Monday, April 16, 2012
Picnik
Wasn't sure if anyone uses Picnik but you may want to check out their page. They are also moving to Google+. Just an FYI =) For once I'm actually on top of something before it happens lol.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Where I've Been, Where I'm At, and Where I'm Going
Um...I don't know lol. I have been super busy the last two months! And I swear one of these days I'm going to post it all!!! I have pictures to prove it =) I hosted my daughter's baby shower for her little girl in March. That was an adventure that may deserve more than one post. I had drawn out several pages in my notebook about how I wanted to redecorate this summer, had even bought all new blinds. I had the puppy in classes for six long weeks. Only one night a week for an hour just about did us both in. I've been looking for a few small pieces of furniture to refinish to round out the house.
Which brings me to my present. I'm moving. To where I have no idea. We lease a townhouse in a condo allotment and after 16 years they have decided that they would make a lot more money if they renovate and sell. So my neighbor and I got the boot at the end of last month. We have till the end of May to find a new place because they will be gutting them both out and adding an additional floor.
It goes beyond words how heartbroken I am. I've made this our home and I really love it here. From previous posts through the years, you may remember I live on a lake with a dock in my backyard. I love the smell of algae (yes I'm aware that is really strange). I love listening to the geese, mallards, crickets, and frogs do their thing all night. Scott is so frustrated that we are hurrying to find a place. We were going to rent but both of us didn't realize that apparently rent has gone up in 16 years. What we are paying for a large amount of square footage has practically doubled in my area. We've decided that we are going to buy a house instead. To which I'm very excited about, but in turn, the searching and packing in a short amount of time is wearing out my brain. I'm stressed beyond belief.
One good thing is I'm definitely getting rid of stuff! There's an organizational blog somewhere out there that would be really proud of me. The other night Scott came home right after I got out of the shower and asked why I was still wandering around in my towel. I had to admit I had accidentally over packed my leggings that I wear around the house...and the tops roflmao. So may that be a lesson to those of you moving...be careful what you pack...you may need to wear it tomorrow!
I would like to document my journey for the new nest. I've already taken pictures of houses we looked at, etc. so I can share with you at some point. My camera and iphone are full of pictures of future posts so at some point I will return to blogland. Going to try to keep up with y'all though...much love♥
Which brings me to my present. I'm moving. To where I have no idea. We lease a townhouse in a condo allotment and after 16 years they have decided that they would make a lot more money if they renovate and sell. So my neighbor and I got the boot at the end of last month. We have till the end of May to find a new place because they will be gutting them both out and adding an additional floor.
It goes beyond words how heartbroken I am. I've made this our home and I really love it here. From previous posts through the years, you may remember I live on a lake with a dock in my backyard. I love the smell of algae (yes I'm aware that is really strange). I love listening to the geese, mallards, crickets, and frogs do their thing all night. Scott is so frustrated that we are hurrying to find a place. We were going to rent but both of us didn't realize that apparently rent has gone up in 16 years. What we are paying for a large amount of square footage has practically doubled in my area. We've decided that we are going to buy a house instead. To which I'm very excited about, but in turn, the searching and packing in a short amount of time is wearing out my brain. I'm stressed beyond belief.
One good thing is I'm definitely getting rid of stuff! There's an organizational blog somewhere out there that would be really proud of me. The other night Scott came home right after I got out of the shower and asked why I was still wandering around in my towel. I had to admit I had accidentally over packed my leggings that I wear around the house...and the tops roflmao. So may that be a lesson to those of you moving...be careful what you pack...you may need to wear it tomorrow!
I would like to document my journey for the new nest. I've already taken pictures of houses we looked at, etc. so I can share with you at some point. My camera and iphone are full of pictures of future posts so at some point I will return to blogland. Going to try to keep up with y'all though...much love♥
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Pinterest for Men
Yep, you read that right. When your man complains all you do is pin, just refer him to his own pinning site!!! I received this in a newsletter this morning and couldn't help but laugh and I knew I had to share. Enjoy it! It's called Gentlemint and you can find it here.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
48 Questions
So I saw this over at Paige's, who saw it over at Shey's, who saw it at...
