Thursday, November 10, 2011
Painting the Garage
Painting sucks. Still have the rear wall to finish and all the trim to do. It'll probably be decent weather Monday, maybe even Sunday to get it done.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Early October 2011
So I've got this as an app now on my iPhone, which is nice as we're still without Time Warner services at the house. However, typing things out on this touch screen gets old fast! lol
Rather than do an update on current events or an essay I'm just going to say that it's all more of the same and my Keurig is awesome. lolol!!
Rather than do an update on current events or an essay I'm just going to say that it's all more of the same and my Keurig is awesome. lolol!!
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Hey Strangers!
Sorry I'm so absent again. This time, though, I do have a good reason. It's been a really tight year and toward the end of summer bills just started slipping a bit behind. Something had to give and so I decided to let the Time Warner services go for a while, which includes our landline telephone, our cable and our internet. I really really miss my interwebz!!! LOL! But we have been getting quite a bit more done around the house and spending quite a bit more quality time together as a family. I think we were all a bit more plugged in than we'd have liked to admit and really needed this detox. Kyle and I are at least able to surf a bit on our iphones and Colin can surf when he's in Cornwall at his grandparents'. Right now I'm at my good friend Megan's house sitting with her son Noah while she and Howard are at her brother and future SIL's dinner/bachelor/ette gatherings in Potsdam. They're getting married next weekend. Kyle and I won't be able to make it....he's got to work and I'll have Sam. I'd have liked to have gone or at least have set it up for Kyle to be able to go for a bit, but c'est la vie I suppose.
Colin is, if not enjoying, at least dealing well with sixth grade. He had a bit of a meltdown before school started having heard some awful things about his teacher and the homework, etc. Now that he's actually in there he's doing just fine. The teacher isn't a monster at all, just strick (which isn't a bad thing) and he absolutely loves the other two teachers, Miss Powers and Mr. Lindt. He's been doing a lot more reading, I started him on some classics, and now he's finished The Hobbit and started on the LOTR trilogy. At 11!! I can't get over how well rounded he is....kids that smart didn't usually have much social life when I was that age but he's got plenty of friends and good friends. Yay!
Got a lot of garage sale'ing done this past summer....still catching one or two here and there. I'm a total addict, but it gives me a chance to have a little retail therapy that I can actually afford. And I've made some awesome discoveries and even gotten some Christmas shopping done. Yay me!
I've instituted a Craft Night. It's every other Friday night. I provide the location, my house, and the table space for whatever it is you want to do and attendees bring their own snacks/beverages and themselves. So far it's been mostly Joann and I, though Crystal came to the last one and Steph came to the one last night. Jen hasn't been able to make it at all yet, but hopefully she'll find time for the next one. She's just crazy busy. Meg hasn't been to any, but she's never been big on driving around the county backroads in the dark. I'll get here there eventually! I've gotten a lot of scrapbooking done, which was the point for me. I hadn't really sat down in a couple of years and done any and I'm way behind, as in 2006 behind. Right now I"m working on our wedding pictures!! Yikes!
This Halloween will be our 5th wedding anniversary. I'd like to do a costume party or something as we're off that weekend, but I just don't see being able to get everybody together. Everybody has plans usually for Halloween as everybody has kids, so I'm just going to let it go. We'll do something just us and it'll be fun.
I'm down to a size 14, though I was a bit below it and have put 5-10lbs back on. I've only managed to get to the gym about once a week for 4-6 weeks and it's starting to really show. I've got to start doing my own thing at home, but that level of motivation was never my strong suit. Le sigh. I need to go jogging again. Maybe now that it's cooler out....if it ever stops raining! I'd like to be a 12 for the holidays, but if I can stay in these 14's I'll be pretty happy. As long as I manage that 12 by next summer I'll be a happy girl. As two years ago I was creeping into a 20-22W I'm a very happy girl!
Joann and Robert are looking at buying a house. They were looking at one but it didn't work out and now they've got their eyes on another one, on Brighton this time. Got my fingers crossed for them....I think if they could get out of that small rental and get into their own space and have ENOUGH space it would go a long way toward helping them feel more settled. They're very tumultuous people but I think they make a good couple. :-)
Peggy's cervical surgery is all over and all the post op appointments are done. She did very well, healed very quickly and it really did wonders for her movement and pain levels. Her lower back is next on the list but she seems like she'd like to wait a bit before embarking on another surgical adventure. As much fun as it was!
