~12-8-04~ Rain, Rain GO AWAY!!!!

some guys finally came yesterday to start ripping off my siding.

since it sounded like they were TEARING my house apart, clay did not take a nap, which meant neither did i. sigh....needless to say i fell asleep on the couch last night, therefore no post.

they only got the back of the house done, they were supposed to come back today to finish, but of course it rained. just like it has done and really hasn't quit since the work began on my house!!!! i was told my siding should be in on friday, and my sidelites on monday or tuesday. the windows are already in.........so i am really hoping that he can get it all done next week, but i am not holding my breath!!

i am getting my carpets cleaned on the 13th i can't wait. i hope that my house will finally be cat smell free!!!!!!!!!! thankfully the fleas seem to be all gone now in the basement so the litter box will be heading back down there again. the only problem with that is that, you know the saying out of sight out of mind.....yeah!! i forget about the damn thing!! i really want to start making it a daily thing to clean it out, but that never works.

so i ordered a goose for the dinner i am having for our christmas with bob's family. i was going to have it for my fmily since there were going to be more people, but knowing my family, they would not eat it anyways. so i called a bunch of butcher's to even find goose.....not so easy!!! the one place that could get it for me said it would be almost $4 a pound and they range between 10-12 pounds, which also means feeds between 10 and 12. fit of all i am not spendiung nerly $50 on a goose. secondly, there is probably going to be 4 adults and 3 kids for dinner. i'm not spending that kind of money and then throwing most of it away. so i called another place.

they too said that they could order one for me. when asked how much it cost, they didn't know. how the hell am i supposed to order something and not know how much i am paying?!?! so she finally told bob that it shouldn't be more than $2.29 a pound, much better than the almost $4. she also said i could get a 7 pounder, which is also better. so i ordered it. i also got 18 pounds of turkey breast. i am also going to make a turkey roll that i saw in a magazine. it looks really good.

i'm just at a loss to make for bob's family. i don't want to make all that i am for my family since there isn't going to be as many people. i was going to make this shell stuff that we make, sort of like lasagne but with shells and it all mixed together, it is sooooooooooooooooo good! never mind what we call it, shell shit.

anyways i figured i would make the goose and a small turkey roll for bob's family. also maybe a small lasagne. also maybe cheesy potatoes, and corn casserole. i hate not making more, but i fear it would be a big waste. of course i will have cookies and some dessert.

for my family i am making the major part of the turkey roll, the shell shit and at bj's they have wedding soup in a box. granted it is not nearly as good as real wedding soup, but it isn't too bad...so i figured i would make up a big batch of that too. or course salad, even though i don't eat it.....i am also going to make mashed potatoes with red potatoes with some of the skins still on. i have marked in a cookbook a broccolli and cauliflower casserole, and some other good vegetable concoctions i have to decide on, and cressant rolls. my aunt makes homeade rolls, so those really can't be beat, and i won't have to time to do it, and we more than likely will have them the next day on christmas, so i'm just going for the easy tubed cressant rolls. i'd also like to come up with some easy good deserts aside from christmas cookies.

so at least i know basically what i am making, and i got most of the stuff to make everything while we were at bj's. now the major thing i have to do is CLEAN my house!!! i have all the christmas gifts wrapped......and i won't do the major decorating til the night before christmas eve.

i was all excited cause my mom told me my aunt had a orelit christmas tree for sale for $50, did i already tell you all that?? i think i did. anyways we decided to go ahead and do that. much better than digging through ours checking for mouse poop. i talked to my mom today and she goes, "you know you won't be getting the tree til after christmas, don't you?" well WHAT THE FUCK?!?!? THAT TOTALLY DEFEATS THE PURPOSE!!!!! i guess my aunt wasn't going to put it up, then they decided to. so i told my mom to forget it then, and she goes, well i already told her you wanted it.........well hello?!?! that is cause i thought i was getting it for THIS christmas!!!! i'm pissed! i was really looking forward to it. especially since bob is working afternoons that week, so I am going to be the one putting it up. it would be nice to have a tree i would only have to decorate, not put together!!!!!!! DAMN IT!!! so hell, that means sometime soon we are going to have to go in the basement and check everything out. and of course the days and weeks are just going to fly by since i have so much to do before the 24th!!!!

again i found a house that i TOTALLY want!!!!!!!!!! i LOVE it!! i want it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! there are a few things that bob doesn't like about it, but i think i could get around it. i was going to call a realtor and some mortgage companies to check things out, but then i look around this house and there is NO WAY that this house is going to be presentable to sell any time soon(if ever)!!!! sigh!!!! but i love it!! and want it!!!!

so that is one more thing for my brain to keep thinking about and getting me depressed. i keep telling myself that something just as nice or even better will be available when we are ready!!!! fingers crossed!!!!!!

so did you all see the amazing race tonight?! i was sooooooooooooo happy that it was a non elimination round!! of course my 2 favorite teams were the last 2. i was bawling!! i was so happy when he said that they weren't eliminated!! i didn't get to watch the biggest loser yet. that billionaire show again did NOT impress me tonight! dog the bounty hunter, on the other hand, was as good as always!

the cookies that i made the other day lasted about a day....SERIOUSLY!!! so i made a double batch tonight. but i made them bigger than last time, so there still looks like not very many. especially when there are 2 people in this house that can go through some cookies!!! a double back made about 8 dozen halves, so 4 dozen sandwiches. maybe these will last 2 days! haha!!

well i don't think i have anything more to talk about.....so i'm outta here!