side tracked topic

Okay tell me if I was wrong here.  I go to a cheap store to buy a cheap dress for one time use.  I need it tomorrow and tomorrow only and I don’t want to run around all night long looking for this cheap dress that I am going to wear one day.  So as … Continue reading →

Just a couplla days!!

OMG this is killing me but I have to do my school work and keep on top of that then I still have to work, of course.  The contractor finally came over to give me an estimate on my kitchen.  When he walked in  his exact words were “OMG What happened in here?”  I told … Continue reading →

Ten steps forward- two steps back

I came home changed clothes so I can start work in the kitchen and ate my supper, a delicious salad from Arby’s.  After I ate I decided I can’t do anything in the kitchen tonight.  I am aching so I figured I better take a break tonight.  Its raining cats and dogs and I suspect … Continue reading →

Paint can set the tone for your day…

I was losing hair thinking about that horrid Army looking color combo colors in my kitchen. I couldn’t imagine living with that. I am Navy not Army after all. I kept telling myself “oh it’s not really camouflage…besides the only time you will go in the kitchen is to pass thru it” But all this hard work to not like the results seems kind of self sacrificial to me. I tossed and turned last night thinking about this because it’s now or never. If I paint later I am bound to mess up some stuff. One thing I am celebrating since I turned 50 is if there is something I do not like, something that makes me feel uneasy, and/or makes me question my decision…I do not have to put up or live with it I can scrap it and move on to something else. So if I don’t like the paint, repaint and have a nice day. It’s a Continue reading →

My cousin Derek

This is my favorite cousin, Derek.  He is an actor and  a magician at the Magic Castle in Los Angeles so if you are ever in the area make sure you look him up. I think he is also a shoe in to play Obama and I hope he gets his big break so he … Continue reading →

Letter to Cricut

Dear Customer Service, I never heard of a company whose main goal is to rip people off.  I brought the cricut machine and no where on the Internet or on your site or on the box or on the infomercials does it tell you how frick fracking expensive it is to use the darn thing,  … Continue reading →

Reflections…Lessons Learned

I woke up bright and early.  Not as early as I had been getting up BUT I went to sleep late so what could I expect?  First thing I went to tackle is that drywall.  O-M-G I am so tired of drywall it’s not funny.  Right now as I sit here typing I am realizing … Continue reading →

Not Killing Myself This Weekend!!

Okay so its time to get to work.  I asked a friend to help me this weekend but they are spending the weekend having fun at the beach.  I can understand that I mean who in their right mind wants to spend their summer helping me fix up my raggedy old house?  Well today I … Continue reading →

Nothing Like a Man Who Makes a House a Home

Those of you who don’t know, I am an Appraiser and I look at houses and place value on them for a living.  I love my job because aside from the challenges in this dry market I get to see how people live.  I see the good, the bad, the ugly and the unbelievable.  I … Continue reading →

Sunday…A day of Rest

I got up early in morning and cleaned up before heading out to church.  I only had about 3 hours of sleep and I am really beat and feeling unmotivated.  I don’t know why I made Sunday my deadline but you know I already relieved myself of that pressure because I realize fining myself everyday … Continue reading →

Clearance Sales are Good Sales

I don’t want to make my posts tooo tooo long so I decided to start a new one to conclude my entries for the day.  I left to go to Lowe’s because I needed some supplies to finish the work in the kitchen.  Did I absolutely need to go there tonight?  Noooo but since I … Continue reading →

I am so sick of this drywall!

How many days does it take to hang drywall?  It is a whole different story when you are working on your own.  First of all there is no pressure not to keep taking breaks, all work must stop when a store run or meal break has to be taken and no one to blame when … Continue reading →

Am I Entitled to Rest?

Even though I woke up in terrrible pain I managed to get a lot of things done this weekend… Continue reading →

What was I thinking

I work outside and lately I have been passing this store called Ollie’s every day…its some sort of outlet store like Big Lots.  And every day that I pass it I say to myself that I need to go in there and check it out.  Today was that day.  As soon as I got off … Continue reading →

Working Hard yet Nothing Accomplished

As soon as I got home from work today I got to working on a project immediately.  I felt like it took priority over the kitchen BUT in truth I was only planning on working on it for a few minutes and then move on to something else.   I am too embarrassed to even say … Continue reading →

I been called a train wreck…

My boss nick-named me “train wreck” and sometimes I do feel like a train wreck or I been in a train wreck. This renovation is a train wreck, my hair is a train wreck, my scarred up legs look like they been in a train wreck, and my bank account is a train wreck. LOL yeah, I accept that name for now.

I got up early this morning and the goal of the day was Continue reading →

The Snowball Effect…

Okay so when this project started I was only getting a price for windows because I saw a sign in Lowe’s for $99 installation price on windows but when I priced all new windows I decided to only get a garden window, then I decided to take off the paneling in the kitchen and was … Continue reading →

Posting from my phone…

Okay I am still skeezed out by the roaches, rats and snakes so I decided I have to get this kitchen finished with the quickness. I am going to dedicate every spare moment ripping the rest of these cabinets out so I can clean the roach poop off the studs and exterminate and get the walls … Continue reading →

The makings of a nightmare…

Today was not a good day. The guy came to fix electrical because none of the new circuits are working and he does not know why.  I am sure it is something simple.  He tore out the ceiling and found these things.  EWWWL!!! This would be a rat skeleton and uggggh it’s 12″ long!! sooooo … Continue reading →

Not so Funny

I was hungry so I looked in the fridge and remembered that I had all the makings of a Bubba Burger.  So I dug out my George Foreman grill and popped a Bubba burger on it. After a couple of minutes I noticed there was no sounds of a burger sizzling. 😦  I checked and … Continue reading →