Now Playing: "Best In Show" - DVD rental
Current Mood : Basking at the end of a great day...
Spent on dolls today : $5.37
Today, everyone, I just goofed off. I got laundry done and helped Beloved work on my car and the PIL's van. They were just gonna leave it there, but we bought a battery and got it here. The main problem was its racing high engine - turned out an idle device was stuck open with crud. $63. part and twenty minutes later, it's like new. Beloved wants to use it to transport work supplies in bad weather. We'll switch the title and papers over next month - or whenever we have the cash, the PILs said we could have it back - so it's great for us. I drove this thing during Dearest Son's year in Kindergarten, and it was a decent vehicle, but that idle was a problem. I spent $100./month in gas, and barely drove anywhere but to school and back, it was too expensive to go on jaunts like I do now.
My car's doing well. Her alternator, once removed, tested out fine at the parts shop, so he put it back in. It's either the wiring or a bad alternator connection, Molly's doing fine now. I don't have to charge her battery all the time now. Hope she stays that way !
Beloved's a bit worried about being home so much. It's true that when I got Honey, I gots no money, but, heck. I'm glad he's having a chance to do other things besides work (he admitted last week he was overworking himself so he wouldn't have to deal with PILs and me upset at PILs), and the bills are more or less paid for the month. Even straightened out the crossed wires with the hospital bills today. Things are looking up on that front ! So I'm happy.
He also asked me to sew up the sheers, he'd make the curtain rod brackets in the Shop. Done and done ! Last year, I ‘bought the bolt' of some dollar-table brown/cream sheer fabric - 8 yards and some change - as we'd intended to ditch the mini-blinds and hang curtains in our under-lit living room. Found curtains cheap in the package at a thrift store, so I sewed a couple straight lines, and instant sheers for ‘em ! Our living room looks much better now - and brighter ! Sometimes it's sooo great to know how to sew !
He's invited me to go through all his leftover paint and select one - or five ! - for the Lab. Last weekend, he textured the living room and dining area walls, and painted ‘em this week. Just beautiful. And I think we've settled on a new lighting fixture for the dining area, too. Now, if I could just decide which of the 3000 partial gallon cans and five-gallon buckets of color I want...
After all that work - thank Everything it was a day off for him ! (grin) - we decided to relax with a few movies. Rental place is right next door to GoodWill, so... He found a winter coat he likes - nice and warm, but just worn enough so that work stains on it won't be a tragedy. I found a little toiletries cabinet that looked just about right for either Barbies or Elphie. Here's one on eBay - http://tinyurl.com/yt4gur - just like mine. It's about 11 inches tall (Elphie may need a block of wood under it), and came with four of the six toiletries, but I didn't care about them anyway. I just wanted the cabinet ! $5., and I may stain it someday. Put in a few extra shelves. Possibilities are always endless...
For a day that didn't see me do much, I'm awfully tired. I'm gonna hafta see ya'll tomorrow ! And thanks for the complements on the lace dress. I really like it, too !