Dad's doing really well with his new hip. He's been off his cane for some time now and though he has a limp at the moment he's getting around just fine. Now it's Mom's turn to do something about her knee which hurts her terribly though she doesn't admit it often. Hopefully there's something they CAN do about it. Dan's been shown to have two herniated lumbar disks but he has no insurance. Hopefully something works out for him. I wish he could have some awesome job fall into his lap....if only it worked that way! Uncle Billy just got out of the nursing home and is apparently doing much better. Katie and Todd built a nice ramp up to the front door to make it easier for him going to and from dialysis. I haven't heard much from Katie recently, but I am hoping that no news is good news and that just means that things are going well for her and time is just galloping by as it does when nothing makes you stop and notice. I haven't called her much and for that exact reason so I figure it's the same on both ends! lol
That's about all the updates for the moment....or at least the ones that come to mind. There are all sorts of random details, but you get the gist of it! lol Plus I think Howard and Meg will be home in a little while and I've got so manny things I want to update while I've got real online access!!! Facebook was a freaking mess with hundreds and hundreds of game notices I had to delete and these new list options that took me half an hour to figure out. I'm sure there are more things I'll need to do to it when I get our interwebz back on again but for now it seems tidied up a bit. Stella, Howard's mom, just called to see how they're doing. She sounds like a very nice lady. Anyway, off I go into the wild cyber yonder!!!
Colin is, if not enjoying, at least dealing well with sixth grade. He had a bit of a meltdown before school started having heard some awful things about his teacher and the homework, etc. Now that he's actually in there he's doing just fine. The teacher isn't a monster at all, just strick (which isn't a bad thing) and he absolutely loves the other two teachers, Miss Powers and Mr. Lindt. He's been doing a lot more reading, I started him on some classics, and now he's finished The Hobbit and started on the LOTR trilogy. At 11!! I can't get over how well rounded he is....kids that smart didn't usually have much social life when I was that age but he's got plenty of friends and good friends. Yay!
Got a lot of garage sale'ing done this past summer....still catching one or two here and there. I'm a total addict, but it gives me a chance to have a little retail therapy that I can actually afford. And I've made some awesome discoveries and even gotten some Christmas shopping done. Yay me!
I've instituted a Craft Night. It's every other Friday night. I provide the location, my house, and the table space for whatever it is you want to do and attendees bring their own snacks/beverages and themselves. So far it's been mostly Joann and I, though Crystal came to the last one and Steph came to the one last night. Jen hasn't been able to make it at all yet, but hopefully she'll find time for the next one. She's just crazy busy. Meg hasn't been to any, but she's never been big on driving around the county backroads in the dark. I'll get here there eventually! I've gotten a lot of scrapbooking done, which was the point for me. I hadn't really sat down in a couple of years and done any and I'm way behind, as in 2006 behind. Right now I"m working on our wedding pictures!! Yikes!
This Halloween will be our 5th wedding anniversary. I'd like to do a costume party or something as we're off that weekend, but I just don't see being able to get everybody together. Everybody has plans usually for Halloween as everybody has kids, so I'm just going to let it go. We'll do something just us and it'll be fun.
I'm down to a size 14, though I was a bit below it and have put 5-10lbs back on. I've only managed to get to the gym about once a week for 4-6 weeks and it's starting to really show. I've got to start doing my own thing at home, but that level of motivation was never my strong suit. Le sigh. I need to go jogging again. Maybe now that it's cooler out....if it ever stops raining! I'd like to be a 12 for the holidays, but if I can stay in these 14's I'll be pretty happy. As long as I manage that 12 by next summer I'll be a happy girl. As two years ago I was creeping into a 20-22W I'm a very happy girl!
Joann and Robert are looking at buying a house. They were looking at one but it didn't work out and now they've got their eyes on another one, on Brighton this time. Got my fingers crossed for them....I think if they could get out of that small rental and get into their own space and have ENOUGH space it would go a long way toward helping them feel more settled. They're very tumultuous people but I think they make a good couple. :-)
Peggy's cervical surgery is all over and all the post op appointments are done. She did very well, healed very quickly and it really did wonders for her movement and pain levels. Her lower back is next on the list but she seems like she'd like to wait a bit before embarking on another surgical adventure. As much fun as it was!
