OK I’m not mad anymore. Well, I was never really mad to begin with; I forgot to add a 
after my :mad: I was actually ing at the pictures swampster and poochums posted!
So, Sean have a fabu time in Pittsburgh, Mika have a memorable time in Vegas and everyone else have a wonderful time doing whatever!
I want your backyard. What I wouldn’t give for a few trees. Our subdivision was built over old farmland.
I’d link to my house pictures, but they’re in a folder on Photobucket wher I have maybe 300 pictures I took starting with the day the backhoe broke ground for the foundation.
You’d be here all day.
Why yes, it will.
I just had to come in here and tell you all what I just noticed. I was checking the pressure on my tires and noticed the name of the brand. They are replacement tires I got a couple of months ago.
Kumho.
I don’t think I’ll ever be able to check the air pressure again without laughing.
Ciao, y’all.
Sometimes I think those Japanese companies make up names they **know ** will sound perverted in english
The yard was a bonus. The house had the exact features that we were looking for. Having 3 treed acres around it was a bonus. We are letting the back yard go back to nature, except for the small grassy area immediately by the house. The previous owners used to mow in the woods. They were insane. In less than 2 years, we’re seeing little trees coming up - yay!
Well, tomorrow evening’s small shindig has somehow morphed into something rather bigger than I was expecting. I guess it’s nice that people want to come over to our house and spend time with us. Originally, the gathering was to consist of myself and hubby, nephew, and two other couples. Now, in addition, to the original people, we have my niece, another nephew, some gal my husband and his nephew know from work, and three other couples coming. I guess the more the merrier, and more money to win at “99”. Plus, my neighbor is coming too.
My nephew has a bad habit of feeling free to invite people to my home, even though he’s not hosting. :dubious: Lord knows how many other people he’s invited for tomorrow night without telling me or the hubby. I find this somewhat nervy and irritating, especially since he rarely contributes to the booze or food required. He is supposedly contributing for tomorrow, but I’ll believe it when I see it. He’s continuously broke, (which I understand, because I’ve been there), and then can’t come up with what is required. I wouldn’t mind so much if he’d ask me before inviting these folks. He just assumes it’s okay. I don’t like surprises, because I want to ensure there are enough drinks and food on hand for the people coming. I don’t want to come up short and I want people to have a good time.
Last November, at another gathering we hosted, this nephew invited some gal I’d never met before. This is fine, he’s single. But, he came empty-handed and he and his date made very short work of some of our bottles of booze. In fact, I didn’t even get a drink out of one of the bottles. To top it off, they locked themselves in our powder room for some…adult activity. This squicked me out no end. It also meant the other guests had to go upstairs to use ours or the kids bathroom. I don’t really want tons of people tromping through my bedroom. This is my private area.
Finally, and Og knows I love this nephew, he’s just a huge accident waiting to happen. He’s spilled hot green candle wax all over my BEIGE great room carpet; he’s busted a lamp, he broke a shelving unit in my garage, he spilled his drink all over the back of my leather loveseat, he’s spilled numerous drinks on my carpet. I just cringe when he walks in my house.
Oh man, that sounded all ranty like. I didn’t mean for it to. I’m sure we’ll all have a good time. I’ve just been informed another couple is coming, and they’re bringing their eight-year old kid. Normally, I don’t mind, but this is an adult gathering. This means my kids, who stay well out of the way, will have to keep him occupied. Unfortunately, this kid irritates them no end. Well, nothing can be done, but to smile gracefully and accept it. It’s one night, we’ll live.
I still haven’t seen any takers for our rain. C’mon, you’re all welcome to it. I want some sunshine and warmth.
I need to get back to cleaning up our bonus room. I want to ensure it’s clean in case anyone needs to stay the night tomorrow. It’s a given that the nephew will. He always drinks too damn much.
Taters, I hope your gathering goes smoothly. Maybe Nephew will surprise you this time - stranger things have been known to happen - but you and Mr Taters should probably have a sit-down with Nephew, and soon. You can tell him your concerns without sounding harpish. He may not realize his actions offend. If he’s never told as much, he assumes everything is jake.
Oh, we’ve talked to him…but, well, I dunno, he just doesn’t get it I guess. Look, he’s got a really big heart, and other good qualities. He’s taken on being a single parent (his fourteen year old daughter moved in with him last year), and he’s struggling financially. If he had it to give, he’d give just about anything to us, but his personality is just overwhelming at times. He’s loud, somewhat crazy, and acts like a big kid. I guess because of the good qualities, we just let some of the bad ones slide.
