I opened up my Blog page tonight thinking I had some great things to say and now I've started over three or four times......that tells me that I don't have much to say. Well, I always have alot to say but I feel like I don't have anything interesting to say. I will ramble on and bitch about something......some things never change huh?
The kids have been sick all week. Jourdan and John are feeling better and Sami still doesn't feel that great. So it's been a long week! I've been working on a tax return that has taken me a couple weeks to get done. It's a personal, business, and then ammended returns from 2008. Between the kids being sick and doing taxes I haven't had time for anything else.
I feel bad, I haven't been a good friend lately. I'm sure my friends think I'm a procrastinator. It's not always the case. I just have too many irons in the fire. Sometimes by the time I get home from work and I get dinner around, Johns reading, and baths and showers....I'm too damn tired for anything else.
So Kathie asked me to do a favor for her weeks ago. She needed two pairs of pants shortened. Not a big deal, probably take me 30 minutes. There they still are on my table downstairs. Last Saturday she brought her boots and I measured them, and then haven't touched them again. I'm so damn tired by the end of the day, every single day, that I don't have the energy to go downstairs and take 30 mintues to do a favor for my friend. She always does nice things for me and I'm an ass.
I intend to have them done for her tomorrow. We are taking the kids to lunch and I'm not going to not have them done when she comes over.
And, if you read my post....well it was a couple posts ago. I was writing about Jason and how he's having a really hard time about breaking up with his girlfriend. I have been friends with her mom for a really long time and we haven't spoken in over a week. It makes me really sad. I want to support Jason and I feel terrible when he comes home from school and tells me what's going on and the gossip that he's hearing. He still feels bad, he is still hurting and I don't know how to make it better. I know that a parent can't take away heartache....but we sure do share it with our children.
So, in my post I was pretty hard on my friend. I feel bad about it and have even thought about deleting the post. Then I think about what Jason is telling me that is going on at school.....I just don't know. I know it looks like I'm writing in code here but I guess I'm just trying to make myself feel better! It sucks when your kids are hurting and feeling bad. I guess it's a part of growing up and learning how to deal with people.
You know, that's a great point right there. Back when I was 18 and I was in college I was thinking that I was an adult. Oh, I was a big shot and I got engaged and then when I was 19 I got married. Wow, I was married and my friends were getting married....I was all grown up.
My 20's turned out to be the biggest learning experience of my life so far. I had a terrible marriage with a verbally abusive husband who couldn't control his temper. I had two kids. Paul and I broke up and got back together several times. I lived in an apartment for a year and then went back to him for a year and a half only to leave again not long after Jourdan was born. I remember the first night in my apartment, I didn't even have beds yet, I laid there crying and wondering if I had made the right choice?
Well, I did. If I hadn't left then I probably would have left when I met Scott. I fell in love with him the second I laid eyes on him! That's no lie.
Anyhow, what I learned about life and marriage in my 20's definitely helped me grow up. I think when I hit 30 I finally felt "grown up". I learned how to pick my battles and to have a healthy relationship. Of course, it helps to have a great guy. Thank God I have Scott, I'm so thankful for him every day I can't even describe it. And my 30's were so much happier than my 20's.
Don't fool yourself, your 30's will go by fast, especially if you have kids. I don't know where the time has gone. Don't let it slip through your fingers. Take time to enjoy your kids because soon they turn into teenagers and they aren't as enjoyable! LOL Just kidding! ;)
Jason is going to graduate in a couple of months. I can't even believe it....I know I keep saying that right? I'm a broken record, what can I say. Regardless of how old he is, I still worry about him and I worry about how he's dealing with a break-up. It's not going away very fast for him, it's a long and slow process. I keep telling him I know how he's feeling. My very first serious boyfriend broke up with me and broke my heart. I thought I would die from a broken heart. It makes me so sad that this has happened to Jason but I keep telling him that he will find another hot girl and that will help him get over her. He just laughs and says that I'm right.
