Farewell to the blog

When I started blogging more than a year ago, it was liberating. You see, it distracted me from what I considered an icky existence. I tried not to use the blog to whine and cry about my life but instead I focused in different directions. Now, this blog haunts me - everyday I think that I should blog but the desire to grab a topic and expand on it is gone.

My life is good now. I enjoy being home with my puppy and don't need the internet to occupy my time. The icky existence of the past - is just that, the past. I still look forward to reading everyone's blog as I say farewell to the blog and maybe, down the line, I'll drop a note or two. Right now, I consider my karma whole again - dented is gone.

I Need a Dose of Good Health

For the fourth staight month, I have come down with a resiptory infection. I barely get well and BAM - it comes back. This is the worst yet - I have never known such pain. It hurts to move. Anyway, guess where my income tax is going? Life sucks.

Don't Mess With Me Today

I am sitting here wondering - "Do I still have slabber on me?" No, I didn't go home for lunch and see Winston, I went to Mathis Brothers to check out kitchen tables. Currently, I have no money to buy anything (tile took that) but I just wanted to browse and get ideas. The sales people there won't allow browsing - mom and I got assaulted at every turn. After the 5th or 6th inquirey as to how we were doing, I started getting iratated. I am one who looks at many places for weeks at time prior to making a decision since I will be stuck with that purchase for the next decade or so. I wanted to scream "leave me alone and let me look!"

Today is not going well - people are iratating me at every turn! I'd elaborate but hey that will just continue my anger - Hey Kim, I understand what you mean about people not pulling their weight at work!

It's Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, I have to say (really loud) I am loving this 75% weather in the middle of January! Oh, happy, happy day. More tile this weekend but if we can get the tile in the kitchen done then we will be at the end of my money for now. I need the break - Winston needs the break.

Nothing new to report except that I keep missing Amazing Race and Lost, so I am totally out of the loop. My health insurance went up $60 a month and I didn't pay attention to what I was signing up for so I was rather shocked when I got my pay stub. Oh well, gotta have insurance.

My brain hurts today, it's 3:18 and I am ready to go........................................no more work, me wanna go home!

I Have Grout!

Hello fellow bloggers! Yes I know it's been eons since I tapped out a few lines but I've been a little busy lately. Since I last wrote I was pinning away about my vacation, over that two week break - I ripped out my livingroom and hall carpet out then ripped out the fake glued down tile in my office. Then I began working on all the black glue that had to be removed with paint thinner - Winston and I were high for about two days but hey, who needs that many brain cells anyway.

After a week and a half of work, I looked at the floor and knew there was no way I would get all the glue off to stain the concrete. On to plan B...I found a floor tile that I really liked but it was 6X6 tile (for those who don't know tile that is small). I was willing to do the work since the tile was what I wanted and it was actually cheap (.79 cents per square foot). So I went to buy it and lo and behold they had got in one pallet of the same tile in 12 X 12 tiles and where offering it for .59 cents per square foot. I bought it and enough to tile my kitchen!

Last night, Mom, Dad and I grouted the last of the hall and will seal the grout in the livingroom and office tonight. It's been tough but it looks so cool now, that ugly, ugly green carpet is all but gone (it's still in my bedroom and the guest bedroom till I can afford to change it out). Muscle have hurt that I didn't know existed and my fingernails will never recover but the place is finally shaping up.

Poor Winston, he may not recover from the renovation. He doesn't like the big shop vac I've had to use, nor does he like the drill Dad uses to mix the concrete or grout and he especially hates the fact that I am up moving around when he wants to snuggle. It's all been too much for him!

PS - thanks Andy for the advice on the concrete but as you can see I whimped out on that.

Where'd my baby go?

the latest Winston pic...he's getting so big!

I Need Out of Here!

Well, it seems that I now blog once every two weeks. Since I last wrote, I came down with another resipatory infection thanks to allergies. My doctor and I decided to stock my medicine cabinet so I can fight these attacks myself. I have nose spray, sinus medicine and decongestion medicine. My wallet is definately lighter but I don't care, I am tired of being sick and trying to hack out my lungs!

One thing I want to do to possibly help with my allergies is to remove my carpet and stain my concret slab. I am somewhat afraid of the process so if anyone has done it before and can give me tips I would be ever so grateful. Eventually, I want to install real hardwood floors but I don't have the $8,000 to do that yet!

