ugh….
I am SUCH the sucky blogger lately. I go through my weeks,, and if something interesting happens,, I make a mental note and say to myself, ” Self,,, you gotta blog about that!!”… but then the day progresses, live evolves, said “moment” is hours in the past, and I inevitably forget…. ick..
Basically this past two weeks has been like a huge blurrrr. I have been painting…. and painting,…. and painting…. and painting…. and I LOATHE painting. Once when I was in the coast guard, I got reprimanded and my punishment was to paint the entire star deck of the ship…. yah… a 378′ ship…… it was awful. I wonder if they ever found what I painted inside the PFD locker up there….. hmmmmmmm I’m sure they did, the next time they ran a man-overboard drill. I hope people laughed…. but by the time they found it (if they have),,, well.. I was lonnnggg gone. Anyways.. back to my point. Just about done painting all the bedrooms. I realized the other day when I went over there that our bedroom definitely needs a second coat. Why is that lighter colors tend to need the second coats,, and the darker ones don’t….. baffles me. Got some furniture the other day found by way of the lovely Craigslist…. Umm…… the furniture is a whole nother story….. I’m still in shock as the the TOTAL SCORE I made on several pieces. I went to these people’s house, as they are moving to South Africa. Husband is from New Zealand… and ALLLL of the furniture in their house is from New Zealand. Unfortunate for them…. fortunate for ME… they had to get rid of several pieces. So.. I went there just for the dining room table…. and left with the dining room table, a 6′ high book shelf, 2 antique dressers, a butcher block, a coffee table and a hallway table. But you see….. everything but the coffee table and the hallway table are made out of a wood called “RIMU” wood. It’s an endangered tree in New Zealand. You can not even find furniture here in the states made out of this beautiful beautiful wood. I guess the equivalent over here would be like…… ohhh… I dunno….. cherry or teak… high end stuff. Most solid-made furniture I’ve ever laid eyes on… and just gorgeous…… The move over to the new house has been very hard for me emotionally… so I’ve sort of been kicking and screaming about it….. and I hate to sound superficial,, but the furniture I found …. honestly…. has made me want to move over there……
My husband’s friend, Mike Frawley and his wife, Tabitha and their two kids Kai and Tytan are in town this weekend. Mike is a helicopter pilot for the Coast Guard. They have been living in San Diego for the last 4 years, and now are making their way up to Sitka, AK. Talk about going from extreme to extreme!! So they arrived Friday afternoon, and will be leaving tomorrow morning. I hate to see them go. Hubby gets so happy and in such a good frame of mind and spirit when he’s around one of “the boys” from the academy. The banter and the jokes, and the like are just fun!!! We’ve eaten super well…. our kids are having the best time playing with each other….. it’s all good. I hate to see them leave….
Anyways…. did get some stamping done yesterday, then assembled and shipped today. I LOVE going into a Monday morning with a fresh slate. I’ve got about an 80 disk order for a retailer in New Jersey to fill, and the few orders that have come in since yesterday….. but man…. only having roughly 100 disks to stamp… that’s caught up for me!!! ;c) Seems like I’m always chasing the paper trail on the floor in my basement.
It’s beautiful weather here this weekend too…… 80 degrees …… just lovely…. I heart Oregon!!!
June 29th, 2009 at 10:22 am
Mike and Tabitha,,,disney ticket peeps?! I was just able to put two and two together!!