Long time, no write

After a 2 month hiatus, I think I'm back. Life got busy and I got Animal Crossing for my birthday and that pretty much sums up where all my time went. If you haven't heard of Animal Crossing, good. Your ignorance will spare you from hours upon hours of fishing, bug catching, and buying the latest items in your town store. It is incredibly addicting and acts as it's own natural black hole. You start at 10am and the next thing you know it's time for bed.

I have made some progress on the house in my absence. I had one productive weekend where I painted the baseboards and doors of the living room and kitchen white. I still have the other two bedrooms and the kitchen ceiling to do though. And next month we are getting new carpet! Woo hoo! I have one month to get the rest of the painting done and our social calendar is filling up so I better start cracking!

Welcoming Summer

Welcoming the nicer weather and the occasional sunny days that will come with it, DH and I invested in a doggie pool for a whopping $10 at Rite Aid. The dogs don't really get the concept of the pool and think it's the largest water bowl they've ever seen. At least they won't get dehydrated this summer!

I also got a sprinkler and have been watering the lawn every night (I pretty sure you are suppose to water in the morning but DH just aren't up early enough). I'm hoping the water will help the grass grow so that we will have a nice green lawn when the family comes out in Nov. Otherwise it will be welcome to the dust bowl!

(And check out the awesome fence in the background, DH did a great job!)

House Goals

It's time for some summer house goals! It's an ambitious list but I'd rather have stuff carry over to next year than sit on my butt playing Animal Crossing all summer!

Inside

• Paint bedroom
  
• Paint living room
  
• Paint kitchen
• Paint baseboards white throughout house
• Paint doors white throughout house
• Clean out the filing cabinet
• Buy new microwave
• Make a curtain for back kitchen door
• Hang pictures in kitchen
• Get new carpet for living room
• Get new carpet for "master" bedroom

Outside

• Get estimate for redoing the garage (roof, sheetrock, backdoor, overhead door, update electrical box).
• Paint the rest of the "porch"
• Power wash the whole house
• Get outside table
• Brainstorm for making patio next year
• Mow and water the lawn regularly

Okay I kind of cheated with the first 3 by putting stuff I've already done on the list but technically they aren't done yet. There are 2 spots in the bedroom that need to be touched up, DH noticed some "spots" in the living room that I don't see so we have to wait for a sunny day so he can prove it, and I still have to figure out how to paint behind the refrigerator and gas stove in the kitchen without doing too much damage. Despite my video game addiction, I think I'm doing pretty well.

Time Wasters

Recently I have been addicted to Mafia Wars on Facebook and Animal Crossing City Folk. It's amazing how many evenings and hours have gone by propped up in front of these two games. It is also probably why I haven't been blogging as much. Sorry mom, please forgive (and I'm still getting you Animal Crossing for your birthday)!

Normally I'm not a big fan of video games but I have found it very relaxing to escape the realities of this world to a world where I can make $8,000,000 with a click of a button or a world where I can pay off my mortgage in one day by collecting fruit and seashells.

I've settled myself in for the long haul at work. It's more of a marathon (maybe a mega marathon) than a 400 meter sprint. So I'm learning to let things go, focus on the things that matter, and smile through every meeting. I few people have commented although I think they were more suspicious in nature. But you have to laugh when the company you work for disappears over night and a new one takes over. No one knows the rules yet. You can't take yourself too seriously unless you want ulcers and I'm to young for that. I'm just going to wait a little for someone to put together the company cheat codes and post them online. :)

Mela-a-what

Poor Forest. He went in for his regular annual exam and found out he had a melanoma growth on his eye lid. Fortunately the vet was able to remove it and he is completely healthy otherwise, but he's feeling a little groggy and walking around like a drunken salior.

This is Forest trying to get on the couch...

Bit by the Bug

With my bathroom fully functioning and brand new looking, it has motivated me to work on the rest of my house. And of course the fact that my parents are planing to come out in November is even more incentive to get the house in pristine condition before their visit.

Last weekend I finally painted the rose colored bedroom that DH swore he'd never sleep in. Not to call DH a liar but 2 years later I've finally painted in blue. It's not quite the blue I was hoping for (it probably needs at least 2 coats to cover up the pink that is trying to shine through) but I'm too cheap and lazy to do any more right now.

Here are the before and after pics-

Before bare walled and dogs allowed.



Freshly painted and no big dogs allowed (somehow Porter is still allowed in the bedroom).


Next on the list is the living room and kitchen walls. But first I have to learn how to texture the walls and cover up Forest's teething marks!

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