Handy Me.. or maybe not..

When we come back from a mini trip in two weeks I am starting back on some projects.

I have the trim paint- plain white. The wall paper - a burgundy base with creme and light light green. The curtains - sheer burgundy. Ceiling paint also....

This is just the dinning room, but I need to finish striping some of the old wall paper. BLAH...

I need to pick a color for the hallway. It also has the bright white trim. I am thinking a creme or maybe light green. Just not sure yet but it needs to hid some flaws but I can't go dark. I stripped the walls of the paper and they are in good enough shape that I am gonna paint them.

After these two are finished I need to recaulk the tub, change the facets in teh tub and sink and fix a spot of the flooring int he bathroom, the tiles are coming loose.

I want new shower walls but that might not be in teh budget right now. Right now the only thing I need to buy is a thing of primer, sand paper, a gallon of what ever color I pick, the caulk and face masks. Not bad.

Then its on to hanging the wall art, paint the trim in the laundry room, paint the back door and move upstairs to finish some projects up there but upstairs is winter projects I think.

i am falling apart but blessed

My back is killing me. It goes from a dull achy feeling to a heavier pressure feeling to an all out ouch. I have muscle relaxers I can take for it but I can't take them often with out someone here as they make me very sleepy. I take one at night but even then they knock me out for a good 10 hours and the rx is for 3 times a day. How to people function on this crap?

I am about to call the doc again and explain all this and see if there is something else we can do.

Other then that its all pretty much same ole same ole here with a few highlights.

The kiddos 8th birthday party went off well and he got lots of gifts and some spending cash.

I have rearranged his room, yes even with the back issues, and he ow wants car posters for his room. I guess he is growing up :( :)

We have a parade, street faire and fireworks this Saturday .... funnel cake...

Sunday after work we are heading to CrueFest 2 with a friend. She got an amazing price on tickets , too good to pass up.

The end of the month we head north to our friends parents place in Keene Ny for her birthday party and a long weekend. Just need to pay gas money as they have a space for us.

Our friend is battling testicular cancer and seems to be going strong. He lost his hair this past weekend and has been taking our mr clean jokes well. We sent them over the unused game console and a bigger tv we replaced long ago. Now he has something else to do when feeling down. I also am making peanut butter balls for him tomorrow ( think reses cups but in ball form)

The money situation is same ole same ole. No better no worse. Some good news is that the husbands 401k is going up not down right now. Yes we lost 1/2 of what was in there with the crash and the recession going on but we still have 25-30 years before thinking about retirement so I just glance at it to see if we need to make changes and then ignore it. Same with my stocks. I keep an ear out for if the company is going to file or fold but other wise I just am riding it out.


Tell you this whole economy is scary but has brought so many people closer together also. We have hung out with people we don't normally get to see much. We have helped others and had them help us back. We have stayed home for movie night so much that going to go see G-Force next month will be weird to watch it with so many others. I also have found some great used book stores and farm stands around my area :)

commence the headless chicken running and grumpiness

The party for the kidlet is this Saturday at 4.. They have now put a 30% chance of t-storms int he late afternoon for Saturday, Sunday and Monday.... I have a slip n slide and water balloons planned along with make your own ice cream sundae's and general mayhem of an 8yo party.

GAH!!!!! I have been waylaid with a migraine headache for a day and a 1/2 and now have to clean the entire inside, plus do wash, cook regular meals and manage the bills and vacation stuff....GAHHHHHH

Not that the bills are anything new but we have an extra paycheck this month that I am trying very hard not to touch at all. The temptation is there but I want to leave it for our "oops" money.

The vacation isn't much but it is very much looked forward to, 3 1/2 days up in the mountains. Its a birthday party for our friends mom and we have been invited up to stay. We are staying at the cabin so its basically gas money thats needed. We will be leaving on a Thursday afternoon and coming home late Sunday. We might end up going up for a few more days in the fall again if we can take the kiddo out of school for a few days with out messing up his grades.

