~3-31-05~ Rain, rain STAY AWAY!!!!!

send your no rain prayers my way please!!

there is a 40% chance tonight and a 50% chance tomorrow!

i STILL have NO spouting, so when it rains, my basement gets wet and i already have my drywall walls up, and inside my new room is the sewer...where all the water goes to when my basement gets wet. well it won't be able to get to the sewer unless it goes through my NEW walls!!!!!

so PLEASE do not rain. or sorry cousin, i will be hounding you for money to replace my new walls. seeing how all this shit should have been done by now. yes, i know, totally not all your fault. the weather has sucked so far, but today it was 70 degrees!!! as a matter of fact it has been BEAUTIFUL all damn week, why has noone been here working?!

oh well. i hope it doesn't rain, i don't need any more pains in the ass!!

night!

~3-31-05~

~3-30-05~ My Listing

HERE is the listing to my house. how exciting!!!! i can't wait to see it with the pictures. there should be one of the outside, bob and i have to get our butts moving and get some of the inside. too bad i didn't take pictures at christmas like i planned, since my house was nice and clean then!

i wrote out a description of it, i asked my realtor if we could use that. hopefully we can. i think it just describes the more important stuff that i want people to know, to "entice" them to check it out. here it is:


Updated 2-story, 4 bedroom 1.5 bath home. New features include siding, spouting, roof, copper plumbing, windows, garage door/opener, new door/sidelites and keyless entry all in 2005. Furnace and a/c in 2004. Also featuring all applianced kitchen, large cement patio in kid/pet friendly, fenced backyard, new laudry room/.5 bath in basement including washer and dryer. All this and so much more, motivated sellers waiting to consider your offer.

don't you think it sounds more informative and impressive??? i like mine. plus there are a few misprints on the current listing. my french doors lead from the living room to the family room....not dining room. and i do have hard wood floors, but about 90% of them are covered with carpet. and there is a typo in the room size, my living room is 13' x 23'. not 13x12...BIG difference!!

so i hope he can change it and put mine on there.

~3-29-05~ It's late

real quick, it's late! i just got done paying bills, and then started screwing around with the new pictures of my FINISHED house!!

here is the link: http://www.geocities.com/i_do_sweety/MyHouse.html

the only thing left is the spouting, but you can see the HUGE difference all the work has made in my house.



also, the whole MESS with that damn flower place and my bank.....well i have now ben charged $95.25 in over draft fees!!!!!!!!! what sucks is that i was refunded my money from the flower place, so i am disputing the over draft fees. those fuckers better give me my damn $95 back or i will definitely be switching banks!!!!

that's it....gotta hit the hay! night!

~3-28-05~ AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

well the plumbing job that was supposed to cost $150, cost me $450+!!!!!

on top of that i now have NO WATER UPSTAIRS!!!!!!!!

well he just called and he forgot to turn the valves back on to the upstairs, ok....guess that could be worse, but what the fuck about the $450?!?!?!

he has to come back tomorrow to snake the drain, which hopefully works, then i am about to call and bitch, cause this is just crazy!! i am beyond pissed!!! and after all this money i am putting into this damn place, i better get $99,900 for my damn house!!!!!!!!

~3-28-05~ Try this again. AGAIN

well it is a good thing i saved this, cause it happened again!!! i don't think this one was blogger's fault, it is this shitty wireless connection i have....sorry about the formatting from notepad, i had it fixed in the last post, but i am not doing it AGAIN.....sorry....

so now on to the most recent vanishing post:

so i am now writing this post on notepad, so i can save it then paste it to blogger. i really do need to remember to do this all the time. i am sick of blogger eating my whole posts.

anyways, as i was saying.......the plumbers are here again. nothing catastrophic this time, YET, just having them finish up some stuff before i have the walls go up. the drywall guy is supposed to be here tomorrow.

i don't know, but it seems as if these plumber dudes are doing a bunch more shit than i told them. i thought the job seemed pretty simple and easy, yet they are still here, and i saw them carrying in a bunch of new pipe. what the hell is that for?! i didn't think anything i wanted required new pipes!!!! was that part of my quote?! NO, of course i didn't ask them. so when i get the bill for $800, i'll be like what the fuck?! god i hate dealing with people. again, a job i thought was going to run me $300, is probably going to break me. such is my life!!

so again as i was saying in my destroyed post, we looked at some houses saturday. let me tell you they SUCKED!!!! they were awful!!!!!!!!!!!!! i mean dirty, unkept, BAD! i no longer am stressing out doing stuff to my house. i don't even think i am going to paint anything except touch up some things. and those houses were expensive!!! way more than i am asking for mine. yes, a bit better area, and i know that is the majority of the cost of a house, but it is just ridiculous! the money you would have to put into those to be presentable! mine doesn't need anything to be presentable, it already is(minus he cluter, but at least it isn't dirt!!)!!!!


so i found another favorite house. so far, i mean the ones we looked at were some of my faves, but in person, not pictures they were awful!! so by the pictures here are my new faves.

this one is first. 5 ACRES!!!! in the country!!!! plus an old house like i love, and CHECK OUT the kitchen!!!!!!!!

this is also a fave. 2 acres, out in the country. this one is a bit better cause it is like 15 min. from my mom, the above is 28 minutes. the bad, it is a bit small, it doesn't have central air, it is zoned heat, so i don't even think you can get central air, and the kitchen is a bit tiny* for my tastes. but it does have a lot of other goods, check it out.

*i think the kitchen is going to be make or break for me, and land.

THIS one is incredible!!!!!!!!!! if i could afford it and if lisbon wasn't far from here, it would be mine, if bob liked it or not, cause it is my DREAM house!!!!!

HOLD THE PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BE RIGHT BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK........that guy down ther is TOTALLY nt doing what i said i wanted!!!!! so like i said god knows now how much this shit is going to cost!!!! hopefully i DID just stop the most costly part of tearing up my basement floor!!!!!!!!!!!!! do these people not listen to what i ask and say?!?!?! AGAIN, that is what happens when you talk and get a quote from one person and another comes to do the work!!!!! i am pissed!!!!!!!!!!!! YES, i know i should have said something when i seen all those new pipes coming in. but i didn't want to second guess someones work, and YES, i know i am paying for it so i should ask as many questions as i want!!! GOD!!!! why am i stupid and hate dealing with people?!?!?!? it was supposed to cost about $150 to do my laundry tub.....now that he replumbed the whole fucking thing, god knows how much it is going to be!!!! and YES i know i should go down there and bitch or something, but i don't want them to be like fuck it and quit or do shitty job...i know they probably couldn't do either, but you never know, and i need this shit done!!!! i mean i told the main guy in plain english what i wanted!! and i even told the worker dude the last time he was here what i wanted!!!!! god damnit!!! why do i have to deal with this shit!! bob is the man, shouldn't this be his job?!?! and of course he isn't answering his cell!!!!

i don't know what to do!! i'm stressed!!!! and i am missing my nap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'll get back with you all later!

(*&^%#@$^* BLOGGER!!!!!!!!!!

had a post written but blogger screwed it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'll try and repost later!

~3-28-05~ Quick update

well the plumbers are here again! not for anything major, just some other small stuff i wanted done before the drywall guy comes. he is supposed to start the job tomorrow.


well my house is officially for sale!!! woo-hoo! the sign went in the yard on saturday. i'm kind of pissed the house that is a few doors down from me sold. that is a good thing and a bad thing. the good is that it sold, and wasn't up too long, hopefully that is a good sign for mine. the bad is that if anyone was looking at that, in my opinion mine is nicer, so they could have looked at mine as well. but oh well, i'm not even ready for people to come in mine yet! hopefully we will get our butt in gear and will be ready next week.

we looked at some houses saturday, and let me tell you, i'm not that stressed out about mine anymore! i don't think i am going to go over board in here doing shit. i mean my house looked better that every house we looked at except 1, and that one was brand new. but talk about DIRTY and needed cosmetic work!!!! LORD!!!! i have no worries about mine now. i don't even think we are going to do much painting. and those houses were going for WAY more than i am asking for mine! so we will see....

my favorite house is this one. yes it is sort of far, about 28 minutes from where i am now. but we were looking at some in north canton and uniontown and those are about 25 minutes, so 3 minutes is no biggie!

i don't really care, my only concern is my mom. i'm afraid she won't come over as much if i move far away. she is about 8 minutes from me now. she wants me to get this one. it is only about 15 minutes from here. it is my second favorite. or i should say from PICTURES! a few of the ones we looked at saturday were favorites too, but looked NOTHING like they did in picuters. i wish i would have taken my camera so i could have showed you! it was disgusting!!!!

i hope you all had a nice easter....i hope to have some pictures up soon! take care!

