William is sick, and not just in the normal way. Tony’s way too impressed with his own tech skills. And both of us realize we don’t listen to other people, or something. Plus some Superman, of course. And an alpaca. Enjoy!
QUESTIONS:
Dear hatters, Please describer your closet organization plan. What percentage of your master bedroom closet space is yours vs. your spouse’s? –Beth
What is the worst advice you’ve ever received? –Cawfee
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Apology accepted. I listen at work when I have things to do that don’t require my full concentration. Sometimes I have weeks where I don’t really have much of that work, and sometimes it’s the opposite and I can get caught up. I don’t think I listened to any podcasts while I was on maternity leave, so I certainly got behind there. When I start a new job, I’m usually in the “full concentration” mode for a few months, so I also have been behind 3 different times in the past 10 years from that. So, yes, at least 4 times, I’ve been pretty far behind, and then I get to binge them to get caught up. I usually need to go back to find what episode I last commented on and start listening with the next one.
“Beth…she’s the best” – William. Thanks William! That’s very nice of you.
Tony, I’m flattered to be compared to Martha Stewart.
We also sleep better separately. We have a king bed, so it’s as though we’re each in our own zip code. I think we might both like it better if we had separate covers, too.
William’s house – separate rooms, separate closets, separate bathrooms. That makes sense.
Tony’s house – halves of the closet, but you both sound like you don’t use your closet very well. Clean it out and let it work for you!
Beth’s house – we approximately have halves, my side of which I think is better organized and easier to use. It’s a medium sized walk-in, and I also put a chair on my side so it’s easier to put on socks and shoes without leaving the closet (which he also uses). There is nothing on his side that I use. It is only one person wide, so if he’s already in there, I need him to move for me to be able to get to my stuff.
We had a conversation about how many pairs of shoes we each own. My husband thought he had around 5 pairs. I estimated I had around 30. Turns out he owns about 30 and I own maybe 35. It’s not a contest, and I wasn’t trying to say I don’t own more than he does, but as adults, we have a lot of specialty purpose shoes. I probably wear about 5 pairs with great regularity, and the rest are as needed. I guess the problem is that he is bad at estimating how many shoes someone owns?
Worst advice, hmmm… There were classes/activities in junior high and high school I was told would look really good on my college application and/or future resume, which when I reached that level, no one cared it was there. Leaders Gym and National Junior Honor Society jump to mind. There have probably been others. On the other hand, Girl Scout Gold Award I’ve been told to take off by people in the professional development resume/review realm, then I tell them it’s equivalent to Eagle Scout and they agree it should absolutely still be on there. Although I would think someone in their position would be able to remember that equivalence in general, muchless that WE had already had that conversation.