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[susandennis]

Biggie is really leaning into his recliner. This was last night. I love the leg folding.

Still no word from the house cleaner. My plan is to leave as if she was coming as normal and run my errands. I'll keep an eye on the web cams.

The Mariners announced yesterday that they have purchased a gynormous warehouse across the street from the stadium (so just down the street from me). It was a working warehouse until about a decade ago when the building was purchase and a brew restaurant moved in. In the beginning they had good food but towards the end, they just had booze and drunks. They shuttered forever at the beginning of the pandemic.

Now the Mariners have bought it and plan to turn it into a fancy dancy year round restaurant with baseball themes and lordknowswhatallelse. The plans look like it's going to be a wonderful spot and also a nice addition to the neighborhood. They are planning to open mid next Summer.

Also in local news... My parking space is under the ground level of the building. It's the standard underground urban parking... down a steep ramp into the spaces. Yesterday, I saw a BMW SUV back in - BACK IN! Back down the ramp and then into her spot. She did have one of those backing in cameras but geesh. I don't get why she would even do that. Condo people are weird.

I started watching Maid on Netflix yesterday. It's oddly compelling. And I'm not sure why. But, I'm sticking with it for now.

Well, that worked out nicely. The house cleaner finally texted me that it was her birthday and she's not coming today. Can she come next week? It would piss me off EXCEPT it's the perfect way to end. I told her let's skip this month and I'd pay her as a birthday gift. I also told her that I was going to end house cleaning next year. So November and December would be the final months. I just got a 'ok, thanks' text. So done!!

It's been a nice run but I'm ready to quit. I can pick up the slack and I will. Me, the robot vac and scrubbing bubbles can handle the job.

Relief.

Oh! a book I want to read and had on hold just came up for borrowing! Very excellent timing for once. I'm about 3 hours away from finishing my current one. I've been reading Liane Moriarty's Apples Never Fall. It's a good story but really more of a variation on her others.

Ok so. Now I don't have to leave but I do have the errands I had planned plus some cleaning! So I'd better get on it!

Comments

[maju01.livejournal.com]

I have the e-book of Apples Never Fall on hold at my library. I'm number 789 of 792 people waiting for it. I hope I get to read it before I die.

[mhaithaca.livejournal.com]

I wonder if she's had trouble backing out of the space after pulling in forwards.

Ending house cleaning?!

[hopefulspirit.livejournal.com]

I love how Biggie is sleeping. I wish I had a fraction of his flexibility.

She backs down the ramp?! She's braver than I am.

You're ending the cleaner?? What made you decide to do that? It's nice you gave her some notice. Actually I've debated stopping mine many times, I'm not working all the overtime I was when I started having her come so there's no reason I can't do it myself. But it's so nice not to have to clean my floors. I've gotten spoiled. lol

I want to read Apples Never Fall. I've liked several of her books, though they are all a little similar. I don't mind though.

[susandennis]

If I were working and/or out of the house all the time, I probably would keep her but with the robot vac, all the really does is clean the kitchen and bathrooms. I can do that.

[mollywheezy.livejournal.com]

I'm impressed that someone can drive well enough to back down a ramp and into their parking space.

Good way to deal with the cleaner!

We've been watching Maid, too. It's good, I think it has potential, but sometimes a little too much reality for me.

[earthmother45.livejournal.com]

I am also watching Maid. So far, I like it.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Crazy about the BMW. My sister's friend lived in a condo where you could have two cars, but they both had to park in the same spot - the spots were extra long, so one in front of the other.

[msconduct.livejournal.com]

I just finished Apples Never Fall. I liked it more than Nine Perfect Strangers which for me was a bit out there. I love her writing though — it's so moreish. She's able to make every character so distinct.

My cleaner decided this year she wanted to train as a nurse. She's still been coming at the weekends, at least until lockdown, but for the last seven weeks I've been thrown on my own resources. Eventually she'll leave anyway to start her new work, and I think I'll continue on my own after that. What really made the difference for me was my el cheapo Kmart cordless vacuum. I hate vacuuming normally but it's so much easier with that. I still have to deal with mopping the wood floors, however, which I hate even more than vacuuming and there doesn't seem to be a great solution for that. All the robots I've looked at that are for sale in NZ only seem to clean with water, which yeah, nah. My considered approach to this during lockdown has been to simply not do it.

[howeird]

There are a lot of people who back in their cars around here, the majority are big trucks and SUVs. A cousin who taught driver's ed tried to teach me, but I just don't have that skill, even now with the camera.

[susandennis]

oh well maybe it's a thing that i just didn't get the memo on. i'm at your skill level. it's beyond me.

[opakele.livejournal.com]

I don't understand the need to back into everything. And it usually is the larger trucks and SUV that feel compelled to navigate that potential disaster.

I should probably learn something about their casual disregard for the inconvenience they cause those who sit in their vehicles waiting for them to get backed in and straightened and aligned and so forth. If they are booming music so loud their fender sounds to be vibrating, well, that is a cherry on top.

Anyway, don't understand the backing in thing...

[letmesaythis.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed 'Maid'.