Day 116
Right, so I know I take a lot of duplicate pictures. Pretty sure at some point during this adventure (the 365 project) I've taken a picture of the basement. The thing is, I'm taking this picture for posterity if you will. This is the "before picture." I got a bug up my butt the other day that we should turn the basement into a workout room. Thanks to a friend of mine - this may become a reality. Not only a reality, but a reality in the very near future. So, obviously, I need to get prepared and the basement currently looks like this...
This is what's left of the mess after the most recent flood episode. No, we don't flood that often, only when the sump pump decides it needs a little nappy. I'm not concerned (much) about flooding which is why I thought this would be the perfect area. The only flaw is I need to et crap taken care of. I just started today...let's see how much I can get accomplished over the next two (incredibly busy) weeks. Wish me luck...
Day 115
The things women do for beauty...
It's good that I can laugh at myself. I know I look like an ass. I know that I'm not beautiful even after the foil comes out of my hair. Ya know what, though? I have KICK ASS hair! Anybody that really knows me knows that I'm pretty picky about my hair. I only let certain people touch my hair - actually, only one. I had the blessing of meeting this "hair magician" because of gymnastics and she ended up being not just my hair dresser, but a good friend as well. There's really nothing better than those nights I get to hang in the salon and have her singing and dancing around like a crazy woman while doing my hair! She does the most amazing job and ALWAYS does what I want - even if she doesn't agree! (P.S. I PROMISE I will never want it black again, Sal!!)
Day 114
Ya know how when you go to the doctor you have to sit in the waiting room forever? Right, well, this is what happens when you take your 13 year old to the dermatologist and she has to wait in the waiting room....
Yes, that sure is a potato head. I'm not sure if it's a Mr. Potato Head or Mrs. Potato Head. The "ear" that you cannot see is actually a tongue (because there was only one ear in the box). The tongue is 4 miles away from the mustache and I have NO clue WTF is poking out the top of its head....
Day 113
SPRING IS COMING!!!! Well, maybe. It is Michigan after all. One can never be sure here. However, I see little buds here and there so I think it's actually here now. We shall see. Anyhow, I don't plant flowers until end of May because it is Michigan. When I do plant, there are certain flowers I prefer. I LOVE lilies. I think all lilies are beautiful, but Tiger lilies are my favorite.
Last year I planted some beautiful lilies - red and yellow. Thanks to some four legged fluffy tailed little shits, though, my favorite ones got dug up. DISlike. I was pretty pissed off. I was rather pleasantly surprised just now when I saw this...
See that green? Those would be buds on my dug up lilies. I cannot find any reason whatsoever that these lilies should have survived the evil rabbit abuse that they took, but they have. I'm so excited!!!! Not sure what I'm going to do, but I'm sure as shit going to bust my ass to protect my little pretties this year.
Day 112
On my way to pick Jay up from school Monday, I drove through the hood. It's the fastest way to get from work to the school. Anyway, I passed the first ghetto Admiral station and half-assed noticed that it was pretty full. I didn't really think anything of it. As I cruised on down further into the ghetto, I came to a stoplight and noticed that that Admiral station was also packed, actually, the line was down the road and stopping traffic. So, I took a closer look. The price of gas was as it had been $3.83. Obnoxious, yes? But I'm getting used to it. I didn't get what the big deal was. Then I looked across the street and saw this...
$4.17?!?!?!?!? ARE YOU EMMER EFFING KIDDING ME?!?!?!? WTF is this bullshit? At this point, I may not be able to afford to drive to work anymore. This is just ludicrous. I know we're poor, but I also know there are others that are poorer. What do those people do?
Day 111
I love this man. We have so much in common and so many differences, it makes us a perfect couple. That's not to say we don't have our issues - we're normal. We have our arguments or disagreements. We don't see eye to eye on everything. We have different opinions on certain things. One of the things we have in common though, is our love of reading. We're both reading junkies. What we read may differ, but we love to read.
Day 110
Of course, with every birthday, there must be some form of celebration. Jay decided he wanted to go bowling again. He seems to enjoy that. So, we had a bunch of kids (boys and girls) that piled into the bowling alley and bowled a few games, ate some pizza and breadsticks, drank wayyyyy too much Mt. Dew, and had cake. A good time was had by all I believe. It was a fantastic party even if I don't want my baby to grow up.
This is what's left of the mess after the most recent flood episode. No, we don't flood that often, only when the sump pump decides it needs a little nappy. I'm not concerned (much) about flooding which is why I thought this would be the perfect area. The only flaw is I need to et crap taken care of. I just started today...let's see how much I can get accomplished over the next two (incredibly busy) weeks. Wish me luck...
