Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Wowza
Do you know that it just took me and hour and a half to go and comment on everyone's blogs? Probably not, but now you do, and if this doesn't show how much I love you guys and want to make up for my long absence, well.....then screw ya! lol
Blog Neglect
OK, so I apologize for being a shitty blogger! But the last 2 weeks have been mad crazy around here. Everything is pretty much done on the inside of the house. Painting is done (except for a few things), doors are hung, and rooms are in order. Now the outside, that's a different story. We have done some minor cleanups aka picking up cigarette butts that the asshole before us left (now I am not discriminating against smokers, I am one, but I refuse to use the land as my ashtray. This jerk used the driveway as one big ashtray!), and we have done a little raking to cleanup some debris (weeds, piles of crap), but the major stuff is yet to be done. 3 acres is allot of land to take care of, and I refuse to let it look like shit. So the next few years will be allot of work. There's allot of trash scattered about, so weekends are going to be full of fun filled trash pickup duty.
But anyways.....I haven't gotten to taking pics of the outside yet, but I will, I swear! lol I didn't get any before pics of the house due to the fact that I am an idiot, and didn't charge my camera before I packed the charger! lol So when I went to actually do it, I found my camera to be dead and the box the charger was in was amongst piles and piles of shit. And I didn't bother to try to go through it, cause I am lazy like that. So anyways, without further Ado, I give you some lovely pics of the inside of our new home.
Girly's room with her purple wall!
Our master bedroom with dark blue walls. Hubs finally got his dark room! lol
These were the old doors in the house. As you can see they aren't very attractive.
These are our new doors. Aren't they so much better looking???
This is the color paint we used throughout the house. We call it Wendy's frosty color. The walls were all the same color as the old doors. That ugly brownish white color. So all the walls got a fresh coat of frosty color.
This is a view of the TV living room.
This is the sitting room that is next to the kitchen. I can't wait for Christmas time to decorate the 2 living rooms! lol
This is the little bar that is connected to the kitchen from the sitting room. The kids like to sit up here and eat!
This Hub's Marine Corps wall. In every house we have lived, he has had some sort of area where all his plaques, pics and Marine Corps knickknacks go. The cubes on each side made a perfect area to display all his stuff.
Lastly, this is the boy's room. Boy o Boy, this room gave us hell! I will go into more details later, but lets just say we got a color paint we thought would look good, but it ended up looking like a smurf on crack. The moment you walked in the room you were blinded by the blue. So we primered and re-painted and ended up with this. It looks great now, and despite all the work and problems, it turned out great. The ceiling is still the original blue, but softened with a border of white to look like clouds (Hub's doing!!)
So now that I have FINALLY shown you all my picture vomit, I will be sure to be on more often, and not wait so long to show more pics of the outside. I will be by to visit you all!
But anyways.....I haven't gotten to taking pics of the outside yet, but I will, I swear! lol I didn't get any before pics of the house due to the fact that I am an idiot, and didn't charge my camera before I packed the charger! lol So when I went to actually do it, I found my camera to be dead and the box the charger was in was amongst piles and piles of shit. And I didn't bother to try to go through it, cause I am lazy like that. So anyways, without further Ado, I give you some lovely pics of the inside of our new home.
Girly's room with her purple wall!
Our master bedroom with dark blue walls. Hubs finally got his dark room! lol
These were the old doors in the house. As you can see they aren't very attractive.
These are our new doors. Aren't they so much better looking???
This is the color paint we used throughout the house. We call it Wendy's frosty color. The walls were all the same color as the old doors. That ugly brownish white color. So all the walls got a fresh coat of frosty color.
This is a view of the TV living room.
This is the sitting room that is next to the kitchen. I can't wait for Christmas time to decorate the 2 living rooms! lol
This is the little bar that is connected to the kitchen from the sitting room. The kids like to sit up here and eat!
This Hub's Marine Corps wall. In every house we have lived, he has had some sort of area where all his plaques, pics and Marine Corps knickknacks go. The cubes on each side made a perfect area to display all his stuff.
Lastly, this is the boy's room. Boy o Boy, this room gave us hell! I will go into more details later, but lets just say we got a color paint we thought would look good, but it ended up looking like a smurf on crack. The moment you walked in the room you were blinded by the blue. So we primered and re-painted and ended up with this. It looks great now, and despite all the work and problems, it turned out great. The ceiling is still the original blue, but softened with a border of white to look like clouds (Hub's doing!!)
So now that I have FINALLY shown you all my picture vomit, I will be sure to be on more often, and not wait so long to show more pics of the outside. I will be by to visit you all!
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
I'm Alive....Barely
OK Ladies and Gents. I am here, but not completely! Physically, but not mentally. The last couple weeks have been a whirl wind of paint, cleaning supplies, more paint and numerous, NUMEROUS trips to Home Depot. Let me tell ya, I loved it at first, but now that store needs to disappear!! Tonight, we are making yet another trip to exchange a few things that were broken. And you know what??? I haven't taken a single, damn picture. I know. Line me up and shoot me execution style. That's horrible isn't it?? But, I promise I will. WHEN I get my new doors in! lol I am replacing most of the interior doors and sometime soon, the front and side doors! The place is a mess. New carpet should be in mid-next week, and the old carpet was used as our drop cloth when we painted! lol I will update again soon. It may not be till the end of the month when our cable and Internet is hooked up over there, but I will get to it, I promise!! Tata for now!
Friday, September 07, 2007
It's Official
The house is OURS!
Escrow closed, recorded and got our good faith money back to us today!!
The keys were handed over, paint was bought, carpet was ordered and we are raring to go!
The house is pretty much cleaned, I didn't get a chance to get at the kitchen, except to sweep out all the cupboards with my Dyson, but I can get that tomorrow. Hubs has already painted both living rooms, and is working on the hallways as we speak. He had a friend helping him and they did a great job. Allot of touch ups will be needed, but that's because they used a paint sprayer and they couldn't get the small stuff. So tonight, after the kiddos go to bed, the babysitter is coming, and I am going over to get started on our room and bathroom. I got some more new hardware for the baths and am excited to get everything decorated the way we want. I am REALLY excited to get the new carpet in, but that will be about two weeks. At least we don't need to protect the carpet from over spray! lol
So that's it. That journey is over, and now a new one is beginning. The land hasn't even begun to be touched. That alone is going to take YEARS!!! We've never owned more then a lot, so 3 acres is going to be wonderful. And allot of work!
