It is supposed to be raining. It is dry as a bone out there. Where is the rain??? Of course it will start pouring the minute I decide to step out of the house.
I have no idea why I am up so early. I suppose I should get started on the list for today, but thought I would goof off for a few minutes first. I have a lot to do today. Nothing earth shaking, just a big list of errands and such.
I need to find a GNC to get some pure eucalyptus oil. A friend at work told me to put a few dots of oil on my pillow around my head to help with the nasty congestion I have with my allergies right now. I am willing to try anything at this point. She did it with her daughter and it worked. We'll see.
I need to go make up my mind about carpet for the hallway and the extra bedroom. I said I would wait until construction was over....well it is over....long over.... and I MUST get rid of the filthy, icky, tromped down to nubbins hallway carpet. Ick.
I need to finish working in the garage. The Trenton Yard Sale weekend is coming soon and I need to get the garage in shape to use. I need to get rid of the mountain of stuff I have separated in the work room and the pile in the garage.
I need to clean house. But then, I always need to clean house.
I need to go get on that blasted treadmill before I do any of the above. I need to fix the sound issue (no sound) on the TV in my room so I can watch something while I walk.
So I guess I NEED to get off this contraption and go do something....I am up this early for a reason and I better go get my day started.
Later.......
About Me
- Auntie Lee
- Trenton, Ohio, United States
- I am a big kid in an older body. I refuse to grow "old", although some would say different. I drive too fast, laugh too loud, and annoy the hell out of my boss...hee hee. I love my job! Nontraditional female. I love tools, drove a truck, have a job planning/organizing maintenance of a bottle line for a "major brewer", don't wear makeup or dresses, but I am still a girl.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Here Comes Peter Cottontail......
Happy Easter!!
I am sitting here thinking about Easter's past....I remember when a certain red head decided to test the theory of centripetal force with her Easter basket full of candy.....under the ceiling fan. I remember hunting eggs in the snow. I remember hours of dye, food coloring, boiling eggs, and hands that looked like an abstract painting for days afterword. Good Memories......
It was an absolutely gorgeous day yesterday!!! 84 degrees!!!!!! Today it is supposed to rain. Oh well. It IS spring after all. My yard got mowed yesterday for the first time.
I also discovered...should I say "decided"...that I am going to have to have the other maple tree in the center of the back yard taken down. Pooh. I knew it was coming, but it is still sad. I really don't like cutting trees. I had the other one taken down last year. I still have the big, messy mulberry and the biggest maple back there for shade. But still.....
I also discovered that one of the patio doors out to the deck is rusting.....blast it. Now I have to replace doors.....and I just got done messing up that end of the house with the remodel. Pooh. But at least I found out it isn't gonna cost me an arm and a leg. The doors I want aren't really that expensive and I can change the way they swing open from what I have and that will help with the family room. The door swings into the furniture now...and the new one will swing up against the refrigerator cabinet. Better.
I need to replace the deck too. Just open wallet and let it fly!!!! I really would like to put the composite decking out there, but with a 12 x 36 foot deck.....I would need a pile of money I don't have.
The house needs pressure washed and stained this year too.....aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
I quit...I'm going to the grocery store....later......
I am sitting here thinking about Easter's past....I remember when a certain red head decided to test the theory of centripetal force with her Easter basket full of candy.....under the ceiling fan. I remember hunting eggs in the snow. I remember hours of dye, food coloring, boiling eggs, and hands that looked like an abstract painting for days afterword. Good Memories......
It was an absolutely gorgeous day yesterday!!! 84 degrees!!!!!! Today it is supposed to rain. Oh well. It IS spring after all. My yard got mowed yesterday for the first time.
I also discovered...should I say "decided"...that I am going to have to have the other maple tree in the center of the back yard taken down. Pooh. I knew it was coming, but it is still sad. I really don't like cutting trees. I had the other one taken down last year. I still have the big, messy mulberry and the biggest maple back there for shade. But still.....
I also discovered that one of the patio doors out to the deck is rusting.....blast it. Now I have to replace doors.....and I just got done messing up that end of the house with the remodel. Pooh. But at least I found out it isn't gonna cost me an arm and a leg. The doors I want aren't really that expensive and I can change the way they swing open from what I have and that will help with the family room. The door swings into the furniture now...and the new one will swing up against the refrigerator cabinet. Better.
I need to replace the deck too. Just open wallet and let it fly!!!! I really would like to put the composite decking out there, but with a 12 x 36 foot deck.....I would need a pile of money I don't have.
The house needs pressure washed and stained this year too.....aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
I quit...I'm going to the grocery store....later......
