I was looking through my completed stories and saw that I have 12 that are ready for editing. For a short story book with dark stories, it seems more appropriate to have 13 in the book, so I need to get cracking and write another story (and get them edited) so I can get it published.
In other news, Candice has been suffering from a mystery illness for over a month now. The doctor now thinks it is her gall bladder and/or an ulcer. She goes in tomorrow morning for an ultrasound for the gall bladder, and sometime later this week or next for a throat scope to find out about the ulcer (and esophageal cancer possibilities). Either way, we probably can't start and "hard" treatments until we return from vacation mid-June time-frame. Of course, we are both fighting off a head cold right now, too.
I just started the sprinklers and cut the grass for the first time this year, so spring/summer has officially begun now.
Also, I need to take out the "missile" (luggage container that we mount on the roof of the Santa Fe for vacations) and rinse it out since it got a lot of mud, etc. in it in the rain storms last year before we were able to get it inside out of the elements. We also need to start working on a "To Do" for getting ready for our vacation. (I'm pretty sure Candice just rolled her eyes as she read that.)
Anyway, that's all I have for right now, thanks for reading!
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Monday, May 19, 2014
Monday, July 8, 2013
Preparations
We leave on Thursday for a much needed vacation. We're going to South Carolina for two weeks, then driving north to Rochester, New York so Candice can attend a glass art convention. I'll have the kids in a hotel by myself for several days. Hopefully, in the week before, Gabe and/or Donna will learn to swim enough that we can go to the hotel pool one of those days for some fun. We'll probably take Candice to her convention one day, too, so that I can take the kids out somewhere too (Yeah, I'm a glutton, etc)
But aside from the adventure upcoming, we have a list of more than 30 things we need to do before we leave, and we've only done about 5 of them. Granted, some of them can easily wait until we get back as they aren't "vacation critical" and will probably join an ongiong To Do list for projects that Candice and I need to do. I need to go back a few blog posts and pull out the project list and add that to the list too.
We started the savings account, and taking away the minimum amount needed to keep the account going, we're about 15% of the way towards the office desk, so Yay! We also moved a temporary desk into the office (formerly our dining room) and I moved our computers in there. Now Candice and I are forced to occasionally look at each other! ;-)
We've also since the last posting discovered that it might have been Ginger bad dog, not Bailey bad dog (though it likely could be both) that has been digging up the sprinkler heads. Mark and Ginny have agreed to help us by watching the dogs while we're gone. They're getting $100 and some homemade jelly for their kindness. We're also taking all the dog food and treats the dogs should need while we're gone. Thanks, Mark and Ginny!
I think we came to the conclusion that we're going to sell the Mercury and when we are ready to actually focus on the car restoration project, we'll but another classic car that is running but still fits the bill for fixing it up the way we want it. It'll likely be a hearse we fix up, which will also serve double duty for our being Halloween House.
I've sprayed an entire huge pump sprayer cansiter of Round Up in the vegetable garden to kill the thistles, but they are still living. Granted they are starting to show signs of dying, but most are still alive. Is there anything stronger out there?
That's about all for this post. Thanks for reading! (I expect another one a week from today to get posted also.)
But aside from the adventure upcoming, we have a list of more than 30 things we need to do before we leave, and we've only done about 5 of them. Granted, some of them can easily wait until we get back as they aren't "vacation critical" and will probably join an ongiong To Do list for projects that Candice and I need to do. I need to go back a few blog posts and pull out the project list and add that to the list too.
We started the savings account, and taking away the minimum amount needed to keep the account going, we're about 15% of the way towards the office desk, so Yay! We also moved a temporary desk into the office (formerly our dining room) and I moved our computers in there. Now Candice and I are forced to occasionally look at each other! ;-)
We've also since the last posting discovered that it might have been Ginger bad dog, not Bailey bad dog (though it likely could be both) that has been digging up the sprinkler heads. Mark and Ginny have agreed to help us by watching the dogs while we're gone. They're getting $100 and some homemade jelly for their kindness. We're also taking all the dog food and treats the dogs should need while we're gone. Thanks, Mark and Ginny!
I think we came to the conclusion that we're going to sell the Mercury and when we are ready to actually focus on the car restoration project, we'll but another classic car that is running but still fits the bill for fixing it up the way we want it. It'll likely be a hearse we fix up, which will also serve double duty for our being Halloween House.
I've sprayed an entire huge pump sprayer cansiter of Round Up in the vegetable garden to kill the thistles, but they are still living. Granted they are starting to show signs of dying, but most are still alive. Is there anything stronger out there?
That's about all for this post. Thanks for reading! (I expect another one a week from today to get posted also.)
