Monday, June 29, 2015

monday



Daughters boyfriend has a 3 year old daughter. I had them over for dinner last evening.
The little girl, cute as can be, kept calling Mr. Bojangles "mean kitty!" Every time Mr. Bojangles would walk by "MEAN KITTY!"
Daughter was cracking up cause she knows Mr Bojangles is my baby.
He is my baby. He isn't mean. He did hiss at the little girl though, twice.
I think he was afraid of her.






Saturday, June 27, 2015

saturday

It's quiet here.
Boyfriend is still sleeping.
It's not like him. He's usually up by 4 or 5 and even though
he tries to be quiet, he's noisy in the mornings.
As soon as I wake up he puts on the TV.
I enjoy the quiet. Especially in the mornings.

The electrician is coming today to have a look at my fuse box and take note of
what we will need to update to a switcher box.....or whatever it's called.
We have most of what we will need.
Tomorrow he will convert the old fuse box.
Boyfriends son is an electrician. He said it should only take a few hours.
Looking forward to getting it done.

I cleaned my garage the other day.
It's a catch all and becomes this huge mess.
It looks really good right now and hopefully we
will keep it this way.

Thursday, June 25, 2015

thursday

So I'm off work today.
The plan is to do a little yard work and clean the garage.
Lucky for me boyfriend cut the grass yesterday, and son
took about 50 used cans of paint and stain for me
from the garage and disposed of it.
Should only take a few hours
to complete both jobs.

The painter did a nice job on the basement stairway/walls.
They look fresh and clean.

I bought some smoke detectors the other day. You can probably get them for free at your local firehouse.
I had one outside daughters bedroom but knew I should have one in the basement and one on the main floor. Boyfriend kept removing the one on the main floor. It would go off when he'd cook. He'd take it down and eventually I couldn't find it. I think he threw it away.
They had some at Home Depot for 5 bucks. I bought a couple of them. Put one up on the main floor and will put one in the garage today.

Nursing students were at work yesterday.
They were a disorganized mess but still it helped to have them do a bunch of blood sugars and vital signs for me.
Their instructor asked me if I'd precept again.
With my work load being what it is, I'd be crazy not to.
So starting in July I'll have a nursing student with me.


Monday, June 22, 2015

monday

the kitchen guy is coming today to do measurements.
i'd like to gut the kitchen, re-do the whole thing............i'll have to wait to see the estimates
to determine what all i will have done.........i really have no idea what things cost.........so we will see.

i'm looking at a property today that is interesting. it sits on an acre, has 2 houses.......one house is
move in ready, the other a handy man special but not in terrible shape according to the pictures.........it's close to the city but on a very private lot...........dad did a drive by for me yesterday while I was at work. he said it was worth my time to have a look at it. so after the kitchen guy leaves i'm going to go look at that property.

and then there's another place........a house converted into a church......close to the city........sits on 3 acres.........large parking lot.............easily converted back to a house           great price considering where it is and the land that comes with it........wanna drive by it today.....look in the windows and such to see if its worth a look inside..........

weekend was crazy at work.
down a nurse.
i had 40 patients.
ridiculous,sad, and mostly impossible.
i have no respect left for the powers that be.

Sunday, June 21, 2015

happy fathers day

I had a nice visit with my dad this evening.................stopped at his house on my way home from work. We sat together on his deck for a couple of hours and chit chatted.
It was good to talk to him, to see him, to spend time with him.
I have a good dad. I'm very lucky.
The pics above are of 3 of us girls with mom and dad.
Happy Father's Day.

Saturday, June 20, 2015

saturday

On my way home from work American Pie came on the radio.
I sang along.
It reminds me of my high school drama class. Ms. M, our drama teacher played the song
in class one day. All of us were sitting on the stage as we listened to the song. She wanted us to feel the words. Most of the students in the class began crying. I didn't. So I felt out of place, questioned why I wasn't crying.......wondered if I was normal.
And then I thought, I guess I could act. I mean it was drama class. I could cry even though the song didn't really touch me in that kind of way. So I made myself cry. I wanted to fit in.............
 I wonder how many of them were faking it!
 Bunch of freaks. lol

Tomorrow is Fathers Day.
I found an old picture of me and my dad tossing an egg in the egg toss competition  at his companies picnic. I was 12 or 13.  I was very competitive as was my dad.
 We really, really, really wanted to win.
 And we did win!
It was a great moment for me. I hope it was for my dad too!
  Thinking about making a copy of the picture for my dad.

Friday, June 19, 2015

friday

Sons and future daughter-in-laws wedding plans have changed again.
They've decided against getting married in the Smokey Mountains with just parents and siblings.
That's all I know for now!
They're driving me batty!

The main floor bathroom looks pretty good.
The painter just needs to finish painting the bathroom closet, then the job will be complete. Except for my part. Which includes cleaning the room , buying new shower curtains, and maybe a picture to hang. It looks fresh. I'm not totally happy with the color, actually wish I could have him re paint in a different color. CRAP.  It's too 1970's swimming pool blue. I suppose I have to live with it till next time. I'm no good at this stuff. Hoping to tone it down a bit with the shower curtain!

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

wed.

I have a painter coming tomorrow to do some painting for me. I have 2 bathrooms, 1 bedroom, basement steps and stairway walls to be painted. He's also going to hang a new dining room light fixture.
I'm looking forward to him getting it all done!

Work is a nightmare.

I'm waiting to hear from the electrician (my nephew) who is going to update my electrical box......................I've put it off way too long........it worries me!

last but not least, the kitchen people are coming to measure my kitchen.........I'm doing a total rehab. it needs it!


Wednesday, June 10, 2015

wed.

i wanted to sneak in the cemetery this evening after work
so that i could be where my mom is but i was afraid to sneak
in by myself.

i move to a new assignment at work this week.
part of me doesn't care because i feel that one assignment is as bad as the next.
another part of me thinks the change will be nice, even if one assignment is just as bad as the next!

middle son flew to Florida today then drove down to key west. his best friend is getting married down there and son is the best man....................i was talking to him last evening about the trip and the wedding. he told me he has dated 6 of the girls in the wedding party (rolling my eyes, and shaking my head).........he cracks me up..................................................................but anyway he's looking forward to seeing his grandma and grandpas' old place while there.........................i asked him to get some pictures of the place for grandpa......and for me!


Monday, June 08, 2015

monday








I don't have many flowers this year, but the flowers I have are doing well. Except maybe for the Sunflowers!
My neighbors tree is falling through his fence and into my yard.

monday

My kitchen needs to be updated.
I've put it off for years because it really doesn't bother me
unless I have company. Then I'm a little self conscious of how dated
and tired it looks.
The functionality is getting on my nerves.
There's no space for prep work, and storage sucks. (I have a few ideas to fix these issues)
I've decided to get started on a little work in there.
The most expensive part of the project would be replacing the cabinets.
Mine are in good shape minus the inside of the one under the sink.
Boyfriend said he could repair the inside shelf of that one.
I was thinking about sanding all the cabinets and re staining them myself.
Boyfriend says it can't be done..........I didn't listen to his reasoning..........felt like he was raining on my parade.............now I gotta prove him wrong........cause I really want to save the money.
So I'm going to start sanding the cabinets today.

Sunday, June 07, 2015

sunday

i worked this weekend.
i'm off the next two days.

Thursday, June 04, 2015

thursday

today is my off day.
i napped most of the day away. i guess i was tired.
then we did a little shopping, and went to frisches big boy for dinner.
i had a big boy and onion rings.
it was good

after dinner we went to look at some new patio homes and town homes.
they were okay.......nothing special.