So I am signing off for now. Getting the kids fed, ready for bed, and then I need to get myself psyched to do some painting!!! lol
Don't hold it against me if I am non-existent in the next few days mmmkay???
Or maybe you could hold it against me????? Hmmmm.........
Escrow closed, recorded and got our good faith money back to us today!!
The keys were handed over, paint was bought, carpet was ordered and we are raring to go!
The house is pretty much cleaned, I didn't get a chance to get at the kitchen, except to sweep out all the cupboards with my Dyson, but I can get that tomorrow. Hubs has already painted both living rooms, and is working on the hallways as we speak. He had a friend helping him and they did a great job. Allot of touch ups will be needed, but that's because they used a paint sprayer and they couldn't get the small stuff. So tonight, after the kiddos go to bed, the babysitter is coming, and I am going over to get started on our room and bathroom. I got some more new hardware for the baths and am excited to get everything decorated the way we want. I am REALLY excited to get the new carpet in, but that will be about two weeks. At least we don't need to protect the carpet from over spray! lol
So that's it. That journey is over, and now a new one is beginning. The land hasn't even begun to be touched. That alone is going to take YEARS!!! We've never owned more then a lot, so 3 acres is going to be wonderful. And allot of work!
So I am signing off for now. Getting the kids fed, ready for bed, and then I need to get myself psyched to do some painting!!! lol
Don't hold it against me if I am non-existent in the next few days mmmkay???
Or maybe you could hold it against me????? Hmmmm.........
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
First Cleaning
Tonight was the first night I got to go to the new house to start my cleaning.
Let me inform you all that I have OCD when it comes to cleaning. I don't care if the prior owners cleaned, or whatnot, it is not good enough for me. I need to disinfect, scrub, wipe down and vacuum. Sometimes not just once, but twice! lol
Shit, I am pretty glad I am the way I am because when I attacked the shower in the master bedroom, holy crap you wouldn't believe the buildup of shit on there!
I spent a little over 2 hours there and just dented the bathroom. I soaked the tub with bleach water and washed the toilet down with bleach too, but I have yet to scrub the shit out of the tub with CLR. That stuff is great. That, and Kaboom. Stuff works wonders. Well that stuff mixed with massive amounts of scrubbing.
But it was great. No old owners watching my every move. I went through everything. Cupboards, closets, nuks and crannies. Checked everything out.
Windows will be my next big assignment. Well those and washing the walls and prepping them for paint. I already took all 100 or so nails out of the walls.
Tomorrow funds are suppose to be transferred and the house will officially close and the keys given to us!!!
Let the improvements BEGIN!
Let me inform you all that I have OCD when it comes to cleaning. I don't care if the prior owners cleaned, or whatnot, it is not good enough for me. I need to disinfect, scrub, wipe down and vacuum. Sometimes not just once, but twice! lol
Shit, I am pretty glad I am the way I am because when I attacked the shower in the master bedroom, holy crap you wouldn't believe the buildup of shit on there!
I spent a little over 2 hours there and just dented the bathroom. I soaked the tub with bleach water and washed the toilet down with bleach too, but I have yet to scrub the shit out of the tub with CLR. That stuff is great. That, and Kaboom. Stuff works wonders. Well that stuff mixed with massive amounts of scrubbing.
But it was great. No old owners watching my every move. I went through everything. Cupboards, closets, nuks and crannies. Checked everything out.
Windows will be my next big assignment. Well those and washing the walls and prepping them for paint. I already took all 100 or so nails out of the walls.
Tomorrow funds are suppose to be transferred and the house will officially close and the keys given to us!!!
Let the improvements BEGIN!
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Strange Day
Wow, today has been one hell of a day.
Along with our cell phones being dead (see post below), I had a number of strange calls on the home phone.
After getting a good call this morning from escrow for us to come sign our loan documents, a very strange, creepy, and somewhat fun call came in.
Me: "Hello?"
Him: "Hey Baby" said in a very low, almost inaudible voice
Me: "Huh?"
Him: "Who dis?" he says once again in a very low voice
Me: "Who is THIS?"
Him: "This is Warren, who dis?"
Me: "Who?"
Him: "Warren"
Me: "Huh?"
Him: "Hey Baby, can I lick your wet ______?" insert the word that you most likely think he said at this point, and you are more then likely correct.
Me: "Huh?" At this time I was wondering just who the hell this was and kind of flabbergasted at this comment.
Him: "Hey Baby, come on, let me lick your ______!"
Me: "Um,OK, what?"
Him: "Who dis?"
Me: "This is Baby, that's what you just called me right?"
Him: "That's right Baby, can I ______ for you?"
Me: "Ummm, OK, whatever floats your boat."
Him: "Can I lick your _______?"
Me: "Well you could if I was female, see you got me all wrong, I am a transvestite and I have a penis. So well if you like that kind of thing....."
Him: "Huh?"
At this point, Hubs had just gotten home so I walked out to the garage and got ready to hand him the phone. Remember he had NO idea what the hell I was doing, or who I was talking to.
Me: "Here talk to my sugar daddy!"
Hubs looks at me like I am crazy as I hand him the phone.
Hubs: "Who dis?" he says in the best black man accent I have ever heard him do.
"You better lose dis number!" He says multiple times.
Him: "Uh Uh sorry I musta have the wrong number"
Click. The end. Hilarious. I had no idea who this man was, his number came up as unavailable. So I don't know if he meant to call his girlfriend or if it was just some wacko trying to get a rise out of someone. I don't know, but it was funny playing along. Then after Hubs got the phone, and played his role, it got even funnier!
Second phone call was just a bit ago.
Me: "Hello"
Her: "Ella"
Me: "Huh?"
Her: "Ella" or some name similar to that
Me: "Huh? I think you have the wrong number."
