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And so it goes watching Sleepless in Seattle (much less any other movie) is like a sedative to me, but my husband views several a week. Here are some of his fav/current viewings...
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April 07 Moved in... still settling.It's been over 13 months now that we've lived in our home. Sometimes things seem like just yesterday they happened, but not moving here. Actually it seems like we've been living here forever. For me it was just so normal to get settled here. I love our home! For my husband I think it's a completely different story.
As a matter of fact I think mentally my husband is still moving to the city. He labels himself as a country boy... Even though I wouldn't say he's from the country. Just a small city in Northern IN. It's been 3 years that he's been here in the "big city" and so far we haven't had many spasms about it. I know he gets homesick often, but I also know now that he's been exposed it'll be hard to return to small city mentality.
So we've been here in our home for this time and it's interesting what you do with rooms until you can furnish them. This house is three times bigger than our previous home and my husband will tell you that I've found plenty of things to put in our newfound space.
I finally committed to using the color scheme and decorating they way I planned before we actually moved. Had we done this originally I wouldn't have lived so long with white walls feeling like I live in an asylum. Dear just couldn't see how I had picked out colors and materials without living in the home yet. lol. He didn't realize that after he talked me out of it that it would take me this long to come around again... poor soul.
Now while it's been 13 months not many of the plans have changed. I mean I'm still w/ the original colors for most of the rooms. The guest room is up for debate right now... and I changed colors for my office, the kitchen and the family room. So far we've gotten 2 rooms done as planned. The guest bedroom looks wonderful. I still have to hang one more set of drapes, but the decorating is done. We actually had our first guest in it a couple weeks ago. I guess we got a thumbs up. Put it this way, we didn't get any complaints... but the guest we had wouldn't have complained if it wasn't. My office is almost complete. I still have a couple pictures to hang and some plants to incorporate in, but I think it looks great! It's sunny yellow and red, but not overpowering. I'm loving it.
Next... the master bathroom and then the kids' rooms. I guess I need to go ahead and finish our room too while we're in there, but nobody ever sees it but us. Although that sounds like more reason to finish it. So that we'll have our own sanctuary behind closed doors.
So over the next couple weeks, we'll have our paint brushes out paint our home beautiful! God I thank you for sight... I can't imagine the world without color.
I hope I tell my husband this everyday, but just in case I haven't today... I love you Dear.
Momma, I love you. Daddy, I love you too. March 28 Here Goes it...First, I want to thank everyone for sending the search party out for me. I appreciate your prayers as I was MIA.
Just so you know I was missing in body, but not in spirit.
Secondly, I want to thank the old management "team", my employer, and my new manager for the reason I was MIA:
The management team did a wonderful job of informing me of the projects and where I should be in the planning stages. But I had no clue that my old manager leaving me (well us... the rest of the team) would put us knee high in crap that I had no clue was going on or how to resolve. Kudos! Those actions gave me the push I needed to become something and determine what I want from my J-O-B.
My employer for keeping me gainfully employed even though I had no clue about the projects that were left in my hands. I appreciate your patience and giving me a limb to walk out on and test the waters.
And definitely my new manager. How awesome is it to just figure things out... Because of the patience extending to me I did finally figure out what was going on and where I needed to be working on those projects.
I also could not have done this without my family. My husband, parents, son, and extended family who handled this like a charm. Thanks for not letting me skip a beat, take a breather, or miss a step. I'm sure i would have definitely gained some sanity had any of those happened. But I acknowledge your diligence and look forward to much more pressure from you all.
If you were not mentioned above, let me take the time now to say thank you __________. Good looking out!
Now that I've taken care of all the accolades I just want to say that I will be back here posting and blogging and everything else. Nothing has changed. I'll update you over the next couple of weeks on things that have happened. My lovely digital camera seems to be working fine and will be put to use as I decorate this place and drive a nail to hang my apron on.
And of course. I love you MOMMA, and I love you Dad.
(ps. & on a serious side note... today was one of the few days my mom said she loved me. I almost couldn't believe it, but I seized the opportunity and told her back before she lauged me out of the moment.) December 17 The Best Lemon Cake...I guess I'm not that bad of a baker...
As of late the oven has been on and I've been in the kitchen trying out a few recipes. I have been thinking about it and I bake pretty often, but by recipe only. Recipes cramp my style even though they usually make great food. The only thing I've had flop recently is the chocolate chip cookies I made. My recovery was the moist delicious lemon cake.
