Where did the time go?

Christmas? Already? Where did the time go? I could swear we were just agonizing over whether hubby should take this job. Didn't we just celebrate Zack's 9th birthday....what? That was LAST January?!

Where has the time gone? I was at Walmart the other day and walked around and took a look at all the holiday items the employees were busy stocking. Halloween is hardly over and it's onto the next holiday? What exactly is the rush? Can we just have a breather and not be so prepared already?

Thanksgiving is the next holiday, no?

Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's house we go....and I can't wait! We're all excited. A direct flight and a few hours drive = bliss! I am so ready for a breather!

Even I'll be singing Country Roads...... ;)

Quote of the day

"I'm mature enough to forgive you, but not dumb enough to trust you."

~Author unknown.

Whoever said it is a genius.

I'm alive, I swear.

Don't anyone have a heart attack....I'm posting something on my blog, for the first time in a looong time.

So last weekend I bought a shirt. I wore it to work the other day. For the first time. I came home and was in the middle of changing and noticed I had a hole in it already. WTF? How does this happen? Am I the only one who gets a hole in the SAME place in EVERY shirt I own??? Seriously the hole is always around where the button and zipper are. I have NO idea how it happens, or why, or what I'm doing to cause it, but it is incredibly FRUSTRATING! Anyone else have this problem phenomenon, or is it just me? Please tell me I'm not the only one?!

Crazy People

I am convinced that 90% of the people that live in this little town are CrAzY drivers. The most insane, crazy, rude, annoying people are driving around here and now it's making me crazygrumpy. People in WV complain about people from Ohio all the time with their horrible driving. Ohio gets a gold star. I don't know what it is. Is it in the water? How have I not noticed this before? Hubby has been telling me for a long time. A really long time. Just about every time I get in the car, my good mood goes out the window. Geesh. Everyone here needs a lesson in driving etiquette. STAT! In other news, I'm about to go full time with work. Like serious full time work. I haven't done this in 4 years....I was home sick today, and I realized how much I miss being home. How lazy, I know. I hang my head in shame, really I do. I am going to miss being home for the kids after school. I miss not volunteering at their schools. I am worried beyond comprehension about how Zack will get from one school to the other with out getting lost and/or freaking out. I miss not having to worry about after school care at all! I miss having house work taken care of during the week. Hello, I need some cheese with my wine tonight. It's all new. Everything. Old and new. New home. Old town. New Job...actually Old job. New schools. New friends. New adjustments. My kids are amazing at handling all of this. I couldn't be prouder of them. Me? I miss the previous chapter of our life. I'm working on it.

Testing.........

Is this thing on? I haven't written in forever. When did it become September?? Not that anyone really reads my drivel...but anywhoo, I am alive and kicking and busy all hell. I have forgotten what being a working mom is like. I am so exhausted at the end of the day! I don't remember myself being so tired when I worked previously. Maybe it's just that I'm a few years older now? lol So we have been here for almost 3 months now. Time has gone by pretty fast. Our house is finally starting to take shape and looks pretty good. We have odds and ends that need to be done, but all in all, it's so much better now than when we bought it. The kids have started school. Zack is doing really well. I still can't believe he's in the 4th grade. He has made some good friends and likes his school. On the first day I asked how it went, and he said "GREAT!!" "We get 3 recesses!" lol He has done so well and constantly surprises me at how well he has taken all of the changes we have thrown at him. Taylor likes her school and her teacher also. (They are in separate schools) I am a little more concerned about her though. She seems to be having a harder time with it all. I know she has fun once she gets there. And when I pick her up she is usually in good spirits and says her day has gone well....but getting her up and ready in the mornings is a tougher situation. I don't know if it's because she's really tired, or if she's really unhappy. Time will tell, right? I am to start full time by the end of the month. I hope I can work it all out. The after school care program at Zack's school seems to be a joke, and he's not old enough to be by himself. Not that he would anyway! I've always been a fly by the seat of my pants kind of gal....I'll just wing it per usual. :)

Comedy of Errors

Installing the wood floor has been a comedy of errors lately....and one would expect no less when it's your first time to do such a thing.

We started out with an automatic nail gun bought from Home Depot....it fell apart when hubby whacked it with the hammer to drive in the nail. So back to Home Depot it went. Hubby came back with a new one. Guess what? It did the same thing. I don't know if it was user error or if there is seriously something wrong with Bostitch QC. Who knows, but it went back too. By then steam was rolling out of hubby's ears, and he doesn't get upset that easily. If it were me, I would have thrown it across the room, drug it outside and driven over it a few times. ;)

After this return it was off to the local rental place. Where hubby rented a pneumatic nail gun...which you need an air compressor for. Both were rented on Sunday afternoon right before they closed for the day.

Guess what? They didn't check the hose attachments and the hose didn't fit the nail gun. Apparently Sunday was not meant to be. Monday I got it squared away, brought it back home and guess what?

The air compressor wouldn't work. We plugged it in to a direct power source. It ran long enough to test it out and then wouldn't turn back on.

Are you noticing a pattern yet?

I took the compressor back, they gave us a new one....

And it works. My one complaint is that the compressor, while plugged into a direct power source, only works for a minute at best. You have to keep turning it off and on, and then after a few times let the air out of it. It's pretty inconvenient.

BUT-It works! And is doing a great job so far. Hubby is about half way done...and it looks great. I can't wait to get it all finished! :)

I have this itch. It's pretty bad. It's a vacation itch. We haven't gone on a vacation in a loooooong time, and it's starting to cause a nasty itch to get the heck outta town. It's sort of hard to leave with your house all torn up...or maybe that's why the itch is getting so bad, no? I want to go sit my butt in the sand with a good book. I want to watch the kids play in the sand and make sandcastles. I want the warmth of the sun to bring a smile to my face. I would give my left arm and then some to be able to go tomorrow.

I'm not a patient person. Have I mentioned that?

Here is the issue. I am now living on the West Coast, where there really aren't any "warm" beaches. It's pretty windy and cold, and swimming in the water isn't something most people do. I grew up going to the Oregon Coast...we always went right before school started and it was always chilly.

Then, I grew up met hubby and he introduced me to a real beach. Myrtle Beach. Nearly everyone where we used to live vacations there, or somewhere near.

I have been spoiled!

I miss the East Coast....being long day's drive from the Atlantic sounds like a dream! Does anyone else wish you had the power of Samantha on "Bewitched? That would come in really handy right about now!!

Alas, while we are re doing our floors, it's too hard to get away. Not to mention the cost of a ticket, car and a place to stay is a little too out of reach...maybe I can convince myself a chilly beach would be just as good?