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I'm so excited!

Boxergirl

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So can I just say how excited I am for this weekend? DH is opening up our place on the lake in Michigan, my daughter has moved back with her boyfriend, and her Otis will be staying there this entire weekend. I haven't had my house to myself and only my own dogs since February of 2017. I get the entire bed with my dogs. I love my husband very much, but I'm really excited to have my dogs and house all to myself. Go ahead and laugh at me. I'm not even going to clean like I usually do. I'm going to game. Not sure if it's going to be Witcher or Skyrim or maybe Ember. Maybe I'll clean today after he leaves. With only me here the house will stay clean. Yay for me!
 

Nik

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lol! That does sound like a nice weekend! I know what you mean about the house staying clean with just you. With my husband not here there is very little cleaning to do. Of course everything we own is still in boxes too so Ia m just washing the same plate over and over again to eat with. I still need to scrub down and reline all the shelves in the new kitchen before I will put the dishes in and I have been just too tired to get more than a few small things done every evening after work.

I am looking forward to a full weekend with no work and able to focus just on the house and my dogs.

If I get really brave I may even venture out to the wood burning stove store and the local farm all by myself. Going places (especially places I don't know) alone always makes me very anxiety ridden. It is a real problem for me but I would like to set up the new wood burning stove and it would be a nice surprise for Sean if I can even do it before he returns home :)
 

Sheila Braund

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OMG Boxergirl.... I know just how you feel! When ever my husband goes away he is always concern that I’m upset that I’m staying home.... Its everything I can do to hold myself back from shoving him in the truck and say get out of there already... lol
I get the whole bed ... the whole TV, even though I don’t watch it a lot. My dogs and I are set.... ya I’m a homebody for sure:p

Oh thats also when I do my balk cooking... can’t cut onions when my husband is home he gets sick.
Now I’m jealous! Dang I have to somehow plan a get away for my hubby and let him think it is his idea...just so I can cook some onions lol
 

Jarena

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Ah Nik, I’m with you on new places. It’s very hard. When I saw that you were moving to a new state and would be alone at first, I had anxiety for you! I get so drained after going to a new place alone. It’s hard to be so “on”. If I’m invited to someone’s house for the first time I call them to meet me outside. I absolutely can not walk up to a strange door alone. There’s a reel going through my head with “what if this is the wrong house, what will I say when they open the door, what if I freeze” and on and on. Be brave! I’ll be thinking of you!
 

April Nicole

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Ah Nik, I’m with you on new places. It’s very hard. When I saw that you were moving to a new state and would be alone at first, I had anxiety for you! I get so drained after going to a new place alone. It’s hard to be so “on”. If I’m invited to someone’s house for the first time I call them to meet me outside. I absolutely can not walk up to a strange door alone. There’s a reel going through my head with “what if this is the wrong house, what will I say when they open the door, what if I freeze” and on and on. Be brave! I’ll be thinking of you!

I think I'm the opposite. I'm the one who sees the strange man holding a bloody chainsaw, and say" Oh, hey! How ya doin? Did you purchase that chainsaw at home depot?" Lol. I have gotten better though as I've gotten older. I used to be oblivious to evil. I guess I would see everything through rose colored glasses. I got burned a lot by people. I was too trusting. It's funny cause they say opposites attract. Ain't that the truth! My husband is like a junk yard dog! He just sits back and watches, everyone's a threat until considered otherwise. In his defense though, he does have to protect 5 daughters and a wife that wants to make friends with the serial killer. Lol. No, just kidding. This world has jaded me a bit. Not so trusting anymore....
 

April Nicole

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So can I just say how excited I am for this weekend? DH is opening up our place on the lake in Michigan, my daughter has moved back with her boyfriend, and her Otis will be staying there this entire weekend. I haven't had my house to myself and only my own dogs since February of 2017. I get the entire bed with my dogs. I love my husband very much, but I'm really excited to have my dogs and house all to myself. Go ahead and laugh at me. I'm not even going to clean like I usually do. I'm going to game. Not sure if it's going to be Witcher or Skyrim or maybe Ember. Maybe I'll clean today after he leaves. With only me here the house will stay clean. Yay for me!

So how was the weekend alone?
 

Nik

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I think I'm the opposite. I'm the one who sees the strange man holding a bloody chainsaw, and say" Oh, hey! How ya doin? Did you purchase that chainsaw at home depot?" Lol. I have gotten better though as I've gotten older. I used to be oblivious to evil. I guess I would see everything through rose colored glasses. I got burned a lot by people. I was too trusting. It's funny cause they say opposites attract. Ain't that the truth! My husband is like a junk yard dog! He just sits back and watches, everyone's a threat until considered otherwise. In his defense though, he does have to protect 5 daughters and a wife that wants to make friends with the serial killer. Lol. No, just kidding. This world has jaded me a bit. Not so trusting anymore....

Sounds like I'm more like your husband.Definitely a little bit of junk yard dog in me. :p

I am trying to learn to be friendlier and nicer to people since everyone in our neighborhood is so nice. Husband is still not back with me yet and it has been a bit stressful.
 

Nik

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I washed walls and baseboards. Washed all the curtains and blinds. Cleaned the windows inside and out. Steam cleaned the area rugs. You know how it goes. Being an adult won over playing video games.

So productive!!!! :)