~3-24-05~ Sorry

sorry i haven't posted much lately. i've just been totally UNmotivated lateky to do anything!

my child is getting up EARLY and being BAD! all i want to do is sleep when he is sleeping! and at night all i want to do is get to bed!


i found some more houses that are ok, we are looking at some on saturday. of course the ones i REALLY like are more than i wanted to spend, and usually farther out of town than i wanted....figures!!!!


i'll let ya know what i find.....maybe i'll catch ya'll up on things a bit later...nothing real exciting here.

take care!

~3-22-05~ Progress

well they ARE here working. they are on the porch now. my luck as soon as i put clay down they will move to the work that is RIGHT on his room!!! i should have told them to do that first!

i have a big long bitch, but don't really feel like getting into it right now. but i am here so i might as well.

sunday was bob's mom's birthday. of course he waited to the last minute to tell me, so we didn't have time to go get her anything. so, i decided to order her a nice big vase of flowers. i was going site through site, looking for someplace that had sunday delivery. none did. well i finally found THIS place. there was a link, that said: need it sunday? so i clicked and it sent me to a site with some arrangements. it said i needed to have the order in by 1pm, my time zone to have the flowers delivered that day. it was almost a quarter til 1. so i hurried, got it all done. AAHHHHHH! delivery times were til 6pm.

so we get to his mom's after 5. we wait and wait for the flowers. NOTHING!!!! we left at almost 7. i was pissed! i get home and there is an email saying they could not find and delivery places in my area for sunday delivery. they would be happy to make the delivery on monday. so i call the service number to do all of that.

she said that they would take off the service charge because of the delay. i asked if they already ran my card through for the $49.98, and she said no. so i wouldn't get a credit of $9.99, it would just be the charge of the flowers and no service charge, so $40.00. FINE! i was already pissed, but at least she would get them the next day at her work, that would be nice.

so monday i checked my bank online and i am NEGATIVE $33.00!!!! i looked at the transactions. there was a transaction pending for $49.98 AND one pending for $40.00!!!! i called my bank cause i knew that as soon as it was negative they charge a $30 overdraft fee. i asked if there were any credits to the account and she said no. then i told her what happened and asked if i got the credit if i was still going to get the over draft fee and she said once it is ran through it all takes effect. FUCK!!!! so she said i could dispute the charges and she would send me out a form.

so then i called the flower people to bitch at them! she said she showed a CREDIT to my account of the $49.98 on sunday night, then the charge for $40.00. WHATEVER GOD DAMN IT!!!!!!!!

so then i fired off a nasty email to the flower place, i re-checked their website and they had a guarantee of 100% satisfaction with their company. so here is the email:

I am very DISSATISFIED with your company.

To begin with, I placed my order on Sunday, BEFORE 1pm, just like it said to HAVE Sunday delievery. Well around 3:30 pm, that same day I received an email stating that I could not have delivery on Sunday, EVEN THOUGH YOUR SITE SAID I COULD.

Well, I was already at a birthday party at 3:30 waiting for THE PRESENT of flowers to be delivered, so did not get the email until I returned home totally EMBARRASSED. I then called the service number, they said that they would send my order out on Monday and take off my service charge. I then asked her if they already ran through the first transaction and she said NO.

Today I checked my bank and there are 2 charges from you people. One from the original order for $49.98 and a SECOND one for $40.00. That brings me OVER DRAWN in my account, so now I am being charged $30 for an overdraft charge.

I already did call and speak with your customer service, they said that i was credited the $49.98 back on Sunday night. It is NOT showing up in my bank yet, and still because it WAS ran through twice, my bank is still going to charge me the overdraft fee.

That is the whole reason why I asked the lady I spoke with last night if the first transaction had been run through and she assured me that it had NOT!

This is just totally ridiculous! I did not receive my flowers when I was supposed to, then got charged twice, and now an additional $30 from my bank due to YOU running it through twice.

I am totally DISSATISFIED with my whole experience with you, and would like to be refunded my money. I checked your site and it states that you have a GUARANTEE, which I have copied and posted here from your site:

100% Satisfaction Guarantee
Florist express offers a 100% satisfaction guarantee. If you are not satisfied with our service for any reason feel free to contact us. We will either refund your money or redeliver a new product depending on the situation. The choice is yours!

So, that being said, I would like a full refund of my purchase.

Thank you,

Jennifer Ewell


i STILL have not heard back from them. YES, i will be calling shortly!

i also checked my bank and the charge for $49.98 has CLEARED!!! and there is still NO credit showing in my account!

i am pissed!!!!! do not do business with this place!!!!!!!

~3-21-05~ Another gone

i just found out the other day that a dear lady friend of mine passed away.

her name was Mary. molly and i used to clean her apartment. she was just the cutest and sweetest little old lady you could ever meet. i'll never forget all the spunk and sassiness she had in her. if you would have asked me a year ago, i would have told you that that lady is going to outlive all those old folks in the apartments. sadly i was wrong. she had been ill and in and out of the hospital since november. i feel bad that i never got to go and see her.

molly and i sent her a flower arrangement around christmas (oops, molly, i still owe you my half). i feel horrible, cause she did call to thank me for it, but i never got to get back with her. she was in and out of the hospital, rehab, relatives, hosptial...etc. not that that is an excuse. i wish i had spoken to her one last time.

she truly was one of a kind, i wish i would have had more time to get to know her, and to spend with her. she did tell molly that when it was her time, she was ready. she said she lived a long and happy life. i'll miss her!!! god bless you mary!!



bob worked on saturday, so that is starting to screw up my weekends. it doesn't feel like the weekend when he works. it feels like just another weekday. we went to walmart after he got home, i was all excited, cause i didn't need much, figured we would be in and out of there.......I STILL SPENT $200!!!!!!

so then we stopped at taco bell so they could replace our order that they screwed up last weekend. i have NO patience with those people. EVERY TIME we go there, at least 99%, our order gets screwed up!!! and i don't even order anything special anymore. i thought my order was always wrong cause i ordered special shit, guess not. so we both called to bitch, bob spoke with the manager who said to bring the receipt and they were going to replace our whole order.

so we go, get paul on the speaker, tell him our order.....a #3 combo, with a pepsi no ice..... paul: we don't replace combo's, i can give you just the tacos bob: the whole thing with the combo was i DIDN'T get my pop the last time. paul: well i can give you a pop....so then bob was about to go off. THEN WHY DID THE GUY SAY HE WOULD REPLACE OUR WHOLE ORDER?!?! we just ordered, and like you have to do at this taco bell, pull over to make sure everything is right..........IT IS NOT!!!!!!!!

to get this straight we just had our order replaced cause it was screwed up, and they screwed that up!!!!!!!! so bob went in, i thought he was going to get red, but no!!!!!!!!! i would have raised holy hell if i went in there....i wish i did.....like i said, i have no tolerance for that place any longer!

so then saturday night we watched harold and kumar go to white castle, or something like that. for being a really stupid and dumb movie. it had some really funny parts, and i didn't totally hate it. but it was one of the dumbest movies i have seen.

what else.......i don't remember, my brain is turning to mush these days. sorry i haven't been posting regularly. keeping normal people hours, cuts into my blogging time.

i was actually in bed, lights out last night by midnight. it was heaven. sorry bob....he hurt his back so he is sleeping downstairs on the living room floor. can i tell you how much better i sleep alone!!!!!!!! it would have been better if i didn't have to get up at 7, just to make sure he was up....but it was so nice!!!


they actually were here working on my house today!!! I KNOW!!!!!! i was shocked. he said tomorrow they should have almost everything done, and then hopefully friday or saturday they should come and do my spouting, then all will be finished!! still not holding my breath!!!

the realtor called today, here that house i wanted desperately.....well remember they had a contingency offer, well i guess someone else made a bid, and the other people wouldn't lift their contingency, so the other bidder got the house. which is what would have happened if we had put in the contingency offer, so i guess we would have lost anyways. the people who made the bid actually paid full price for the house, i don't know if i would have done that! so it is back to looking!! sigh!!!!

well that is it in a nutshell. hopefully i can write more tomorrow!! night!

