A weekend! Some rest occurred!
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windelinaFriday night was "Men of Taste" which made me laugh alot. "Fuck you cancer."
Saturday was busy. I got up fairly early for a Saturday for the Minnesota Opera Garage Sale. First I went and got cash. Then I went to the garage sale. Lots of cool things, weird things. And a vintage dress that will work for KMK so I picked it up.
Next up, the costume cage at the high school. On the way out, I stopped at Target for necessities. And a liquor store for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ethel's party later that night.
The kids have cleaned up and organized the costume cage since "Guys and Dolls", thank god. So, I spent about 45 minutes in there pulling possibilities. Then I ran into the orchestra conductor and we chatted and planned.
Other things to accomplish on this day: visit withmoneygod in the hospital, shop at Saver's for more costume pieces (and fun stuff for me), drop by djnoise's for nefarious DDR purposes.
The Noise Stop never worked out (stupid cellphone not giving me messages until hours later). But I got in two hours of quality gossip and catch-up time with moneygod and squishy. And an hour at Saver's that accomplished alot too.
I did get home later than I'd hoped for, but a very productive day! Except when I got home, there was a notice from my bank about bounced charges. WTF?? And only on Wednesday. Apparently, by Thursday there was enough money in there even though I hadn't deposited anything?? And US Bank's bounce fees are outrageous. I've just about had it with these bozos. Wait - I have had it with them. I'm switching to Wells Fargo for a while and see if I like that better.
A little late to Ethel's for dinner, and I didn't get a chance to dress fun like I'd hoped. But at least I had managed to get rid of the snarlies by the time we arrived. Dinner was numalicious. And the place so attractive!! It's become so urban chic. And I finally got my first Ethel dinner party - moussaka! MOUSSAKA!! And bread (and butter). And nummy apple desserts. I was bloated with food by the end.
And the party was fabulous fun. I had a delightful time, and Monte drove me home. I was sleepy.
I need to get in to the chiro because I spent most of Sunday/yesterday with a headache. I'm sure the alcohol and dehydration didn't help, but I can feel how out of alignment I am. Monte and I slept in a bit and snuggled and chatted, and eventually got up and around. He folded laundry and watched The Iron Giant. I snacked on brunchables and watched The Iron Giant. And then we went for a lovely walk over to the river and back. We saw lovely houses. And puppies. And kids playing. A gorgeous day for a walk. And we talked about plans and ideas. Home and ice cream. And then we got ready to go out to Movie Night. Where we chatted, and held the burrito known as Squishy. And ate loads of good food.
I did not have my phone with me or on all of Sunday. I just needed to be unavailable for a day. I was a nice break, and I'm feeling much more refocused and energized. Or I would if I hadn't been up til 1am reading. Silly Windy.
Saturday was busy. I got up fairly early for a Saturday for the Minnesota Opera Garage Sale. First I went and got cash. Then I went to the garage sale. Lots of cool things, weird things. And a vintage dress that will work for KMK so I picked it up.
Next up, the costume cage at the high school. On the way out, I stopped at Target for necessities. And a liquor store for
ethel's party later that night.The kids have cleaned up and organized the costume cage since "Guys and Dolls", thank god. So, I spent about 45 minutes in there pulling possibilities. Then I ran into the orchestra conductor and we chatted and planned.
Other things to accomplish on this day: visit with
moneygod in the hospital, shop at Saver's for more costume pieces (and fun stuff for me), drop by djnoise's for nefarious DDR purposes.The Noise Stop never worked out (stupid cellphone not giving me messages until hours later). But I got in two hours of quality gossip and catch-up time with moneygod and squishy. And an hour at Saver's that accomplished alot too.
I did get home later than I'd hoped for, but a very productive day! Except when I got home, there was a notice from my bank about bounced charges. WTF?? And only on Wednesday. Apparently, by Thursday there was enough money in there even though I hadn't deposited anything?? And US Bank's bounce fees are outrageous. I've just about had it with these bozos. Wait - I have had it with them. I'm switching to Wells Fargo for a while and see if I like that better.
A little late to Ethel's for dinner, and I didn't get a chance to dress fun like I'd hoped. But at least I had managed to get rid of the snarlies by the time we arrived. Dinner was numalicious. And the place so attractive!! It's become so urban chic. And I finally got my first Ethel dinner party - moussaka! MOUSSAKA!! And bread (and butter). And nummy apple desserts. I was bloated with food by the end.
And the party was fabulous fun. I had a delightful time, and Monte drove me home. I was sleepy.
I need to get in to the chiro because I spent most of Sunday/yesterday with a headache. I'm sure the alcohol and dehydration didn't help, but I can feel how out of alignment I am. Monte and I slept in a bit and snuggled and chatted, and eventually got up and around. He folded laundry and watched The Iron Giant. I snacked on brunchables and watched The Iron Giant. And then we went for a lovely walk over to the river and back. We saw lovely houses. And puppies. And kids playing. A gorgeous day for a walk. And we talked about plans and ideas. Home and ice cream. And then we got ready to go out to Movie Night. Where we chatted, and held the burrito known as Squishy. And ate loads of good food.
I did not have my phone with me or on all of Sunday. I just needed to be unavailable for a day. I was a nice break, and I'm feeling much more refocused and energized. Or I would if I hadn't been up til 1am reading. Silly Windy.
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Date: 2004-10-04 10:21 am (UTC)I will likely need to make an appearance at the family disaster tonight, but Tuesday, Thursday and Friday are available for rummaging. I'll see you at my place on Saturday, too.
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Date: 2004-10-04 10:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-04 10:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-04 10:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-04 10:21 am (UTC)Monte DrOvE!?! Holycrapsicles! Hope that whole sobriety thing kicked in first! He was in rough shape for a while, there!
I like burritos. And burros for that matter. But en espanol, wouldn't a burrito simply be a tiny burro? I wonder about things like this.
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Date: 2004-10-04 10:30 am (UTC)I've always wondered about the burrito thing. Especially the Chipotle model. There's nothing "ito" about that thing. It should be a burro.
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Date: 2004-10-04 10:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-04 10:42 am (UTC)Why did you bring this up? You're making me grow a dislike for the Spanish language.
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Date: 2004-10-04 10:33 am (UTC)Fer instance: you deposit checks in your account at 1:00 PM. You write a check at 4:00 PM.
At the end of the day, the check is debited from your account first, before the deposits. All of your debits are done first, regardless of time. And if your deposit is after four, it is not included until the next business day, but your debits occur on the same day.
Also stay away from TCF.
I use the Twin Cities Co-ops Credit Union. Been happy since.
http://www.tcuconnect.com/ASP/home.asp
Also: beware of new legislation on checks. Starting Oct 1st, many banks have switched to a new system which makes check transfers almost instantaneous. No more floating checks for a couple of days.
I've stopped using checks entirely. If I absolutely need to pay something that requires paper, I can get a money order.
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Date: 2004-10-04 10:51 am (UTC)I used to work for the company that wrote the software that ran those e-check machines as an ACH transaction. (Cashes your check on the spot, often seen at gas stations). Glad those will die with the checks.
Unfortunately, almost all banks are on these old OLD legacy computer systems, and are showing no intention of migrating to modern technologies. The cost/benefit ratio is too little right now, so they're happy to keep working with ancient databases. US Bank has made some strides in this area, but most of the other big ones (like Wells) still has all of their employees using a DOS-based system that was written in 1981. I would know. I used to work for WF. Unbelievable....