1. What time did you get up this morning? 6:00 a.m.
2. How do you like your steak? I really don't like steak *gasp* but if I did eat it, medium well.
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? We Bought a Zoo
4. What is your favorite TV show? House, Bones, Deadliest Catch, Swamp People, Good Eats
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Anywhere as long as there's a beach!!
6. What did you have for breakfast? Pop Tart - Cherry
7. What is your favorite food? Chocolate
8. Foods you dislike? Veggies (great influence on the kids lol)
9. Favorite place to eat? Pancho's
10. Favorite dressing? Ranch
11. What kind of vehicle do you drive? Yellow Mustang
12. What are your favorite clothes? My "night out" clothes
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Europe
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? Who the hell drank it in the first place?!
15. Where would you want to retire? The beach
16. Favorite time of day? Bedtime!!!
17. Where were you born? Ohio
18. What is your favorite sport to watch? College Football
19. What is your favorite fragrance? VS's Pure Seduction
20. What is your favorite face cream? Aveeno
21. Favorite baby/kids products? My kid is all grown up =(
22. People watcher? Who me?
23. Are you a morning or night person? morning
24. Do you have any pets? Layla Rose, boxer 11 mo, Squeakers, tortie 6 yrs, Miaya gray shorthair 6 yrs, Meez grouchy Siamese sealpoint 16yrs, misc fishies, and I'm in the process of naming my dust bunnies
25. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share? I didn't nap today lol
26. What did you want to be when you were little? A dancer
27. What is your favorite memory? My Daddy
28. Are you a cat or dog person? Both
29. Are you married? 19 yrs this past January
30. Always wear your seat belt? um....
31. Been in a car accident? Not in years *knocks on wood*
32. Any pet peeves? Being late, "borrowing" my things
33. Favorite pizza toppings? Pepperoni, banana peppers, & onions
34. Favorite flower? Sunflowers or Gerbera daisies
35. Favorite ice cream? Whitehouse cherry
36. Favorite fast food restaurant? Sonic
37. How many times did you fail your driver’s test? Surprisingly, never
38. From whom did you get your last email? Christina =)
39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? hmmm... Kohl's or hardware store like Home Depot or Lowes!
40. Do anything spontaneous lately? Not that I can think of
41. Like your job? It has it's good days
42. Broccoli? There is not a strong enough NO! for this one
43. What was your favorite vacation? Key West <3 44. Last person you went out to dinner with? Scott
45. What are you listening to right now? My aquarium, it needs water
46. What is your favorite color? White
47. How many tattoos do you have? When I get over my fear of needles, I have 7 already planned out =)
48. Coffee drinker? Cappuccinos
1. What time did you get up this morning? 6:00 a.m.
2. How do you like your steak? I really don't like steak *gasp* but if I did eat it, medium well.
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? We Bought a Zoo
4. What is your favorite TV show? House, Bones, Deadliest Catch, Swamp People, Good Eats
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Anywhere as long as there's a beach!!
6. What did you have for breakfast? Pop Tart - Cherry
7. What is your favorite food? Chocolate
8. Foods you dislike? Veggies (great influence on the kids lol)
9. Favorite place to eat? Pancho's
10. Favorite dressing? Ranch
11. What kind of vehicle do you drive? Yellow Mustang
12. What are your favorite clothes? My "night out" clothes
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Europe
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? Who the hell drank it in the first place?!