Dad's doing really well with his new hip. He's been off his cane for some time now and though he has a limp at the moment he's getting around just fine. Now it's Mom's turn to do something about her knee which hurts her terribly though she doesn't admit it often. Hopefully there's something they CAN do about it. Dan's been shown to have two herniated lumbar disks but he has no insurance. Hopefully something works out for him. I wish he could have some awesome job fall into his lap....if only it worked that way! Uncle Billy just got out of the nursing home and is apparently doing much better. Katie and Todd built a nice ramp up to the front door to make it easier for him going to and from dialysis. I haven't heard much from Katie recently, but I am hoping that no news is good news and that just means that things are going well for her and time is just galloping by as it does when nothing makes you stop and notice. I haven't called her much and for that exact reason so I figure it's the same on both ends! lol
That's about all the updates for the moment....or at least the ones that come to mind. There are all sorts of random details, but you get the gist of it! lol Plus I think Howard and Meg will be home in a little while and I've got so manny things I want to update while I've got real online access!!! Facebook was a freaking mess with hundreds and hundreds of game notices I had to delete and these new list options that took me half an hour to figure out. I'm sure there are more things I'll need to do to it when I get our interwebz back on again but for now it seems tidied up a bit. Stella, Howard's mom, just called to see how they're doing. She sounds like a very nice lady. Anyway, off I go into the wild cyber yonder!!!
Friday, August 12, 2011
Friday Friday Friday
A quiet end to a long afternoon. Got to sleep in this morning like a teenager....climbed out of bed when Kyle came back to bed at nearly noon! lol Had some errands to do before getting Sammy for the day, though, so I had to get up and get moving. Got my errands done, picked Sammy up, dropped Spence and Wyatt off at Esther's house and home again, home again! Now Kyle's off to work for the night, Colin's been fighting with software on the laptop all night in his room and he's there now, Sammy's passed out cold in the playpen for the night. Joann is working until 7am, then off until 7pm, so I'll drop Sammy off there in the morning. Quinton will be there and she'll be there in bed. That works out well for me as Steph and I are going to the Parishville town wide garage sales tomorrow. Originally Kimmy was going to come with us and sit Sammy in the car, but turns out Shawn has to work so Kimmy is needed at home to watch her younger siblings. This new development saves me from having to deal with any of it at all. Mind you, Sam at almost 15 months is totally cool with going to garage sales. He's very well behaved and reasonably easy to take along with me. BUT going without him is always going to be easier! lol
Colin is remaking Zombie Apocalypse, the first one, and he just showed me the opening scene and it's AWESOME!!! Can't wait to see how he does with the rest of it! If you don't follow his movies you really should....go to my about.me/Saille page and follow it to my You Tube account...I'm subscribed to him. He's got a couple of accounts, actually, so here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/CrazycolinStudio
Anyway....wish me luck at the sales tomorrow!! Last year's sales in Parishville were really good, though I ended up going by myself. It'll be nice to have company tomorrow!
Colin is remaking Zombie Apocalypse, the first one, and he just showed me the opening scene and it's AWESOME!!! Can't wait to see how he does with the rest of it! If you don't follow his movies you really should....go to my about.me/Saille page and follow it to my You Tube account...I'm subscribed to him. He's got a couple of accounts, actually, so here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/CrazycolinStudio
Anyway....wish me luck at the sales tomorrow!! Last year's sales in Parishville were really good, though I ended up going by myself. It'll be nice to have company tomorrow!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Blah Blah Blah
Had a good workout at the gym today. Margaret let me know as we were headed there that she was getting her hair done after the gym. I mentioned that I'd like to know these things prior to the time of departure....but I still got home in plenty of time to grab a quick shower and do what little tidying I wanted to get done before April got here with the boys.
We had to nix the fishing and swimming plans for the afternoon. There have been scattered thunder showers all day and into the evening and not only is everything fairly soaked, but I have no desire to sit in a giant metal boat on a river holding a large rod waiting for the lightning!!! lol If the rain stays away for the next hour we'll go light a nice fire in the back yard and they can play outside, toast marshmallows and that kind of thing. Matthew and Little Gordie are nice to have around. They're both very polite, well mannered boys and they come from homes with very similar rules as my own so that makes for a nice evening. They really all just shut themselves in the room and occasionally strange noises come out of there... bombs, guns, video game stuff....