Monday, March 15, 2010
I should be priming.....
I should be in the extra bedroom priming the walls to get rid of the navy bottom half of the room. I should actually be at work. I have a raging sore throat and one ear. Talking is out of the question today....too sore.
I have company coming again in another week and a half. A&T and T's folks are going to be here for a night and a day. Coming to get the mattress, dresser, and anything else I can give to A&T. With no truck anymore, I am not delivering anymore. But I like company...so this is cool.
I really want to have that bedroom painted when they get here. I got the wallpaper border stripped and patched and sanded so far...now it needs primer to hide the navy blue. I will probably paint one wall, if not all, the color of the kitchen. I am NOT buying more paint...I have almost 5 gal of the kitchen color and am gonna use it. If someone objects to the color being the same...they can just turn off the light so they won't see it....hee hee.
I still have a lot of painting to do in here. The hallway from kitchen to the front door still needs done. My room needs done. Woodwork still needs done. The front room should be done again, too, but I don't know what color. The doors need done (was too cold to paint them...metal doors) now that it has warmed up. For that matter...the garage could us a coat to clean it up. Oh lord, I don't even want to think about moving all that crap in the garage to paint....aaarrrggghh.
It is a very gloomy day today and that isn't helping matters much either. I would love to curl up in a ball and alternately read my book and watch movies. But if I am gonna play hookey....I should get something accomplished. Painting will not aggravate my sore throat. So I should paint.
Speaking of painting.....I bought all the needed supplies Saturday to start my multi-canvas painting for the big, blank wall in the family room. I have one, maybe two, of the three canvases figured out in my head....the third will come. I have not painted with oils for many, many years. The paints I bought are water soluble...no more chemicals!!!! I cannot stand the smell of turpentine. Even the low odor stuff was enough to make my head hurt. So we will see how these handle in comparison to regular oil paints. Play time!!! I haven't painted on bigger canvases before either...so this will be an experiment all round. The canvases are 30" x 40"...big! I am doing a landscape...mostly made up from photos taken of things I liked. A tree here, a fencepost there, and a barn thrown in for good measure. I will have to get out all the pictures I took in Amish country....the fields were gorgeous with the corn all shocked and the fall colors. That trip was in '94....and it has been in my head for all this time. Oh well...when the new easel gets here this week it will kill me until I can start. Patience.....
Must go try to eat breakfast. Tummy is complaining...throat is revolting. Later.....
I have company coming again in another week and a half. A&T and T's folks are going to be here for a night and a day. Coming to get the mattress, dresser, and anything else I can give to A&T. With no truck anymore, I am not delivering anymore. But I like company...so this is cool.
I really want to have that bedroom painted when they get here. I got the wallpaper border stripped and patched and sanded so far...now it needs primer to hide the navy blue. I will probably paint one wall, if not all, the color of the kitchen. I am NOT buying more paint...I have almost 5 gal of the kitchen color and am gonna use it. If someone objects to the color being the same...they can just turn off the light so they won't see it....hee hee.
I still have a lot of painting to do in here. The hallway from kitchen to the front door still needs done. My room needs done. Woodwork still needs done. The front room should be done again, too, but I don't know what color. The doors need done (was too cold to paint them...metal doors) now that it has warmed up. For that matter...the garage could us a coat to clean it up. Oh lord, I don't even want to think about moving all that crap in the garage to paint....aaarrrggghh.
It is a very gloomy day today and that isn't helping matters much either. I would love to curl up in a ball and alternately read my book and watch movies. But if I am gonna play hookey....I should get something accomplished. Painting will not aggravate my sore throat. So I should paint.
Speaking of painting.....I bought all the needed supplies Saturday to start my multi-canvas painting for the big, blank wall in the family room. I have one, maybe two, of the three canvases figured out in my head....the third will come. I have not painted with oils for many, many years. The paints I bought are water soluble...no more chemicals!!!! I cannot stand the smell of turpentine. Even the low odor stuff was enough to make my head hurt. So we will see how these handle in comparison to regular oil paints. Play time!!! I haven't painted on bigger canvases before either...so this will be an experiment all round. The canvases are 30" x 40"...big! I am doing a landscape...mostly made up from photos taken of things I liked. A tree here, a fencepost there, and a barn thrown in for good measure. I will have to get out all the pictures I took in Amish country....the fields were gorgeous with the corn all shocked and the fall colors. That trip was in '94....and it has been in my head for all this time. Oh well...when the new easel gets here this week it will kill me until I can start. Patience.....
Must go try to eat breakfast. Tummy is complaining...throat is revolting. Later.....
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