Well, like I already said...a bunch of rambling. Sorry. Just mindless typing of my random thoughts tonight. It was either that or bitch about the Democrats. I didn't want to give myself a headache, lol. I got totally off the topic of friendship. Didn't mean to. I know I've been a shitty friend sometimes and I don't do it deliberately. I just have to learn to do as I say I will.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Socialism, Here We Come!
I am in SHOCK! Seriously! I can't believe that Pelosi and Obama twisted enough arms to get Obamacare passed! Seriously!
Ok, I think that there are a few people who may be able to find a couple of good things in this health care legislation, but all the stuff that comes alot with it is sickening. Along with this huge new entitlement they are giving to the American people, they have decided that our tax dollars can be used to kill unborn children. That's right, American's are now funding abortions. On top of that, and you can read this in the actual bill, the government can now enter your home to check on your children and make sure they are being cared for medically.
And this gets even better, Democrats have put the IRS in charge of making sure that people are purchasing health care coverage. This new legislation says that every single American must purchase health insurance or they will be fined! Who is going to uphold that? The IRS! A family the size of ours, in the first year of not purchasing health insurance would be fined $95 a person. Then it triples the next year. Then what?
What happened to the Constitution? What happened to Obama's promise to create "change" and "transparency" in the government? Remember, all of this was to be aired on C-Span? Didn't happen. If the administration really wanted to reduce health care costs why didn't they add it reform for frivilous lawsuits? Did you know that you cannot purchase health insurance from a company that is out of the state you live in? You can purchase auto-insurance from a company in another state, but not health insurance! Why?
Wouldn't that create the competetion that the Dems are saying we lack? Have you ever looked up the word "socialism"? Obama's photo is right there in the dictionary. I swear, he is taking our personal freedoms more and more each day. The government is running auto companies, banks, and now health care? Is this really America? Land of the Free and Home of the Brave?
The spending, the healthcare, the progressivism that Obama has shown this past year scares the hell out of me. I pray that what has happend this past year to our beloved United States encourages people to get off their asses and get every one of the Democrats who are up for re-election and voted for this health care legislation voted out of office. You can't just sit and bitch! You have to go out and vote!
You may not consider yourself a Republican. Maybe you are an Independent or maybe you are a liberal that leans to the center. It doesn't mean that you should vote for this ultra liberal crowd who is threatening your very future as well as the future of your children and their children...and so on. I consider myself a conservative but I am not an Ann Coulter conservative nor am I am John McCain conservative. I'm someplace in the middle. I just know that this Country is in big trouble and I'm asking you to get rid of the socialist direction our country has taken this past year. Do the research!
That's all I have to say....for now.
Ok, I think that there are a few people who may be able to find a couple of good things in this health care legislation, but all the stuff that comes alot with it is sickening. Along with this huge new entitlement they are giving to the American people, they have decided that our tax dollars can be used to kill unborn children. That's right, American's are now funding abortions. On top of that, and you can read this in the actual bill, the government can now enter your home to check on your children and make sure they are being cared for medically.
And this gets even better, Democrats have put the IRS in charge of making sure that people are purchasing health care coverage. This new legislation says that every single American must purchase health insurance or they will be fined! Who is going to uphold that? The IRS! A family the size of ours, in the first year of not purchasing health insurance would be fined $95 a person. Then it triples the next year. Then what?
What happened to the Constitution? What happened to Obama's promise to create "change" and "transparency" in the government? Remember, all of this was to be aired on C-Span? Didn't happen. If the administration really wanted to reduce health care costs why didn't they add it reform for frivilous lawsuits? Did you know that you cannot purchase health insurance from a company that is out of the state you live in? You can purchase auto-insurance from a company in another state, but not health insurance! Why?
Wouldn't that create the competetion that the Dems are saying we lack? Have you ever looked up the word "socialism"? Obama's photo is right there in the dictionary. I swear, he is taking our personal freedoms more and more each day. The government is running auto companies, banks, and now health care? Is this really America? Land of the Free and Home of the Brave?