15. Where would you want to retire? The beach
16. Favorite time of day? Bedtime!!!
17. Where were you born? Ohio
18. What is your favorite sport to watch? College Football
19. What is your favorite fragrance? VS's Pure Seduction
20. What is your favorite face cream? Aveeno
21. Favorite baby/kids products? My kid is all grown up =(
22. People watcher? Who me?
23. Are you a morning or night person? morning
24. Do you have any pets? Layla Rose, boxer 11 mo, Squeakers, tortie 6 yrs, Miaya gray shorthair 6 yrs, Meez grouchy Siamese sealpoint 16yrs, misc fishies, and I'm in the process of naming my dust bunnies
25. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share? I didn't nap today lol
26. What did you want to be when you were little? A dancer
27. What is your favorite memory? My Daddy
28. Are you a cat or dog person? Both
29. Are you married? 19 yrs this past January
30. Always wear your seat belt? um....
31. Been in a car accident? Not in years *knocks on wood*
32. Any pet peeves? Being late, "borrowing" my things
33. Favorite pizza toppings? Pepperoni, banana peppers, & onions
34. Favorite flower? Sunflowers or Gerbera daisies
35. Favorite ice cream? Whitehouse cherry
36. Favorite fast food restaurant? Sonic
37. How many times did you fail your driver’s test? Surprisingly, never
38. From whom did you get your last email? Christina =)
39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? hmmm... Kohl's or hardware store like Home Depot or Lowes!
40. Do anything spontaneous lately? Not that I can think of
41. Like your job? It has it's good days
42. Broccoli? There is not a strong enough NO! for this one
43. What was your favorite vacation? Key West <3 44. Last person you went out to dinner with? Scott
45. What are you listening to right now? My aquarium, it needs water
46. What is your favorite color? White
47. How many tattoos do you have? When I get over my fear of needles, I have 7 already planned out =)
48. Coffee drinker? Cappuccinos
Sunday, February 5, 2012
The Plumber
If that's what you call it anyway lol. This post is going to be an English teacher's worst nightmare...DO NOT get out the red pin lol.
My kitchen drain ended up clogged, but I wasn't sure why. I took the drain pieces parts apart, nada. Snaked in the wall, nada. Called my coa (condo owner's association) person who thinks I'm a woman and it's going to be an easy fix. I hurry home from work the next day since he's going to be there waiting on me, promptly at 4 pm. I don't hear from him, after an hour I send a very nice reminder text and ask if everything is ok *sigh* nothing, at 6 I send another text, you know, just in case the other one didn't arrive *sigh* nothing. Three hours late (he forgot), here he comes with a bucket and a snake, no tools (keep that in mind, you'll need it later). It starts off with him opening the cupboard under the sink and asking if I have any pipe wrenches. I do, but you don't need them for those new fangled pipes. Oh, good. I watch him take apart all the pipes, snake and then says after 15 minutes it was fixed. He then hooks everything up and runs water. I know I don't have to tell you it wasn't fixed. So he takes it all apart again (after he uses my bowls and towels because he didn't bring any). So he starts snaking again AND broke it off in the wall!!! Yes, I said he broke the snake off in the wall. Not sure how that happened, but all I thought was a sailor had been under the sink instead. Soooo...he ask's if I have a tiny mirror, why yes, I have a dental mirror and let me get you a flashlight too, you'll need it. A half hour later, he calls someone and was whispering. After that he asks if I have a sawzall and a hacksaw. Why yes, yes I do...after he used the sawzall to cut huge hole in cabinetry,took 1/2 hour to find the snake, hooks up another snake, says, oh I know it's fixed this time, THEN stands up and WASHES HIS HANDS IN THE SINK. Notice I didn't say anything about hooking back up the plumbing in the wall yet. Water EVERYWHERE. He hooks the shit back up, not fixed. Tells me he'll be back tomorrow with a plumber. At what point he decided maybe a professional should look at it I don't know. I say 4 o'clock on the dot, then he says, well could ya text me and remind me just in case. See, he was going to the bar to have a drink and wasn't sure how things were gonna go. I told him if he ends up in jail the one and only phone call he should make is to the PLUMBER!! Sooooo....