Insert numerous spanish words here. I don't know what the hell this lady was saying.
Me: "Um, mam, you have THE WRONG NUMBER"
Insert another long spew of spanish words here.
Me: "MAM, WRONG NUMBER"
More spanish words
Me: "Mam, No habla Espanol! This is an English speaking home"
More spanish words
Me: "MAM, NO HABLA ESPANOL, WRONG NUMBER!"
More spanish words and at the end she does the "I yi yi" like I am the stupid one here.
Me: "Fine mam, Yo quero Taco Bell" I was getting impatient and thought I'd throw that in there.
Insert yet another spew of spanish that I have no idea what she was saying.
Me: "Um OK Mam, well Adios!" and with that I hung up.
So after many many phone calls today, some good, some not so good, and some down right f*cked up, I am finally hanging up that stupid thing and calling it a day. Lets just say the F*cked up ones weren't from that guy or the spanish lady. They were from our lenders telling us other crap that still needed to be done that we didn't know about. I wont go into details, but now everything is cleared and we should be all done by Friday. Holy crap. Man. I need a beer or something! lol Oh and our cell phones just came back on a couple hours ago, and we got a credit of 26 bucks from Suckular for our cells being out of service for almost 4 days straight. Is it enough? No. But I don't feel like being on the phone anymore to bitch about stuff today! lol
Along with our cell phones being dead (see post below), I had a number of strange calls on the home phone.
After getting a good call this morning from escrow for us to come sign our loan documents, a very strange, creepy, and somewhat fun call came in.
Me: "Hello?"
Him: "Hey Baby" said in a very low, almost inaudible voice
Me: "Huh?"
Him: "Who dis?" he says once again in a very low voice
Me: "Who is THIS?"
Him: "This is Warren, who dis?"
Me: "Who?"
Him: "Warren"
Me: "Huh?"
Him: "Hey Baby, can I lick your wet ______?" insert the word that you most likely think he said at this point, and you are more then likely correct.
Me: "Huh?" At this time I was wondering just who the hell this was and kind of flabbergasted at this comment.
Him: "Hey Baby, come on, let me lick your ______!"
Me: "Um,OK, what?"
Him: "Who dis?"
Me: "This is Baby, that's what you just called me right?"
Him: "That's right Baby, can I ______ for you?"
Me: "Ummm, OK, whatever floats your boat."
Him: "Can I lick your _______?"
Me: "Well you could if I was female, see you got me all wrong, I am a transvestite and I have a penis. So well if you like that kind of thing....."
Him: "Huh?"
At this point, Hubs had just gotten home so I walked out to the garage and got ready to hand him the phone. Remember he had NO idea what the hell I was doing, or who I was talking to.
Me: "Here talk to my sugar daddy!"
Hubs looks at me like I am crazy as I hand him the phone.
Hubs: "Who dis?" he says in the best black man accent I have ever heard him do.
"You better lose dis number!" He says multiple times.
Him: "Uh Uh sorry I musta have the wrong number"
Click. The end. Hilarious. I had no idea who this man was, his number came up as unavailable. So I don't know if he meant to call his girlfriend or if it was just some wacko trying to get a rise out of someone. I don't know, but it was funny playing along. Then after Hubs got the phone, and played his role, it got even funnier!
Second phone call was just a bit ago.
Me: "Hello"
Her: "Ella"
Me: "Huh?"
Her: "Ella" or some name similar to that
Me: "Huh? I think you have the wrong number."
Insert numerous spanish words here. I don't know what the hell this lady was saying.
Me: "Um, mam, you have THE WRONG NUMBER"
Insert another long spew of spanish words here.
Me: "MAM, WRONG NUMBER"
More spanish words
Me: "Mam, No habla Espanol! This is an English speaking home"
More spanish words
Me: "MAM, NO HABLA ESPANOL, WRONG NUMBER!"
More spanish words and at the end she does the "I yi yi" like I am the stupid one here.
Me: "Fine mam, Yo quero Taco Bell" I was getting impatient and thought I'd throw that in there.
Insert yet another spew of spanish that I have no idea what she was saying.
Me: "Um OK Mam, well Adios!" and with that I hung up.
So after many many phone calls today, some good, some not so good, and some down right f*cked up, I am finally hanging up that stupid thing and calling it a day. Lets just say the F*cked up ones weren't from that guy or the spanish lady. They were from our lenders telling us other crap that still needed to be done that we didn't know about. I wont go into details, but now everything is cleared and we should be all done by Friday. Holy crap. Man. I need a beer or something! lol Oh and our cell phones just came back on a couple hours ago, and we got a credit of 26 bucks from Suckular for our cells being out of service for almost 4 days straight. Is it enough? No. But I don't feel like being on the phone anymore to bitch about stuff today! lol
Suckular
OK, Suckular aka Cingular is REALLY starting to piss me off. It has now been over 3 days since we have had service for our cell phones. We called Saturday when we first realized we didn't have any service.
"Ahhh Sir, all of California is out, it should be up in 70 minutes"
It has now been 4020 minutes since we had service.
70........4020.........BIG difference.
Why couldn't they just say...
"Sir, it should be on in the next 5000 to 6000 minutes."
Instead they tell us....
"Well, you did sign the terms and conditions that went along with your Suckular (Cingular) contract. It says at any time there may be outages or no service."
Well did it say in that there contract that if I don't get my service turned back on and also reimbursed for these 3 days that I am gonna kick somebodies ass???
Gosh I hope I put that in there!
"Ahhh Sir, all of California is out, it should be up in 70 minutes"
It has now been 4020 minutes since we had service.
70........4020.........BIG difference.
Why couldn't they just say...
"Sir, it should be on in the next 5000 to 6000 minutes."
Instead they tell us....
"Well, you did sign the terms and conditions that went along with your Suckular (Cingular) contract. It says at any time there may be outages or no service."
Well did it say in that there contract that if I don't get my service turned back on and also reimbursed for these 3 days that I am gonna kick somebodies ass???
Gosh I hope I put that in there!
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Look What HE Did......
This is what happens when you let your Hubs "trim" your son's hair!
