old house burning down

This post was written on what I think was a Monday, but I know it was the 2nd day in the month of January in the year of 2012.

Okay, since this is the first Monday of the year, I’m gonna get started on how things are gonna go around here.

Mondays will be house day. I’m going to go through my list of DIY blogs and re-purposing blogs, then pick one or two projects to do.

The big projects that I want to get done this year are:

The Bedroom – both dressers, the nightstands and the sidebench need to be painted. I had thought maybe white, but I think I’ll be going with an pale, antiqued yellow. The floor needs to be done, as well, but I can’t do anything about that. I don’t think I can, but you never know, I may learn a thing or two in the next year.

I can’t do any kind of painting now as there is nowhere for me to paint without killing all of us with the fumes since the house is so small. So that’s a spring/summer thing.

The Kitchen – I have a list of bookmarks as long as my arm showing how to re-do those damn cupboards and countertops. Again, this is one of those projects that need ventilation and space. I’m going to have to take a the hardware off the drawers and cupboards and take the doors off, as well.

This is one of those projects, like the bedroom did, that will have to wait until BigD is out of town. In the meantime, I’ve picked this option of re-doing the cupboards and I need to start purchasing the materials (paint, hardware, crown molding, etc.) so that I’ll have everything on hand when he goes out of town.

I keep putting the kitchen off and doing easier things, but this REALLY needs to get done ASAP.

The Dining Room – I need to buy two more short bookcases and attach them to the wall on top of the existing bookshelves, paint them white and attach crown molding. I need to finish the trim, paint the basement door and frame it out.

I want to get rid of the desk and make a flat desk for the computer, making it look like a built-in to the bookcases.

I MIGHT re-finish my dining room table.

I haven’t got anything firm in mind for the bathroom yet (and I’m not even THINKING about the upstairs), but this drying rack is awesome and something I’ll likely put together before spring.

Tuesdays will be my photography day: learning, practicing, etc.

And that’s all I have for now. But this is pre-plan for the plans, so …

Happy New Year!

This post was written on what I think was a Sunday, but I know it was the 1st day in the month of January in the year of 2012.

This is quite possibly the first time in at least ten years that I actually WOKE UP at 7am instead of having BEEN UP until 7am on NYE. Laws, I think I am finally an adult.

BigD is sick in bed, so we didn’t go out last night or even party out in the garage. TheBug came over and we cooked shrimp & steak & taters. Then she went home and we texted each other back and forth while watching TLC’s Virgin Diaries and making snarky remarks.

Apparently my daughter has no life, either.

So, this the day when we all make resolutions that we have no intention of keeping or that are so ridiculous that we are setting ourselves up to fail. I’m trying NOT to do that this year.

2012 NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS

Learn to use my “big girl” camera
Build my web design business
Be healthier in mind & body

I don’t want to BE a photographer, I just want to learn how to take BETTER personal photographs, instead of getting one or two shots out of fifty that I like. I have a fairly decent camera (Canon S5 IS) and I know it’s capable of taking some pretty spectacular photos right out of the box.

: Shooter

: Snow on the Rosebush

: Old Chevy

But I DON’T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT! So, I must start schooling myself.

Building the design business is just a matter of DOING it. I’ve been designing web sites for many years and I am VERY good at it. I am a slacker as far as marketing goes, though. 2012 is my year to change that.

Being healthier – uh, yeah.

Gonna work on the being healthier in my mind, I’ve given up on my body at this point, but perhaps working on becoming more calm and serene will help with the body issues.

all that much

This post was written on what I think was a Wednesday, but I know it was the 16th day in the month of November in the year of 2011.

I’ve been coming to grips with a certain fact for quite some time. It’s not something that I’m happy about, but it’s also not something that I can ignore or compromise; I just have to buck the fuck up and face it.

I am not GETTING old. I AM old.

No more short, frilly skirts; hell, no more short skirts at all.

No sexy summer tops, not even if I look good wearing them because I am OLD.

So yesterday I spent an hour and a half watching Bella romp around a friend’s one+ acre yard with her potential “baby-daddy”.

Lots of sniffing from both parties.

Lots of peeing from Bella and resulting “marking of my territory” from PBD (potential baby daddy).

When PBD wasn’t trotting along behind her, attempting to sniff Bella’s nether regions, Bella was mincing daintily after PBD.

There was an occasional and unsuccessful attempt to “mount up.” By both parties (don’t ask, I got nothing).

No go.

We brought him home with us.

Unfortunately that was about as successful as the previous hour and a half. In fact, PBD spent the majority of the time sitting on BigD’s lap, getting his belly rubbed.

Nada.

We apparently missed the “prime” fertilization window.

Gah.

couldn’t breathe

This post was written on what I think was a Tuesday, but I know it was the 8th day in the month of November in the year of 2011.

So, about ten minutes after I posted my last entry (about 1:05 last Tuesday morning) I got out of bed and started tearing the bedroom apart.

This is what it looked like at about 5pm that day.

BEFORE

This is what it looks like today.

AFTER

This is what I WANT it too look like – kinda:

FINAL

I am lovin’ me some Grimm, people. Just so you know.

I love the idea that the fairy tales were really nit as sweet and innocent as they’ve always been made ot to be.

I’ll tell you what I’m NOT lovin’. I am not loving this happy-being-home-alone-bullshit. It’s boring and it’s lonely. Even if we’re in different rooms, watching different programs on different televisions, I would rather have my husband HOME than gone.

sound the warning

This post was written on what I think was a Tuesday, but I know it was the 1st day in the month of November in the year of 2011.

I did a stoopid thing tonight. It’s not the first time and Gawd knows it won’t be the last. But I did it and it left me feeling all … I can’t think of the word or phrase that I want, but it’s similar to “what the fuck have I done with my life“.

You know, like that.

Anyway, in looking for inspiration for a design for a new client I got sucked into all those awesome-wonderful blogs. You know the ones I mean: the thought-provoking writers, the drool-inspiring cooks, the drag-it-out-of-the-trash-and-make-it-shine decorators, the one shutter click/instant art photographers.

I don’t so much hate them as I envy their being able to grasp one interest and refine it – although there is that woman that can do almost everything. Well. And she’s really pretty.

Grrr …

But, I digest.

I also envy them the Internet. Though it’s more than likely a story I tell myself to make me feel better, I think if the Internet had been around 30 years ago, in it’s current incarnation, my life may have turned out different.

Of course, I KNOW that DIFFERENT does NOT equal BETTER, and I don’t have much to complain about now, so …

NONE of the above is to say that I am unhappy with my life as it is now or that I wish things were different – I DON’T.

Of course, I have bitches and nits – everybody does. Especially everybody who’s been married to the same person for over half their lives. Two people, getting older, having to deal with all the inevitable changes that aging brings to themselves as well as the person they live with, is not an easy thing.

But I cannot think of any other possible version of my life that I would trade the current version for.

Well, I probably wouldn’t say no if these fucking allergies would disappear.

I finished Night Shift and have moved on to The Dead Zone.

A & E has been running a commercial for “Bag of Bones” and it’s tempting me to break order and jump ahead, but I’m gonna really try and follow through on something.

Funny though, I don’t remember the book being as creepy as that video. Let’s hope the movie is HALF as creepy.

OMG – really?