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Floor Day 3

Lookin' Good!

(I was talking about the floor)

No Jimmy wasn't taking the hammer to Sasha Girl! 

 

Day 2

 

Maybe I should start a pool.. like when a baby is due.  Who can guess the completion date the closest wins him for your next project!

Flooring Day 1

 

Random Thoughts

There isn't much going on around here.  Jimmy and Taylor are in Frankin Lochs, which is in North Fort Meyers.  They and Willa went down Sunday and will be home tomorrow.  They have caught a bunch of fish, not all that they can keep, but they sound like they have had a great time doing it.  Snook are biting like crazy, since it isn't snook season I guess.  Fish are smarter than you think.

I don't like mushrooms.  If a dish has mushrooms, the dish will still have mushrooms when I am finished.

I will select fish from salt water if that is all there is to choose from.  I love fresh water fish but not salt water.  Grouper, snapper, red etc etc is not for me.

I get really disappointed when I clean the bathroom and then have to pee.  I really wish it could stay clean a bit longer.

One of my favorites news shows is Up to the Minute, it comes on at 3am. 

After looking at furniture until I was sick of it, I went and bought the flooring today.  And guess what?  The wood floor that had such an impact on the furniture we buy, is out of stock.  Well there are 9 boxes in the Tampa Bay area, which includes Sarasota.  So I had to select a different wood floor.  I think I found a sofa and chair that I will buy.  Its at Ashley Furniture in New Tampa.  I went there last night on a whim while on the phone with Miss elle.  It is nice.  I think I found a new dining room set too.  Cool.

Miss elle says Hello!  she is doing well and sounding better everyday.

I also bought the paint for the living room and the bedroom. 

Ok thats all from here.  Going back to work.

oh guess what?? it's raining!

Happy 4th of July!

A very happy birthday to our great nation.  A huge thank you to those who are serving and not home with their families on this 233rd birthday of America.  It is a little mind boggling to think of all the changes in 233 years.  I bet the declaration wouldn't have taken so long to write if they would have had Word and email! 

I closed the day care yesterday for the legal holiday.  I am so glad I did!  I had a great day.  I went to get a pedicure first thing.  And who doesn't feel good all day long after that???  Then I picked up Diana and we went to St. Joseph's Womens Hospital to see Miss Elle.  She is doing as well as can be expected after surgery and should come home tomorrow. 

It has been years and years since I was at Women's Hosp.  Man has it changed and grown. Wow.

After that we mosied out to Palm Harbor to Ruban Rouge.  It was sorta in the neighborhood, if you have a exaggerated sense of mileage!  ok it wasn't anywhere near where we were.  We just decided we didn't have anything else to do and they were having a sale and would want us to come visit. So we did. Everyone was happy.

I took Diana home and picked up Taylor and Jimmy.  I took them to Kanes and had them sit on sofas. recliners and chairs with ottomans.  it is a production purchasing something that "feels like clouds" when you sit down and matches the colors in the floor and brick wall.  Then Jimmy prefers a chair with ottoman to a recliner.  And if you get him to agree on a recliner, he doesn't like the ones that rock.  We have ruled out black completely.  We have decided what shades of brown we don't like.  Then you have the ones that got tossed out because they were just out of the price range.

Oh the ordeal.  Pray.

I took Jimmy home and he went to Wal Mart in New Tampa.  I checked emails and facebook until it was time to pick up Michele and go to the movies.  We saw Public Enemies and Taylor saw Year One.  We left there around 11 I guess and stopped at Starbucks on the way home.

What a great day!! and the best part is I still have 2 days off.  Today is more work. I have cleaned the bathroom.  Took 2 plastic bags of clothes out of my closet.  Picked up the house and  swept it.  God the dog hair!  I have my last load of laundry in.  Hurray  for me.

I bought a word book at Ruban Rouge that says RECIPES.   I am going to use this months KNK kit to do it in.  I am so excited I might do it tonight while I watch the race.  If you don't get the kits, and I don't know why you wouldn't since I do, you can go to www.knkclub.com.    tell them Linda sent you.  I dont' think it will carry any weight but I always wanted to say that.

Now I am going to get a shower and get dressed.  I am going to see if Diana is going to the hospital with me.  T-Bones and porterhouses are on sale at Publix I think. Doesn't that sound like a nice 4th dinner?   Sauted onions?  baked sweet potato?  ummmmm maybe a cheese cake with strawberries and blueberries?  humm

Have a great day! 

Recovering and Remembering

It always takes me a few days to recover after a crop.  I am tired.  I have paper work to do after a crop.  It is the end of a quarter for both businesses.  We had just paid our insurance in full for 6 months when Jimmy replaces the old Ford Explorer with a Dodge.  Taylor has to take the 2nd Semester of Algebra on the Virtual School this summer.  So much going on.  Nit picky things that have to be dealt with.

It  was the 1st year ever that we have packed up with out rain.  We had rain early but we made it out of there and in the car pulling out at 4:07.  And that included sitting and waiting for Jimmy for about 15 minutes.  For a crop that ends at 3pm that was amazing.  It was a fun crop and relatively easy. 

Remembering Cindy

 

She had the brightest blue eyes and the greatest laugh. Her blue eyes danced.  She was the kindest person,  so generous.  She opened her house up to us to play poker more times than I can count.  Cindy was my sister in laws best friend.  I met her and her former husband through her and my brother.  Cindy's sister Brenda's husband, Terry organized the ski trips I used to take to West Virginia 16-18 years ago. We played poker once a month for years. Then once every 3 months, until we dwindled down to once every couple of years.  Last year we got together again and started playing again.  We talked about our group and how it has changed.  Divorces, kids growing up, or some of us having them.  Grandkids.  Retiring.  Donna (SIL), Cindy, Brenda and Terry all retired from what is now Verizon.  