My poor baby is now hairless.
Do you think he will be hacking at Baby Boy's hair anytime soon?
I don't think so!
Two of a kind!
My poor baby is now hairless.
Do you think he will be hacking at Baby Boy's hair anytime soon?
I don't think so!
Two of a kind!
Saturday, September 01, 2007
Nothing like it!
I will admit, I am a soda freak. I love my Coke Zero, and now that I have found it, Sprite Zero. And this morning is like no other. I am sitting here at 9 am eating my bagel and drinking my coke. I get this from my dad. He is a Diet Pepsi FREAK! And I mean FREAK. He drinks at least 2 or 3 2 liters in a day. No kidding! But me, I prefer Coke and I will maybe drink 1 or 2 cans in a day. I wake up, and usually the first thing I head to is my Coke Zero. Maybe it's the caffeine? I don't know. But either way it's yummy, and I enjoy my soda first thing in the morning.
Crap, there was something else I wanted to say too, and now I've lost all train of thought. Ahhh well...it'll come to me. I have a serious case of CRS!!! (and that too comes from my Dad! lol)
Friday, August 31, 2007
I know Bitch, bitch, moan moan. I would definitaly like some cheese with my wine Thank you!
I am an impatient motherf'r! Although, I do have to say that the people that we have working for us, and the company that is funding our mortgage are slow as shit! The documents are in. But do you think they can be signed?? Nope. You know why? Because Monday is a fricken holiday. So we have to wait till Tuesday. Then on Tuesday we sign it. Then it gets sent back to this stupid ass mortgage company. Then we have to wait till Wednesday for the funds to be transferred and the keys handed over. Holy shit, I am about to blow my fricken top. Hubs took all next week off so we could get over there and start going crazy on stuff. But now it looks as if most of the week may be shot. Holy Crap. I hate people.
So other then that I am feeling tired, cranky, and bitchy. Hmmmm......yeah, I think I'll go find some chocolate!
So other then that I am feeling tired, cranky, and bitchy. Hmmmm......yeah, I think I'll go find some chocolate!
Thursday, August 30, 2007
I apologize
I feel as if I am one of those poor chickens that get their heads chopped off, yet continue to run around and slam into trees and shit. Although not much has changed on the house front, it seems as if stuff is constantly running through my head. When should we do this?, how should we do that?, how much is this going to cost?, when should we pick up this and that? It seems as if it's a never ending project. Which I am sure it will be. So that is why I have not been on much lately. To much thinking is making my brain hurt. Then with that, I cannot focus! So I am reading, well occasionally, just not commenting!
We are waiting for the loan docs to be drawn up, and then we will get the keys. So we are figuring next week, after the holidays. I was hoping to have the keys this weekend, but people are just retarded!
We are waiting for the loan docs to be drawn up, and then we will get the keys. So we are figuring next week, after the holidays. I was hoping to have the keys this weekend, but people are just retarded!
Monday, August 27, 2007
Finally
Final walk through is finally scheduled for Thursday on the new house! We are getting so excited now.
Hubs let me buy a few things this weekend. I got to get all the new bathroom accessories we will be needing at the new house. The whole inside is pretty much getting an overhaul. We are going to need paint, blinds, locks, lights, and anything else we can think of to get the house in the shape we want it. Most of the old stuff is pretty outdated, and I wonder what the heck these people were thinking when they decorated. lol.
Will be busy, busy pretty soon! I can't wait to get in there and make it ours!
Hubs let me buy a few things this weekend. I got to get all the new bathroom accessories we will be needing at the new house. The whole inside is pretty much getting an overhaul. We are going to need paint, blinds, locks, lights, and anything else we can think of to get the house in the shape we want it. Most of the old stuff is pretty outdated, and I wonder what the heck these people were thinking when they decorated. lol.
Will be busy, busy pretty soon! I can't wait to get in there and make it ours!
Thursday, August 23, 2007
1 With Nature
Um, yeah, no, not me. I mean I can really appreciate certain aspects of nature, but insects (excluding the lovely ladybug and butterfly) just creep me out. This afternoon, I came face to face, once again, with the damn black widows that just assume that what's mine is theirs. After mowing and weedwacking, I took the hose out back to wash off the patio and chairs. The kid's picnic table is back there, and covered in webs so I decided to turn it upside down to hose it off. Sneaky, little bastards. One showed its lovely face. It took me a good 5 minutes just to get up enough courage to smush it with my shoe. I demolished the bastard, then went back to hosing the rest of the table off. I wanted to make sure I got in all the cracks and crevices, just because I know they like to hide. Then not but a minute later, another little gross, black, creepy thing came crawling out. UGGGHHHHH. I about had a heart attack. Only because I was almost done and was about to grab ahold of the table and tip it back over. Again, 5 minutes later, he (or she...whatever) was dead. But clear as day, they both had the lovely red hourglass on their abdomens. Then, as I went to turn off the hose, a damn lizard shot across the wall and scared the beejeebees out of me. They are hear to kill me, I swear. Now I wont be able to sleep tonight. I'll tell you of my nightmares tomorrow. Plus, this weekend, Hubs and I were planning on cleaning out that stinking shed out back. That thing is crawling with spiders and bugs. I do believe I will let him drag everything out. Then (maybe) I will help. But the last time we took something out of that shed, we got the box unloaded, and then that mother f'r decided to show it's face while crawling out of whatever it was we took out. To close for me!
Pray for me!
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
YAWWWWNNN!
Wow, I'm tired. But Hub's is working extra overtime tonight, so it's just me and the kiddos.
Got some good news on the house. We should definitely be closing by the end of next week. Go figure though, along with the good news came some bad news. The damn mortgage company we were working with went bankrupt, and they lost our inspection money. 400 bucks down the tubes, along with the company and all its credibility. We finally got ahold of someone who knows what the hell is going on, and they said the new company, that is taking over the bankrupt one, is going to pay the inspection fee. Heck yeah they should, holy crap, it isn't our fault the company went under and took all it's customers money with them. But I think the thing that pisses me off the most is that our realtor, and lending officer don't know squat. They don't call to inform us of anything that's going on. It got to the point where we just called the seller's agent. I mean, holy crap, should it take 4 months to get a house sold? I've never sold a house so I don't know all the kinds of happy horse shit that goes along with it, but good grief. And aside from waiting and waiting, we are left in the dark by the people that are hired to work for us. So the never ending saga of our house buying story is still pretty much at a stand still.