Monday, June 10, 2013
Mish-Mash
Ginger dog went in for tail removal surgery this past Thursday because she's so excitable that she bangs it against anything and everything and as a result, she damaged her tail. So, now she has a bloody nub for a tail. She's having to stay in her kennel except for a few daily walks we're taking her on to allow her bathroom breaks and a little exercise that isn't too strenuous.
Bailey dog has really missed playing with Ginger dog, and vice versa. And after seeing how much pain Ginger was in, I don't see how anyone can do that for purely asthetic purposes.
On an almost related note, we looked into the cost to kennel Bailey and Ginger while we're gone in July, and it is outrageously expensive (Like $60 a day for both, which would amount to over $1250), so that isn't an option. We're hoping to get a neighbor (or combination of neighbors) to let the dogs out each morning, make sure they have food and water out there with them, and let them back in each night, since grandma won't be able to do it. We probably only need them to do it on weekdays since Jeanette should be here on the weekends to help grandma out.
We cleaned the carpets in the toy room, and as a side result, decided to turn the formal dining room into an office since we've only used it twice since moving in nearly three years ago. We're moving the formal dining stuff elsewhere in the house (and repurposing the table to be our puzzle table in our bedroom and saving up for a partners peninsula desk.
We are also kicking around the idea of selling the '53 Mercury and buying a working (or at least assembled) classic car for our car restoration project. If we decide to stick with the '53 Mercury restoration project, it's likely to cost well over two to three times the high end book sale price for that car which is about $9400. If we do decide to go with a different car, we'll likely try to sell the body and frame for the Mercury soon and put that money towards the new car and/or furniture we need/want. The issue comes down to whether the emotional attachment to that specific car is high enough to stick with it, or if the spirit of the idea of hot rodding a car in Candice's dad's memory will work instead. It's totally Candice's decision to make.
We also have prioritized the various furniture items we plan to buy over the next few years. I think I'm going to start a savings account at our brick and mortar local bank and set up an allotment of pay to go there that we will not touch except for the items in the prioritized list (which may include the classic car mentioned above).
I installed a sprinkler system in Candice's main flower garden that will operate most nights. In the next few weeks, I hope to also have the other flower garden on the sprinkler system. On a related note, I now have to re-bury a portion of the sprinkler system in the back yard, since Bailey bad dog dug it up. Grrrrrr. >:-(
We've also decided it will be easier to spray weed killer over our vegetable garden to catch up with the massive numbers of thistles that have overtaken it. We can't keep up right now, and if we can just kill it all off this year, maybe we can resume an actual garden next year. We might plant some of the plants (like the watermellon, etc) elsewhere for this year (like possibly behind the pine tree) since we do have it anyway.
We still haven't made any more headway on Megi's room in the past few months, but maybe now that we have a plan for most of the rooms, we'll get going on that again soon, too. We've changed the disign concept of several of our rooms. the kitchen, which was going to have a Coca Cola motif, will now have a blue motif. The formal dining room was originally going to have the blue motif, but will now be a Coca Cola designs office space. The toy room will now be a southwestern decorated parlor/play room (until the kids get older when it'll become just a parlor/formal living room), and the foyer which was going to be southwestern, will house grandma's Chicken collection/designs. We're still leaning towards the red and green colors of the living room/den, and the sports designs for the loft.
Anyway, that's all I have for this entry. Thanks for reading!
Bailey dog has really missed playing with Ginger dog, and vice versa. And after seeing how much pain Ginger was in, I don't see how anyone can do that for purely asthetic purposes.
On an almost related note, we looked into the cost to kennel Bailey and Ginger while we're gone in July, and it is outrageously expensive (Like $60 a day for both, which would amount to over $1250), so that isn't an option. We're hoping to get a neighbor (or combination of neighbors) to let the dogs out each morning, make sure they have food and water out there with them, and let them back in each night, since grandma won't be able to do it. We probably only need them to do it on weekdays since Jeanette should be here on the weekends to help grandma out.
We cleaned the carpets in the toy room, and as a side result, decided to turn the formal dining room into an office since we've only used it twice since moving in nearly three years ago. We're moving the formal dining stuff elsewhere in the house (and repurposing the table to be our puzzle table in our bedroom and saving up for a partners peninsula desk.
We are also kicking around the idea of selling the '53 Mercury and buying a working (or at least assembled) classic car for our car restoration project. If we decide to stick with the '53 Mercury restoration project, it's likely to cost well over two to three times the high end book sale price for that car which is about $9400. If we do decide to go with a different car, we'll likely try to sell the body and frame for the Mercury soon and put that money towards the new car and/or furniture we need/want. The issue comes down to whether the emotional attachment to that specific car is high enough to stick with it, or if the spirit of the idea of hot rodding a car in Candice's dad's memory will work instead. It's totally Candice's decision to make.
We also have prioritized the various furniture items we plan to buy over the next few years. I think I'm going to start a savings account at our brick and mortar local bank and set up an allotment of pay to go there that we will not touch except for the items in the prioritized list (which may include the classic car mentioned above).
