The landscapers are here working on the backyard. I’ve blocked out a little later so I will be here…my yard is full of “workers” and I’m not too comfortable leaving them to it…but YAY! and let me just say, watching them? SO GLAD I hired this particular job out. Seriously.

Got some stuff done yesterday, Austin mowed the yards, I got some laundry done. Worked on clothes/closet organizing as well.

Because it helps to put it down, here’s my list to continue working on.

Grocery store
Sams for my garden
Bank
Mail in request for my birth certificate (first step to getting passport)
Tires (THANKS MOM AND BONUSDAD) aligned.
Organize shed/garage
Set time for garage sale
finish book 7
get to Frontier for compost and plants
buy stuff and plant garden
make a plan to get free sod and plant in the yard
get gas refilled for grill

Gah.

Here’s something else that I totally love. Found this website on someone’s facebook page.

http://cuteboyswithcats.tumblr.com/

It was a whirlwind weekend. I’m exhausted frankly…but soaked up lots of time with the fam and that was good. Everyone got fresh hair and that always makes for feeling better. We even got some girl pampering time with pedicures! Amazing!

Mom took a tumble down her stairs yesterday though and jacked up her back…say a prayer that she’s on the mend quickly…

this week is a full one. I’ve got to get the errands done that usually I do on Monday…few groceries, laundry etc. I’m getting the yard leveled and grated hopefully tomorrow. then it’s time to plant the garden and move onward with my projects back there. the house still needs getting in order. After Austin moved in last week, then I was gone for the long weekend…it’s a little out of control. I start my second job bartending for weddings this weekend, so that’s awesome…

anyways, my brain is still mushy so I’m heading for more coffee and to get ready for the workweek. Hopefully it will be full of clients, yet gentle.

Heading out to Arkansas here in a few minutes. I’m waiting for the oil change place to open up so I can run the car through before I hit the road. Yesterday, I used my “opening night pressies” from PseudoSis 2 and Laura and took my car to Red Carpet and got it detailed and washed and the mats scrubbed…oh man. It feels fabulous! I’m excited to get on my way.

Everything is chill here. Austin started his job at the Redhawks last night. All the cats are home and good. (horking up hairballs, but eating the hairball medicine as well, so hopefully we’ll balance that out too) The sun is shining and life is good.

I’ll be around. I’m taking the machine with me, will post pics of the Wonderbaby’s birthday party. Lord he’s getting big.

Have a fabulous weekend, ya’ll.

This is what I’ve been watching all morning….CANNOT WAIT!

It’s a short week for me, today is my last day of work this week. I’m heading to Arkansas to see the fam tomorrow. I’m excited to see everyone, and just really glad I’ll have a little extra time to spend. I’m glad that Austin will be at the house to care for it and the cats while I’m away.LOVE IT!

Everything is coming along smoothly with the move in. I had pizza waiting on me when I got home from work last night. Who doesn’t love that? LOVE IT!

Dad stopped by yesterday and sprayed my yard for weeds. We had a discussion about the back yard, and the building of the pergola. I showed him pictures, we discussed plans and demensions. Between he and I, we think we can get it all gathered, pre-fabbed and ready to build, then call a workday with my friends and have a Pergola-Raising-Party! It’ll be JUST like Habitat for Humanity! (except I’m not homeless. and we won’t get free tickets to Disney.) I’m hopeful. Verra hopeful. LOVE IT!

I’ve started the FINAL BOOK in the Outlander Series. Ok. not the FINAL one, but the last one that’s been published. The author is writing book 8…sheesh. I’m trying to take it in bits…savor it…but that’s never really been my style. Especially with words. But I’m exited about getting on with reading other things…I’ve got a stack!LOVE IT!

Ok, that’s about it from me. Happy Love Thursday, ya’ll!

Well my roomie moved in, successfully. We watched the lightening storm from the porch last night, he putzed around in his room, rearranging furniture and getting settled. I read a bit, we watched some tv, talked a little…it’s gonna be just fine.

Now, this morning…I forgot to grind my coffee last night and I know he’s sleeping this morning…it’s SO LOUD! So. I’m debating. I know he’ll just sleep through it, but that first morning…oh well, right? we’ll have to figure out our schedule. But it’ll be fine.

It’s a beautiful morning, I’ve got the doors open, breeze blowing. I’m going to try to organize a little more of the back room, and get a few things done before work this afternoon. I hope your humpday is eazy breezy beautiful!

done. and done.