Waiting for Big Brother to come on. Love, love, love that show. I know, call me retarded, but I do. As soon as Hubs returns home, we will watch it. We also need to catch up on Weeds, and Californication. Both have become favorites of ours. Californication is a bit raunchy for my tastes, but it is still pretty funny.
Neighbor is coming around a bit. Waving and saying hello now. But that's the extent. Geesh, it almost feels like high school again.
Did a little more packing and organizing today. I will be sooo pissed if something happens and this house crap doesn't go through. Ughh, I hate looking at all these boxes!
Oh crap, and did I mention that Baby Boy took his first steps the other day? Yep, he took 3 or 4 unassisted steps. I about fell out of my chair.
Got some good news on the house. We should definitely be closing by the end of next week. Go figure though, along with the good news came some bad news. The damn mortgage company we were working with went bankrupt, and they lost our inspection money. 400 bucks down the tubes, along with the company and all its credibility. We finally got ahold of someone who knows what the hell is going on, and they said the new company, that is taking over the bankrupt one, is going to pay the inspection fee. Heck yeah they should, holy crap, it isn't our fault the company went under and took all it's customers money with them. But I think the thing that pisses me off the most is that our realtor, and lending officer don't know squat. They don't call to inform us of anything that's going on. It got to the point where we just called the seller's agent. I mean, holy crap, should it take 4 months to get a house sold? I've never sold a house so I don't know all the kinds of happy horse shit that goes along with it, but good grief. And aside from waiting and waiting, we are left in the dark by the people that are hired to work for us. So the never ending saga of our house buying story is still pretty much at a stand still.
Waiting for Big Brother to come on. Love, love, love that show. I know, call me retarded, but I do. As soon as Hubs returns home, we will watch it. We also need to catch up on Weeds, and Californication. Both have become favorites of ours. Californication is a bit raunchy for my tastes, but it is still pretty funny.
Neighbor is coming around a bit. Waving and saying hello now. But that's the extent. Geesh, it almost feels like high school again.
Did a little more packing and organizing today. I will be sooo pissed if something happens and this house crap doesn't go through. Ughh, I hate looking at all these boxes!
Oh crap, and did I mention that Baby Boy took his first steps the other day? Yep, he took 3 or 4 unassisted steps. I about fell out of my chair.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Big Hit
The Kahlua Pork went off without a hitch. Only a little bit leftover for Hubs to take to work today. It is the easiest damn thing to make. If anyone has been to Hawaii and been to a luau, you would know that the pork that they smoke is soooo yummy. I can't remember how many luaus we went to when we lived in Hawaii, but the pork was definitely always the highlight (and the dancing men! lol). So when I was craving it one day, I searched for the recipe and found it on All Recipes, a recipe site I use VERY frequently. This is Choppzs's recipe in a nutshell. If you need the technical recipe without the little add libs added by myself, then you should go look it up! lol
Get yourself a 3 to 6 pound pig ass at the grocery store. I mean Pork Butt. lol (It may be quite embarrassing if you go up to the meat dept. man and say that, not that I would know from experience! lol) You can also substitute pork shoulder for pork butt.
Get yourself some sea salt (It calls for Hawaiian sea salt, but that stuff is hell to find so I just go with the good cheap stuff from the store. Although I am sure the Hawaiian sea salt may make a difference) and some liquid smoke. 1 bottle of smoke is sufficient, and just enough salt to smother the pork with.
Take your pork home. Jab a fork all over in the pork like you imagine yourself doing to your eyes when the kids get on your nerves really bad.
Take a good handful of sea salt and smother the pork with it. Rub it in well. Imagine you are giving your significant other a good massage.
Shake some liquid smoke all over your pork. Rub it in well too! Double massage.
Put your pork in your slow cooker and turn it on low, and let it cook for a good 10 to 12 hours. I believe the pork feels like I would feel if I could be sitting on a beach, basking in the sun without any kids!
I usually put it in before I go to bed at night. Let it cook on low all night. Then in the morning, I turn it up to medium for another 4 or 5 hours. Usually after that it is just falling off the bone and ready to shred up. I shred it, turn it back on low, and just let it do it's thing before it's time to chow! Some recommend draining all the liquid, but heck no, it keeps it nice and moist.
And at first I thought I should add some sort of liquid(aka water)to the pork while it cooks, but DON'T! The fat and drippings make a lovely amount of liquid to cook the pork in. All that fat and stuff just melts right off.
So that's it. Choppzs's Kahlua pork. It's very easy, and all you do is get out your rice cooker and make some sticky rice to go with it. And there's your meal. No pans, no oven. Very easy cleanup. And you let the slow cooker do all the work. I highly recommend trying this.
OK, so yes, Crazy got a mouthful of yummy liquid soap yesterday. He decided now, that it's OK to bite. Never in his little life has he even attempted to bite, until now. He bit Baby Boy's hand. And I didn't even know it till Baby Boy screamed, and Crazy came out of hiding and said "No Mama I bit him" after I attempted to interrogate Girly about what had happened. Luckily no marks were there, so it couldn't have been too bad, but regardless of how hard he did it, or what, biting will not be tolerated. So I took him to the bathroom, had him pull up his stool to the sink, had him open wide, and took a squirt full of soap on my hand and smothered it on his tongue. Ohhhh, he didn't like that. I had him sit for about a minute or 2 with the soap in his mouth. After a couple gaggings and multiple bubbles escaping from his mouth, I had him spit, and rinse out his mouth. Then, he was sent to his room for about 20 minutes. After that, we did the usual talk. I explained that biting is bad, and if he ever does it again he will get more soap. He kissed brother and said sorry.