I installed a sprinkler system in Candice's main flower garden that will operate most nights. In the next few weeks, I hope to also have the other flower garden on the sprinkler system. On a related note, I now have to re-bury a portion of the sprinkler system in the back yard, since Bailey bad dog dug it up. Grrrrrr. >:-(
We've also decided it will be easier to spray weed killer over our vegetable garden to catch up with the massive numbers of thistles that have overtaken it. We can't keep up right now, and if we can just kill it all off this year, maybe we can resume an actual garden next year. We might plant some of the plants (like the watermellon, etc) elsewhere for this year (like possibly behind the pine tree) since we do have it anyway.
We still haven't made any more headway on Megi's room in the past few months, but maybe now that we have a plan for most of the rooms, we'll get going on that again soon, too. We've changed the disign concept of several of our rooms. the kitchen, which was going to have a Coca Cola motif, will now have a blue motif. The formal dining room was originally going to have the blue motif, but will now be a Coca Cola designs office space. The toy room will now be a southwestern decorated parlor/play room (until the kids get older when it'll become just a parlor/formal living room), and the foyer which was going to be southwestern, will house grandma's Chicken collection/designs. We're still leaning towards the red and green colors of the living room/den, and the sports designs for the loft.
Anyway, that's all I have for this entry. Thanks for reading!
Monday, April 15, 2013
Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear
I bought the wood yesterday to complete Candice's ventilation fan and to build some square shelves to hang on the walls of Donna's bedroom. Once I get the fan assembled, I then need to but the rest of the ducting to connect from her desk to where the fan will sit. As for the shelves, I guess I'll be learning to use my router one of the next few weekends.
Also on my agenda is raising Gabe's curtain rod. The current one was placed in-line with where the old one was shabbily put up and the compound to fill the spot didn't hold up too well and it wants to fall off. So I need to move it higher. And re-patch the holes. And paint over the patching.
We also need to get off our arse and tape and paint Megi's room. I finished the ceilings there over a month ago and taped around the trim, but we haven't done anything since. We need to finish taping it and then paint the walls. We've also decided to do the trim in green rather than white, so her room will be purple, teal, and green.
We bought an invisible fence with two collars for stubborn dogs. I'm not sure if I need that much persuasion, but it's adjustable up to a higher level than most in case I need it. Hopefully Bailey doesn't completely disregard it. I plan to put it up on a nice weekend, but I also have to dig in the yard to bury part of it. but once i get this done, I can start leveling the yard for the swimming pool and start clearing out the garden for this year's crops.
Also on the agenda is to connect some more hose to the sprinkler system to included the flower garden (and garden better than last year).
We bought some nylon screen to replace the metal one in the screen door that we replaced last year. Not that we necessarily think it'll hold up better, but it'll be less dangerous for kids if it does get holes in it. We also plan to "sew" some of it onto the trampoline netting where the dogs caused a large hole and we have to sit in front of it to ensure Megi doesn't fall out of it. The other two are so far smart enough to not run up against it.
I'm sure there are about 6 or 7 other projects I have to do, but I haven't been my usual self and made out a list of them, so they're likely going to be forgotten for a long time.
Anyway, that's all for this week's blog. Thanks for reading.
Also on my agenda is raising Gabe's curtain rod. The current one was placed in-line with where the old one was shabbily put up and the compound to fill the spot didn't hold up too well and it wants to fall off. So I need to move it higher. And re-patch the holes. And paint over the patching.
We also need to get off our arse and tape and paint Megi's room. I finished the ceilings there over a month ago and taped around the trim, but we haven't done anything since. We need to finish taping it and then paint the walls. We've also decided to do the trim in green rather than white, so her room will be purple, teal, and green.
We bought an invisible fence with two collars for stubborn dogs. I'm not sure if I need that much persuasion, but it's adjustable up to a higher level than most in case I need it. Hopefully Bailey doesn't completely disregard it. I plan to put it up on a nice weekend, but I also have to dig in the yard to bury part of it. but once i get this done, I can start leveling the yard for the swimming pool and start clearing out the garden for this year's crops.
Also on the agenda is to connect some more hose to the sprinkler system to included the flower garden (and garden better than last year).
We bought some nylon screen to replace the metal one in the screen door that we replaced last year. Not that we necessarily think it'll hold up better, but it'll be less dangerous for kids if it does get holes in it. We also plan to "sew" some of it onto the trampoline netting where the dogs caused a large hole and we have to sit in front of it to ensure Megi doesn't fall out of it. The other two are so far smart enough to not run up against it.
I'm sure there are about 6 or 7 other projects I have to do, but I haven't been my usual self and made out a list of them, so they're likely going to be forgotten for a long time.
Anyway, that's all for this week's blog. Thanks for reading.
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