Sounds like Becky is going to go to Dar's tomorrow for dinner and Jen and Crystal will meet her there and they'll have dinner and some drinks and stuff. It'd be nice to go, but I have absolutely zero dollars and get paid Friday. So I guess I'll have to sit this one out. Kind of depressing, but there are worse things.
We had to nix the fishing and swimming plans for the afternoon. There have been scattered thunder showers all day and into the evening and not only is everything fairly soaked, but I have no desire to sit in a giant metal boat on a river holding a large rod waiting for the lightning!!! lol If the rain stays away for the next hour we'll go light a nice fire in the back yard and they can play outside, toast marshmallows and that kind of thing. Matthew and Little Gordie are nice to have around. They're both very polite, well mannered boys and they come from homes with very similar rules as my own so that makes for a nice evening. They really all just shut themselves in the room and occasionally strange noises come out of there... bombs, guns, video game stuff....
Sounds like Becky is going to go to Dar's tomorrow for dinner and Jen and Crystal will meet her there and they'll have dinner and some drinks and stuff. It'd be nice to go, but I have absolutely zero dollars and get paid Friday. So I guess I'll have to sit this one out. Kind of depressing, but there are worse things.
Happy Hump Day!
Wow....so I got all that scrapbooking stuff organized. Everything fit into the three Creative Memories cases I got, so I'll use my blue dragonfly case that Mom got me years ago as my travel case. I'll stock it with basics and when I'm going to go somewhere to scrap I'll put what I will want to use that day into it.
Going through the pictures took HOURS!!! Wow....the 2005 and 2006 stacks were massive. I had a trunk full of pictures in the basement...thankfully I'd left them in the envelopes they all came in so sorting them by date wasn't that difficult. Colin didn't change much in those years so the few that were undated were tricky, but it's not like it's that big of a deal if it's not 100% accurate. After 2007 it drops right off because that's when I got the digital camera. Which only means now I need to go buy more ink so I can get some of THOSE pics printed up!!! LOL!!
Heading over to Margaret's (Hammill) in a few minutes to head to Heart to Heart. We've been doing this since March/April'ish. She really can't drive anymore...her right leg is too messed up. Christine LaShomb was taking her but couldn't do it all the time then got a job and couldn't do it at all. So the days I don't have Sammy I take her and the odd days Angela Tye (don't know her married name) takes her. Long stories there but really don't have time for it now. But I'm down to a size 14 and headed into a 12 -- my goal is to be a solid 12 by the holidays.
But...time to slug the last of that cuppa java and hit the road!!
Have a great day folks!!!
Going through the pictures took HOURS!!! Wow....the 2005 and 2006 stacks were massive. I had a trunk full of pictures in the basement...thankfully I'd left them in the envelopes they all came in so sorting them by date wasn't that difficult. Colin didn't change much in those years so the few that were undated were tricky, but it's not like it's that big of a deal if it's not 100% accurate. After 2007 it drops right off because that's when I got the digital camera. Which only means now I need to go buy more ink so I can get some of THOSE pics printed up!!! LOL!!
Heading over to Margaret's (Hammill) in a few minutes to head to Heart to Heart. We've been doing this since March/April'ish. She really can't drive anymore...her right leg is too messed up. Christine LaShomb was taking her but couldn't do it all the time then got a job and couldn't do it at all. So the days I don't have Sammy I take her and the odd days Angela Tye (don't know her married name) takes her. Long stories there but really don't have time for it now. But I'm down to a size 14 and headed into a 12 -- my goal is to be a solid 12 by the holidays.
But...time to slug the last of that cuppa java and hit the road!!
Have a great day folks!!!
Monday, August 8, 2011
Just Another Manic....oh, wait....
