Beginning of the disaster

My house is a disaster and it's only going to get worse.  My dad, mom, grandma, grandpa, Don, and Cathy are coming here tomorrow to start the fixing up process.  Bill and I have been cleaning the house today, really moving things around and making more of a mess.  While I took shelves down in the living room, Bill took all the trim off from the windows and the front door.  As soon as my dad gets down here as well as Don the first thing that they are going to work on are the windows and front door.  (Pictures to come of course)  Bill and I tomorrow are going to go down and get a Ditch Witch so that we can dig the post holes for the fence.  Yay!!!  However, I'm definitely feeling stressed about the house looking like a disaster but I'm so excited about the coming week.  Lots of pictures to come in the next week though. 

My Bedroom

 My bookcase used to be pale blue so I decided that it needed to be painted.  I wanted it to match my bedroom so I decided on black and then I wanted my shoes to stand on a color that pops so the green came in.  I think that it really worked out.

My bed frame.  It took forever to put back together!!  It was quite frustrating to make the posts all go together.

It took me Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and then Tuesday to make my bedroom complete.  Mostly it was waiting for the paint to dry.  I'm so incredibly happy with how the room turned out.  I only need a few shelves to completely finish the room but for now it's perfect!!

Bonfire

Saturday Night Bill, Mel, and I went up the coast and had a bonfire.  We roasted marshmallows as well as brats. We drank wine and ate cookies. It was a fun time.  I definitely decided that I want to have more bonfires this summer then usual.  They are so relaxing and fun. 

Saturday, Sunday, and Monday

I started my idea quite awhile ago for the paint scheme in my bedroom.  I knew that I wanted tan walls and then slowly figured out that I wanted the black strip on the top but unsure if I wanted more.  Within the last couple of months I figured out that I wanted another color but didn't know if I wanted green or red.

 As you can tell I decided on the green.  I have a bed spread that is brown and green so I decided to match the bottom color to it.  The decision between the green and red is that my bed spread is green but I have lamp shades that are red.  So I wasn't sure which to follow.  I'm glad that I decided on the green.  I'm finally done with the painting and now I'm left with putting my room back together.

 

Friday Night

 It's the first night of our vacation.  We walked out to the river and found the white granny lace flower.  I had Bill pose with the flower in multiple ways but promised not to share the pictures.  So after I took my pictures I gave Bill the opportunity to take a couple pictures of me with the flower.  Afterwards I took some pictures of the flowers that are in our hanging baskets.  They are growing gigantic and very beautiful.

The Days After

Pretty Girl has undergone her Heart worm treatment.  I dropped her off on Wednesday morning and then I was able to pick her up this morning.  Heartworm infection for those who don't know is when a tiny immature heartworms are transmitted throught the bit of a mosquito.  At first, the parasites move into the dogs tissues and then evetually to the heart.  They interfere with the normal flow of blood from the right side of the heart to the vessels serving the lungs.  It is a very serious infection that can lead to heart and other organs failing and then eventually death.

For those who know our lives we got Pretty Girl a few years ago from Bill's sister.  She became the "bad influence" almost immediately.  Her breed doesn't not necessarily like to come back to you when they call and she is definitely that way.  However she became the bad influence because when she ran my dog Lucky ran with her and both of them wouldn't come back when called.  She became Bill's dog where as Lucky is mine.  I fully admit that at first I didn't like her.  She has slowly grown on me throughout the 4 years that we have had her.  It definitely got better when we put her outside on a chain where she can't run away.  :) 

However driving her down to the Vet's office for treatment, dropping her off, and then coming home without her was quite hard.  I wasn't sure that if she were to pass away if I would cry because she annoyed me so badly.  I'm sure that just sounded awful but dropping her off and not knowing if she was going to survive the treatment or not really put everything into perspective.  It made me realize that I love her very much and that I would miss her very much if something ever happened.

Right now she is home and resting quite a bit.  Her energy level is very, very, very low of course because of the treatment and so difficult to watch her.  I hate not be able to talk to her and find out exactly how she feels.  We will continue to think of her and we will continue to be with her and make it as comfortable as possible for her to get healthy again.

