Things to do today...

-Eat something reasonable, given that all I ate yesterday were tastes of dishes from the new dinner menu where Dan works, hot chocolate, a gin and tonic, and most of a half-pound of smoked brie and garlic and sesame crackers, and water. By bedtime I was craving veggies, obviously, but the roads are terrible and I didn't want to leave the apartment again.
-Get oil changed in car. (working on it...somebody called in and they were running behind, so I had to make an appointment for later)
-Deposit my half of rent check into Dan's account since he already sent it in and I keep forgetting to go do that. (will do that on way to oil change)
-Get roll of quarters while at bank for laundry. (ditto)
-Pick up some bathroom essentials (shampoo, conditioner, soap, toothpaste) since we're running low.
-Do some laundry.

Do this week at some point:
-Pay bills.

Also, last night we went to Tiffany's (hence my picking up a new gin, though I still have Hendrick's left...I'd like to build up my personal collection since so few places serve the ones I drink, and the brie and crackers) and they happened to have a "Kalamazoo Bride" magazine. I picked it up hoping to find more possibilities for ceremony and reception venues downtownish. At this point it's getting extremely frustrating and I nearly want to throw my hands up in the air and shout "Okay! Fine! I'll cave and be typical and we'll change it to Midsummer and have an outdoor ceremony!" (and neither of us particularly want an outdoor ceremony because it's so iffy with weather) because apparently the only places to have a downtownish ceremony with more than 50 people is to have it outdoors at one of the B&Bs in the area. We both have Catholic families, so even with only grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, we're looking at 30 alone in my family, and more in his. Of course, we also have a handful of friends each that we'd like to invite, and given I'm still working where I am I just have to invite my boss and his wife because he's like a second father to me. And did I mention that even though I'm not the oldest (on my dad's side...I'm the oldest on my mom's side) I'm the first grandchild getting married? This is going to end up a big deal :-P

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So...I still never got to where I meant to go with the above. Anyway, still no luck on a unique downtown venue that will hold roughly 100 for the ceremony itself, and certainly no luck on a reception site that would let us decide our own catering and let us stock/run our own open bar. Bah.

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1. Do you consider yourself to be a good housekeeper? Why or why not?
No...I hate cleaning! I'm pretty decent at it when I do it, it's just that I hate doing it. I usually end up in some semblance of an asthma attack when I clean even though I don't have asthma...I cannot breathe for hours afterwards.

2. Are there any household chores that you enjoy doing? If so, what and why?
No, but the one I mind the least is probably cleaning the bathroom because I feel so good afterwards. I like having a clean bathroom the most.

3. Which household chore frustrates/angers you the most?
Laundry and dishes. Our laundry is down in the basement, and we have to go outside and downstairs to do it. I didn't mind so much at the apartment in Sterling because the laundry room on my floor was two doors down from mine. Also, our dryer doesn't consistently work here, so we spend an obscene amount of quarters doing laundry, but neither of us really have the time (and he doesn't have a car) to go to the laundromat.

4. When doing household chores, what do you do to make them seem less of a "chore"?
Nothing makes them seem like less of a chore, but I usually blast music or a movie.

5. Which chore do you find yourself doing most often, and why?
Laundry. It never ends, and I have to have clean clothes for work.

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New ToDo:

-As soon as T-Mobile's plan change system is back up change Dan's number from 400 texts/month for $5 to Unlimited texts/month for $15 :-P It will mean $15/per month for his texts as opposed to $20-$30 and me not needing to check my statement for what the overages were :-P