The spending, the healthcare, the progressivism that Obama has shown this past year scares the hell out of me. I pray that what has happend this past year to our beloved United States encourages people to get off their asses and get every one of the Democrats who are up for re-election and voted for this health care legislation voted out of office. You can't just sit and bitch! You have to go out and vote!
You may not consider yourself a Republican. Maybe you are an Independent or maybe you are a liberal that leans to the center. It doesn't mean that you should vote for this ultra liberal crowd who is threatening your very future as well as the future of your children and their children...and so on. I consider myself a conservative but I am not an Ann Coulter conservative nor am I am John McCain conservative. I'm someplace in the middle. I just know that this Country is in big trouble and I'm asking you to get rid of the socialist direction our country has taken this past year. Do the research!
That's all I have to say....for now.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
The Mother Bear Inside
I have been going through something really difficult with Jason. First, the breakup with his girlfriend. She was seeing other guys while dating him. It broke his heart like you wouldn't believe. He is still upset over it, he's still not over it, and it's still eating at him. The bitch of it is that her mom has been my best friend, aside from Scott, for about 12 years.
I feel like I am hurting Jason by continuing my friendship with her mom. It hurts him when he knows that I have talked to her. I dont' know what to do. I feel like my friend is still not dealing with reality when it comes to her daughter. Jason has seen her hugging and hanging on another boy at school and there are rumors about the two of them. It's hurting him and there is nothing I can do about it. Jason even let her mother know it was going on but my friend claims that they two of them are just friends.
Just friends. That's what she has said all along about the other guys she was seeing on the side. It's how she got away with so much. It's not helping her to get better with her self-esteem! She has just gone on with her same ill behavior only now it's without a phone or her computer.
It's been a while, but it is still hurting him and I think he feels that I am betraying him if I talk to my friend. I feel the same way and I need to talk to her about it. It hurts me too because I care very much about this friendship but I don't believe that her daughter has changed. It's not been long enough and I think she just isn't being honest.
She's not my daughter and I can't do a damn thing about what's going on in her life. It's up to her mom and dad to deal with her. All I can do right now is support Jason and help him feel better. It's been over a month and he is still dealing with it and not sleeping well. He's in a terrible mood and he is still having such a hard time...especially seeing her at school with other guys. I can't even imagine.
On top of all that, he's getting screwed at work. He hasn't worked in a month. I don't know if they are trying to push him out or what? What would you think if you just stopped getting scheduled to work. The business we work for is definitely not one that has regular hours. It varies from week to week and day to day. But when you have a good employee that gets customers calling the office to praise, and gets all top scores on his comment cards, do you stop scheduling him to work? Honestly, there are people in my office who have a bug up their ass about me. I feel they are taking it out on Jason. We'll see how the rest of this week goes. My fear is that Jason's guidance counselor has called me and he may loose credit for the 2 classes that are considered his "school to work" which will drop his GPA into the toilet.
I've bitched enough. Oh, I could say so much more. I'm mad as hell! What would you do if it were your son?
I feel like I am hurting Jason by continuing my friendship with her mom. It hurts him when he knows that I have talked to her. I dont' know what to do. I feel like my friend is still not dealing with reality when it comes to her daughter. Jason has seen her hugging and hanging on another boy at school and there are rumors about the two of them. It's hurting him and there is nothing I can do about it. Jason even let her mother know it was going on but my friend claims that they two of them are just friends.
Just friends. That's what she has said all along about the other guys she was seeing on the side. It's how she got away with so much. It's not helping her to get better with her self-esteem! She has just gone on with her same ill behavior only now it's without a phone or her computer.
It's been a while, but it is still hurting him and I think he feels that I am betraying him if I talk to my friend. I feel the same way and I need to talk to her about it. It hurts me too because I care very much about this friendship but I don't believe that her daughter has changed. It's not been long enough and I think she just isn't being honest.