My 2nd Addiction

I LOVE my movies.  Yes it's my addiction besides shoes.  It's a comfort to me buying new movies when I'm down.  I also like having movies on hand when I feel like watching something and I don't want to go and rent it.  I thought that as I was putting all my addictions on my blog I figured that I needed to share this one as well.  I have OCD when it come to my movies.  They have to be in alphabetical order as well as in genre.  However maybe that isn't considered obessive compulsice disorder but they all have to be in there place.  So I will let you decide.   

Home Improvement "Getting Ready for the New Fireplace"

We (by we I really mean Bill) have started our improvements a little more this week.  Bill has taken out the old fireplace completely along with the bricks that were under and surrounding it.  We have since then taken off the drywall to prepare for the new drywall and the fireplace.  It will be nice to have it all done. 

The Old Fireplace





Bill took out all the drywall that was old and had dead mold on it.  *Gross*



Soon I will have a new fireplace in the house where the old was.  It will look different and hopefully my living room will feel a little more spacious. 

More Pictures To Come

It has began

Well it's began.  Bill got the phone call today.  He know works 35 hours a week, the other 5 are furloughed hours.  Great right?  Not so much.

Furlough - a usually temporary layoff from work.

Who ever came up with that word.  It's such an odd word to think of for a temporary layoff.  To me it sounds like something completely different maybe like a snowfall or has to do with snow.  Don't as me why that's just where my mind goes.  Lets hope though that as fall and winter approaches he goes back to his 40 hours a week and this is really temporary as a furlough states.  The slight good news though is that it's not just him and Randy that are faced with this.  It's the entire region.  Please pray that things look good for his shop and it doesn't become permanent this furlough or that the branch (shop) doesn't shut down completely. 

Laughter Is The Best Medicine

Laughter, they say is the best medicine.  It's the best medicine that I know of as well.  Anytime I'm in a mood: sad, mad, annoyed Bill can always get me to laugh usually.  To forget about what was troubling or ailing me.  It also makes me think of "Singing in the Rain".  It brings a smile to my face everytime I think of the movie as lines from the song enter my head. 

Make 'em laugh

Make 'em laugh

Don't you know everyone wants to laugh?

(Ha ha!)

My dad said "Be an actor, my son

But be a comical one

They'll be standing in lines

For those old honky tonk monkeyshines

 

I hope that reading it brings a smile to your face as you are singing the song hearing the music playing in your head.

Stories

All my old stories that I have been writing for the past 10 years have all been slowly making there way onto my computer.  I've always wanted my computer for all of the stories that I have ever written and all the stories that I have circling around in my head.  I have 4 stories started in my computer to the ending point where I left off.  My problem is I start a story and then I can only get to a certain point because I just can't continue and I stop.  I don't know where my story should go or how it should continue.  However hopefully in the next couple of years I will slowly start working on them all trying my hardest to finish them.  Eventually maybe even let other people read them but I doubt that.

My New Favorite Show

"There is someone everyday that hits me with a dead squirrel."

Just one quote from the TV show that I have been recently partaking in off of Netflix.  Yes I know that there are some bad parts of this show like morals but then again it just takes you through the lives of people with real experiences that happen out there in the real world (except for really all the murder that goes on I would hope).  Can you guess what it is?  Deperate Housewives.  I find it interestingly fun.  I'm close to the end of the series that are out on Netflix.  I love the twists and turns like any show or movie.  The sad thing is though that the people that you want to get together do but only for a little while until the show splits them apart.  But I guess that means people will continue to watch with all the twists and turns and with the hope that the two will get back together.

