education I will need to switch careers.

In between homework, pets, house chores, and work, I literally block time in my schedule to work on my sparkly wish list/ hang out on PriceScope too, because it's the fun project that allows my mind to relax when I need a break from reality.

Legitimately, I'm contemplating hiring a house cleaning service to come every other week. Love my hubby to death, but he hasn't changed in 16 years when it comes to helping with the house, and I don't expect that he will ever actually become reliable for help. Maybe it would be a good thing for you too? Even if it was for only a month or two to help you get caught up.

I know I'm not alone in that I cannot wait to see what your Christmas present bling will be, whether it be large or small!

Glad you felt comfortable enough to vent. You are so not alone.
 
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