Austin moves in today. I worked my hiney off this weekend and cleared out his room and closet and chest of drawers. Alllll that shit,  stuff, clothes, very valuable posessions, is now in the office laying five feet deep on the futon. I worked till late last night, in spurts, putting things up, rearranging space that hasn’t been used since I moved in, putting things in trash bags for a garage sale. His room is empty, clean bedding awaits his arrival. I even fixed the floor lamp my own self by putting in a new light bulb holding thimgyamajigger inside it. This required a trip to the hardware store and use of a screwdriver. I felt very accomplished last night.

I also got the remains of the gazebo out to the curb on Sunday, that was picked up IMMEDIATLY by some scavanger people. Whatever. It’s gone. The landscaper is coming this week to level down my yard. I didn’t get the funky pavers dug up, but whatever. Maybe this week that will get finished before he gets here…if not, oh well. I just want it done so that I can get some grass growing, get the garden built and start planting things in the dirt!

It’s that beautiful time of year, here in The Plains, where we get graceful morning breezes, perfect temperatures and then at the blink on an eye, crazy storms! I love it. I had the house wide open yesterday, airing everything out and I walked into the living room and saw that Kikimama and Sammy were perched. Awfully close to each other. Not hissing at each other and staring at the floor. (oh LORD please not a carcass. My roommate hasn’t arrived yet and that is now officially HIS JOB) I walked in and Bobs-your-uncle if there isn’t a solid grey boy kitty, looks about a year old, laying out in the floor playing with the catnip. He’s meowing (which is wierd because mine don’t really ever make noise, hissing and purring that’s it, unless we’re in the car) and caterwalling and meowing. He comes in, eats a snack, lays in the floor, come flops in my lap…Seriously? No. I cannot have four cats. NO. He and I have a visit about it and I’m pretty sure he lives at another house. No collar. But mine don’t wear them either…I finally just kicked him out with the other boys and closed up the house. Kind of broke my heart a little but he’s gone this morning.

Apparently word is on the street that we’re in the “ya’ll come on in” business over here!

In other news, Gert starts her externship today! Wahooo! The final step in completing this adventure. Getting back into the groove of sleep/waking/standing/ will be kind of a bitch, but I have no doubt that she’ll ease on down this road, too.

That’s it for me. We have to be at work early today for a meeting, so I’ve got to get my lunch made…what am I taking? and get ready for the day. Have a fabulous one out there…

It’s a glorious morning here…I’m sipping my coffee before getting ready to celebrate Easter with Bonusmom at her church and then with a meal on the Frontier. Then I’m home this afternoon to drag a bunch of stuff to the curb for Big Trash Day tomorrow. I’m making room for my new roommate this weekend as well. Lots to do.

My neck has been clinched up since Wednesday. Seriously messed up. I’m sure it’s stress. Muscle relaxers, taken in multiples, haven’t budged this. I finally broke down and spent the $ on a massage yesterday after work. The guy really worked me over. Re-aligned my hips which were all kinds of wonky, my spine which was not even moving because the muscles were seized up…gah. I’m still really sore this morning, which is to be expected. Drinking gallons of water to flush the lactic acid out. My neck…meh. It’s still pretty painful. If it doesn’t loosen up I will go to McCracken tomorrow.

I’m not the only one seeing a doc tomorrow. Sammy, our resident baby egg snatcher, came home this week with blood on his face and feeling pretty sad. I cleaned it best I could and left him alone. When I came home at noon to check on him, his whole side of his face was swollen. Looked like he’d been in a boxing ring. So I called the doc and the earliest he could get in was Monday at 2. Well. He’s fine now. It’s gone down, and he’s running around like a fool. I’m still taking him in, just in cases. He brings me eggs. baby bird eggs. Brings them in, plays around, little soccer, little baseball…I can only imagine him climbing trees and baby snatching. My theory is he climbed into the wrong nest and got pecked but good in the face. Sigh.

I had a fabulous dinner of sushi and talk with Gert last night. Multiple hours of playing catch up on our lives. I’ve missed her so much and am so so so proud of her and what she’s done. It was a perfect night, with us both heading out around 9:30. Laughing at the fact that our “wild saturday nights” have changed and here we are heading home and prepping for church the next day. But I love it. I love that we’ve grown up together…so blessed.

I’m going to go grab a piece of toast for breakfast, some more coffee, and maybe read a little before hitting the shower. I have to get gas in the car before heading out and dont want to be late…gah.

Happy Easter my friends.

My cousin is moving in with me.

Tuesday of next week, in fact.

What the what? you say? Wha?????

