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CatherineM

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I'm ready to blow a gasket. My husband's next book is ready to go to the publisher, and he wanted to send it in PDF. So he sends it to me to convert. No matter what I did with page breaks or section breaks, pdf kept adding an extra blank page where there wasn't one in Word. I'm sure his editor could have done it easily, but he wanted me to do it. He gets paranoid easily, and I guess he thought his editor might actually change something, you know, edit it. He finally asked me to divide the whole thing into two parts where pdf was adding the extra page.

I ready to wring his neck. He knows it too. He made me popcorn and put my favorite movie in. He is so in the dog house. I'm going to ask his editor to put me on the payroll if this keeps up. All for a book about politicians from one particular cow college town. He knows how much I hate politics too.

Right now I am trying to decide what he is going to have to do for me tomorrow. Any suggestions?

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[quote name='missionseeker' post='1746887' date='Jan 9 2009, 12:02 AM']gun show? :mellow:[/quote]

They don't have those up here. There is a shooting range at West Edmonton Mall where I could rent a machine gun. That would really punish him. He's terrified of guns. I suppose I could be nice and just go to the archery range. At least he wouldn't have to wear ear plugs there. If he's got earplugs on, I can't continue to express my displeasure. If nothing else, Southern women know how to give a man the dickens.

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missionseeker

After I posted I was like "do they even have those there?" oh well.

but definitely keep his ears open. :lol:

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[quote name='MissyP89' post='1746947' date='Jan 9 2009, 12:47 AM']Perpetual backrub?[/quote]

He's not capable of just giving a back rub.

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hmm...
chocolate
back rub
dinner
bookstore trip
Adoration

I think that's what I'd ask for. :)

edit: oh. I missed the last post. never mind. :P

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[quote name='CatherineM' post='1746954' date='Jan 9 2009, 01:53 AM']He's not capable of just giving a back rub.[/quote]

And this is a problem...?

(This coming from a 19-year-old who is 300 miles away from her other half, but you know how it is. :mellow:)

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i would imagine it is a problem if he is currently in the doghouse?

the only solution is to break stuff. [size=1]do it do it do it[/size]

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[quote name='CatherineM' post='1746900' date='Jan 9 2009, 01:11 AM']...e. If nothing else, Southern women know how to give a man the dickens.[/quote]
lawl. I'll keep this in mind.




A friend of mine invited me to a shooting range. :mellow:

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He's out of the doghouse. He's just too pathetic not to forgive. I've had basset hounds, so I know from pathetic looks. We so rarely fight that we have to take advantage of every make-up we can get.

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IcePrincessKRS

[quote name='CatherineM' post='1746954' date='Jan 9 2009, 02:53 AM']He's not capable of just giving a back rub.[/quote]

:rolling:

[quote name='CatherineM' post='1747144' date='Jan 9 2009, 12:55 PM']He's out of the doghouse. He's just too pathetic not to forgive. I've had basset hounds, so I know from pathetic looks. We so rarely fight that we have to take advantage of every make-up we can get.[/quote]

:) My husband and I are the same way, I think the last time we "argued" it was because I was in a snit because he said something that I thought was insensitive in front of a guy he works with. He didn't mean it the way it sounded, but I was really upset over it (and raging pregnancy hormones didn't help any).

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[quote name='CatherineM' post='1746900' date='Jan 9 2009, 01:11 AM']They don't have those [gun shows] up here.[/quote]That is the saddest thing I've ever heard...

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[quote name='IcePrincessKRS' post='1747149' date='Jan 9 2009, 11:01 AM']:rolling:



:) My husband and I are the same way, I think the last time we "argued" it was because I was in a snit because he said something that I thought was insensitive in front of a guy he works with. He didn't mean it the way it sounded, but I was really upset over it (and raging pregnancy hormones didn't help any).[/quote]

I have a rule. With the H, mention it twice--seriously. with the Ch--both grown, in theory, anyway-- mention it once--seriously--otherwise they think you're NAGGING them(!)

Hubby gets the point. I mentioned recently--make PLANE RESERVATIONS for trip in FEB--to big vac spot w/ high prices;get yearly EKG --overdue--for heart block, no less; and make DERM appt for skin exposure changes--also overdue. Mentioned all this TWICE. He comes down (ofc upstairs) recently and reports--all done--amazingly.

Nagging people is just about as effective as nagging a dog. Trainers tell you that you have to teach them to OBEY the command said once or twice, not repeatedly --or the dog won't take the training.

I find that the expression , "I don't appreciate having to.....(wrestle w/ computer to send in hubby's stuff)...or whatever to be effective.

Of course, if there are basset hound eyes involved, then all bets are off ;).

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