Fast forward to next day (Friday), I kindly text my lovely coa guy at 3 and remind him I'll be coming home in a bit and wanted to make sure we still were ok with our plans. Nothing. Maybe he doesn't have his phone with him. I hurry home. Would you be surprised if I said he wasn't there by 5? He finally calls me. Well, the plumbers don't work that late so they can't make it out til Monday, maybe around noon. I thought plumbers were 24 hours. These are not. Well, they are, but since he's made such mess he'll pay for the plumber, and he doesn't want to pay overtime. Fine, I'll be gone most of the weekend, but I can't make it home by noon on Monday. I have a job, imagine that. So I suggest Wednesday. Nope, plumber is busy. They only have one plumber?! Well, no, but they have a big job to do, and my kitchen sink doesn't compare. Fine. We settle on Thursday, but they refuse to come out any later than noon. I leave work early. Not happy. They run the snake,within 10 minutes, "Ma'am, your sink is ready to go". Huh?! What?! "We snaked 50 feet and your drain is cleared, everything is ok for you." After a whole week, you have no idea how thankful I am that this is fixed. Now my drain DOES work, I only have this giant whole in the back of the cabinet with the pink fluffies hanging out because COA guy threw out the board *sigh*
My kitchen drain ended up clogged, but I wasn't sure why. I took the drain pieces parts apart, nada. Snaked in the wall, nada. Called my coa (condo owner's association) person who thinks I'm a woman and it's going to be an easy fix. I hurry home from work the next day since he's going to be there waiting on me, promptly at 4 pm. I don't hear from him, after an hour I send a very nice reminder text and ask if everything is ok *sigh* nothing, at 6 I send another text, you know, just in case the other one didn't arrive *sigh* nothing. Three hours late (he forgot), here he comes with a bucket and a snake, no tools (keep that in mind, you'll need it later). It starts off with him opening the cupboard under the sink and asking if I have any pipe wrenches. I do, but you don't need them for those new fangled pipes. Oh, good. I watch him take apart all the pipes, snake and then says after 15 minutes it was fixed. He then hooks everything up and runs water. I know I don't have to tell you it wasn't fixed. So he takes it all apart again (after he uses my bowls and towels because he didn't bring any). So he starts snaking again AND broke it off in the wall!!! Yes, I said he broke the snake off in the wall. Not sure how that happened, but all I thought was a sailor had been under the sink instead. Soooo...he ask's if I have a tiny mirror, why yes, I have a dental mirror and let me get you a flashlight too, you'll need it. A half hour later, he calls someone and was whispering. After that he asks if I have a sawzall and a hacksaw. Why yes, yes I do...after he used the sawzall to cut huge hole in cabinetry,took 1/2 hour to find the snake, hooks up another snake, says, oh I know it's fixed this time, THEN stands up and WASHES HIS HANDS IN THE SINK. Notice I didn't say anything about hooking back up the plumbing in the wall yet. Water EVERYWHERE. He hooks the shit back up, not fixed. Tells me he'll be back tomorrow with a plumber. At what point he decided maybe a professional should look at it I don't know. I say 4 o'clock on the dot, then he says, well could ya text me and remind me just in case. See, he was going to the bar to have a drink and wasn't sure how things were gonna go. I told him if he ends up in jail the one and only phone call he should make is to the PLUMBER!! Sooooo....
Fast forward to next day (Friday), I kindly text my lovely coa guy at 3 and remind him I'll be coming home in a bit and wanted to make sure we still were ok with our plans. Nothing. Maybe he doesn't have his phone with him. I hurry home. Would you be surprised if I said he wasn't there by 5? He finally calls me. Well, the plumbers don't work that late so they can't make it out til Monday, maybe around noon. I thought plumbers were 24 hours. These are not. Well, they are, but since he's made such mess he'll pay for the plumber, and he doesn't want to pay overtime. Fine, I'll be gone most of the weekend, but I can't make it home by noon on Monday. I have a job, imagine that. So I suggest Wednesday. Nope, plumber is busy. They only have one plumber?! Well, no, but they have a big job to do, and my kitchen sink doesn't compare. Fine. We settle on Thursday, but they refuse to come out any later than noon. I leave work early. Not happy. They run the snake,within 10 minutes, "Ma'am, your sink is ready to go". Huh?! What?! "We snaked 50 feet and your drain is cleared, everything is ok for you." After a whole week, you have no idea how thankful I am that this is fixed. Now my drain DOES work, I only have this giant whole in the back of the cabinet with the pink fluffies hanging out because COA guy threw out the board *sigh*
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