Pretty Girl

Pretty Girl is Bill's dog. Let me give you some background on Pretty Girl. Bill's sister lived in Louisiana when Hurricane Katrina happened. They fled from their house during the storm and at the end of the storm they came back to their house to find Pretty Girl under their house. They searched high and low for her master. They finally find them and they told his sister that they didn't want her anymore. After the storm Bill's sister and her husband moved up to Oregon with their newborn son and 2 dogs, one of them Pretty Girl. The reason why we ended up with Pretty Girl is that when they moved up here they moved into an apartment that they couldn't have a big dog. We stepped in and said that we would keep her. (I believe in 2006)

She became the bad influence dog right away unfortunately. She would run off and not come back to us taking Lucky, my dog, with her. Therefore she became Bill's dog because I didn't like her and Bill loved her. However she has wiggled her way into my life and I have started to like her much more then I used to. She is a wonderful dog when she is in the house or tied up. :)

When she moved up her our Veterinarian tested her for Heart Worm. She tested positive. We have been deciding if we were going to treat her for it. Heart Worm is an actual worm that lives in the heart, hence the name Heart Worm. It gets transfered from dog to dog from a misquito. It lives in the mosquito incubates in them for 24 hours at a certain high temperature, I believe it's in the 80's. Then it goes from dog to dog infecting them all. The reason that we have been deciding on treat Pretty Girl or not is there are not good factors.

Factors to think about -

1. The treatment itself could kill her

2. She has to remain inmobile for a month

3. It's expensive

We found this out back in 2007. Recently we changed vets and talked to her new vet and it was much better news. The only factor that still applies is number one. We found out that she only has to be stillish for about 2 weeks which is a much better idea then a month. The cost has gone down some which is great. Therefore we are going to have her treated at the end of the month. I don't know the complete process so as we go through it I will update everyone. Just pray that she will come through it well.

My Obsession

Yes most of you know my obsession our my shoes. They bring me joy. I just wish though that I could wear them more often.

These are my newest pair of shoes. They are by Jessica Simpson from Victoria's Secret. They have a 5 inch heel with an 1 and a half platform. They are beautiful are they not.

They make me instead of 5'7", I instantly become 6'0" feet tall. I don't wear them around Bill because the top of his forehead is at my lips. :) Poor Bill.

These are my only shoes that enable me to see the top of my refrigerator.
It is disgusting that's all I can say.

I LOVE THESE SHOES!! THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL!!!

"We Should Hang Out Sometime"

I am beginning to think that I need to, when I make the statement "we should hang out sometime", to actually make the plan right then and there in the moment and set the date. Instead of just saying it and hoping at sometime we will actually get together and hang out. Maybe one day I will actually do it and make a plan in the moment but it's sometimes so hard to do it. Today however it was a triumph. Yay for me. The Cloth Addict and I spent some time together and at the end we made a plan and set a date for the next time we would get together and hang out.

Wanted

Is it bad to feel wanted. I mean truely wanted. I'm having a horrible time right now with feeling wanted. It's a big thing with me feeling wanted. Feel wanted in my own home or out and about. To be someplace and have people or really anyone that wants me there. That will take notice. To come say hi or to have a conversation with. I'm trying hard to be a good spirit but it is just not working today. I of course will keep working on my attitude but today, today not so much. I'm going to be gloomy.

Home Improvement

Well my parents and a couple of there friends are coming down in the next couple weeks to help us with our many many projects. The anticipation is starting to get to me. I am over the moon that I'm going to have a fence by the end of the month. I have been dreaming of a fence for 6 years now and in less then a month I will have it. My entire house is going to look brand new hopefully my the end of June, beginning of July. As it gets nearer I will start posting my pictures. There will be plenty believe me.

Money

Money is an interesting subject. I'm not obsessed with it but I do think that I have a problem spending it. A lot has to do with how I was raised and grew up. My parents threw money around like no other and that I think has affected me with how I spend my money. I'm noticing more and more that I just can't help myself buying shoes or clothes or movies pretty much on things that are not necessary. My other problem is I can't say no. Well I can I just don't say no that often. However this month I'm trying my hardest to control myself and my spending. Trying not to spend money on frivolous things. Hopefully it works and I just remember to ask myself if I need it or if I want it and then go from there. Lets hope it works.