its been awhile huh?  im here lurking around, reading your every word, commenting once in awhile, but very distracted with life....so i have not made time to document all the things going on ( Read more... )

 terminex was here today and left a mess of cement dust all over the place.  i think i will wait till tomorrow to sweep it up.  they assured me it is non-toxic, but wtf do i know.  so i will wait a day and hope most of it blows away in the meantime.  and for now the cats will stay inside and the dogs will have to be on the grass or inside--no patio ( Read more... )

so we hired terminex.  the dude came by yesterday and gave us an estimate of $1350 for a 2 year contract!  so yeah, way cheaper than orkin but im still pissed at the price and that we have to deal with it in the first place ( Read more... )

the orkin man was just here......thoughts on that:
i didnt expect him to be so freaking hot.  
i thought his price would be waaaaaaay more than we can afford, but believe it or not, i was relieved to hear that it would be 'only' $1800.00.  
of course that low, low price does not include the cost of repairing the outside wall of the house where they ( Read more... )

wow, its like i dont even know how to write 'normal' anymore.....its either lists or im writing just like i speak.  eh...just keep reading i guess, at least you know what to expect right?  ha

so ive got 2 quiches in the oven now.  ham and cheese and a cheese/bacon/jalapeno.  we're having food tomorrow at work and that's my contribution.  sometimes i ( Read more... )

took the first of many test i have committed to for work.  i think i did fine, but wont know for sure for 2 weeks.  what ( Read more... )

 dammmmmmmmmmmmmmmnit.   it seems that getting anyone to freaking work for you is impossible.  the few home improvement chores we decided to 'outsource' have been next to impossible to get done in and sort of mother of god timely fashion.  i am so freaking over it ( Read more... )

.....because a couple of you wanted to know, and i am finally able to rehash it w/o having a coronary.

here's the timeline...this all started 2 weeks ago today:
SUNDAY----we go to home depot and pick out a new sliding glass door.  the next step is to have an installation professional come over to measure to be sure the door will fit-he will contact ( Read more... )

i have just spent the last 2 hours in home depot and i am seething with anger.  i am so mad that i cannot even muster the energy to tell you why.  i will never shop there again.  in fact after a bit of cellphone discussion about my/our experience with them, joe is going by there on his way home to get a refund for the $569.37 i spent there tonight ( Read more... )

only 3 things on my to do list  for tonight....
joe is working late, so i have no distractions!
1. pilates--as soon as i sign off here.
2. clean out one of the kitchen cabinets.....and then i hope that will catapult me (yes, thats exactly what i want) into continuing to do just one cabinet each evening till they are all done and i have boxes of stuff ( Read more... )