Holy crap, I know kids will be kids. But I totally put the blame of this on that little girl across the street. Her and her bratty, biting mouth turned my kid into a biter. Damn it all! lol
Get yourself a 3 to 6 pound pig ass at the grocery store. I mean Pork Butt. lol (It may be quite embarrassing if you go up to the meat dept. man and say that, not that I would know from experience! lol) You can also substitute pork shoulder for pork butt.
Get yourself some sea salt (It calls for Hawaiian sea salt, but that stuff is hell to find so I just go with the good cheap stuff from the store. Although I am sure the Hawaiian sea salt may make a difference) and some liquid smoke. 1 bottle of smoke is sufficient, and just enough salt to smother the pork with.
Take your pork home. Jab a fork all over in the pork like you imagine yourself doing to your eyes when the kids get on your nerves really bad.
Take a good handful of sea salt and smother the pork with it. Rub it in well. Imagine you are giving your significant other a good massage.
Shake some liquid smoke all over your pork. Rub it in well too! Double massage.
Put your pork in your slow cooker and turn it on low, and let it cook for a good 10 to 12 hours. I believe the pork feels like I would feel if I could be sitting on a beach, basking in the sun without any kids!
I usually put it in before I go to bed at night. Let it cook on low all night. Then in the morning, I turn it up to medium for another 4 or 5 hours. Usually after that it is just falling off the bone and ready to shred up. I shred it, turn it back on low, and just let it do it's thing before it's time to chow! Some recommend draining all the liquid, but heck no, it keeps it nice and moist.
And at first I thought I should add some sort of liquid(aka water)to the pork while it cooks, but DON'T! The fat and drippings make a lovely amount of liquid to cook the pork in. All that fat and stuff just melts right off.
So that's it. Choppzs's Kahlua pork. It's very easy, and all you do is get out your rice cooker and make some sticky rice to go with it. And there's your meal. No pans, no oven. Very easy cleanup. And you let the slow cooker do all the work. I highly recommend trying this.
OK, so yes, Crazy got a mouthful of yummy liquid soap yesterday. He decided now, that it's OK to bite. Never in his little life has he even attempted to bite, until now. He bit Baby Boy's hand. And I didn't even know it till Baby Boy screamed, and Crazy came out of hiding and said "No Mama I bit him" after I attempted to interrogate Girly about what had happened. Luckily no marks were there, so it couldn't have been too bad, but regardless of how hard he did it, or what, biting will not be tolerated. So I took him to the bathroom, had him pull up his stool to the sink, had him open wide, and took a squirt full of soap on my hand and smothered it on his tongue. Ohhhh, he didn't like that. I had him sit for about a minute or 2 with the soap in his mouth. After a couple gaggings and multiple bubbles escaping from his mouth, I had him spit, and rinse out his mouth. Then, he was sent to his room for about 20 minutes. After that, we did the usual talk. I explained that biting is bad, and if he ever does it again he will get more soap. He kissed brother and said sorry.
Holy crap, I know kids will be kids. But I totally put the blame of this on that little girl across the street. Her and her bratty, biting mouth turned my kid into a biter. Damn it all! lol
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Ok, I just have to say...
Yes, I have cooked marshmellows over my gas stove, and yes, they are yummy!! lol Gas stove smores are the best! lol Well, not better then campfire smores, but better then no smores!
Making Kahlua pork tonight for dinner tonight. Whole Hawaiian theme going on. Been cooking it since last night, so should be good and done by this evening. I figure with the islands being under attack by hurricanes and earthquakes, I would pay homage to them. But of course, I can't dig a hole and roast a pig in it, but I can do the easy route and buy liquid smoke. I'll eat the damn pig, but hell if it doesn't look gross as shit coming out of that pit. The whole pig head and stuff being in tact really grosses me out! Should be yummy!
Holy crap. At the moment, I must go and tend to the kids. Lets just say Crazy just got a mouthfull of liquid soap. I will fill you in later!
Yes, I have cooked marshmellows over my gas stove, and yes, they are yummy!! lol Gas stove smores are the best! lol Well, not better then campfire smores, but better then no smores!
Making Kahlua pork tonight for dinner tonight. Whole Hawaiian theme going on. Been cooking it since last night, so should be good and done by this evening. I figure with the islands being under attack by hurricanes and earthquakes, I would pay homage to them. But of course, I can't dig a hole and roast a pig in it, but I can do the easy route and buy liquid smoke. I'll eat the damn pig, but hell if it doesn't look gross as shit coming out of that pit. The whole pig head and stuff being in tact really grosses me out! Should be yummy!
Holy crap. At the moment, I must go and tend to the kids. Lets just say Crazy just got a mouthfull of liquid soap. I will fill you in later!
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Weekend & Monday in Review...via bullets
How the hell do you get stupid bullets?? Man, either I am really retarded, or you people that do bullets are really fricken smart. Either way, I am going to use stars...because I am creative like that.
* Saturday the kids and Hubs went camping in the backyard. A good time was had by all. Except for Hubs. Hard ground & achy back = Cranky Hubs in morning.
* I on the other hand, stayed inside with Baby Boy (who was asleep) and got to peacefully watch TV. Well imbetween pee breaks, movie swapping, popcorn making and "MOOOOM, can I get some JUUUIICCEEE?".
* We contemplated roasting marshmallows over the grill, but decided against it. Camping just isn't camping when you can't roast marshmallows.
Please excuse Crazy's expression. Ummm, he's not always all there! lol
* Sunday I got me a nice pedicure and manicure. Got another pretty design on the tootsies. Very nice 2 hours spent away with no kiddos.
* We found out on Friday that nothing new has changed with the house. We are due to close on the 31st. The seller is still bucking some of the loan conditions, and doesn't want to do them. So being we only have about 2 wks. till our 2nd expected close date, I have a feeling they will be asking for another extension. We already told our agent that we will not be excepting another extension. We gave them the original 60 days when we signed the first paper, then we gave them the additional 30 days they asked for when their 60 days was up. I think 3 months is certainly enough time to get the repairs and stuff done that needed to be done. I guess we shall see.
