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Upside Down House

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Yup, it seems like my house has been upside down since I returned home from Mass. a week ago today.  I can't believe the entire week has flown by and I don't seem to have accomplished very much.  I hate not accomplishing anything.  It drives me nuts.  I feel unproductive.  These are the things that I'd hoped to get done:

 

  • Entire house put back together, including all that china and crystal back in the hutch and curio cabinet.

  • My checkbook balanced

  • My aunt's checkbook balanced

  • Resuming work on my current manuscript

  • Catching up on snail mail

  • Catching up on emails

  • Catching up on blog reading

  • Fixing my wireless problem that I had in hotels while gone

  • Typing letter to Manager at Holiday Inn for goofing up our reservation

  • Watching the Netflix movie that's been sitting here since before we left on trip

  • Watering all the plants, flowers and trees

  • Purchasing new TV for family room, which broke before we left on trip

  • Resuming my daily morning walks with Holly

These are the things which have actually gotten done:

 

  • Caught up on snail mail

  • Kinda, sorta, caught up on emails

  • Kinda, sorta, caught up on reading blogs

  • After a SOLID week of being on the phone with Dell (my desktop manufacturer) HP/Compaq (my laptop manufacturer) Bellsouth (my Internet provider) Linksys (my wireless router) HOORAY....as of 7:00 last night....the laptop is back up, running, on the Internet with the wireless connection AND my mail system is working on there.  I've spoken to all of the above people MORE this week than I've spoken to my husband!  But.....success reigns!

  • Alberto took care of the watering for me (Thanks, Al) but since we've had no rain since Tuesday, I'll have to get out there this evening

  • And my plans for today will involve getting the house back in order.  They finished the tile completely yesterday!  There IS a God! 

  • Holly and I resumed our daily walk this morning....both of us enjoyed it a LOT

So off I go to tackle the rest of that list above that hasn't been accomplished.  I think I need a vacation after the vacation.  Enjoy your Saturday and I'll see you tomorrow......

Posted on Saturday, June 17, 2006 at 8:25AM by Registered CommenterTerri DuLong in | Comments8 Comments

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Michele sent me to see you, Terri.

That is a very upside down house, Terri. But lovely none-the-less. I'm sure now that you've been back a week you'll get cracking on those chores in a big way. It's always an adjustment when you change locations.

Congrats on getting the laptop back to running. Troubleshooting is so often frustrating!
June 17, 2006 | Unregistered Commenterutenzi

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