We let him move in with us for a couple of months about two years ago. My husband got him a job with the company he drives for, and we told the nephew,
“Save your money, move in with us for a couple of months, and don’t worry about food or rent, or anything like that”. So, he moved in and it was alright at first. But, instead of saving his money, he was blowing it. We ended up letting him stay a little longer, but told him he was out at a certain time. His mother ended up coming over from Spokane to set him up in an apartment, and he’s been there since.
I’m sure the gathering will be fun; they always are. I’m always glad when they’re over though. I like the peace and quiet.
Taters - hope your gathering went well!
I’m getting ready to go to class. We didn’t get nearly as much done yesterday as we’d wanted, but maybe today will go better. FCD did get the toilet ring installed - one step closer to finally having a potty down there - YAY! He claims he’s going to work while I’m gone - I kinda hope he takes it easy, but I won’t have any control over it. But I’ll be back down there after I get home. Working in the basement is pretty nice - the temps have finally started creeping toward normal, so it’s a bit warm upstairs. But the basement is nice and cool.
Anyway, no pics yet - what we did yesterday would hardly be noticed in photos. Better luck today.
Happy Saturday!!!
well, I’m awake - have been for an hour and a half. I have to be outahere in another hour for all the stuff I have to do today, including getting a DVR box from my cable company YAY
I guess I am a big ol’ meanie. Or at least meaner than Taters. See, I woulda told that couple with the eight year old [del]brat[/del] kid that this is adults only, so they’ll need to make arrangements for a babysitter if they want to come. Yes, I have done this. Yes, I had people upset with me. But, know what? My house, my rules. I have friends who have kids and there are times they are more than welcome to come over and have a good time in the pool. With adult supervision (and that means the parents), of course. However, when it’s adult time that means no kids whatsoever and that includes your precious little Johnny and/or Susie. Get over it. The nephew would also have been thrown out for locking himself in the powder room with his girlfriend. I would have been bangin’ on the door tellin’ ‘em to move it out of there, NOW! He would also be cleaning up his messes. Ok, enough of that. See, I really am a big ol’ grouchy meanie.
I’m up but somebody is still snoozin’ away. In a little bit, as soon as enough caffiene kicks in, I’m gonna make up burgers and then go clean the pool. I’m sure it’ll need it. I have no doubt assorted bugs are floating in it. Possibly a frog or two also. Know what’s gross? Opening the skimmer and finding several dead frogs. Bloated dead frogs. EWWWWWWW!!! Today is adult day. Tomorrow a couple of friends who have kids are bringing them over to play. We’re just gonna have sammiches and chips to eat, cause that can be done easy by the pool. My lesbian buddies (they have kids) are bringing brownies. They make brownies to die for.
HAPPY SATURDAY EVERYONE!!!
Oh, my goodness, why are you guys up already?! I have to go to work at 8, that’s the only reason I’m awake.
Also, I feel like a big cheater today. I’m wearing nice slacks and an ultra-casual blue-striped shirt that’s all light and summerlike. By itself, it’s obvious that it’s very casual, but paired with the pants, it looks dressier.
what? on Saturdays they don’t let you dress down? poor baby! On the rare occasions when I work on Saturdays, I only do so because I can go in my jeans
Smokey is being ultra afectionae this morning. I hope she’s feeling okay. I can’t stay home to observe her behavior. Maybe she just decided to reward me for feeding her all these years.
Ah, the nuances of clothing! You make me proud grasshopper. When one goes to bed at 8 P.M. (I was a tired bear last night) one tends to be up earlier. Plus, I gotta get off my butt and get some stuff ready for the big party. If it’s any consolation, somebody is still snoozin’ away.
appartently cat-on-lap makes it difficult to type properly.
Actually I thought you were letting Smokey post. 
I missed donut/doughnut day!!! 
Fortunately, I thought to have a cinnamon roll for breakfast, so the spirit of the MMP must have been floating around. 
Got the last of the rain for a while yesterday. Rained really hard and looked really icky during the day, but it cleared up before it was time to leave work. Yay! (Sorry Taters and YaWanna, but uninterrupted rain really isn’t what I’m looking for this weekend.) I need to do stuff in the garden. Church garden this morning/early afternoon, then I need to focus on home. Tomorrow and Monday are supposed to be really hot, close to 90, so I imagine I’ll be gardening early in the day and then just before dark, but I’ve got LOTS to do.