~3-18-05~ What have i been missing?!

lordy, lordy!!!!!!!! i have water pressure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


you should see the water that comes out of the bathtub faucet!!!! and when the shower is on the water actually gets to the back wall!!!!!!!! the toilet is now loud as hell, since the water actually RUSHES in to fill instead of just trickling.

and you should see how the water JETS out into my washing machine!!!!!!!! i think i could fill an extra large load in about 2 minutes instead of 20!!!!!

i am also hoping that now my dishwasher will actually CLEAN the dishes!!!

woo-hooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

know what is double woo-hoooooooo........................i only had to pay $379!!! INSTEAD of $700!!!!!!!!!!!

see, i guess this turned out to be a positive instead of a negative! hell, if i would have known it was only going to cost UNDER $1000, i would have had this shit done years ago!!!!!!!! how come everyone i had come out here quoted me over $5000?!?!?!

i'm so excited to do laundry and dishes!! call me crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! maybe now i will be motivated to actually shower EVERY day!!!!! haha!!!!

~3-18-05~ They're hereeeeeeeeee

finally!!!!


they are going to try and replace some main doo-dad thingies and see if that works. if it does it is supposed to save me a lot of money. woo-hoo. but now my dumb ass is half temptewd to tell them to just go ahead and do the whole freaking thing. i am already at peace with the $700 deal. and being as crazy as i am, i don't want 2 different types/colors of pipes everywhere!!! i know i am stupid! i have never denied that. i guess we will just see what happens with this. AGAIN the way my luck is, this won't work anyways.

now my only hope is, is that clay stays asleep through all of this. there are many pipes to be sawed, they are getting ready to do that now. fingers crossed. YES...it is loud!!


i took clay out again to play in the yard today. don't know if i mentioned that we did that yesterday too. lord is it a mess back there. not just from the siding and crap, but from bob as well. that is a WHOLE other job in itself!!! i don't even want to think about it! but clay had fun. both days were spent mostly in the sandbox. which is weird cause we have this HUGE, 18 ft circle of sand in the middle of our yard, where we had the pool....you'd think he would just play in that.....nope, not my kid! he sat in his teeny, tiny sandbox, wanting me to get in with him! oh well, he had fun, and i felt good that he got to get OUTSIDE!!

grandpa came over, late as usual, but he bought me some of those plastic storage containers that i have said i wanted. that was sweet of him. he said if i needed more to let him know. how is it that he remembers me saying i wanted them and how big, but he doesn't remember the 850 times i have told him to come over at 11am, not noon?!?!?! oh well, you gotta love him, and i am glad that he is here for clay!!!ii guess he wasn't into his own kids that much, or me either for that matter. i think my mom is kind of resentful of that, but i know she too is happy that he has clay and clay him.


god i am bored! i really want to sleep. if i knew clay was going to sleep through this racket i would go to sleep myself. the guy said it would be at least 3 hours. then again, i don't know if when he comes back from the parts place, he will know just to come in!! so i should stay awake for that. plus the way my door is (it needs a new handle) he will probably think it is locked and he can't get it.....JUST PUSH ON THE DAMN THING...HARD!!! well my mom doesn't even get it and she KNOWS the deal. oh well.....another day, no nap!


damn, he didn't waste time at the part store, he is back already. and he walked in. good guy....did i mention that he kept getting shit all over my carpet from the basement yesterday?! oh well.....it could be worse, after all it did vaccuum right up. guess i am just bored and thinking of things to bitch about. haha.


i was going to go on about my tv shows, but again, i think i may just make that a weekly thing. do it on the weekend. then again, i'll probably forget by then, so who knows?!


well i am tired of sitting here. i'm gonna go lay on the couch. see ya!

~3-18-05~ NOTHING!

well i called my cousin, he is supposed to be here monday (eyes rolling) and said everything should be done by next wednesday (not holding my breath).


as for the plumber people, still NO word from them. i just called and left a message. if i don't hear from him shortly, i'm gonna call his cell phone. i don't want to sound shitty with him, i think he is giving me a good deal, but i need fricking water NOW!!!! and to go to someone else, hell it wiould probablytake a few days to get someone to even come out and look. and if they knew it was an emergency, god only knows how much they would charge.

well, i'm still trying to stay positive!!! i'll let you know in a few hours if that is still working or not.

~3-18-05~ CRAP!!!

for some reason we are out of clay's milk, whole milk! i don't think he really still needs to be drinking it, he doesn't eat much, so i figure he is getting the fat and whatever from the whole milk....not that he has really been drinking the milk lately either...

but i love me some cereal with whole milk!!!! i can't even eat cereal without it, so no cereal for me!

so i figured i would break down and make some bacon, my laziness has caused a lack of bacon recently. well i CAN'T!!! because i am not a normal person who washes things after using them.....especially a big ole' hunker of an electric fryer from the 70's that you CAN'T put in the dish washer.....so it is dirty and remember i have NO running water, so i can't wash the bitch!! AAAGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

so now i am not going to get to eat breakfast, i'm sure that will really help my mood!!!! yes, i can always break out the traditional frying pan, but, the thought of that turns me off. i like the fryewr, so i can throw in 6 pieces at a time....i'm picky how my bacon is cooked (surprise, surprise). i don't know how people just throw the whole pack into the pan and do it that way.

so hell.........i really hope these people come soon to fix my water. and for real, my cousin better come and do some work today!!

well i am done with my breakfast, cigarette....so i better get back down to see what a mess clay made of his breakfast...yeah there is sure to be a mess since i don't have WATER!!!!!

~3-18-05~ I took a breath

well i have calmed down since my last post. which really isn't like me.

i think i just realized that in the world now days there is some sad stuff going on, and my problems are nowhere near what others are or have been facing.

i mean i am lucky that i even have a home for it to "fall apart". and i am even more lucky that i have the money to fix it. yes, i may be without water for a day, but there are people who don't have water at all!

so really, i am blessed, and i have to think of the good things in my life and not focus on the bad.

on to the damage......

well he said that since my pipes are so old and probably full of gunk. when he installed the new pipe, it made the rest basically cave in on itself and clog itself up. so now, i have to get all my pipes replaced. so far the good news is that it looks as if the pipes going to the upstairs are copper, which means newer, so those don't need replaced. he said it is normally about $1100, but that the owner said he would do it for $700. so that is much better news than what i was expecting. i knew my pipes were shit. i have told you all about not being abel to wash clotes and use any other thing that needs water. i had a few estimates in the past to fix it and they were all well over $5000. so that is what i was fearing. so really $700 isn't that bad. and thank god that i actually HAVE it. not that i really wanted to use it, but i even stated about something coming up, like my luck always has it.....and it did. but again, it could be much worse, so i am not sweatin it at all. as long as they get here tomorrow and do it!!!!!

it really sucks not having running water. my kitchen is a mess right now. i hated coming to bed leaving it, but there was nothing i could do. THANK GOD i can use my toilet! that was my main concern at first. it does fill with water, just a bit slow. i have about 5 gallons of water downstairs in jugs, so i should be ok for a while. he said tomorrow afternoon, but i hope it is sooner than that. whatever, as long as it is tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!


ok....these past few days has been nice, where the hell is my cousin and why is he not working on my freaking house?!?!?!?! if he doesn't show tomorrow, i really think i am going to call and sort of "bitch". i mean this is really ridiculous! i highly doubt that he is treating his other customers, who aren't realted, like this. i mean i would be REAL pissed and would have already had words with the poeople if we weren't related. what the hell!!!!


now the realtor wants pictures before he lists the house. which i understand, but hell, my house ain't ready for pictures!!!! so we are going to wait about a week to list it now......sigh!!!!

i think the only pictures i am going to take are of the outside, the dining room, living room, family room, kitchen, and maybe clay's room. the other bedrooms really don't look like much. my bathroom is TINY, and will only look smaller in pictures!!


once again i do have tv shows to bitch about, but i need to get into bed. maybe i'll just do a recap of my shows on the weekend. sounds good to me....even though you all don't read during the weekends! ha! night!

what did i tell you people!!!!!!

the way my luck goes and the worst possible things that can happen happen to me!!!

just when i thought money was good, things were moving good!!!!!!!!!


ok, i may be over reacting a tad...it isn't like someone died, and bob didn't lose his job or anything....

but now 99% my $300 dollar plumbing job just turned into a few THOUSAND dollar job!!!

WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!

I AM SO PISSED RIGHT NOW I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!!

i have to go see what this guy says

~3-17-05~ It figures!!!!

yes my luck!!!! i should really know better!

well the realtor came over tonight to get our house up, well either monday night or yesterday sometime, someone else bid on MY house with a contingency!!!

it was accepted, so now they cannot accept 2 contingencies. i was so flippin pissed i just wanted to break down crying. i did good though.

he kept telling me not to worry, it didn't mean anything. well, i know my luck, and i just KNEW that this was going to happen!!!! i just rather it had been like a week or so before i put my house up, not 1 fucking day!!!!

now my only option is to hope that my house sells before the people who bid, and then i can still make and offer and pray they accept it. but hell i don't know what those other people bid. and you can't find out cause it is confidential.

and i was going to offer very LOW. at least start out low. i mean that house has been up since september!!!!!!!

i'm just very disappointed. and i know i kept telling myself if we don't get it, it wasn't meant to be, and that meant there was an even better house out there. so i am still looking....and NONE hold a candle to that one.

THE KITCHEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh the plans i had for that kitchen!!!!!!!!!!!

to top it all off, after he left, my child turned into satan child! my lord was he bad!!!!! maybe he sensed my being upset and was trying to get my mind off of it. but it sure didn't help!!! what did help was that he is so damn cute!


did i tell you all that he had a sty on his eye?! well that went away and looked great, but today he woke up and his eye was all pink!! what the hell?!?! i mean it didn't seem to bother him at all. he wasn't rubbing it, it wasn't runny....it was just red! so hell! i don't know if i should call the doctor or not. i DREAD taking him there. the last time i took him to the doctor's for his regular deal, he ended up SICK! all the freaking germs in that place.....i don't get what the point is of having a sick waiting room and a regular waiting room, there really isn't a wall or ANYTHING seperating anyone! we all use the same counter, and breathe the same air! i just don't want to take him for something minor like his eye, then get something worse! i'm gonna see what it looks like tomorrow and then decide.


the plumber is coming over tomorrow to start the work i want done. a good thing is that i was checking out the pipes down there and it looks like there is a hot, cold and drain capped off down there. which is perfect!!!!! now all he has to do is uncap them! woo-hoo, hopefully that saved me $600, he quoted me to do all of that.


and did i tell you all about the drywall deal?! i originally had planned for a bigger laundry room/half bath, but the guy i spoke with on the phone quoted me $1500!! NOT!!! so i called some other guy and he came out. i told him all we had to spend was between $500-600. so we made it a bit smaller, and he quoted me $650. so i called the guy on the phone back and gave him the measurments to see how much he would charge..........$1140!!!!!!!!! HELL NO! how is going from 8x20, to 5x12 plus NO door only less $360?!?! so needless to say i called the other guy back and told him to come as soon as he could to do his thing. it just sucks that he can't start it for 2 weeks!!


i stated on our listing of the house that we weren't showing it til the 4th. so hopefully everything will be done by then. hell i don't think we will have everything packed and stored by then! this shit sucks!!!! especially now that i have to FIND a damn house! it wasn't bad when i thought i already had one, and had one less thing to do. now i am afraid my house will get a bid, then i will have to find a damn house...and i don't want to be rushed!!!! and of course NO other houses are even appealing to me now. i want MY house damn it!!!!!


i'm sure i have some tv shows to bithc about, but as you can see, lately i have actually been in bed at a "some-what-decent-to-me" hour, so i need to get off here and get to sleep. if grandpa happens to show tomorrow, i'll write more in the morning. good-night!

~3-16-05~ Ah hell!

well i just tried to pack up some more to make the house look decent since the realtor is coming over tonight........

well that didn't work!!!!

the more i tried to pack shit, the worse it looks! i have stuff strewn all over the damn place now!! my house is just a mess now and it is driving me insane!

i finally said fuck it, and i'm going to get in the shower. i had to sit and smoke a cigarette....even though i can't breathe!!!

another reason i hate packing. it stirs up all sorts of cat hair, dust and god knows what, and my nose starts running and i can't frickin breathe!!!

i really wish i were napping right now! clay, of course, picked today as another day where he was up at the crack of dawn.....being that i could NOT get to damn sleep last night!!

and now he is nice and sleeping and i am running around trying to clean shit up! AGH! i hate this shit! i cannot wait to move. i SWEAR, yes you all heard me, i SWEAR that my house will NEVER look like this again. even if it means turing into my mother, it will not be like this ever again! it is totally ridiculous!

i am almost, ALMOST in the mood to just throw 90% of my shit out and not even bother going through or packing any of it. THAT is how bad it is, cause i don't ever throw things away, unless it is useless and really is trash.

god i hate, hate, hate, hate, hate this!!!!!!!!!! i swore i was never doing this moving business again. if it weren't for clay, and any other possible baby ewell's, i would happy live here in all my junk and mess forever, just so i would not have to go through all this stuff and pack, then haul, then unpack it!!!!!!!

ok, i'm getting stressed now....time for a shower.........til later, bye!

~3-15-05~ Another anniversary

i was counting the days, then i forgot!!!

it has officially been a year (and a few days) that i have been keeping this here blog!!! wow!!! i can't believe a whole year has went by so quickly....oh the memories of March 2004



i'm headed to bed now....more to come tomorrow morning. night

~3-14-05~ Boxes, boxes EVERYWHERE!!!!

so who's great idea was it to start packing stuff up in boxes now? oh, yeah, mine! well that wasn't so great.

now i have boxes filled with shit everywhere and you can't move to do anything....including pack more boxes!

so then the idea was to go today, after bob gets home, to go get a storage unit and start moving little loads. well i think it would be better to wait until the weekend, that way we can get a u-haul, and some of his friends, and they would have the whole weekend to move BIG loads.

but for some reason bob doesn't see that as a good idea. he wants to do it now. i think it is dumb to fit maybe 5 boxes in my jeep and move that! i think it is a waste of time and gas! well i am not arguing. if he wants to go he can go!


in other news....WE GOT OUR TAX REFUND CHECK!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!! i'm soooooooooooooooo happy! especially if it means that we do not owe the irs!!!!!

the bad is that i already have the money gone. well there are a few options i have, but the all including the money being gone, so....blah!!!!


the realtor is coming over wednesday so we can list our house. i talked to my cousin and he said my house should be done in about 3 days. it is supposed to be nice at the end of the week, so hopefully those are the 3 days he is talking about! so hopefully we can start showing the house about the 1st of april. i'm seriously thinking of making an offer on the house that i want. he said that we can put in the contingency for how long it is good for. i thought it may only be good for 30 days. but of course the home owners have to agree on it, whatever it is. so......decisions, decisions!!!


i thought there was something else, but i don't remeber. oh well, i have to go get dressed. see ya'll later!

