#lizinprogress

OMG you and I are clearly the same age. ROBIN HOOD PRINCE OF THIEVES!!! Such an objectively bad movie and I must have seen it a thousand times.

how old are you? 35 

what’s your current job? medical billing. blah. 

what are you talented at? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

what is a big goal you are working towards (or have already achieved)? Figuring out an answer to the previous question...not feeling like a total waste of space and oxygen 

what is your aesthetic? denim jacket and sneakers. 

do you collect anything? Playbills. I have a special binder for them and everything. I'm a nerd.

what’s a topic you always talk about? Pop culture and Disney World/Disneyland (I come from a family of Disney freaks) 

what’s a pet peeve of yours? gum popping. like seriously, stop it.

good advice to give? Don't major in Art History.

what are three songs you’d recommend?

Aftermath- Adam Lambert (find an acoustic version)

Breathe- In the Heights

Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters- Elton John

how old are you? 29, for five more days.

what’s your current job? horticulturist, working as the only year-round employee at a little plant nursery, where I get to do pretty much all the things that have to do with growing plants and selling them and training the occasional intern.

what are you talented at? growing plants – how do you think I ended up with this job? Plants just *make sense* to me in ways people often don't. And I think I'm also pretty good at explaining plants to people, whether they're interns/apprentices or customers. (So, Liz, if you ever need any help with your gardening plans, you know who to ask.)

what is a big goal you are working towards (or have already achieved)? Becoming a master horticulturist. I've finished and passed all the classes, now I just need to buckle down and finish my thesis-like thing. (I have a month and a half until it has to be finished and proofread and printed and handed in, argh.)

what is your aesthetic? Still not sure what that even means... bright colours, I guess, and lots of them. And irresponsible amounts of plants.

do you collect anything? Houseplants. And books, guess, but that's not so much in the spirit of collecting as "I like to read and I like being surrounded by books".

what’s a topic you always talk about? Tad Williams and his books.

what’s a pet peeve of yours? People who think they're better than others. Bad spelling. Badly written fantasy books. (I mean, yeah, different tastes and all, but some books I've read, I still wonder how they ever got published.)

good advice to give? Nobody else is better than you (even if sometimes we have to act like they are, for our own safety or to keep our jobs.) You're not better than anyone else (however much we all want to be.)

what are three songs you’d recommend? Tough question, because on the one hand, too much to choose from, and on the other hand, I'm just not a music person.

I guess...

I Am Yours by the Makemakes – say what you want about ballads at the ESC, that's my cousin on the drums, and the song has a lot of personal meaning for me since it was played at our grandfather's funeral.

Morrigan by Omnia because I’m endlessly amused by the contrast between quiet, beautiful music and the lyrics in the last part.

And... hmm... well, let’s throw a fandom thing in there, In Cathyn Dair from Tad Williams’ Memory Sorrow and Thorn books. I get that song stuck in my head just from reading it, and I love being able to listen to it!

Ugh that was me on Friday, mulching in the blazing sun. Set a timer to come back in soon, drink lots of water. Maybe make a list of things you want to get done and plan to go out again after 5pm or so?

@ckerouac replied to your post “So I think I gave myself heat exhaustion yesterday.  Mad dogs and...”

You’re allowed outside until *checks watch* honestly about now, and you’re not allowed to go back out until 4 at the earliest.

@jackabelle73 replied to your post “So I think I gave myself heat exhaustion yesterday.  Mad dogs and...”

I agree with first comment.... do your outside stuff, but avoid the hottest part of the day. And remember to drink lots of water. Set a reminder on your phone if you have to.

@darrenismydarcy replied to your post “So I think I gave myself heat exhaustion yesterday.  Mad dogs and...”

I’m glad that you’re feeling better. You could spend the morning / evening in that garden, but have a little siesta in the mid-day.

UGH. Honestly, I thought I was being SO good. I had a water-soaked wrap on my head which I re-soaked every so often, I came in every 30-45 minutes, sat inside and cooled down, drank water. But I think it was my last push to get the last few things in and watered before I admitted the heat of the day was too much that did me in.

Today I am just puttering. No big exertion... but it’s HARD. I have so few days off and SO MUCH to do. But I will be a good girl and leave the big pile of crusher dust for another day. :D

Written by Neutral Janet, I think.

LOL! OMG you are right. 

When I bought my last car a few years ago, it did end up being timed with some event or another. I looked up all of the assorted deals and Kelly Blue Book values so I knew what the approximate target payment would be.

Also I did the test drive and let the guy put together the initial offer and then said “thanks I’ll have to think about it!” and left. I HATE haggling and find it extremely stressful. I ended up leaving him a voicemail the next day essentially with my counter offer and we resolved it that way. If you aren’t in a hurry and they have what you want, it was a less-stress way to go for me.

Thank you. That helps. :) I hate haggling too! It’s like, just give me a single price. I shouldn’t have to haggle for anything. Buying a vehicle is confusing and stressful enough.

The guy we used last time left the dealership. He had gotten us what we wanted and at the price we could afford. (Our lease was nearly up and we wanted to see if we could go from a regular car to an SUV because we were moving our kid to Canada.)

Hub has to take in the SUV for regular maintenance tomorrow morning and is going to look around while he waits. And he’s going to do more research tonight. This way he’ll know if it’s even worth it to go on their big Saturday thing. 

We’re all set to just keep our SUV until hub retires and we move north, using it as a 2nd vehicle. If our house continues to increase in value and out pacing the homes in the town we want to move to, we’d be able to afford buying a new SUV with a larger engine and better tires and traction. 

But I bet it’s still delicious! I once lost a whole apple cake that way, but the crumbles were amazing on ice cream.

Hooray! I have also taken knitting back up in the last few weeks and am enjoying it so much.