Wow, Ellen Cherry and I are sisters, related via I-71! Even though it’s not the road I take home, much of my work travel has been along I-71 and, more importantly, far-away best friend is from the Louisville area, so visiting her family has always meant running down that road. Also, my first middle-of-the-night highway adventure involves I-71. Got a call in the middle of the night the first summer I lived in Columbus. One of my friends had car problems and needed rescuing. So, I hopped in the car, picked up another friend, and headed for the Shell at the Fields-Ertel Rd. exit (one past King’s Island). That was more than 20 years ago and I still remember stopping at the Big Boy (that’s not there anymore ) because it was the only place open where we could get coffee before heading home. I’ve always oriented myself around that exit and been amazed at how that area has grown and changed (it’s a complete mess these days). And now my brother and his family live near I-71, so there’s even more reason to be connected to it.
I don’t own an air compressor and would like a front-loading washing machine. In fact, I’d like the washer I grew up with, which was a Kenmore washer/dryer combo. Really - all in one unit. It was great!
Spats, hope sis gets better soon. My brother and I had the reverse experience - mine got better quickly, bro’s took longer and hurt more.
Dot…what kind of bird???..we wanna know! I lived with a turtledove for a year. She was the loudest bird ever. Very annoying, but pretty. I’ll have to find a pic and scan it sometime.
Whole Foods was lots of fun. I found nice mangos, which was what I really wanted (I’m about to have one for breakfast). I really like the little yellow mangos that you never used to be able to get (in Ohio, at least) and they had lots. Yay! It was pretty crowded, but there were lots of snacks. We also had some wine. Took a bit of walking around before I could leave again. Only had a glass and a 1/2, but it was apparently too much. They have extremely yummy carrot-fennel soup, by the way.
Well…breakfast and then get organized for gardening…
GT
I awoke at 0500 and couldn’t get back to sleep.
Then Mr Golf Course Worker with the Chain Saw started at 0609. I do believe there is an ordinance, somewheres… :rolleyes:
Off to buy paint–I have resigned myself to no floor for at least two weeks–dratted installers didn’t even call me back yesterday-and am going to paint the kitchen and not worry about the old floor etc. #2 son wants so badly to help me paint–this will our joint project, and Mom won’t go ape about the spills.
I love the houses featured on the previous page of the MMP. I’d show you mine, but Ken is not yet dressed. *
Tis humid out today. 'Sposed to be hot as well. Yuck. I HATE HEAT AND HUMIDITY.
Have a good weekend, folks. #1 son marches in the MD parade on Monday, here in town.
*for those who have not yet had their morning coffee–it’s a lame humorous reference to Barbie’s Dream House.
The google ads were all about prisons just now. Weird!
Burgers are made, the pool is clean and I’m clean. Somebody has deigned to rise from slumber and is currently sipping on coffee and reading the morning paper, which I had to have re-delivered because the stoopid delivery person decided that instead of putting it in the little slot designated for the paper in my mailbox, to throw it in the yard. The very yard where at that moment the automatic sprinkler system was running. :mad: Idjit! When he brought me my dry paper, I handed him the wet paper, telling him I wanted him to understand why it’s not a good idea to throw a paper in the yard when the sprinkler is running. I made sure he took it with him. I told y’all I’m a meanie!
FCM, the big shindig is tonight.
Swampy, we have on occassion told our friends with young children that our event was going to be adults only. They don’t like it, but whatever. However, this time, it was last minute notice for this particular couple. Additionally, the husband is Mr. Taters friend from childhood. They have known each other since kindergarten. The powder room incident was quite discussed quite “vigorously” with the nephew. He and his “date” left soon after. Believe me, he knew he’d pissed off “Auntie”.
Today’s agenda includes taking a shower, running to the store for party munchies, plates, napkins, and party cups. Upon arrival home, I need to wash the kitchen, bathroom and entry way floor. After that, I need to dust and vaccuum the bonus room and upstairs hallway. Then I’m done with the chores.
I was up until nearly three this morning. I just could not sleep, so I kept putzing around the house. I should have washed the floors, but I was out of steam.
The partiers aren’t due to arrive until 7:30 tonight, so I have time.
Off to cruise the Dope for a slight bit, then clean up.