~3-12-05~ Pain in the ass

blogger has been a pain in my ass lately! i don't know what the deal with it is, but once again, it is making me thinking of taking my ramblings else where!

but then again, i am too lazy, so probably not............


i did get my boxes on friday. about 6:30! and no, i haven't packed anything yet. bob had to work today, which is good money wise, but i want to start getting things done around here!

i should really pack some stuff when i put clay down shortly, but i am dead tired. AGAIN i couldn't get to sleep last night!!! i really think i need my own room. i am SUCH a light sleeper, i already have clay's monitor going on and on in my ear, add to that bob and his snoring, talking, moving, tossing......

so i may have to get the spare room cleared out and try sleeping in there, see if that helps. i would send bob in there, but he doesn't like the mattress, and since he does have to get up and actually GO to work, i figured i'd let him have the good bed.

they only thing with clearing out that room is that it is ALL clothes. EVERYWHERE!!!! call me crazy, or call me a hillbilly, but i got he brilliant idea to get those cheapy rubbermaid"-like trash cans w/wheels, and just fill those fuckers up with the clothes, that way we can just store them for now, and deal with sorting/washing/whatever later. the trash cans w/wheels will be easier to move than trying to lift them all and carry and pack them....plus they are cheaper and they hold more. so............i want to go get a few of them tonight.

that is another reason i can't wait to move. i can actually start to do laundry and actually keep up on it. my water pressure sucks so bad here that it takes about an hour just for a load of laundry to run. AT LEAST!!!! when we move i am getting one of those nice front loading washing machines. i can't wait. ever known anyone excited about actually doing laundry?! like i said, call me crazy!!


so the plan is to get a storage unit, start packing shit, and moving shit out. hopefully we will have a few good big loads so bob and his friend can move that next weekend.


well i have to go now to try and put clay down for his nap. wish me luck!!

~3-11-05~ Boxes??????

where the hell are my boxes????

on the fed ex site it says they are on the truck, out for delivery...since 5:43AM!!!

what the hell, it is after 6pm now!!

~3-11-05~ WAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

up before 7am again today............what the hell is going on here?!?!

~3-10-05~ Crazy neighbor lady alive and well....

news at 11.

just kidding. she is fine. i saw her pull up today and i about jumped out my damn window to find out what the hell has been going on. i'm just so nosey like that!

no, i told her i had been worried and didn't know what was going on. well about 2 hours later, i found everything out. yes, she was here for about 2 hours talking!!

she thanked me for being concerned and i got the number to where she is staying.

so now i feel much better, knowing all is well.

~3-10-05~ WHY????????

why was my child up BEFORE 7am today?!?!?!?!


is it nap time yet? it is only 9am?!?!?! AAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

~3-10-05~ A fine anniversary

i had a very nice anniversary, thanks for asking.



it started off with a cute little picture message from hubby, from work, then he called later in the day. then when he got home from work, i was presented (by clay) a beautiful, near perfect rose!!! how sweet....even more how THOUGHTFUL!!!!



that is what made it so wonderful! i knew he had it in him!!!! i knew their was a reason i loved and married him!!


our dinner was nice too. it wasn't crowded at all, which was great! i must say that the guy manning the steak station did not know what he was doing! i mean he barely spoke english, but at least you would think he would know how to cook steak since that is the job he was doing?!

i asked for medium. he shows me some "not even pink a little bit" steak, and i was like NO. then he gave me something that still wasn't medium but i was hungry damn it!!!

so on my second trip....i think they have a policy where they can only give you about one square inch of steak per trip....so i again ask for medium, he shows ne some well done fucker, me, NO. so then he cuts on open and says and shakes his head no, puts it back down. i'm all WAIT, LET ME SEE.....it is the most perfect medium steak i have seen in ages. i even happily, and a bit too loudly said PERFECT!!

what the hell dude?!?! then both times i went up there, there were exactly 4 shrimp left!!! well 4 the first time and 5 the second. but bob was up there about 10 seconds before i was and came back to report there is a whole thing of shrimp up there. not when i was there.

oh well, it's not like i needed to eat more than i already did. but it was nice, ESPECIALLY since we got to sit in the smoking section!!!

oh and did i mention that mom got us gift certificates for our anniversary, so it was essentially FREE. could it get any better?!




yes, it got better cause i got to come home and see my little cutie! lord i hate being away from that child! i am for real going to be a mess when he gets older and doesn't want anything to do with me! sigh!!!!




on to tv........can i just say WTF america's next top model?!?!?!?!?!?!

how is it they kick off the prettiest girl they have had in all 4(?) seasons?!?! oh that is right, models are ugly. i keep forgetting that. i'm sorry, i mean 99% of models are ugly. add actresses to that, cause i can barely keep myself from puking everytime i see that new commercial with sara jessica parker. DO PEOPLE REALLY, REALLY THINK SHE IS PRETTY?!?! I MEAN REALLY?!?! she may be a super nice person, i get that, but she is disgustingly ugly! and i don't talk about people that way....usually. it just amazes me about some people. i know, to each their own. everyone sees beauty differently. but DAMN! and i could list others, but i am tired, and who cares..........


lost.......a repeat AGAIN?!?! i swear this show has more reruns than any new show so far! what the hell?!?!


american idol.....well i almost had all the picks right. the guys i thought were going did go, the girls i only got one. i was really surprised that the dark hair'd girl got booted. i didn't care for her, but i thought she was better than that lindsey (?) girl.


my boxes are supposed to be here by friday! woo-hoo!!! i am sooooooooooo ready to start packing! hopefully i will still be in this mood come the weekend!

the realtor called today. we spoke about possibly listing the house, but stating there wouldn't be any showings until the end of the month. that way we could at least get it out there, and then see if we get any hits. i mean as long as i have a lot of the clutter cleared up, i won't mind starting to show the house. i do need to get work started on the bathroom in the basement. i think i am going to call and get some quotes from "experts". i know bob wanted to do it, but we don't have the time. we will see if we have the $$.

i know you are all tired of hearing of the house i want, but get this. i don't even know why it popped in my head today. but when i was laying down for my nap today, i started to think about when i went to the psychic lady. i don't know if it was while we were talking about me moving or not, but i remember her asking if my husband liked dogs. i was like i guess. then she said she say 2 big dogs. they could have been a previous owner or a neighbor's. then all of a sudden it popped in my head that the last time we went to look at the house, we were in the way back by the neighbor's and bob said the last time he came by to look at it, they neighbor's 2 BIG DOGS were out running around!!!!

i know it may not mean anything, but how weird is that?!?!?! i told him that and he sort of got into the whole "believing thing". i'm still not getting my hopes up, but that was just freaky!!!!

well, i just pasted my pictures in this post, hopefully they worked. i am hitting the hay now. i am way tired! have a great night!!

~3-9-05~ Happy anniversary to me.........

we are going to the buffet place to eat tonight to celebrate. i know, we could have picked fanicer place, but when we do we spend WAY too much money and it is ridiculous!

the buffet place is just fine....as a matter of fact it is our favorite place to eat, so it is win (favortie)- win (cheap)!!


i broke down and ordered boxes. i didn't spend as much as i originally planned, but i figured i would just at least get some to get me started around here!!

i got a box bundle of:

8 small boxes 15x12x9
6 medium 18x15x12
4 large 24x16x16
2 x-large 23x23x16
tape...for $45

i also got a pack of large boxes (15) for $40.

FREE SHIPPING!!!!

so hopefully that will be here by this weekend, and i can finally get started!


we want to go this weekend and get a storage place and start taking some stuff over there every day or so, at least on the weekends.


well, i am sleepy.....it is nap time. see ya'll later!

