I was brought up to say "Thank you" when I received a gift. Ok, so I might have complained about it when I was a kid and I so hated having to write those notes but I did it. Today, I may not always hand write a thank you note, but I like to believe that I always say thank you.
These days, I'm finding that the next generation and their children don't seem to know how to say thank you without prompting. Maybe they don't like what I'm sending but shouldn't they still acknowledge it? Am I expecting to much?
I can accept a little child may not be able to write a thank you, but would it be to much to ask for the parents to do it? At this time in history when sending a note is instantaneous they still can't manage to send a note. Am I wrong to expect one?
This has been a pet peeve of mine for a number of years and it's coming to a boiling point for me. I'm tired of having to send notes to the parents asking if this kid or that kid got their gift. I'm tired of having to ask if they liked the gift.
Hmmm, maybe I should skip all the birthdays and Christmas and see what happens.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Our boys and water
I'm not sure what it is with Milo and Manny but they are truly fascinated by water in all it's forms. Last night while lying in bed reading I heard the boys playing with something and didn't think anything of it. Until....the sound of glug, glug, glug. They had managed to get the cap off the gallon jug of water we keep to fill the humidifier and knocked it over. One gallon of water soaking into my carpeting. So not amused.
After an hour of scrubbing the carpet to get as much of the water up as possible we set the fan up to run. Hopefully we got it cleaned up enough that we didn't damage the padding or subflooring. You know, if I wasn't doing a new porch I'd be talking Mark into replacing the carpeting with bamboo.
After an hour of scrubbing the carpet to get as much of the water up as possible we set the fan up to run. Hopefully we got it cleaned up enough that we didn't damage the padding or subflooring. You know, if I wasn't doing a new porch I'd be talking Mark into replacing the carpeting with bamboo.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
it's been a long time
Ah yes, it's been a long time since I've updated you on the goings on and a lot has been going on.
We've signed the paper work for the new porch and they've actually started the framing (pictures to come later). Now if the weather would cooperate I'd acutally get to sit out there. It's either been beastly hot forcing both man and beast to seek shelter or it's been raining (I've got a dumpster in my driveway that's been leaking water non stop for two weeks). I know, I shouldn't complain about the rain but hey I want my porch. Actually the little bit of delay will work out. The lights we ordered won't be in until mid to late August.
WeatherMaster came out and agreed to move the HVAC unit and pay a small amount towards the repair of the cut joists. Though we did have to sign a release that frees them from any all future damages or responsibilities. Wanna guess when we'll be call them again? Yeah you got it, we won't have to worry about global warming.
Now that WeatherMaster has moved the HVAC unit in the attic, we're searching for new attic stairs. Mark wants some that have a minimum of 300lb weight limit. From his time doing HVAC he knows how heavy some of that equipment can be and a light weight ladder would be to dangerous.
While we've had the dumpster at the house we did pull down the icky nasty cabinets in the garage and the beat up work bench and tossed them both in to the dumpster. It's amazing you can open the car door without hitting anything. Both Mark & I are determined to declutter our lives. A lot of that will involve getting rid of books, furniture and stuff we've accumulated since moving in to the house.
Well, since my last posting we adopted a new kitty, Calypso. She's about 2 years old and has had a rough beginning to her life. At some point her tail was pulled so hard it cracked her spine forcing the amputation of her tail. At some point in her young life she was exposed to heart worm but managed to fight it off. She's been on the 21 day plan for retraining. This consists of her being confined to a crate when we can't watch her and her only coming out when we can see what she's doing. So far we're doing well, we've missed the kitty litter a couple of times in the crate, but I think that's more we're not real sure where our butt is in relation to the kitty litter pan. Calypso is a little sweetie, the vet just loves her. When she first moved in she was under weight and the vet said she never gets to to stay that. Three weeks later, I was told to put Calypso on diet food since she gained 1 pound 10 ounces in three weeks. So not good. The boys, Milo and Manny are tolerating her but for the first couple of weeks there was a lot of hissing going on in the house, but for the most part they just ignore her. One time, Milo allowed her to lie next to him and take a nap. He even decided to give her a brief bath before noticing I was watching him and then he had to hiss and jump down.
We've signed the paper work for the new porch and they've actually started the framing (pictures to come later). Now if the weather would cooperate I'd acutally get to sit out there. It's either been beastly hot forcing both man and beast to seek shelter or it's been raining (I've got a dumpster in my driveway that's been leaking water non stop for two weeks). I know, I shouldn't complain about the rain but hey I want my porch. Actually the little bit of delay will work out. The lights we ordered won't be in until mid to late August.
WeatherMaster came out and agreed to move the HVAC unit and pay a small amount towards the repair of the cut joists. Though we did have to sign a release that frees them from any all future damages or responsibilities. Wanna guess when we'll be call them again? Yeah you got it, we won't have to worry about global warming.
Now that WeatherMaster has moved the HVAC unit in the attic, we're searching for new attic stairs. Mark wants some that have a minimum of 300lb weight limit. From his time doing HVAC he knows how heavy some of that equipment can be and a light weight ladder would be to dangerous.
While we've had the dumpster at the house we did pull down the icky nasty cabinets in the garage and the beat up work bench and tossed them both in to the dumpster. It's amazing you can open the car door without hitting anything. Both Mark & I are determined to declutter our lives. A lot of that will involve getting rid of books, furniture and stuff we've accumulated since moving in to the house.
Well, since my last posting we adopted a new kitty, Calypso. She's about 2 years old and has had a rough beginning to her life. At some point her tail was pulled so hard it cracked her spine forcing the amputation of her tail. At some point in her young life she was exposed to heart worm but managed to fight it off. She's been on the 21 day plan for retraining. This consists of her being confined to a crate when we can't watch her and her only coming out when we can see what she's doing. So far we're doing well, we've missed the kitty litter a couple of times in the crate, but I think that's more we're not real sure where our butt is in relation to the kitty litter pan. Calypso is a little sweetie, the vet just loves her. When she first moved in she was under weight and the vet said she never gets to to stay that. Three weeks later, I was told to put Calypso on diet food since she gained 1 pound 10 ounces in three weeks. So not good. The boys, Milo and Manny are tolerating her but for the first couple of weeks there was a lot of hissing going on in the house, but for the most part they just ignore her. One time, Milo allowed her to lie next to him and take a nap. He even decided to give her a brief bath before noticing I was watching him and then he had to hiss and jump down.
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