Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Weekly Update

I seem to be posting weekly lately.
There just doesn't seem to be enough time to even mess with the computer although I play on my phone with a few blogs and FB at work on slow times.

We will start with recent stuff and go backward.

I got pulled over on my way to work this morning. 
I knew I had on my seat belt and I wasn't speeding (small miracle) so when he asked if I knew why he had pulled me over I said nooooo.
My tags had expired in December. I told him my husband usually does that stuff and the officer told me to tell him to get them renewed today. Mr. Funny took care of it and I didn't get a ticket.
Today, the guy came by to pull the restaurant booths and take them to re-upholster. It was very slow at work, nothing like yesterday. I came home and crashed in front of the fire for 2 hours. 




Yesterday was our anniversary/Valentine's Day.
I left work a little early to get a shampoo/blow-out/curl. She also talked me into getting a red lipstick. (Aveda Vanadinite)

Here we were before heading out to dinner:


The skirt has a layer of crinoline to poof it out. I probably didn't need any extra poof with these hips but whatev.

The big one took this picture, he said "dad, do not look right at the camera, look away a bit" Yeah.



I took this before we left. Stupid snow.
I also noticed that the driveway that we just had resurfaced is all cracked. This is annoying.



We had an amazing dinner at the restaurant at the lake where I used to work. I was so happy to see my old friends. Mr. Funny had filet and stuffed shrimp and I had crab legs. We had cheesecake and chocolate covered strawberries for dessert. 
Before the entree came, Mr. Funny gave me this:




I love the sides of it!
When we got home, Finn had gotten on the counter and eaten 2 loaves of bread. There was tiny plastic bits as evidence. The little one had been at work and the big one went to the restaurant to check on them and helped out because they were busy. He also stopped for pizza. The dogs were locked in the kitchen because they had gotten so muddy outside. Guess they got bored.

Yesterday at work, I got a ton of compliments on this shirt:


My sister had one and I simply adored it! Had to get one for myself. 


Monday we had a mini blizzard. No school and the town was a ghost town. It didn't stop us from doing our thing. Bank, bills, lunch, gas, groceries. It rained all day today and the snow is gonzers. We had a family dinner, the 4 of us, and I made capellini pomodoro. 


Sunday was my usual cleaning day. I am sad that I still have a mess on my dining room table from the bridal shower crafts so I never set my Valentine table. I have got to get to that room this week.
We hired a contractor for he restaurant to rebuild some of the interior walls. He brought by some stain choices and is starting the job next week. He is also going to sheet rock and repair that silly hole in the living room where I had the little one rip the wet bar out.


Saturday was work and then we drove with the trailer to pick up 40 chairs at Oak Express. I also found some great decor which I will post at a later time. We ordered a desk for the living room "hole" and the ridiculous Mac my husband bought while I was in Tulsa will go in there for homework and the boys to use. I am mean and will not let them have computers in their rooms and they have to be where I can monitor them. I played with the Mac a bit and decided I want nothing to do with it. I like my laptop and the touch screen hp. Then, we met one of our servers for a drink and some dinner. Mr. Funny got called away for work for a bit so we had some fun girl talk.
Last week was a terrible time for the house/carpet. Kona had a stomach bug and the little one woke up  to some messy diarrhea in his room. I was able to get most of it up with Windex (miracle stain cleaner) and told him I would shampoo it when I did the upstairs in the spring. Friday morning was horrific. Kona had revisted his room again and he woke me before school to tell me that "something VERY BAD" happened in his room. OH EM GEE. It was like someone had slung a bag of liquid hate against all of the walls. I was shampooing for 4 hours.
We put her in our bathroom with her bed that night and put the gate across the doorway. At 2:30 am, I smelled it. I woke the husband and we cleaned the entire bathroom. He then locked her in the kitchen. When I woke up for work, I smelled it as I came downstairs. Oh hell it was everywhere. On the stainless appliances, on every inch of the floor. 
I called the vet and she said 2 Immodium 3 times a day. She finally was feeling better yesterday.

I am working an extra day tomorrow so I need to get to bed. 
Enjoy the rest of the week!





Thursday, February 9, 2012

Weekend in Tulsa

I am finally getting around to posting this week.
I spent the end of last week and the weekend in Tulsa, this is what ensued.

We went dress shopping:

I got this one
Mel got this one.

I also got this one. For Valentine's Day.























The picture frames and the cake plates were the things that I have been working on for the last 2 months. I also made some cards that we had people write their advice/sentiments on and hung them on the tree.  used scrapbook paper and cut-outs for the menu items in the frames. Even though it was very time-consuming and hard work, it was totally worth it when it all came together.


The future bride

   Mel got this tiered dress when we bought our shower dresses- love it!

My youngest sister, J.
I loved this shirt so much I had to get one for myself!







There isn't a single decent photo of me.




Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Well.
January thought it would flip its middle finger at me and say "THIS IS MY LAST DAY BUT YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO REMEMBER ME WITH LOVE!!"
The dish machine was broken today. I don't want to relive the details but let us just say that the repairman lives an hour away and had to drive here 3 times. THREE TIMES. During which, my dishwasher had to wash dishes by hand for most of that time. Wash. Rinse. Sanitize. And it ain't like doing dishes at home.


I am disgusted with my bridal shower projects. Between spray paint mishaps, 1,384 kinds of glue {what the #$%&@ sticks metal to china??? not Gorilla effing glue!!} and my limited patience, I was ready to spend my life savings and order everything from Pottery Barn. Yes. It would have been easier and cheaper.


Bobby {we have been on a first name basis for many years} came to fix my dryer yesterday. After prying off the faceplate, he fixed the start button only to break the faceplate because the epoxy was too strong. "WHAT KIND OF EPOXY IS THAT?? I NEED IT FOR MY PROJECT!!!" I asked/cried/bellowed.  He told me what to get, ordered me another face plate and made it work for the time being. I am sort of caught up on laundry.


As of today, I have 6 spray painted things drying in the front yard. It is supposed to rain any minute too. 


We had to fire a decent cook because of his substance abuse and put a dishwasher on medical leave. A full-time server had surgery and will be out a week. We run with a short staff in winter so it is a mess. 


We are waiting for estimates on the restaurant walls before we can have the carpet installed, booths re-upholstered, wallpaper picked out, curtains made. Cue Jeopardy theme song.


My new iPhone was supposedly delivered at 1pm today. We have no idea where it is and neither does Apple. My husband told them to find it and deliver it to work. I blame Siri.



I still need a dress, shoes and jewelry. I need to get stuff for the turkey roll-ups, meatballs and punch. I need to gather my crafts and pack them so they won't break. I need to pack an outfit for the shower and one for Bachelorette party {I have nothing} I need to pack my clothes. I need a shower gift and then a wedding gift. I need to run the dishwasher. The dogs will not stop barking. I have a few shows I want to catch up on. {I am revolted by the Bachelor this season. Those girls are so ignorant. I heard who he chooses and I am done watching. Done.} I am cranky and tired and my positive attitude disappeared around 2pm. 
  I am going to Tulsa on Thursday. I hope my mood improves by then.


Onto the good stuff:


I ordered some art from Etsy for the restaurant. 



I will need to have them both framed but I love the trees and birds.


I got to see our friend's baby when she was just 3 hours old. 



Have a nice week!!


Update: the phones were delivered to the neighbors house. The woman at UPS said they were dropped off at a 2 story, brick with columns and a detached garage. My garage is attached so I knew who it was, 2 doors down. She met me halfway. The driver couldn't figure out which house to pick them up at to redeliver so she was going to trace them by satellite tomorrow. I might let them search a while.

Friday, January 27, 2012

Yesterday, I woke up to one of those days where getting out of bed is almost impossible so I went back to sleep till after noon.

While having my morning {ha} coffee, I mentioned to the little one {who was home from school with a sinus infection} that I wanted to rip out that sink in the living room {in it's day of 1987, it was a jamming wet bar} and put a desk and computer there and get the desk out of the kitchen. There is a matching alcove on the other side of that wall in the kitchen where we have the desk and computer right now and I have a beautiful storage cabinet I bought 2 years ago to fill that space.
The little one grabbed a handful of tools and got to work. Much pounding and screwdriving and patience {if it would have been me, I would have been swearing and throwing things but that little dude is calm and obviously quite the demolition expert} later, here we were:



He mentioned spiders aplenty which made the big one shiver and run upstairs.
Now, it looks like this:


Complete with some Monopoly money and a playing card. He said "would it be cool if we found a million dollars under there?" and I agreed.
The plumbing needs to be removed and some spackling and painting will be done but notice that there is no carpeting there either. Since we are having wood floors installed sometime in the next few months, it doesn't bother me much.

Although the space is too small for this, I could do the left side with the built-in desk and shelves. Then someday when someone else lives here, they can say "why the hell would someone want a desk in the living room?" like I said about the sink.

 
I do wonder where the spiders went.


I got a few loads of laundry washed and took them over to my brother-in-law's to dry them. When I walked in the door, I started sneezing and after about 10 minutes of constant ah-choos, I think I might be coming down with a cold.


I finished spray painting my bridal shower project too. I will show you when I finish.


Guess what I am getting?
iPhone 4 S
No more 3G.  I am looking for a fancy case for it now.
Candy?
Um, Butts?

Peter Cottontail
For Mel's enjoyment

Have you seen the Honey Badger videos on You Tube? You should...

Oh sweet mother, how I love this!

I could put a bird on it

The theme for this month at work!!

Awards I Have Received:

Awards I Have Received:
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Premios Dardo (Top Dart)

Premios Dardo (Top Dart)
Thank You Angela!

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Meme Award

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Thank You Wife O Riley!

Thank You Cindi!

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Thanks Katie!