She's not my daughter and I can't do a damn thing about what's going on in her life. It's up to her mom and dad to deal with her. All I can do right now is support Jason and help him feel better. It's been over a month and he is still dealing with it and not sleeping well. He's in a terrible mood and he is still having such a hard time...especially seeing her at school with other guys. I can't even imagine.
On top of all that, he's getting screwed at work. He hasn't worked in a month. I don't know if they are trying to push him out or what? What would you think if you just stopped getting scheduled to work. The business we work for is definitely not one that has regular hours. It varies from week to week and day to day. But when you have a good employee that gets customers calling the office to praise, and gets all top scores on his comment cards, do you stop scheduling him to work? Honestly, there are people in my office who have a bug up their ass about me. I feel they are taking it out on Jason. We'll see how the rest of this week goes. My fear is that Jason's guidance counselor has called me and he may loose credit for the 2 classes that are considered his "school to work" which will drop his GPA into the toilet.
I've bitched enough. Oh, I could say so much more. I'm mad as hell! What would you do if it were your son?
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Health Care Reform
PLEASE go to http://www.callcongress.com/ find your Senators and State Reps and start calling them and emailing them. Do you want your tax dollars to pay for abortions? I've had ultra sounds at 7 weeks and have seen the beating heart of two of my children at that age. Tell me that isn't a child.
We have GREAT health insurance and I don't want to lose it. Wlmart just announced that they are not taking Medicaid prescriptions because they aren't getting paid by the government. What's going to happen when we are all on a government program? Has the government EVER run something efficiently? I think not.
The vote is on Sunday so don't hesitate. Tell your congressman or congresswoman that you will help vote them out of office if they vote YES on this government takeover of healthcare.
That's all I have to say about it for now.
We have GREAT health insurance and I don't want to lose it. Wlmart just announced that they are not taking Medicaid prescriptions because they aren't getting paid by the government. What's going to happen when we are all on a government program? Has the government EVER run something efficiently? I think not.
The vote is on Sunday so don't hesitate. Tell your congressman or congresswoman that you will help vote them out of office if they vote YES on this government takeover of healthcare.
That's all I have to say about it for now.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Tracy the Relationship Expert....Not
I was on Facebook last night and happened to notice a post that it was time to change the clocks forward an hour! For crying out loud! I hate the time change because it screws up the kids for weeks!
Ok, I have a couple of topics for tonight. First of all, it's already after 11pm and I'm wide awake. Yeah, it's going to be a long day tomorrow. John really has a hard time, especially in the morning because when I'm waking him up in the morning at 7:30am it's really going to feel like 6:30am. Poor little fella!
So I have a new favorite TV show. Cougar Town. Tina said she read an article or something and even though the name of the show isn't the best, the show is GREAT! I guess you would think by the title that it wa an older woman trying to hook up with young guys. Not the case. Have you seen it? I DVR it and I watch every episode like 4 or 5 times. I'm watching one right now, as a matter of fact. I LOVE IT!!!!
Wow, I can't remember what my other topic of discussion was going to be, haha. What a moron.
I think I was going to bitch about the long winter and how the kids have been sick for like 5 months. Spring is just days away and I'm so glad because once we get to warmer weather, the kids stay pretty healthy....knock on wood. Let's look at my winter....John has been sick for most of the winter. He is snotty and has been coughing for months.
Sami had an ear infection a month ago and three weeks after being off the antibiotic, she is sick again. At the doctors office they said she had a bad infection in her left ear. Today, she was crying and crying about her right ear. I looked at it with Scott's mega strong flashlight and it's all purple and bulging. Gross.
All she did this afternoon is cry and cry. She had a fever and was feeling so bad. I didn't even know what to do for her because I was out of Tylenol or Ibuprofen. So, I had some A/B Otic drops that numb the eardrum for kids when they have an ear infection. Finally, she fell asleep. Poor baby. After she slept she did feel better and I did get her some tylenol.
