Stuff

I spent all moring until 11:30 straightening the hair (30 mins) and applying sunless tanner (about 1.5 hour but that was prep work too.) I now look a little less albino and so far I think it looks natural enough.

Then I had lunch with Tad at Moguls. He took me there for my 1st time last year and now I'm hooked on Indian, at least Moguls Indian food. The weird thing is and I swear it's true..you'd best stay close to the facilities about an hour or so later because there's gonna come a gusher!! Delicate way to put it I know, but DAYUM. I guess the bright side is besides enjoying being with Tad and loving the food it also clears out the plumbing? :~P


Turrible.



I'm stunned at times about how inconsiderate and downright rude people can be. It's never been more apparent to me than now since I'm not working and do my running around during the day. I try to be accommodating and thoughtful to peeps but no matter on some occasions. Some people are going to do their best to try to speak to you in a way that they hope belittles you and in some screwed way in their mind helps them to feel superior. Little do they realize all they accomplish is making sure I'm aware that they must be desperately miserable people. Knock yourself out Fucko!



On a brighter note, in a previous post I mentioned My Love For All Things Mosaic so I took a few pics of my beloved mosaic crap that I really shouldn't have purchased but I did anyway. Or I whined until Tad bought whatever so I'd stfu about it. Poor Tad. I'm
so lucky. His luck I'm not sure about lol!




mosaic coasters that don't absorb crap







P.I.M.P. ass napkin rings. Oh yeah! Needed these!






Mosaic vase that I keep moving around all over the place, another needed item.









Flower vase, my favorite of all.


THE END

WHY?????

I don't get this.

We live in a fairly nice area. The neighborhood isn't exclusive or gated or any of that elitist shit, but it's a damn nice kinda upscale golf course type community.

Myself I enjoy keeping the yard looking nice. It's really not that much work and even when I had a job I still had plenty of time to spruce up the yard, plant flowers and such. I think every year we average spending about 300 or so on plants and mulch. We *do* have a lawn service that cost 60 a month for bi-weekly or 100 a month weekly.

I would say that a good 90% of the lawns get no care other than occasional hedge upkeep and mowing and edging the lawn. It seems to me that most people here don't care about color or flowers or landscape lights or anything other than mowing and trimming bushes if *that*.

There are many houses right around us that I know haven't done any maintenance on the bushes since I've lived here and that will be 3 years in May.

There is one house a street over that is so overgrown with bushes (the owners planted all kinds of weird looking plants and stuff along the sidewalk in front of the house) that you can't see much of the house at all. It surprises me because there is a strict homeowners assoc. here but I guess the "rules" don't apply to keeping yards looking neat I guess.

I don't understand it, but then again I love when the yard looks nice and colorful, and it makes me feel really good when we're out digging in the dirt and neighbors walk by and compliment the yard and say things like "you have the most beautiful yard" and how much they enjoy seeing what we've planted every year.

For the most part I love working in the yard and I don't do it with the thought of what anyone else thinks, but it does feel good to know that other people appreciate the work Tad and I do. :~)

Oh well, I got my bitch on and now it's time to work on my hooves. That's a bitchfest for another day.

I Have New Hair

I chopped the hair off right before Christmas. I likes it.

House pics

That's right, Hell just froze and I'm posting house pics.

Guest bedroom just about done. Need to iron duvet and pillow shams and make the bed, and either find or make window panels.


Complete guest bath


One of my bday presents


The other bday present, both from Tad, thank you sweetie *hugs*

I'd be really pissed if this were me, but it was so fkn funny I just had to!

Hoppy Belated Easter!

We had a fun filled Easter. Had the Egg Hunt in the front yard and Laura went spastic with excitement. I made jerk pork which Tad cooked on the grill and it was perfect (he is a Grill Massa!), mashed potatoes with jerk gravy and green beans. Laura had her usual mac & cheese with vegetables.





She came over both days in long pants so I made a Target run and bought her 4 new short sets that are adorable. I wish there were cool clothes for kids back when I was an ankle biter.









After all of the excitement and inhaling many chocolate eggs (she was bouncing off the walls with sugar shock) she passed out on the couch.






When they arrived Saturday Davis said he had something to show me and did a show & tell with his new braces. To me that was a major deal considering it's been pounded into his head I am evil and the one at fault for his parent's divorce, so I was really excited about his wanting to show off his teeth. I think in time and with me making more of an effort to get involved with him and his hobbies (PC games and The Golf) I think we'll be ok.

Tad is an amazing Father. Sometimes it makes me tear up a little when I watch him with his kids and it's clear how much love he has for them. He is so patient and gentle with them.

Not me! I could pinch their heads off :P I do ok, just don't have anywhere near the patience Tad has with them. He is consistent and I'm not. But being the Evil Step-Mother I do a good job I think.



