May 18, 2012
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Yes, I have been seriously MIA. But between the Matt/Andie situation and a couple of weeks of severe insomnia (brought on by the M/A situation), I had to check out for a while. I know its bad when, on Monday morning, I can’t recite what each of the top 5 movies brought in at the box office for the weekend.
I’m not really going to go into it because I’m sort of trying to escape it at this point. They are both in and out of town right now. She at haircutting class and him on photo shoots. When they are home and here, its a very combustible situation that can change in a matter of minutes. I have to stop worrying and stressing about it-that’s not going to change anything. Sam and I have had four lovely days of peace-they both get back tonight. I actually got six hours of sleep all at once the other night!!! They don’t know it yet, but the house they thought they were getting in June? Now we are talking late July, early August. And that’s when Tristan is due. I try seriously not to freak out when I think of the possibility of a fifth person being added to this household. I feel there should be only one person in this house who doesn’t sleep through the night. When they are here, I’m now convinced my house shrinks in square footage. But I’m doing the best I can to cope-that’s all I can do at this point. End of discussion.
Sam and I went to see “The Avengers”! I can’t wait to see it again. I have tracked that movie from pre-production to post production and knew all kinds of behind-the-scene stuff which made the movie even more fun to see. Sam and I had so darned much fun that day. Went out to lunch together and relived every moment of it. Going to see “Dark Shadows” this weekend by myself. VERY excited about that.
I’ve been redoing my patio and setting it up just the way I want it. Hit Target and got some lovely wicker furniture. Bought a few flowers for color. If I can keep six plants alive for a month, then I will get more. If I can’t, I’m going plastic. No one can see it from the street so plastic would work for me. But I’d love to have some flowering LIVE plants so I could have fresh flowers in the house. Buk the dog has become my Assistant Groundskeeper (I felt he needed a title) and loves to spend time out there with me. Yesterday I invented the Hose Game and we both ended up wet and muddy. It was truly glorious!
I have a work crew in my backyard rebuilding my deck that’s right outside my bedroom. I suffer from a severe loss of privacy when they are here. On days when they aren’t here, Buk and I go out and reclaim the backyard. But my new deck is going to be absolutely lovely! I’m also making sure its childproof (vertical slats so they can’t be climbed like a ladder) so Tristan will be able to play out there safely in a couple of years.
Matt finally taught me how to put pictures from my digital camera onto this computer. Now I just have to figure out how to put them on Xanga. I have figured out Facebook though and managed to post a picture on there.
I’ve been doing a lot of yard work and using muscles that haven’t been used in months. Also using my stair step machine a lot trying to reduce stress and hopefully sleep better. Then this morning I swear if I had been looking in the mirror, I would have seen the light bulb turn on over my head.
I’m going to go get a massage today!! I. Am. Excited.
We’ve actually had a few sunny days here and there which I love. I got a bunch of solar powered lights for the backyard. One I can see at night when I lay in bed-its a flower and it changes colors-so pretty. I also got some for the patio which I can see from my kitchen window. Now being the rocket scientist that I am, the first night they didn’t like up all I could think about was that I’d have to figure out how to change the batteries. One thousand one, one thousand two, one thousand three…..that’s right-it was cloudy all day. DUH.
I did get some of the coolest candles at Target that is my favorite thing right now. They are 6 inch pillar candles that come in colors. And they are fake and run off AA batteries. And (this is the best part) you can set the timer so they come on they same time each evening and turn off 4 hours later! They look real to me, even with my glasses on. I got this cute lantern and put one in it on my wicker table on the patio. I might not get out there every night to enjoy it, but I know its there and that’s good enough for me.
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sounds like a frustrating situation when the house gets crowded … i’ve got 2 solar powered lights — both cats — one green & one blue … hope you enjoyed your massage!
That sounds pretty frustrating. I don’t know what I’d do if one of the kids moved back in with their spouse and they were expecting…??? I might spend some time yelling in my pillow. It would be so tough on everyone. Especially the expecting parents. I laughed when you mentioned you feel the square footage of your house shrinks when they’re all there – I GET THAT!! Our house feels an OK size when it’s just Summo, Jordo and myself there, but when the whole fam damily is home it’s a little crowded – especially when friends are over. I’m looking forward to seeing pictures of your deck. Our summer growing season here starts this weekend ( officially) and is pretty much done by our Thanksgiving which is the first part of October. So during that time we plant away, tend to our little gardens, power grow with Miracle Grow ( I have veggie miracle grow, blooming miracle grow and regular miracle grow lol) and then it snows or is too cold at night for things to survive. What’s funny is that a lot of people supplement their flowers with artificial ones ( why not! great idea) but then for get to take them out after it freezes. So we’ll be driving around and all the yards will have wilted flowers but every few yards you’ll see lovely bright perfect flowers still standing proud because they’re fake. It looks so funny:) I’ve heard great things about the Avengers and my kids have been telling me behind the scenes stuff with Agent Colson and is it Nick Furry?? COOL!!!
@knickersinaknot - I’m going to have to get some Miracle Grow-didn’t even think about that. I admit, my heart (and other parts) went pitter patter every time Thor was on the screen during “The Avengers”.