Blah Blah Blah bitchy thing arent I?

a great sale, coupons and a red pen.....

$56 and change. That's what I spent on the groceries this past weekend. That's $6 over my budgeted amount but I am not gonna quibble.

For my $56 I got....
6 rolls Bounty paper towels
2 things of aluminum foil
2 things of plastic wrap
9 -4 packs of batteries
4 bags of Quakes
4 togo packs of Nutter Butters
2 bottles of Kens salad dressing
1 bag sauerkraut
3 yogurt drinks
3 containers Bryers ice cream
3 gallons of poland springs water
6 gallons of Arizona Tea
5 cans of tuna fish
2 boxes of ice cream cones
3 Gallons of Turkey Hill green tea
1 head of lettuce
1 bottle chocolate syrup
12 pounds of chicken quarters
1 gallon of milk
2 jar of mayo
5 breakstone cottage cheese doubles


Normally just the tea, batteries and chicken would be that much if not more. The store near me has this amazing sale going on. Most of the stuff was either 77 cents or 1.77 and the chicken was 37 cents a pound. No way could I pass this sale up.

Happy 4th of July!!

Don't over eat and don't get hurt with the fire crackers!

I have pasta going now for mac salad and I am about to put my killer ribs in the oven to slow cook all day. I'll take them out right before dinner to grill for a few minutes to crisp them up. Yummy... Baked potato, salad and corn will round out tonight's dinner.

We'll go watch fireworks later as long as the weather holds out.

We have spent the holiday weekend putzing. Thursday was the kiddos 8th birthday and we got him a basketball backboard. DH spent most of last night trying to get it up. We need to go get something today and then it will be up for him to enjoy. The kiddos party is next weekend and he can't wait. That's the one bad thing about having a kid so close to a holiday, you can never do the party on the actual day :(

I have to work the closing shift tomorrow. I think I have closed maybe 3 times in 2 years. BLAH!! I will have dinner in the crock pot for when I come home though, no fast food for me.

I have gone on a 20 - 30 minute bike ride 4 days this week. More then likely get one in today also.

I have issues

no excuses, just the admission of the fact that I have issues that I need to work on.

My life is great but at the same time my life has some issues that are wholly mine that cause me stress.

I need to get back to a lot of things I was doing 2 months ago. Not sure why I stopped. Not sure why I am doing what I am doing. Maybe I need professional help.

Right now I need to do the following for one of my issues and it won't be hard for you to figure out what it is.

Pack breakfast and lunch for my work days. Not that hard to do - 2 days its breakfast and 2 days its lunch.

Leave my debit card at home when going out window shopping.

Stick to my shopping list, remember my bags and coupons.

My Health is the other issue. This past week I had to have my second cortisone shot in my foot, had to have my knee and back examined also. The knee was tied in with the foot issue and is getting better now that the foot feels better to walk on. My back - well I am on muscle relaxers to help with the pain- more of a burning pressure really- but I was informed I have a slight curving of the spine.

I am 36 and I am 30 pounds over weight.

I need to do the following for this issue.

Drink my water - I have been drinking to much green tea lately.

Eat right - I had cherries and strawberries today for a snack.

Journal/ track my food.

Exercise.

This last one I have also taken steps towards..... well pedals actually.



I have ridden with my son for 20-30 minutes the last 2 nights. Tonight's a night off as my rear hurts and its very muggy out. I haven't been on a bike in 20 years, think I need a padded seat.


I am also thinking about going for therapy and see if it helps but I am not sure what my issues is besides no control.

wow life sure does get in the way

Honestly its not life really, just me being very lazy and lacking in any modivation to do much right now.

Burnt out feeling on everything and not wanting to sound like a broken record about it all.

I am hoping that after allowing myself to feel down and lazy for a few days I'll snap out of it. So come Saturday its a new week for me and I am starting it off refreshed for not pushing to do anything for afew days.