It's such a beautiful day today. It's 66 degrees in the house and we slept with the windows open. I love that.



We've been watching the Doral Open and on one had I hated seeing Tiger lose ending his winning streak. On the other hand he usually plays so phenomenally well that it can get boring watching him, so the tension made for a good game.



I'm going to practice my swing in the backyard today and seriously fuck up the grass, then maybe do the toenails (ewwww! they is fugly) and get the clothes on to warsh and clean up the kitchen.





A bitch's work is never done.

Golf and Fajitas

My Tad has been very patient trying to teach me The Golf. I'd say we've hit the driving range at least once every weekend for a month or so, and I'm not doing bad as I thought I would. I'm actually making some decent shots with the sand wedge.

I'm liking The Golf. Tad is a monster playa. He can hit the damn ball so hard with a driver it disappears and he is pretty accurate. He makes it look so easy. It's not, not for me at this point anyway. I can tell with time it'll be like shooting pool in a way and I was crazy good pool playa in my day. We'll see. Hell it just feels good getting OUTSIDE and doing something else outdoors besides digging in the dirt.

The yard does look beautiful though. I really want to get started on landscaping the backyard. That'll cost! :)

Tomorrow is me birthday and I'll be 46. I've been drooling over a piece of art at Pier 1 and Tad bought it for me today. He also bought a beautiful tree print by William Vanscoy for me yesterday. It's fkn beautiful. I guess I'm going through a Tree phase at this time. I'll take pics and post them soon of the new stuff.

We finally got the posfkn bedroom painted praise allah. Did I mention I'm sick to death of painting? If I did I'm getting my bitch on about it a second time. I fucking hate it.

The bedroom will turn out well if it looks like I think it's gonna. Pics will happen!

Oh yeah, the fajitas were gooood. :)

Thanks for reading!

The Check came in da mail!

We finally got the check from the Chandelier Incident. $2404.06.
$2404.06 and it just missed me by a second or so.

I recently found the same chandelier 400 cheaper than the one from the website I faxed over. I think we've decided to get a different medallion because a solid one will cover (I think) the damage to the ceiling, that'll save $1110 in repairs, plus that medallion is about 50 cheaper. We probably won't replace the rug, not soon anyway, so that'll be another 260 in pocket.

Tad wrote out a 1600 check to me after depositing the ins check yesterday and I'm drooling.

Omfg the things I could do with that money.

Instead I'll be responsible and pay down a bill with it.

Whah.

After I buy a few gallons of paint and finish up the guest room I'll post pics. I'm so excited to be close to completing that project! Then I'll have the other guest room and the wall painting room redo is DONE.

I'm sick of painting.

Happy Birthday Miss Laura!

My beautiful little step-daughter will be 4 march 11th, so I thought I'd post a few pics in celebration of her upcoming birthday.

Flowers

And here I am, sitting on my arse taking a break from painting. The horror.



I love flowers. My Man buys flowers for me every few weeks and I put them in the gorgeous mosaic glass vase I just had to have from Pier One. He bought that for me too. I love my husband, he is SO good to me.

Not because he buys me things, because he wants me to be happy and I think he enjoys giving me little (and sometimes BIG if he has Big Monies at the time :P) things because I love almost all things shiny. And flowers. I was going through an I Have To Have Every Single Thing I See That Is Mosaic Glass phase. I think I've just about kicked it though.





Anyway, here's a pic. The flowers are starting to wilt since I've had them over a week now :P

My Very First Blogz!

WooHoo!

I'd given a lot of thought about having me very own blogspot.

I enjoy reading a few blogs here and there because since May of 07 I've become a hausfrau. I don't have a lot of contact with people during my day unless I go out, which most days I don't. Usually my contact is my husband and the two Evil Cats that sometimes make me crazy.

The Cats, not the husband, he is wonderful. The Cats are not. They fuck up our shit. I swear it's the truth that if something is within their reach they will fuck with it and in most cases fuck it up. If they don't fuck it up they get hair all over it which I think belongs in the Fuck With It category too.

I know at this point it sure must look as if I am hating on the Cats, but I really do not hate them. I just hate the hair and the (I guess) natural Fuck With It instincts that most cats seem to have.

And here is me on a bitch tear about the fucking Cats on my very first post. YAY!

I know The Husband gets weary (who wouldn't?) of hearing my bitch fest about the fucking Cats, so this blog should do the trick :P

In Other News I am redoing the two upstairs bathrooms and two of the guest bedrooms. One of the bathrooms is completely done, the other is painted but needs new towel racks and paper holder and art etc.

Completed bathroom pics

Next time I take bathroom pics I'll put the lid down. Blech.

I'll do before and after pics of the bedrooms when I can. Right...just as soon as I pry my ass OFF of my new blogz and get to priming *cry!*

Later!