Tonight it was a great big reunion.  I saw so many people that have played poker with us over the years.  I don't think any of us will play a game without thinking of her and her poker room.  The last time we played she introduced us to LCR. 

Cindy had battled cancer for about 5 years now. 2 1/2 years ago she met a man and they dated.   Cindy didn't want to get involved with him because his 1st wife died of cancer.  She didn't want to put him through that again.  They loved each other and he was so good to her and for her.  He was her angel.

She had a son Joey, who gave her a granddaughter.  She had a daughter Kristian who is raising her friend's daughter, giving Cindy another grandchild. 

They took her off life support Friday night. She went Monday night.   She was 56.  

She was beautiful, strong and brave.  She fought hard.  She is finally without pain.

Routines

The day care has settled into a nice summer routine.  The full time "little"  kids are loving having the big kids full time.  They are very good with them, most of them, most of the time.  Usually when they 1st start they have a tendency to have little patience but we work all that out of them.  They are helpful now and some are quite sweet to them.   Some will try to "mama" them.  Some can be a bit bossy.  But 2 weeks into it we have everyone cooperating now.  We are happy. 

I was in a happy happy mood when I came home.  Then I get on here.  One email and poof!  pissy Miss  Linda.  This person wanted to tell on me.  To who????  my mama and daddy are gone, dead!  oh my.  Actually after I type this it is kinda funny!  Now I am laughing.  Blogs are wonderful. 

Now that it is funny my email reply to her is long gone. 

Then I have to approve a person on Facebook.  I must carry on.

I am going to get Chinese tonight.  Last night ended up being cereal.  Kip's favorite.  Tums at 2am. I am not sure it was worth it.

Just like everyone else...

it is hot here.  The great state of Florida is definitely hotter than I ever remember.  I mean we are hot every summer but this one is hot, muggy and miserable. You open the door in the morning and you are strangled by the heat and humidity.  I hear thundering now and I pray it rains.  I pray it pours. I pray it goes on for hours. 

I was sitting here last night and I stopped, listening to the sounds of the house.  It dawned on me that I can't remember when the AC quit running.  Has it stopped in days?  Then my mind starting spinning.  TECO dollar signs were spinning in my head. (TECO is our power company, by chance I have someone  reading not local)    I see all my money going to the TECO to stay cool. 

I have Adventure Island season passes.  I need to take my --- ---- ---- down there and float on down that Lazy River. 

My money will also be going to the great City of Temple Terrace as I now seem to think 2 baths a day feels wonderful.  I love how you are all hot and you get in the shower and you run cool water over your hot head.  You can feel the heat rinsing out.   I love cool water.  I use very very little hot water.  I love love to feel cool.  I think I will be in the shower in 15 minutes.

Jimmy and Taylor are at the Rays game.  Speaking of the Rays, my latest man crush is on Gabe Kapler.  Omg, that chiseled chin is such a... such a...such a good thing to look at. He did some modeling and there are some photos of him wearing very little.  Like Speedo little.  But I am not a real Speedo fan, I much prefer the baseball uniform myself.  He is a good guy too, married, he and his wife started the Gabe Kapler Foundation, educating people about domestic violence and helping women escape abusive relationships.  So I am interested in more than the pretty face.  LOL   ok he's just this year's hot Ray.  I mean Evan is still looking good but variety is nice.  The Rays are a well rounded ball club.

One sentence about Jon and Kate.  Jon is excited about the next chapter of his life.

ummhhppph.  ok.  Have a great night. I have to decide if I am getting chinese or not. Decisions decisions.

Ummm ummmm Good!

 

Here is dinner!  Actually the plate we took over to Willa.  Don't really know why Jimmy put her salad in a paper bowl.  Anyway, it was very good, if I say so myself.   Carrots?  just felt like them. 

Not Bad, for me

Well I actually did get a few things done yesterday.  I painted under the cabinets.  I will go up and check them this morning after they dry but I don't think they will need a second coat or even touching up.  I can tell they won't.  Well they aren't getting one, either way.  I am done with that.

I did finally get Jimmy to go to IKEA.  It was 5:00 before we left.  And we get on 56th Street and he says  "now where are we going?  what is this place?  where is it?"  OMG.  I was surprised he actually knew why he was going.   So we go through the upper floor, narrow it to 2 couches.  Then decide on the one and a recliner. Then after the 2nd time around the top floor we decide not to get the recliner there. Then we decide on the table for the TV and dvd stuff.  We like very different coffee tables so I will get them without him.  We also talked about replacing my table in my office.  We also looked at rugs for in there but we don't agree on those either.  We did decide to get the flooring at Home Depot.  The flooring there was too light. 

So we brought nothing home.  I will go to Kanes and a couple other places today to look at recliners.  With any luck we may have them by the end of the month!  The floor he is putting off like a root canal. I will probably bring it home and that's that.

Today is our anniversary.  23 years.

I hope all your husbands and fathers have a great Fathers Day.  Mine has been gone 18 1/2 yrs now. Wow doesn't seem that long.

I am fixing Fettuccine Alfredo with Shrimp and Scallops  with a salad and bread for dinner.  I may make a carrot cake.  Depends on how much I get done and how much energy I have left!