Random Thoughts Thursday XVIII
- My blue tires finally came! But wait – these are not the original ones we ordered. Those were stuck on back order for five months. So Steven got me some new ones and we need to get a refund for the others. I am anxious to get these bad boys on my bike and use the trainer!
- I ordered new checks this week. They have KITTENZ on them. AWW YEAH. I bet you want me to write you a check just so you can have one to keep… and never cash. Moving along…can someone who works at a bank (or someone who knows more than me) please tell me WHY it is so much more expensive for me to order checks from my bank than from a second-party? $30 for a box of checks from my bank. $10 for three boxes from a second party online. That is like… .0001% of the cost if I went through my bank (I didn’t check my math here). Maybe I will have my identity stolen as a result of ordering them this way? Just kidding. I have ordered them this way before.
- I think I am the gift giver I described in this post. I’ve received so many thoughtful gifts this holiday. And so many thoughtful, personalized gifts – the book from Erin, the custom puzzle from Gina, this amazing shadow box (pic below) from my friend, Chris, commemorating the 5K where I paced her. I am lucky to have so many thoughtful and generous friends and family who know me and my interests and personality so well. And I need to step up my game!!!
- I bet you are DYING to know which puzzles I’ve put together so far… and how I fit them in to my busy social schedule (<– sarcasm). I will move on to the Star Wars one next (<– again, busy social schedule…).
- We still have ONE holiday celebration left, with Steven’s family in Kansas City! Does anyone else have any holiday celebrations left? It’s selfish of me, but I prefer not to celebrate with our families back to back, because it’s a bit too much travel between all the states… and I like spreading the holiday out. Another question – were you relieved or sad when the holidays were over? My mom and I were talking about how it bums us a bit, but a few family members were relieved.
- And… a message from Data:
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Puzzles!!! My roommate still has one we haven’t done. I feel it may be time to break one out now that the winter doldrums are setting in…
I want to know the answer to the check question, because I’ve often wondered about that too!
I’m more blue about the holidays being over than usual. Partly because P and I spent so much time together. And probably in part because I was doing 2 jobs before the break so it felt EXTRA relaxing! :p
You reminded me I need to buy a puzzle!
Surprisingly I do not have a Christmas celebration left. My brother and his family decided (at the very last minute) to come to my house last Saturday and my parents came down too. They’ve never been to my house before (I’ve only lived there nearly 2 years) so it was actually one of my favorite gifts this year! I didn’t have to travel for Christmas!!! Oh wait… we did drive an hour to Joey’s grandma’s on Sunday but that wasn’t so bad.
Sweet tires! Can’t wait to see how they look on your bike.
I have no idea about the checks…
FINALLY BLUE TIRES! WOOT! I hope you love em! You were very patient! I do have one last Christmas celebration this weekend and then it will all be over. I felt December flew by so fast! I want a redo!
Ps…the shadow box is way cool!
Have fun in KC!!!!
HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA.
love the last pic.
I thought of you when I was making it. Is that weird?
Those checks are awesome! I wonder if I can get some made with pictures of my dogs on them. That’d be great for the 0-1 checks I write each month.
I do have one last holiday celebration left! My parents are coming this weekend to do a late Christmas, since I didn’t make it back to Ohio and my mom was visiting my brother this week. I’m usually pretty bummed about the holidays being over (when I was a kid, I would CRY when we took the Christmas tree down), but I was fine with it this year. I even took our tree down on New Year’s Day, which has to be some kind of record for me.
I think you can do custom checks! Damn! I should’ve done that. I only have 1209039 pics of Data.
Happy to hear you get to see your fam this weekend! What do you think helped with being less bummed this year?
That seems like a slight underestimate. 🙂
I’m not totally sure, but I think it’s because my 2012 was so consumed with wedding planning, wedding events, traveling for wedding planning and wedding events, etc. that following it up with the holidays was just too much, and I’m happy to get back to my normal boring day-to-day life!
Hahaha that picture of data is so funny!
I can’t believe it took so long for your tires to arrive! Totally ridiculous.
I got some blue floral handlebar tape for Christmas from my mom. I’m getting Belle tuned up for the summer soon and I’ll post a photo when it’s done, but it is super awesome and should help me find my bike in transition.
They actually never came. These tires were ordered about 1.5 weeks ago. The other ones are still stuck somewhere in Asia.
The tuneup is going to be awesome! Do they put the tape on or do you do that yourself?
I love puzzles!! I used to get one for Christmas every year and I’d spend the next few days working on it until it was done. Unfortunately, my cat is still too playful with puzzles and there is no way I could lay out a puzzle without him attacking the pieces and running off with some.
I keep wondering why Data is leaving the puzzles alone! The pieces for that cat one in the pic were so tiny… I was worried Data would eat one! Ha ha. But he stayed away.
Still road tires for your bike? Are you dying to try them out on the road?
I finally used up all of my fun checks and am now using the ones the bank gave me. I hardly ever write checks, though. And that is weird about the cost difference!
We’re done with holiday celebrations but now it’s on to birthdays! My mom’s and then mine and then Jason’s.
Is that a different piece of furniture I spy in the Data picture?
I am so anxious to try them! I think I am going to have the shop put them on with new tubes, when I get the refund, but they don’t open back up until late Jan.
We moved the bed in to the loft and the sofa in to the guest bedroom. We need to get a trundle bed, but the bed doesn’t take up too much space!
I am SO relieved the holidays are over. It’s a super complicated and stressful time. Now i get to relax and train for a marathon. I love your checks – Matt has a pic of waffles on his debit card. Because we’re those people….
Whoa, I want a waffle debit card!
I’m trying to become one of those people who doesn’t have checks. I’m so modern, aren’t I? 😉
You are!!!! I only reordered them because that is how I pay my trainer! LOL! 🙂 I hope he likes cats…
I have free checks from my bank. I refuse to pay for checks. I switched banks when my old bank was going to charge me for checks. Its just a principle thing. i refuse. Anyway! I have boring green checks. I am such an old lady. We spread out the holiday too. We switch it up every year as to which family gets us on Christmas, then the week after new years we usually see the other family. Just easier that way. We are at the center of our two families. One is 4 hours east, the other is 1 hour west. So its tough to do all that driving. But at least they are all semi close.
Happy to hear I am not the only one who makes one family wait until AFTER NYE/Jan 1. 😉 My family is 5 hours away and Steven’s is 8-9 hours away!
Great questions about the holidays. I really enjoyed them this year, but they were exhausting because I had an infection during December, so I was rather relieved when they were over. Not excited about going back to work though.
Guess what? You inspired me to buy a puzzle! Ha! I found one for $5.00 among Target’s clearance items. It’s hard!
I quit using checks this year. I now pay people who need checks through online banking (it cuts a check for me).
Ahhh! Please share the puzzle pic!!! I want to see it!
And I am sorry you were sick in Dec. Are you mostly better now?
Do you still write checks regularly? I write maybe one check a month and always am worried I won’t know where my checkbook is – ha!
I do still write a couple of checks each month 😉
Puzzles are so much fun! My problem is that I always end up buying one, starting it, and then giving up and forgetting about it in a matter of a few days. And checks with kitties on them? Yes please! Crazy cat ladies at our finest 🙂
Love those blue tires and the new checks!
I am glad the holiday craziness is over because it got very stressful trying to prepare for all the family gatherings… but I do miss the time away from the office. I always say that my winter doldrums hit me on either January 2 or the first day that I have to go back to work after the new year. Sigh.