When you think everything is someone else's fault, you will suffer a lot. --Dalai Lama

Hello peeps!
Hope you're having a great weekend!

Welcome Dana, not sure if you'll learn anything here, but you might get a laugh or two!

WARNING: Picture heavy post.

 

These flowers showed up on my desk one day!
Me: "Is it my birthday"?
Boss: "NO"!
Me: "Hmmm, Easter's over...........what's the occasion"?
Boss: "Happy Administrative Professionals Week"!

Friday of that week I was sending emails to another boss ( I now have 5).........
Boss: "What are you doing"?
Me: " Forwarding emails".
Boss: "Just send them......"
Me: "I'm taking all the crap out so he doesn't get confused; I'm such a good secretary"!
Boss: "I. KNOW! That's why you got flowers"!
hahahaha, it's great to be appreciated!
I also got a bonus last week.............I'm LOVING my job!

Anyhoo.........that's at work!

The weather's been crappy..............
This comes to mind!



It snowed and/or rained for 4 days.............

 

My usual 10 minute drive to work took 1/2 hour on these roads!

 

 

The yard...............

 

My heavy bridge I built last fall; no one thought would move...........

 

We had to sandbag at Kalens house..........

The gutters were falling off the house next door/ to the right.......

I "borrowed" them!

We need to do some serious landscaping back there to get the water to stay off the cement pad that's up there to the right.

It needs to be built up by the house & forced to go LEFT!!!

It's on the list!

 

 

The reno's are moving slowly!
Every time we do something, we find something else............
Oh well, no one said it would be easy!
Pulled the carpet up in the orange room, and found water stains..........
It's all dry, but I'm hesitant to put the laminate down.

 

The bathroom is next door to the left,

it will get a tub surround.

Vanessa's in the process of taking over the mortgage payments from her brother.

I told her my contract was up when I did what I told Kalen I would do.

Didn't mean I wouldn't help...................

I've stopped going there on weekends.

Cause I'm tired, and I need to get my own stuff done!

 

Last Saturday night Ray & I went to Peace River to see Calvin Vollrath!

It was wonderful, and a welcome break!

 

The bottle tree got installed in it's home last Sunday in the cold & the MUCK!

(See, not a leaf in sight!)

 

 

Shadow got her annual hair cut & pedicure yesterday!

 

Before:

I think she's talking back!

 

 

After:

 

 

I plugged her bed back in so she wouldn't freeze!

 

Yesterday I scrapbooked (finally) the pictures we got at Christmas to get rid of THIS:

 

 

Sat in my kitchen for a few weeks!

Doesn't matter that I used one of these:

 

 

Hahahaha, oh well, they're done & cleaned up!

I'm going to get dressed & make cookies, the kids will be here later for

'Sunday Supper'!

 

Ray's working, he hauls 1 load of gravel a day, takes about 5 hours,

and that's about all he feels like doing.

Has another doctors appointment this week

His sister's been taking him.

They got more tests back;

he needs testostorone shots,

his levels are down and it was explained that it would be like PMS-ing ALL.THE.TIME.

That would explain the moods!

He also has to get his sugar intake under control NOW before it turns into diabeties.

He's supposed to eat 3 "normal" meals a day, and no snacking!

At least not on junk food!

And STOP adding 1/2 a cup of sugar to each cup of coffee!

I've been making Refrigerator Porridge for him for breakfast;

on today's menu is Blackberry & Honey!

I'm not a porridge person, but I even tried it, and didn't mind it!

He warms his up for 30 seconds.

 

So there you have 'The Rest of the Story'!

Ha, you're caught up!

I might even get to play in the craft room today............

We'll see!

 

Have a great week people!

Hope you're all well!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

 

REPEAT THIS 3 TIMES: Everything always works out for me! Everything always works out for me! Everything always works out for me!

Hello peeps!
Hope you had a lovely Easter weekend spent with loved ones!

I made a card last night, as Ray's going to a funeral this afternoon.

 

This was my drive to work a week ago Friday!

 

Horrible white stuff!

 

The swans are back!

 

Here's the start of the laminate at Kalens house!

 

Finished in one room!

 

Honestly, you can tell we live in Smalltown, Nowhere;

when renovations come to a screeching halt

cause we can't find drapes & curtain rods within 300 miles!

I ordered from Sears!

 

We DID work in the laundry room...........

Who lays carpet in a laundry room in the basement!

It came out!

A wall got painted, & I cleaned the spray paint off the window!

Cause REALLY;

someone would have to be standing in the yard

between the house & attached garage to watch you do laundry!!!

 

My title today is what I told a blog friend yesterday as we 'chatted' with email.

I remember saying that I had to go see where the water under my washer was coming from.

After I cussed out the washer;

which has been a lemon since I got it.......

don't tell the kids, they bought it for me.......

I was reminded about what a pain it is,

when I read Mary's blog post about her refrigerator!

 

Anyhoo..............

After I cleaned out the cupboard between the washer & dryer,

scrubbed shelves in there,

moved it out to get behind the washer.....

scrubbed under the washer..........

decided nothing was leaking.......

took off the panel where the hot water tank lives.......

YUP!

It's the hot water tank!

I need someone to do a survey about appliances or anything going wrong on a holiday, or weekend!

Cause from where I sit, it NEVER happens during the week;

and we are second on the list today for a new hot water tank!

 

Ray will have to go to his sisters to shower before the funeral,

and me;

I'll get to work sometime this afternoon,

when the new hot water tank is up & running so I can shower,

and maybe get a load of laundry in that didn't get done!

And it's payroll!

I'll be at work til I'm done!

 

I'm also house sitting/cat sitting for 2 friends in town.

The ones that live across the street from each other.

I'm paranoid now that something will go wrong!

I got my key stuck in one door on Saturday...

I was like, "REALLY, just what I want to do on Saturday,

change the lock while no one is home!"

I got it out; I now use the door with the code!

 

In other news, we enjoyed a wonderful meal on Saturday;

Vanessa was busy yesterday.

We also had Firepit Friday(on Saturday)!

Still a tad cool, but we lasted until almost 11:00PM!

 

Have a great week everyone!

Hope you're all well!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

A lot of the problems in this world would disappear if we would talk to each other instead of about each other.

WARNING:

This post may contain Christmas Cards!

Great start to the year!

Happy New Year!

I KNOW I'm behind!
Had a wonderful 2 weeks with the kids!

Did lots, ate lots, laughed lots, that's all that matters!
And the average temperature was.......

 

Are you suprised!?

And the roads were like this:

 

 

 

 

Anyhoo,

I'm trying to get back into the swing of things,

or at least back to "ME" time.

I managed to put together 8 of these!

 

 

Doesn't matter that they are a kit from SU!

I put my own spin on things...and the lovely red pearls.......

cover up some schmears from my stamp,

which stamped horribly BTW (every time)!

So no, I don't think it was me!!

I'll have to fix that!

They are finished inside & out, and will go in the box for Christmas 2014!

 

I'm linking these up over at

 

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round

and

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge!

 

Go play, it's never too early to start on your Christmas cards!

 

Hope you're all well!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!