~3-9-05~ Give me the pills man!!!!

bob had some damn sominex (sp?) around here somewhere, but where?!?! i asked him, knowing that wasn't going to help, cause he doesn't know...surprise, surprise!!!


i just want to go to bed and be able to fall asleep!! is that too much to ask?!

last night i get into bed around 2am. i'm in there about 10 minutes till i have to get up to see what the fuck my cat is doing cause he is making a LOT of noise. i wanted to make sure he didn't have a dead mouse he was dragging all around the house. no, he found one of his play balls somewhere, god only knows where. so i threw it down the steps and went back to bed. so then all i heard was rumble, rumble, pound, pound. like he was running up and down the damn steps and all over the house, and very LOUDLY i may add! so this was going on for eternity.

then i thought maybe someone was breaking into the house. then i deduced (?) that probably wasn't the case, cause they were being AWFULLY loud, and taking forever. i don't think burgerlers would do that. damn cat!!!!

then i heard bob get up and walk out the bedroom. next thing i hear was THUD, THUD, THUD, THUD. i jumped out of bed with my heart in my throat. throw open the door to see bob laying on the steps. what the hell, i asked. i fell down the steps he said, as if i could guess. he was ok. i spotted the god forsaken kitty ball on the floor by the door so i grabbed it and stowed it away in my bedroom. i told him the damn cat has had me up for 2 hours, i exaggerate.

i get back in bed, look at the clock....it is 4 fucking 30 AM!!! it had been 2 hours that cat had been raising holy hell!!!!!

so bob gets back to bed. i still hear that damn cat. i was like what the hell does he have now?!?! well of course bob was back to sleep in about 10 seconds after laying down.

i swear i didn't get to sleep til after bob got up and left for work, which would have been after 7am!!!!!

i heard clay and did stall for a bit, but after i snapped to it i jumped out of bed around 8:30. i open my door to find another god damned ball sitting in front of my door. no wonder the cat was still at it after i jacked his first one.

so i was beat today!!!! couldn't wait til nap time!!


i got my nails done today. she did bring her baby. i should say gigantic baby. i have never seen such a huge baby!!!! i remember he saying before that he weighed 17 pounds, i laughed and said my child is 2 and only weighs 27 pounds!!! her child is 6 MONTHS OLD!!!! this kid is huge!!!!

it was too freaking precious seeing clay with the baby. we put him in the bouncy seat and clay all sat on the floor beside him, just looking and smiling. oh my god, my heart almost burst!!!! i never wanted another child more than at that minute. even though i do actually dread the thought of having another. i know, i'm awful. but just to go through all that baby stuff again. UGH!!!! i don't get sleep now. it will be 100 times worse with a baby and a toddler at the same time! but i am thinking of clay, and how much i think that he does need a sibling or 2. so for him i am willing to go through all of that again!!!

molly came over to tend to the kids, which was great! the girl doing my nails was already sort of anxious. i know she felt sort of weird having to bring her baby. and of course being a new mommy of only 6 mths, she was even more anxious when he would fuss or cry a bit. but all was well. it took some time, but it sure made the day go quick.

clay didn't do too bad for his nap. i was greatful cause i was beat!!!


when bob got home he took clay to the used clothes store to get some clothes for work, so i got some "me" time. actually all i did was watch dr. phil.

speaking of dr. phil. remember a few posts back that i wrote about that kid whose parents thought he was a sexual predator and all that awfulness. well they are going to be on again tomorrow. so VCR alert for those of you who have been watching!!


as for the amazing race. i hate, hate, hate amber and rob. i hated them both the previous times they were on survivor. i really hate rob. i just want to smack him. especially since he comes off so cute and likeable. i HATE HIM!!! he is just a totally devious dick! i cannot wait til they are kicked off this damn show. if they win i will be real pissed. i don't even think they should be on the show! they already had their half hours of fame, not to mention the million she won and the like $100,000 that he won....plus i am sure they are still bringing in some money. they don't need this show and money!!!! let the people who really need it win it damn it! i just hate them!!!!


american idol tonight......i didn't like the girl who sang, hell, i don't know what she sang. let me go check.....ok, janay. i didn't like lindsey either. i just think the guys have it wrapped up this year. the girls are lucky that it is guys against girls, cause i think most of the girls would be gone now if not. the guys just rock!!!! by the way, for the guys i want nikko, travis or mario gone. i know mario won't be gone. i think the little girls will love him. he is cute, he just reminds me too much from the guy from that 70's show. and i am not all that into him, he has a nice voice, but i think all the others are better.


well i feel as if i have rambled enough. i may even go to bed. i am still beat! i want to pop some tylenol pm, but they don't seem to help me at all.

good-night.

P.S....since it is actually the 9th now (after midnight) today is my 3rd anniversary!! it kind of really doesn't matter (don't take that how it sounds). i just mean that bob and i have been together for so long, we should actually be celebrating our 12th anniversary (give or take a year or 2). so we are just an old married couple, not newly weds. :) in a way that is better though. so yeah us!!

~3-8-05~ The confusion continues

well i am still confused about our taxes!

of course i can't find the paper work i had for what we already paid off.

i remember after bob and i got back together in 2002 we started paying off his taxes from 2001. that was paid off in 2003. then we owed for 2003 which we paid on the spot.

when bob spoke with that lady the other day, she said that whenever you pay, it goes towards the oldest first. so if we owed, then the payment we sent for 2003 would have been applied to any back tax. which i guess was supposedly more "proof" that we did not owe.

anyways, when i was going back through some papers last night trying to find ANYTHING, i found a letter from the irs, dated august 2002, saying that we could not set up a payment plan for the taxes owed for 2001 since a 2000 return was not on file.

well we ended up setting up a payment plan for 2001, cause like i said it was paid off by 2003. so what the hell happened to 2000?!?!? for some reason, i don't remember why, last year, i had my accountant do bob's 2000 taxes and he owed a lot! so how that got paid off and when i have no idea. like i said i wasn't with bob in 2000, so i don't know what he did, BUT in the letter dated 2002 it said he still didn't have a 2000 return on file. so what the hell?! did we do it and i totally forgot, and why don't i have a copy of it?!?!?! and how in the hell did we pay off both 2000 and 2001 by 2003?!

i think i will call my accountant tomorrow. cause i'm sure we would have went to my guy to do the taxes in 2002. then again, my brain is fried, i don't remember.

i'm so confused!!!!



i got the rest of the money from my mortgage company for the work on the house. AGAIN it was so nice depositing that money, it totally SUCKS that i can't keep any of it!!


my dvr fucked me again tonight. it taped fear factor, which was over at 9:30, and it taped til 9:30. for some reason fear factor was not over at 9:30!!!! so i guess technically it wasn't my dvr. but whatever, we totally missed the lastteam doing their stunt, and have NO clue who won! i am pissed. i'm going to check out nbc site to see if i can find out.

american idol.........it is sooooooooooooo hard with the guys. they are all so good i don't even know who should go. the 2 i liked the least was the guy who sang georgia and the guy who did bobby brown. i mean they were really good too!!! i liked the guy from cleveland, but i can't forget what a dick he was on the whole hollywood parts of the show. but dude CAN sing!!!

the nanny show......i dread every time i watch that show. i just can't help but think i have all that in store! that is sooooooo 90% of the reason i don't want to do the whole toddler bed thing yet. i cannot bear the fighting. not that i know for sure he would, but i would bet money on it.

we have started a new routine. we've been putting him down around 8:30 lately. that seems to be working great, he is usually asleep by 9:30. i have also moved nap time back to around 1, depending on what time we get up. i am also getting my butt up out of bed as soon as i hear him in the morning. not waiting 1/2 hour, 45 min., and hour for him to finally start calling for me. i think that has helped too. we actally slept a little late today at nap, we didn't get up til after 4, so i thought the 8:30 wasn't going to work, but it was fine. well, now that i said all that, tomorrow will be a disaster!


i'm getting my nails done tomorrow. i think she may be bringing her child. he is a little baby. thank god my friend molly said she would bring her daughter over for a play date, and she can entertain clay during the whole thing.


i found a site where i was just going to order some damn boxes. i was pissed i was going to spend $300 on a shit load of boxes, but i just want them and want to get moving!!!! then i hit the button for "estimate shipping"...........$150!!!!!!!!!! no fucking way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it was bad enough i was going to spend $300 on boxes!

so i found another site, who may be a bit more expensive on the boxes part, but the have FREE shipping! so i am all for that site! as a matter of fact, i'm heading there now! see ya!

~3-7-05~ Confused

it is beautiful out!!

how in the hell can it go from 50 degrees today to 20 degrees tomorrow?!?!

it is ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!!

~3-6-05~ Woo-hoo!!

got my state refund!!!! too bad it is already spent, and not even deposited yet!!!

at least i will be caught up now!