I remember when I was a kid I had an ear ache, the only one I can really remember in my life, and it was Christmas Day and we were at my Grandma and Grandpa Condon's house. I remember laying in her bed crying my eyes out because my ear hurt so much. It was so miserable! My kids have had terrible ear infections over the years, all of them. And poor Sami, she has been so miserable this week. That's why I'm so glad that spring is near and it starts getting warmer.
Did anyone see this weeks Cougar Town? It was a story about friendship with the opposite sex. Most people think that men and women can't be friends. I am not one to think that. I have guy friends that I am not interested in romantically or sexually. What's your opinion, can men and women be friends without the sexual stuff? You know my opinion now.
Anyhow, on the show Jules is saying that if you're lucky you will find a man that you can have both with. Friendship and the romance. I have that. Scott is the best thing that ever happened to me, and he really is my best friend. Oh, he pisses me off sometimes and I know that I piss him off sometimes but even after ten years together we still like each other and love to spend time with each other.
There are alot of couples out there who love their spouse without really liking them. I know couples like this. What happens when your kids grow up and move out and you are left with your husband or wife? Is this when it falls apart because you don't like each other?
True Story: We have a customer at work that we are doing a move for that is 73 years old. It is a confidential move because her husband doesn't know that she is leaving him. I mean, she is 73 friggin years old and she is just now deciding it's time to move on from her marriage of 40 or 50 years? This is just so strange to me. Here is what I think. Don't spend your life being miserable. If the person you are with doesn't make you happy, get out of the relationship. Life is so short. I've already been talking about this....Jason graduating this year and how fast the time has flown by. It feels like he was a Freshman about 3 months ago and now he's about to graduate.
Don't be left with a miserable marriage after giving so much of your life to someone. Make sure that you really do like the person you marry. I've discovered that you can love someone and not necessarily like that person. If you have family, you can relate to what I'm saying....right? Look, I'm no expert in marriage but I know that I could never see myself being married to Paul when I was old. After the first couple of years of being married to him, and I was so unhappy, I couldn't see myself being in a long marriage with him.
There were some pretty serious reasons for leaving Paul and I'm so thankful that I did. It gave me the chance to meet Scott, and he really is my best friend and I love him like crazy!
"When a marriage really works, the tiny bumps in the road don't matter. You don't have to be scared because there's never any real jeopardy." - Ellie on Cougar Town
Enough of the sappy talk. Just rambling at this point. Relationships are so difficult and it's easy to dish out advice to someone when you aren't emotionally attached to that other person. Only you know what's in your heart, how much you can take, and if you love the other person enough to make it through the good times and the bad times.
Ok, I have a couple of topics for tonight. First of all, it's already after 11pm and I'm wide awake. Yeah, it's going to be a long day tomorrow. John really has a hard time, especially in the morning because when I'm waking him up in the morning at 7:30am it's really going to feel like 6:30am. Poor little fella!
So I have a new favorite TV show. Cougar Town. Tina said she read an article or something and even though the name of the show isn't the best, the show is GREAT! I guess you would think by the title that it wa an older woman trying to hook up with young guys. Not the case. Have you seen it? I DVR it and I watch every episode like 4 or 5 times. I'm watching one right now, as a matter of fact. I LOVE IT!!!!
Wow, I can't remember what my other topic of discussion was going to be, haha. What a moron.
I think I was going to bitch about the long winter and how the kids have been sick for like 5 months. Spring is just days away and I'm so glad because once we get to warmer weather, the kids stay pretty healthy....knock on wood. Let's look at my winter....John has been sick for most of the winter. He is snotty and has been coughing for months.
Sami had an ear infection a month ago and three weeks after being off the antibiotic, she is sick again. At the doctors office they said she had a bad infection in her left ear. Today, she was crying and crying about her right ear. I looked at it with Scott's mega strong flashlight and it's all purple and bulging. Gross.