* I had a Partylite book party. I much prefer book parties over home parties. I suck at hostessing, and hate trying to persuade people to come to parties. I would rather see someone, ask if they want a catalog, and hand them out. I did pretty good though, got almost 400 in sales. That will get me my few months worth of goodies that I need to keep my house smelling pretty! lol
So that's about it for my exciting weekend. I leave you with yet another picture of my oh so cute children that may look sweet and innocent, but then again, you haven't felt the horns that are slowly poking out of their heads.
* Saturday the kids and Hubs went camping in the backyard. A good time was had by all. Except for Hubs. Hard ground & achy back = Cranky Hubs in morning.
* I on the other hand, stayed inside with Baby Boy (who was asleep) and got to peacefully watch TV. Well imbetween pee breaks, movie swapping, popcorn making and "MOOOOM, can I get some JUUUIICCEEE?".
* We contemplated roasting marshmallows over the grill, but decided against it. Camping just isn't camping when you can't roast marshmallows.
Please excuse Crazy's expression. Ummm, he's not always all there! lol
* Sunday I got me a nice pedicure and manicure. Got another pretty design on the tootsies. Very nice 2 hours spent away with no kiddos.
* We found out on Friday that nothing new has changed with the house. We are due to close on the 31st. The seller is still bucking some of the loan conditions, and doesn't want to do them. So being we only have about 2 wks. till our 2nd expected close date, I have a feeling they will be asking for another extension. We already told our agent that we will not be excepting another extension. We gave them the original 60 days when we signed the first paper, then we gave them the additional 30 days they asked for when their 60 days was up. I think 3 months is certainly enough time to get the repairs and stuff done that needed to be done. I guess we shall see.
* I had a Partylite book party. I much prefer book parties over home parties. I suck at hostessing, and hate trying to persuade people to come to parties. I would rather see someone, ask if they want a catalog, and hand them out. I did pretty good though, got almost 400 in sales. That will get me my few months worth of goodies that I need to keep my house smelling pretty! lol
So that's about it for my exciting weekend. I leave you with yet another picture of my oh so cute children that may look sweet and innocent, but then again, you haven't felt the horns that are slowly poking out of their heads.
Thursday, August 09, 2007
He can't walk, but he sure can climb!
Yesterday, Baby Boy decided he wanted to start climbing on the furniture. The little terd wont walk, but he's now slowly evolving into a monkey. I figure, like everyone said, that as soon as he gets his x-rays, he'll start to walk. But you know what? The x-rays are going to have to be put off for the next couple weeks. I found out that it will cost us 250 bucks to get them done. That's our deductible. And right now, with all our money being sunk into house stuff, it just isn't possible right this moment. Plus, Hub's college courses start soon, and he needs the book for his first class. 130 bucks! For a damn book. Rediculous. He contemplated dropping the course so that that money could get Baby's x-rays, but I told him no. Baby Boy isn't in any pain or anything, and I just don't think the x-rays are urgent at the time being. From what the doc said, it's just to rule out anything.
On the neighbor front, I am still getting the cold shoulder. Yep, no "Hi's", waves, or anything, even with my attempts to make small talk. The kids have played together since, outside of course where I am watching, but she has failed to make an appearance. Her kids just make there way accross the street, and they all end up playing. It drives me nuts that the little girl (aka the girl who bit Crazy) walks back and forth across our street without any supervision. She turns 3 in Sept. I try my best to keep an eye on her, only because it drives me nuts that a little girl is out running about on her own, but I get sick of the fact that I end up being the babysitter becuase her mom is still pissed at me. Oh well, screw her. I'm moving anyways... lol
Here is Baby Boy being his new monkey self.....
On the neighbor front, I am still getting the cold shoulder. Yep, no "Hi's", waves, or anything, even with my attempts to make small talk. The kids have played together since, outside of course where I am watching, but she has failed to make an appearance. Her kids just make there way accross the street, and they all end up playing. It drives me nuts that the little girl (aka the girl who bit Crazy) walks back and forth across our street without any supervision. She turns 3 in Sept. I try my best to keep an eye on her, only because it drives me nuts that a little girl is out running about on her own, but I get sick of the fact that I end up being the babysitter becuase her mom is still pissed at me. Oh well, screw her. I'm moving anyways... lol
Here is Baby Boy being his new monkey self.....
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Chillen
Just sitting here with my Coke Zero and contemplating what the hell to do.....
The kids have swimming lessons tonight, so I do have to make sure Crazy takes a nap before hand so he's not a whiny, little terd. Yeah, I see that happening!
I lost another pound. Yippee!! (do you hear the sarcasm in my voice??) Yeah, I know it's something I have to work towards, and take bits at a time, but this working my ass off thing, and not losing anything is pissing me off. Ahh well, what can ya do? I bet that Long John Silvers last night didn't do me much good though....hmmm..ya think?
Took Baby Boy to his 18 month check up today. He's all done with his shots till he goes into Kindergarten!! Yahh! But the doc ordered an x-ray of his hips. The little terd still isn't walking on his own yet. He will push his walker around like crazy, and walk all along the furniture, but you try to get him to walk solo, and the little guy just flops down and crawls like a madman. Till he reaches some sort of chair or something. So anyways, the doc seems to think he may have hip displacement or something that is causing him to not be able to have much balance. I myself think it's pure laziness. I mean all my kids took their time walking. Girly didn't walk till around 15 months and Crazy didn't start till between 16 and 17 months. So I just figured Baby Boy was following their lead. But the doc seems to think he is way behind and something may be wrong. I guess we'll see!
Well the littlest twerp is up from his nap and is calling to me to come save him from his wretched crib. They all seem to think I am here to service their every whim. Geesh!
The kids have swimming lessons tonight, so I do have to make sure Crazy takes a nap before hand so he's not a whiny, little terd. Yeah, I see that happening!
I lost another pound. Yippee!! (do you hear the sarcasm in my voice??) Yeah, I know it's something I have to work towards, and take bits at a time, but this working my ass off thing, and not losing anything is pissing me off. Ahh well, what can ya do? I bet that Long John Silvers last night didn't do me much good though....hmmm..ya think?