~3-4-05~ How many posts did i do today?

well i made bob make his phone calls.

the mortgage company siad they are giving us the rest (full) amount they still owe us and it was mailed out today. funny whenever we call to bitch about our money, it is always, "the check is in the mail" so that is good news.

then i had bob call the irs to see if after the took our refund and applied it to what he still owed, how much we still had to pay and set up payments. well he was on the phone forever. and this broad is saying that we don't owe. now i know we do! i mean i am 99% sure. granted it is all from when bob and i weren't together, so i can't say for positive what exactly he did. but she is saying no we don't, and there is NO hold on our refund, which means we should be getting it. i just checked the irs site and it says it should be mailed out the 11th. so that would be REALLY good news....even though i am not getting my hopes up. BOY, could we really use that money right now. i could pay off some of my credit cards and be that much closer to none! god that would be so nice! even better if i get them paid off and it raises my credit score, then by the time we get a house, i'll get a lower interest rate.

but like i said i am not holding my breath!!

~3-4-05~ :(((((((((((((

DAY 2.........NO NAP............AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~3-4-05~ Right now

my child is in his room playing with his humidifier. meaning he has his hair brush, he is dunking it in the water at the bottom and brushing his hair.

so now he is soaking wet and so is his hair. i wish my camera was charged!

why can i not go to the bathroom in peace without him getting into something?!?!

~3-4-05~ Of course

of course i didn't get to bed last night til late.

actually i did get to bed by 12:30, but of course didn't take advantage to actually get some sleep! i was fiddling around with putting pictures of clay for you all...just to prove i am not crazy, he is damn cute! :)

so i go in the bed and hop on the laptop. well bob was asleep, but he had the tv on....so then i get into this damn show about area 51. so after that i was still fiddling and then got into this damn show where they stael your car and fix it all up. even though i wasn't WATCHING, i could still hear, so when i was done fiddling, i just HAD to wait and see how the car turned out. GOD!!!!

so i didn't get to beda nd asleep til probably 3am! and clay didn't get up this morning til almost 8:30. i think he may have been up a little sooner, but he doesn't cry or anything, he plays, so i don't hear him right away.

so here we are.................when is nap time again, if ew get one?! i still have 4 hours!

~3-4-05~ That's Hot!

am i the only one who has never heard this phrase to know that it is paris hilton's "catch phrase". mayeb i just don't pay that much attention to her. as a matter of fact, i've never even heard it come out of her mouth. once again, i don't think i ever really even heard her talk. not a paris lover!!!

well anyways....hot, i am sweating again! and it isn't even like i was working or anything. i was checking around my basement. i guess there is enough stuff down there that i have to crawl over, scootch around and lean over, i guess it was sort of a mini work out.

i had plumbers over today to give me an estimate of some work that i want (and some needs) done. all in all it wasn't too bad. the main stuff should all come to about $600. not bad at all. and it might even help with my water pressure without spending the $6000+ for all new plumbing. so fingers crossed on that one.

there is a toilet down there that we have never used since we bought the place, in 1998. i got this big brain storm the other night (while trying to get to sleep) that we could put up some dry wall and make a room in the basement that would be a laundry room/ 1/2 bath. so then i can say my house has 1 1/2 baths, instead of the dreaded just 1 bathroom!

so then a bit ago i was thinking of the whole termite deal. when we bought the place, well before we bought it apparently the place had termites. there are some damaged floor boards (?) that we had fixed, but that is all really, but then i started stressing about that and if someone would not buy because of that, even though that was WAY over 6 years ago. so i searched my whole basement ceiling, that i could see, to see if i could see any new signs of termites and i don't. which is good. but the damage still scares me a bit. there is nothing i can do about the floor board things, its not like i can cut them out. so they will definitely see that. but then they should also be able to see we fixed it and that there is no new damage. i'm just getting myself all worked up!!

i keep putting more and more money into the house and i am terrified it won't sell!!



anyways what i typed early, which blogger lost somewhere....

i am worried about crazy neighbor lady. i realized a while ago that i hadn't seen here lately. which is sort of weird. i don't know how long it had been since i thought that, but then one day last week i did see her car there (not her) and the trash was out. but ever since nothing. the trash cans are still sitting on the sidewalk, and the trash was NOT taken out this week. she had that crazy neighbor kid living with her, and he hasn't even been around.

it bugs me and i don't know what to do. i thought about calling the police, but i am only 90% sure of her first name and i have no clue what her last name is. i don't even think any of the bills or house is in her name, it was her mothers house. she just got put in a nursing home a few months ago.

i do know that she was going through some custody thing with her husband. i don't quite get it since the kid is like 15. i thought the last i heard though was it was all over and she won. it was strange, cause i did think i saw him over there this past sunday. and i think her son, but it just looked like he went around back, but never went into the house.

i'm just damn nosy, but i am honestly worried, and don't know what to do. i'm thinking of going a few houses down to the people i let borrow those space heaters, they were friends with the kid she had living there, and maybe they know what is up...or at least how to get a hold of him so i can find out what the deal is.

another worry i had is that she had a cat. i hope the poor thing isn't inside!!! the last i seen of it, i don't remember how long ago, but the poor thing was meowing its ass off cause it wanted in the house. but i haven't seen it in quite some time. so now i am constantly looking out my window. seeing if anyone goes there, or looking for the cat to be in the window. this just sucks!!! i hate not knowing what to do. bob just thinks i am crazy....my mom this the ex husband did something to her. my belly just hurts thinking of the whole thing! as much as i used to bitch about her being out there at 7am honking her damn horn for 1/2 hour, i'd gladly have that back, just so i knew everything was ok.



my child did NOT nap today! neither did i. i was on the phone with these damn cingular people forever! not really cingular, but the collection agency they turned me in to.

i cancelled my contract with them back in like october. so i had to pay them $150 to get out of it. well i called sometime in november to see how much it was and to pay it. well the guy said i didn't owe anything. so i was like ok......well then a few weeks later i get a bill from them that i owe $150. well of course then i didn't have it!!!!! so i pissed around and of course forgot about it. so eventually in december i made a payment and in janurary i paid it off. well i keep getting these damn phone calls from this collection agency that i owe all this money. i keep telling them NO i don't, i paid it way back in january!!!!!!!!! so today i got pissed and finally decided to call them back. i usually just erase their messages. she told me the same thing, then said that i had to call cingular to get it all settled. *****i wish to god i would have thought and said, HEY THAT IS YOUR JOB, NOT MINE....I PAID MY BILL, THAT IS MY ONLY JOB HERE***** but alas, i didn't think about it. so i called cingular. of course the first time i was disconnected or something. so i call back, and get a better girl anyways. and she said yes, i was all paid up, she doesn't know what the problem was. so i gave her the number to the collection place, and she called them 3 way and told them i was paid. so the collection place was all like well we never got the 2nd payment from cingular. i'm sitting there not saying anything cause THIS IS NOT MY FUCKING PROBLEM!! I PAID MY DAMN BILL!!!! so then she says she'll note the 2nd payment (the cingular lady gave her some confrimation #), but then said i still owe the collection company $29 for collection fees!!!! then the cingular lady goes, she still owes your fee when she didn't even go through you?! which is RIGHT. i never dealt with the collections people, and never even talked to them til after everything was paid!!!! so i was just like whatever. i was about to tell the collection lady she could turn me into herself cause i wasn't paying no damn $29!!

then later when i was talking to my cousin, i thought of another thing i should have said. i should have said, i just did YOUR job by contacting cingular, to get all this mess settled, so that should be my payment of $29!!!! how are they going to charge me when i got the whole thing settled, and apparently their 2nd payment for them. fuck those people!!! i know it sounds petty over $29. but fuck them!!! if/when i really have to, i'll probaby have to suck it up and pay them.

so no nap for me today! and my child........he was so freaking hyper!!!! i mean he usually is. about 7-7:30 he gets this burst of energy and all he does is jump and crawl all over me. it drives me insane. i mean it is cute and all, but then i usually end up hurt, then i am pissed. thankfully tonight for some reason, bob was getting the brunt of it all. and it was cute to WATCH, for a change!! haha!!

he was right out though, when i finally put him down.

i know you all aren't going to believe i am saying this, but i wish he would start getting up earlier. now, i don't get up unless i HAVE to, so..........he hasn't been getting up lately til 8:30. so then its no wonder he doesn't want to go to sleep at 1-1:30. it takes him well past 2 to finally go to sleep, then he doesn't get up til almost 4:30-5, so it is really no wonder he doesn't want to go to sleep at 9! i'd love to go back to the 12:30 nap. then he was usually up by 3. i keep telling myself i have to get up earlier, then he will get up, but seriously folks, that ain't happening right now! like i keep saying, in a year, if there is a new baby, THEN i won't have a choice, so i will.

i also think it will be better once it gets nice out and i can take him out to spend all the energy he has....tire the kid out!

oh and did i mention how cute he is?! no, well then......HE IS SO CUTE****pictures below for proof!!! :) even when he doesn't nap!


i gave him some koolaid for like the first time today. MY GOD, you would have thought i gave him baby cat nip or something. he sucked that down like you wouldn't believe, then was all "please, please, please, please, please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" til i gave him some more! lord, what have i done?!

well believe it or not, i am about to go to bed. and it is only 12:30!!!!! i have already read all my blogs for the night, my last stop was here to write to you all.

so have a good one! night!