Pretty lazy day today...really. Joann texted me in the a.m. to let me know I wouldn't have the baby today as Robert would be home late morning. So I puttered around doing laundry and tidying stuff. Robert ended up bringing the baby to me for a few hours so he could take the other boys to the movies, so Colin, Sam and I hung out, had some lunch and giggled and played for a few hours. Kyle went to Brian Jenack's shop for a few hours, took a nap then headed to work. Colin and I are just hanging out now watching an episode of House in the DVR. Very, very quiet! lol
I got a set of the nice, black scrapping bags by Creative Memories like my demonstrator always had. Found them at a garage sale and got all three for $37. When this episode of House is over I'm going to head for the diningroom and start setting all my scrapping stuff up on the table....get it all out of the bags and boxes then organize it into those bags. WooHoo! I've decided that I'll do a scrapping night. I'm thinking every other Thursday from 6-8pm starting in September. The day will likely change because both Steph and Jen's kids will have various things going on. So once they all get that straight and get back to me I'll pick which day works the best for the most people the most often and go with that. It's helpful that Joann and I both have the same days off! lol
Kyle sold his V-Maxx recently. We got the car fixed, and used what was left as a bit of mad money. He got a little Dell Netbook used for a srsly low price. Colin got his old laptop to use for his editing which was very exciting for him. That and we bought him a new camcorder -- I found a very nice Vivitar on sale at RadioShack for only $200. It's super nice and he's very happy with it. He also wants one called a Go Pro which is what they use on the Deadliest Catch series to get all those srsly cool water shots -- it's waterproof and shock proof and all sorts of good things like that. My brother Matthew is checking it out and talking to some friends of his who know all about filming, etc.
Spent Saturday evening with the McGinns clan....had a tasty dinner, did some swimming, had an excellent campfire and hung out all night. Spent the next afternoon at Mom and Dad's with them and the Grass clan. A very relaxing day with yet more amazing food, the years first corn on the cob, hung out. The boys got hooked fishing so I ended up going home and getting some laundry done while the house was quiet.
The goodies from my latest Pampered Chef party should arrive tomorrow -- looking forward to that.
Saturday are the town wide garage sales in Parishville. I went alone last year but this year Steph and I will be going. Kimmy will come along and babysit Sam with us while we shop! :-) Hopefully I'll find some cool things!
Colin is taking piano lessons from Carrie (Dufresne) Kenney up the road at Breezy Maples. He wanted to then didn't want to, then I told him he could pick from piano, guitar and voice, all of which she offers. After talking to her he picked piano. I still have to make him keep at it, but I think he's got a real talent for it. And as I'm not biased or anything....! lol
Well, off to organize some of that scrapping stuff....I've got a big ole bottle of white zin I may open to go with it! lol
I got a set of the nice, black scrapping bags by Creative Memories like my demonstrator always had. Found them at a garage sale and got all three for $37. When this episode of House is over I'm going to head for the diningroom and start setting all my scrapping stuff up on the table....get it all out of the bags and boxes then organize it into those bags. WooHoo! I've decided that I'll do a scrapping night. I'm thinking every other Thursday from 6-8pm starting in September. The day will likely change because both Steph and Jen's kids will have various things going on. So once they all get that straight and get back to me I'll pick which day works the best for the most people the most often and go with that. It's helpful that Joann and I both have the same days off! lol
Kyle sold his V-Maxx recently. We got the car fixed, and used what was left as a bit of mad money. He got a little Dell Netbook used for a srsly low price. Colin got his old laptop to use for his editing which was very exciting for him. That and we bought him a new camcorder -- I found a very nice Vivitar on sale at RadioShack for only $200. It's super nice and he's very happy with it. He also wants one called a Go Pro which is what they use on the Deadliest Catch series to get all those srsly cool water shots -- it's waterproof and shock proof and all sorts of good things like that. My brother Matthew is checking it out and talking to some friends of his who know all about filming, etc.
Spent Saturday evening with the McGinns clan....had a tasty dinner, did some swimming, had an excellent campfire and hung out all night. Spent the next afternoon at Mom and Dad's with them and the Grass clan. A very relaxing day with yet more amazing food, the years first corn on the cob, hung out. The boys got hooked fishing so I ended up going home and getting some laundry done while the house was quiet.
The goodies from my latest Pampered Chef party should arrive tomorrow -- looking forward to that.
Saturday are the town wide garage sales in Parishville. I went alone last year but this year Steph and I will be going. Kimmy will come along and babysit Sam with us while we shop! :-) Hopefully I'll find some cool things!
Colin is taking piano lessons from Carrie (Dufresne) Kenney up the road at Breezy Maples. He wanted to then didn't want to, then I told him he could pick from piano, guitar and voice, all of which she offers. After talking to her he picked piano. I still have to make him keep at it, but I think he's got a real talent for it. And as I'm not biased or anything....! lol
Well, off to organize some of that scrapping stuff....I've got a big ole bottle of white zin I may open to go with it! lol
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