Yeah. I know. He and I are both a little freaked out by it too…but it’s going to be ok. It is. He needs help. He needs some non-parental support while he gets back on his feet. His personal and familial life pretty much took a nose dive this past year. When life takes you out at the knee…a little help from family can be the one thing that gets you through. I am a living witness to this. I’ll testify every single time. Been there. Done that.

We talked tonight. Had a long long talk about life and divorce and family, and jobs and the future and ESPN and the lackthereof in this house. About cats and carcass cleanup and helping with yardwork and lightbulbs. About food and shower schedules and college and night school and tech school and not having a shitty crappy job for the rest of his life. About finishing his degree. About just needing some space. We’re both freaked a little about living together. But we’ll figure it out. Everything’s gonna be alright.

He’s taking the spare room. Which will leave the futon in the office for guests. I’ve still got plenty of room if we need it, not that I ever need it, but you know…just in cases. I’ve been talking about cleaning out that freakin closet for 6 months now. Here’s where I’ll actually get that done.

I’ve done a lot of praying about this over the last 24 hours. I’m going to continue to pray for this situation, and for his situation and to be the best help to him I can possibly be. If you’ve got a second or two…I’d appreciate it if you’d send up a word on our behalf as well…

When he left he said…”I’m really excited about living with cats again…”

sweet boy.

GAH!!!!!

It’s the first week of absolutely gorgeous weather here. 70’s and 80’s all week long. BIG SMILES!!!

After losing a day on Sunday, I worked and cleaned and grocery shopped and swept the garage and sprayed the yard for weeds…I got enough accomplished that I went to bed, freshly showered and slid into clean sheets and slept. Without dreaming of lists of things to do. I slept the whole night through, and woke up refreshed and ready for the week! That hasn’t happened in I dont know how long. seriously.

So we’ve got two more days on the pay period. I’m hoping for first commission. I’ve got a few things on my weeks schedule, but mostly I just want to try to do a little yard work at night to prep for the leveling. Easter is this weekend, and I’ll be spending that with Bonusmom.

I don’t have much to report, just wanted to say It’s a Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood! Get out there and enjoy. NYC gals? this pretty stuff is headed your way. Hang on just a little longer!

Last week almost ate me. Whole. It was a long long week, packed with adventures and late nights and busy days. By the time Saturday was over I was over too…but didn’t want to just stay home again. I was feeling a little social and Heather invited me to dinner with her and her hubby. Mandrea joined us as well. It was fun, the wine was flowing and was so smooth it went down like water. The meal was spectacular, the conversation was hysterical, we lost Mandrea to to clubbing but the three of us stayed and talked and laughed.

Ok. I have no idea how much wine was ingested, but it was too much. I woke up early the next morning with a piece of pizza and crumbs all in the bed. Toilet paper all in the bed. There were pictures knocked off the hallway wall. Woof. I felt bad bad bad…So bad that I was on the couch until about 5pm. Suffering.

What. The. Hell.

I may never have a glass (s) of wine again! It’s been forever, and seriously people I’m talking FOREVER since I’ve had too much to drink. I just don’t, anymore, it seems. And after losing an entire day, a perfectly gorgeous weather day, where I had planned on cleaning and working outside….I may just not ever again. Gross. I felt gross and guilty for wasting a day, for having to cancel plans with Gert, and I actually woke up this morning dreaming of cleaning and grocery shopping and getting stuff done. The garage, the yard, well it’s gorgeous all week so I can get some stuff done bit by bit after work this week…oh well. Live and learn.

Today, I’m chasing my tail trying to get everything done. I’m cleaning and doing laundry. I need a trip to the hardware store for weed killer and a ladder. The grocery store is in my future as well as a trip to Tuttle to pick up our second bounty from the Co-Op. Veggie burgers and sweet potato fries on the menu tonight with Chris and Cindy! Wahoo!

It’s a beautiful day. Gorgeous. I’m taking my coffee outside to the porch. I’m going to give myself a breath or two before I leap into it. I hope your week is fabulous…! And after reading my NFTU today…I’m focusing on the good and what I can do, and not what I won’t get done.

Misti, whatever you focus on, you will experience.

When you talk about “what is” or “what was,” even if you’re just explaining to a friendly ear, you project more of the same into the future. If you ask more than you give thanks, you’ll believe less in your own power. And if you insist that it’s hard and that you’re lonely, you’ll find that it is, and you are.

Yet, always you can choose to focus on what’s good.
Misti… whatever you focus on, you will experience.

Tallyho,
The Universe