I tend to make this cake when we're having a crowd or company because Dear is not a lemon fan, but this cake he does partake of and since this is the time of year when people entertain (me) and come over (friends), I've made it quite frequently. Here's the recipe:
Hope you enjoy the cake. Love you Mom and Dad! December 07 I love winter... I thinkLet us get one thing clear. I do love winter. Absolutely without a question in my mind. So much so that I almost don’t like summer… other than baking in the sun around the pool out back. While winter is a joy for me, there are a few things about it that I don’t like about it. I don’t necessarily enjoy those frigid days if there is not any snow on the ground. Nothing is worse than freezing your tail off when it doesn’t look like a winter wonderland outdoors. I mean if it is going to be cold, let’s have some snow with it. It was explained to me once that it was too cold to snow. Nonsense! Really. What is that about? Too cold? You mean to tell me it has to warm up to snow. Wow! Oxymoron if I ever heard one. Since I am on the subject cold temperatures, another thing I don’t like is walking to the office from the garage a full 8 blocks in this weather. By the time I get halfway to the building the lower portion of my thighs are numb to the point where they are tingling and the feel of any material rubbing against them is even more irritating. I don’t care how many layers I put on… pants, skirt, tights, under slip, etc. for whatever reason nothing protects that spot on my legs from freezing. Winter also brings all the extra personal maintenance that I normally skip any other time of year. Lip balm: I do not like the taste of it. Do not like when crumbs from what I am eating get stuck to it then your lips feel gritty. Don’t like the fat that in order to apply more you have to clean off the previous application because of the aforementioned. Don’t like that the best lip balms cost too much for them to be lost in the bottom of my purse, pants pocket, or frozen from sitting in the console of my car. And lotion: Man do I hate putting that stuff on more than once a day. Really, isn’t once enough? After a shower is plenty, but if I want my hands to stay soft and my skin not to feel like it’s crawling then I had better keep an economy size bottle on me. My goodness! Of course, with winter people use their ovens more for whatever reason. I mean we have central air so turning the oven on in the summer should be no different from winter, but it is. Anyway this bothers me because I usually run out of casserole meal ideas pretty quickly and since I don’t bake I still don’t get the benefit of using my oven… whatever that benefit is. I still have a few thoughts floating around in my head about the bad part of winter. The more I think about it the more I’m wondering if I really do LIKE winter anymore… I love you Mom, I love you Dad! November 30 Don't be misleadI think it is still to soon for you to have preconceived notions about me, but just in case you do this is me today (subject to change soon): w I laugh so hard I get “hung” and tears are running down my face. If I laugh a long time like that then my stomach muscles hurt the next day. w I cry when I’m frustrated, sad, feel like I’m getting used, and almost every time I take a shower… (and not it’s not because of the way I look in the mirror in my birthday suit... skin doesn't bother me.) w I am 40 pounds heavier than I was this time last year… and no I haven’t had a baby nor am I pregnant now. I’m only conscious about it when my clothes don’t fit. Like today! w I am 10 pounds lighter than the day I got married a little over 2 years ago. w My body size is described by most as solid, chunky, thick, or a little on the heavy side. I call it fat… on the other hand my doctor says it is “severely obese” and the reason I have a slightly higher blood pressure. w I sometimes talk too much, too little, or too long… but none of those ever at the right time. w I’m notorious for talking while somebody else is talking. Cutting them off. In my mind it is called condensing time frames. Anticipating what they are going to say and responding before they finish just to save time. w I can count the few times on one hand that I’ve seriously spoken the words “I love you” to my mother or my father… hence the daily sign off. w I enjoy winter the most out of the four seasons. I like hot chocolate, warm crackling fires, and sweaters so much. I think snow is so romantic and the perfect scenery as well as toy. w I like the Summer season the least. I don’t like anything about being hot. I do enjoy laying out at/in the swimming pool though. I don’t like being hot because my sweat glands are “underdeveloped.” I’ve had heat/sun stroke a couple times and it’s not fun to black out. w My favorite food to cook is chicken and shrimp alfredo. There are a lot of steps, but the accomplishment of a creamy not clumpy sauce is rewarding. w My hair is the longest it has ever been and I have no desire to cut it – at least while it’s cold outside. I do think long hair is easier to manage than short hair and it saves you all the burns on your neck, ears, forehead and such. Just throw it in a pony tail and go. w I don’t like my toes. I got the worst of the toes from both my parents. They look better when I paint them, but the American manicure makes them look the best. w Speaking of toes, I love feet and I think my youngest sister has the prettiest toes and my brother has the nicest ones… but we call his an extra set of hands since his toes are so long. w I won’t say it to Dear but this house is a lot bigger than the 3 of us need. w If it would pay my bills, I’d go back to my high school job working the burger line at Burger King or as a cashier at Kroger. I guess I am the kid that didn’t have enough play time of ringing up plastic foods and empty cardboard boxes of cereal. w I really enjoyed the high school years of my life. Amazing how kids always want to be older than they are. No bills, no concerns about taking care of others, or working a ball and chain that you don’t like. Only making decent grades and being to class on time sounds real good to me some days. I sometimes think it’s worth going back. I love you mom, I love you dad. |
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