All she did this afternoon is cry and cry. She had a fever and was feeling so bad. I didn't even know what to do for her because I was out of Tylenol or Ibuprofen. So, I had some A/B Otic drops that numb the eardrum for kids when they have an ear infection. Finally, she fell asleep. Poor baby. After she slept she did feel better and I did get her some tylenol.
I remember when I was a kid I had an ear ache, the only one I can really remember in my life, and it was Christmas Day and we were at my Grandma and Grandpa Condon's house. I remember laying in her bed crying my eyes out because my ear hurt so much. It was so miserable! My kids have had terrible ear infections over the years, all of them. And poor Sami, she has been so miserable this week. That's why I'm so glad that spring is near and it starts getting warmer.
Did anyone see this weeks Cougar Town? It was a story about friendship with the opposite sex. Most people think that men and women can't be friends. I am not one to think that. I have guy friends that I am not interested in romantically or sexually. What's your opinion, can men and women be friends without the sexual stuff? You know my opinion now.
Anyhow, on the show Jules is saying that if you're lucky you will find a man that you can have both with. Friendship and the romance. I have that. Scott is the best thing that ever happened to me, and he really is my best friend. Oh, he pisses me off sometimes and I know that I piss him off sometimes but even after ten years together we still like each other and love to spend time with each other.
There are alot of couples out there who love their spouse without really liking them. I know couples like this. What happens when your kids grow up and move out and you are left with your husband or wife? Is this when it falls apart because you don't like each other?
True Story: We have a customer at work that we are doing a move for that is 73 years old. It is a confidential move because her husband doesn't know that she is leaving him. I mean, she is 73 friggin years old and she is just now deciding it's time to move on from her marriage of 40 or 50 years? This is just so strange to me. Here is what I think. Don't spend your life being miserable. If the person you are with doesn't make you happy, get out of the relationship. Life is so short. I've already been talking about this....Jason graduating this year and how fast the time has flown by. It feels like he was a Freshman about 3 months ago and now he's about to graduate.
Don't be left with a miserable marriage after giving so much of your life to someone. Make sure that you really do like the person you marry. I've discovered that you can love someone and not necessarily like that person. If you have family, you can relate to what I'm saying....right? Look, I'm no expert in marriage but I know that I could never see myself being married to Paul when I was old. After the first couple of years of being married to him, and I was so unhappy, I couldn't see myself being in a long marriage with him.
There were some pretty serious reasons for leaving Paul and I'm so thankful that I did. It gave me the chance to meet Scott, and he really is my best friend and I love him like crazy!
"When a marriage really works, the tiny bumps in the road don't matter. You don't have to be scared because there's never any real jeopardy." - Ellie on Cougar Town
Enough of the sappy talk. Just rambling at this point. Relationships are so difficult and it's easy to dish out advice to someone when you aren't emotionally attached to that other person. Only you know what's in your heart, how much you can take, and if you love the other person enough to make it through the good times and the bad times.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Spring is Near.....I Can Feel It!
So I added a playlist to entertain you while you're reading my Blog....what do you think?
Wow, can you believe the weather we are having? Spring is just around the corner. I can already taste those delicious glasses of Sangria with fresh fruit and Scott's pulled pork and prime rib.
I had something cool happen today. On my friends list is the wife of one of my co-workers. She has the sweetest personality, I know this even though I don't know her very well. It's evident in her posts and photos. Well, she posted a link to her mom's Blog and I just loved it. So, after spending about an hour reading through her Blog and looking at her photo's I decided to take a different approach to my Blog.
Oh, I'll still bitch about politics and such, but I decided to put some personal touches in, I added some of my favorite songs, and I'm going to add more photo's. Well, once I figure out how to do that lol.
Ok, well that worked out good! I must be some sort of genius or something. "Or something" better describes me. I just wanted to show off how handsome my son is.
It's been a long winter and spring is just around the corner. I can't wait. I think that the long winter is making people wacky. I have some serious stree-reducing things planned...and I'll keep you up to date.
First, Jourdan and I have several craft projects in the works. Tooth-fairy pillows, dream pillows, scented sachets, and lavender rice bags. We're so creative! I can't wait to show you how they turn out.