Took Baby Boy to his 18 month check up today. He's all done with his shots till he goes into Kindergarten!! Yahh! But the doc ordered an x-ray of his hips. The little terd still isn't walking on his own yet. He will push his walker around like crazy, and walk all along the furniture, but you try to get him to walk solo, and the little guy just flops down and crawls like a madman. Till he reaches some sort of chair or something. So anyways, the doc seems to think he may have hip displacement or something that is causing him to not be able to have much balance. I myself think it's pure laziness. I mean all my kids took their time walking. Girly didn't walk till around 15 months and Crazy didn't start till between 16 and 17 months. So I just figured Baby Boy was following their lead. But the doc seems to think he is way behind and something may be wrong. I guess we'll see!
Well the littlest twerp is up from his nap and is calling to me to come save him from his wretched crib. They all seem to think I am here to service their every whim. Geesh!
Friday, August 03, 2007
ClusterF*ck
Wow, today my brain feels like one big clusterf*ck. Not to much better then yesterday. My kids are being their usual whining, screaming, bratty selves so that's no different. I guess you could say I just feel "blah". Like I am doing a ton of crap, but nothing is getting done. Plus, Crazy and Girly went over to the neighbor's house to play and Crazy got bit by their little girl. I usually don't leave the kids with them because I know how their little girl is. She's very aggressive. She's the same age as Crazy, but boy is this girl mean. She's been known to hit, punch, kick, and squeeze the baby till he cries. She's never bitten before, so this kind of got to me. Anyways, I spoke with the mom after I had Girly bring him home. She (the mom) told me they had been bickering, Crazy pushed her so she turned and bit him. I know my kids aren't perfect, shit, they are annoying little terds, but I know Crazy, and he would actually run away screaming before he'd push or hit another kid. He's just whiny like that. But then when Girly came home to get her phone and told me about what happened, the mom told her it wasn't right for her to go telling on them, and that she ruined the fun for the kids. THAT, pissed me off. So I called her up, told her Girly didn't come home to tell on them, and that I didn't want Crazy playing with the little girl if she was going to bite. She left a lovely blue mouth print on his arm. Luckily, she didn't draw blood. But the mom didn't apologize, just kept insisting that Crazy pushed her first, and that she didn't think it was that big of a deal. Well Lady, it is! It is a big deal that 1. You are responsible for my kid when he is with you and you didn't even bother to tell me what had happened. I had to hear it from my kids. And 2, these are my kids. I will decide what is a big deal. So anyways, yes, it's been lovely. We've known these neighbors since we moved in here, and have never had any problems. They are nice people. They just can't/wont control their kids.
Here's the lovely mark he had on his arm. And there he is giving me those puppydog eyes. He was so upset that he had to come home. But he did quickly point out that she had also smacked him in the eye too. That's why I took that second picture. He insisted I should get a picture of that too! lol
I sat Baby Boy in the corner for the first time today. He actually sat there. He's been pestering his brother and turning the TV off every few seconds just to get a rise out of him. So after having to go and turn the TV back on several times I told him no, swatted his hand, and stuck him in the corner. Oh boy, he didn't like that. He screamed and screamed. Then he just sat there. Kind of spaced out. lol. I think all that crying/screaming tuckered him out. So after a min or 2 I told him to come to me. He crawled over, laid his head on me, then gave me a kiss. He hasn't touched the TV since!! lol My Baby Boy's already getting punished, geesh!
Ok, I was tagged by Stacie to do a MeMe. So here goes.....
5 Things in my refrigerator:
1. Milk
2. Soy Milk
3. Cheese
4. Spinach
5. Cantaloupe
5 Things in my car:
1. Mr. Beaver
2. 2 Ladybug air fresheners
3. A rosary Hubs brought home for me from Guatemala
4. Lemon/Lime Tot from Sonic
5. 2 car seats
5 Things in my purse or backpack:
1. Lip gloss
2. 2 checkbooks
3. My ladybug wallet with my cards in it
4. A pad
5. Multiple receipts
5 Things in my closet:
1. Boxes full of junk because we are moving
2. More boxes
3. Totes full of junk because we are moving
4. Coats
5. Christmas totes
5 Things in the world I want to see before I die:
1. Italy
2. Scotland
3. Paris
4. My Grandchildren (copied from Stacie)
5. My children graduate, go to college and get married
5 People to Tag:
1. Sissy
2. Hubs
3. Al
4. KimmyK
5. Ben
Here's the lovely mark he had on his arm. And there he is giving me those puppydog eyes. He was so upset that he had to come home. But he did quickly point out that she had also smacked him in the eye too. That's why I took that second picture. He insisted I should get a picture of that too! lol
I sat Baby Boy in the corner for the first time today. He actually sat there. He's been pestering his brother and turning the TV off every few seconds just to get a rise out of him. So after having to go and turn the TV back on several times I told him no, swatted his hand, and stuck him in the corner. Oh boy, he didn't like that. He screamed and screamed. Then he just sat there. Kind of spaced out. lol. I think all that crying/screaming tuckered him out. So after a min or 2 I told him to come to me. He crawled over, laid his head on me, then gave me a kiss. He hasn't touched the TV since!! lol My Baby Boy's already getting punished, geesh!
Ok, I was tagged by Stacie to do a MeMe. So here goes.....
5 Things in my refrigerator:
1. Milk
2. Soy Milk
3. Cheese
4. Spinach
5. Cantaloupe
5 Things in my car:
1. Mr. Beaver
2. 2 Ladybug air fresheners
3. A rosary Hubs brought home for me from Guatemala
4. Lemon/Lime Tot from Sonic
5. 2 car seats
5 Things in my purse or backpack:
1. Lip gloss
2. 2 checkbooks
3. My ladybug wallet with my cards in it
4. A pad
5. Multiple receipts
5 Things in my closet:
1. Boxes full of junk because we are moving
2. More boxes
3. Totes full of junk because we are moving
4. Coats
5. Christmas totes
5 Things in the world I want to see before I die:
1. Italy
2. Scotland
3. Paris
4. My Grandchildren (copied from Stacie)
5. My children graduate, go to college and get married
5 People to Tag:
1. Sissy
2. Hubs
3. Al
4. KimmyK
5. Ben
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