Ready for my close up......... 

CLOSER 

daddy and cutie 

cutie and grandma 

PLAYSTATION NOW!!!!!!!!!!!! 

I HATE BLOGGER

like usual blogger just fucked me! i had a post all typed up and when i went to publish, page cannot be displayed

WTF...now i am done with my cigarette, so i need to head back down..........

if i feel like getting into it all again, i'll post later



AAAAGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! i hate computers!

~3-3-05~ Sorry

sorry no post yesterday. we had company. molly and marisa came over, so clay had a playdate.


i was hoping that would tire his butt out for a nap, i was. and it seemed to work ok.


they were cute as always! it seems like whenever they are getting ready to leave, that is when they really start playing together. i just think it is too cute when they run and chase after each other. it was too funny, when clay would run to marisa and get to her, he would always hug her. lord how adorable!!! now if i had a camera or camcorder, they for sure would not do that!!!!!

grandpa did stop by, i felt bad he didn't get to play with clay today. i think he may have felt like he was "intruding" he only stayed for about 10 minutes. but we will see him tomorrow. i asked him to look for boxes for me, hopefully he will show up with some tomorrow, i want to get something, ANYTHING packed up!


as for tv tonight.....

lost was lost. i still enjoy it even though i have no clue what the fuck is going on.

american idol......i was sad to see that one hot guy go. i don't know his name, but i thought he sang ok. it is just so tough with the guys, they are all sooooo good!!!! i still love bo, constantine, and the blond kid.

the girls, i was sort of sad to see that aloha go, i don't really know much about her, but i thought she did good the other night. i really don't care much about the girls so far. i do like the cute little blonde girl.

america's next top model.....well, how many ugly girls can you get for this show?!?!?! did no pretty girls show up or what?!?!?! i was in shock! most of the actualy somewhat pretty ones did make it. i was sad that the one girl didn't make it who had the baby and used to live in a shelter, i thought she was sort of ok looking. but a few that made it, WHAT THE FUCK?!?!? do they just pass some ugly ones so they won't have any trouble deciding who to kick off the first few weeks????

OOHHH...........how did i forget to mention this the other day!!!!! on fear factor, that chick from american idol, did you hear her talk about her sister?!?!?!?! she said her sister was on paradise hotel and on love cruise!!!!!!!!! that means her sister is that nasty, skanky, freak bitch toni!!!!!!!!!!! can you believe that?!?!?!!? i mean now that i know that and look at her, i can totally tell. but oh lord. i cannot stand that toni broad!!!!! i can't believe they are sisters!!!!


well, i think i am done for now. heading to bed. night!

~3-1-05~ Old people!!!!

no, nothing agaisnt them....i love my grandpa truly, but the man does NOT listen. and NO he is not hard of hearing, he just DOES NOT LISTEN!

i am at my wits end of him going on and on about clay not talking so much. and so-and-so at church's daughter talks up a storm, blah, blah, blah....you better get him checked, blah, blah, blah.............

NO! my child is fine!!!!! i'm NOT being an oblivious parent! i have spoke with the doctor about this! he is fine!!!!

i told him that. then i also asked him if so-and-so's daughter knows ALL of her ABC's, upper and lower case? can so-and-so's daughter count herslef to at least 20?! can so-snd-so's daughter identify numbers to at least 100?!?! PLUS so-and-so's daughter is just that, a daughter....a girl. everything i have read and been told, boys advance at talking and potty training, usually slower than girls.

it is not like clay doesn't talk at all. you can have him say something, he will repeat it, he can talk, he just prefers not to. he actually does say alot. he just isn't too talkative. and sometimes he will ramble on and on in sentences, you just don't know what language he is speaking.

my friends daughter, the same age, does have more words, and they are cleared, but she doesn't know her alphabet and numbers like clay does.

CHILL grandpa!!!! soon there will be a day when we can't get the kid to shut up! and i sort of like my baby to still be my baby!!! it already freaks me out when he does something and i realize how big he is getting. STOP IT! i want my little guy back!!! :(

yes, i know everyone has their opinions and concerns, that is great, but my whole point is that he doesn't listen to me when i tell him this. i have already told him this about 4 times now!!!! and he said something about it again today. i just nodded my head. it is no use!

but i love him! not listening to me and all....i love him.

~3-1-05~ Trying something

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~3-1-05~ Real quick

what the fuck?!?!?! the bachelorette really pissed me off tonight!! it is late cause i just got done watching the damn thing!

first my dumb ass dvr for some reason stopped recordeing at 9:52, so i missed the last 8 minutes, which means i missed the damn proposals, and the outcome!!!!

so it started taping again at 10 for the after the final rose thing. so i found out she turned down john paul, which i was pissed about. i mean jerry is just fucking gorgeous, but he just didn't see that openly "into" jen. on the other hand john paul was totally in love with her and told everyone!!!! and jen was always going on and on about everything she would want in a husband was john paul, jerry was so cumfusing and they weren't on the same page, blah, blah, blah.....

so what does she do.....she chooses jerry....SORT OF.........

she told him she wanted him, and wanted to see how things went, so tonight, the live show, it has been a few weeks, jerry is there....i sort of warm up to him, then she comes out and TURNS HIM DOWN TOO!!!!!!!!!! why???????? i have no clue, and from the answers given i still have no clue. and jerry sure seemed shocked to me!!!!

so i was right, i knew it wasn't going to last with them. just being hot, does not a good mate make!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so what a damn waste?!

and the NEW bachelor. i don't think i am going to like this one at all. firstly i think the guy is totally GROSS. i would totally bet that it is that dude from stand by me, the one who is now dating john stamos's ex, brother. i mean it looks EXACTLY like him, and i am pretty sure they have the same last name. so i ask......if your brother is a "popular" hollywood star, what the hell do you need to go on the bachelor for?!?!?!?! and from what i have seen so far the broads and the show looks pretty skanky!


fear factor.......i just love, love, love ryan and trista!!!!! they just seem like the sweetest, cutest, down to earth people!!! i love them!!! i am so happy ryan won fear factor. i would have liked the girl from american idol to win, she was the only one on the damn show how actually needs the money!!!!!!!! i also wish she would have punched amarosa the fuck out! god i hate her!!! funny everyone else on the show did too. it was so funny hearing ryan talk about her, he is so damn nice, he could hardly say anything bad about her, but even in his nice way he did, that is how awful a person she is!!!! it was so great to see snakes biting her and hearing her scream. i also loves seeing her covered in mud and worms, drinking worms. what a bitch. sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo glad she lost!!!


american idol......i don't know what "my dude" constantine was thinking tonight. i thought he was awful!!!!!!! even for a rocker singing a rocker song!! i was cringing!!!!! somehow he didn't get any real bad reviews from the judges, i was surprised! bo was just incredible again!!! love him! i like the little blonde kid, and that hot guy with the tiny little goatee thing.


well i have to get to bed.....bob's alarm is set for 6am, so i'll be up then!!! %$@@!$&*%!!!!!