Once the decent weather gets here, by that I mean above 60 degrees and all snow gone from my yard, Chicky and I are going to give our patio a makeover. We have this great deck that goes off the three-season porch and it's just going to waste. We've lived here three years and never used it or done anything with it. It's insane. When we BBQ, we have the grill in the driveway and we sit in the garage and drink beer. No more!
We bought this house on foreclosure and the previous owners had put this new deck/patio in the side yard for a hot tub. Well, they removed the hot tub before we came along and left a fabulous area for summer entertaining. It has a wooden bench the length of one side and it's covered by lattice.
Jourdan and I have a huge list of ideas for the porch to make it a summer haven. New covers for the chairs, which we will spray paint, cushions for the bench. A large wooden table for the middle of the deck to hold our coctails and munchies. We're going to put up lattice to block us off from the neighbors. I have the coolest chinese lantern patio lights I'm going to put up. Add an outdoor rug, some painting of vines and flowers on the rails and we'll be good. Oh, and I almost forgot the best part. We went to Hobby Lobby and found the coolest hanging candle holders. I bought pink and purple ones and they have long twisty wire hangers and glass beads made into flowers. I got one for each corner of the deck to hang....it's going to look so good. Tina had a great idea to put the citranella candles in them. Plus, we have tiki torches!
So, we have plenty to do to get ready for our summer retreat. I'm really looking forward to it.
Wow, can you believe the weather we are having? Spring is just around the corner. I can already taste those delicious glasses of Sangria with fresh fruit and Scott's pulled pork and prime rib.
I had something cool happen today. On my friends list is the wife of one of my co-workers. She has the sweetest personality, I know this even though I don't know her very well. It's evident in her posts and photos. Well, she posted a link to her mom's Blog and I just loved it. So, after spending about an hour reading through her Blog and looking at her photo's I decided to take a different approach to my Blog.
Oh, I'll still bitch about politics and such, but I decided to put some personal touches in, I added some of my favorite songs, and I'm going to add more photo's. Well, once I figure out how to do that lol.
Ok, well that worked out good! I must be some sort of genius or something. "Or something" better describes me. I just wanted to show off how handsome my son is.
It's been a long winter and spring is just around the corner. I can't wait. I think that the long winter is making people wacky. I have some serious stree-reducing things planned...and I'll keep you up to date.
First, Jourdan and I have several craft projects in the works. Tooth-fairy pillows, dream pillows, scented sachets, and lavender rice bags. We're so creative! I can't wait to show you how they turn out.
Once the decent weather gets here, by that I mean above 60 degrees and all snow gone from my yard, Chicky and I are going to give our patio a makeover. We have this great deck that goes off the three-season porch and it's just going to waste. We've lived here three years and never used it or done anything with it. It's insane. When we BBQ, we have the grill in the driveway and we sit in the garage and drink beer. No more!
We bought this house on foreclosure and the previous owners had put this new deck/patio in the side yard for a hot tub. Well, they removed the hot tub before we came along and left a fabulous area for summer entertaining. It has a wooden bench the length of one side and it's covered by lattice.
Jourdan and I have a huge list of ideas for the porch to make it a summer haven. New covers for the chairs, which we will spray paint, cushions for the bench. A large wooden table for the middle of the deck to hold our coctails and munchies. We're going to put up lattice to block us off from the neighbors. I have the coolest chinese lantern patio lights I'm going to put up. Add an outdoor rug, some painting of vines and flowers on the rails and we'll be good. Oh, and I almost forgot the best part. We went to Hobby Lobby and found the coolest hanging candle holders. I bought pink and purple ones and they have long twisty wire hangers and glass beads made into flowers. I got one for each corner of the deck to hang....it's going to look so good. Tina had a great idea to put the citranella candles in them. Plus, we have tiki torches!
So, we have plenty to do to get ready for our summer retreat. I'm really looking forward to it.
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