Three days and counting till my much needed vacation. Two weeks away from this place and with my little man, sounds like heaven right now. Usually, by the end of one week vacation I am ready to go back but my Thanksgiving week off didn't do it and all's that I have been doing is dreaming of this vacation.

The Sun Is Shining - I'm happy

Yes I know, it is taking me longer between blog entries but dang it I am have way too much fun with my puppy to do the nightly blog entry. Plus the dog is terrified of my office, since that's where he was locked up when I went to work the first week I had him. Today, he graduated to the backyard! The first part of the morning I was a nervous wreck worried he would find a way out or be emotionally damaged by my putting him out at 7 a.m. Well, I am pleased to announce when mom went to pick him up at 12:30 p.m. he's was in the grass with all four legs in the air rubbing his back. Yeah, I am not a monster after all.

Yesterday, Winston had another doctor’s visit where we discovered he's now 8.3 lbs! Imagine when I got him he was only 3.6 lbs. My baby is growing up. The vet asked me what happened to his noise and I quickly looked at my dog's noise not knowing what he was talking about. Seamus had accidentally, I am sure, scratched off a chunk of Winston's noise. The wee one didn't even act as if anything was wrong, so we followed suit.

Other than that not much...........I am not going to even mention that ass on Amazing Race who yells at his wife every episode, I am in a good mood.

Enough for now.

Driving in the Slow Lane - I like it!

Who knew getting a new puppy would be so exhausting! But I must say I am having a blast. I keep waiting for him to get big like all my other puppies in the past. We had to put two 2X4 boards in my garage so Winston could climb up the step into the house and I have two pillows on the floor by the couch so he can jump off whenever he wants. I pissed him off a few times putting him on the floor when he didn't want to be there. He snuggles good during prime time tv - snoozing in my lap and he's just discovered that the house is an in-door race track.

Yukon is flooded, my plumbing is not wanting to drain and I am hoping that I don't have snake the pipes. I have had no problems till all this rain. Keep you fingers crossed that we have a few dry days and I shower starts draining right (furthermore, do you know how hard it is to potty train in the rain? I need the rain to go away - sorry Sarah, rain bad!).

Work is a lot better now the Graphic Artist is here and doing jobs that once were assigned to me. It's freeing me up for the other stuff I like better. I am not sure what she thinks of us right now, but we gave her a big dose of the insanity we ooze at a department meeting where we all at one point or another got a little caddy. Hopefully, she hasn't started looking for employment elsewhere.

I've had a few new comers to my blog-land - welcome to the dark side! I don't blog as much as I once did but do occasional tap out a few lines. Winston's not big on me sitting at the computer much and honestly he's too much fun right now - blogging suffers, but I'll try harder in the future.

Hey Kim, what's the deal? Sometimes I like to drive in the left land. The right one gets boring all the time.

More Tears than Fears

I am so excited! Did you hear the news? Tears for Fears is getting back together! Did I just date myself? In college, I thought they were one of the greatest bands. I prefer their first album (yes, darn it, I said album) The Hurting. The college memories came flooding back when I heard the news of their reunion - then like a slap upside the head, reality hit, I am old.

bummer!

Life is Good

Winston and I are having a ball! Well, he could do without the collar but other than that he seems happy. He is learning more and more each day and I don't think he appreciates the word "NO." He did a dance yesterday when I told him no to chewing on my shoes and then ran over and tossed his baby around.

He's not sure about the rain - I couldn't get him passed the garage door on his own this morning. The sky was falling and he wasn't gonna have anything to do with that!

Work is work and really doesn't matter much when you have a new baby waiting for you to come home. We have a new graphic artist in the office, who is really nice. Hopefully, she can start relieving me of the jobs I acquired through necessity but really don't have the technical skills for.

It's bedlam week, I can't wait for the game. Oh by the game, Winston watches football too (I actually think its the crowd noise that gets his attention but it cute none the less).

Winston is doing battle with the big bad stuff moose.

Winston is getting rather annoyed with me and the camera.

This is my new roommate, Winston, the Prime Minister.

Winston Moves In!

Dad and I took a trip to Blanchard on Saturday and came home with a new addition. His name is Winston and he's six weeks old. He is the smallest puppy I've ever had and am afraid I am going to hurt him. He's a Beagle!

His true personality hasn't come out yet. He's just trying to figure out what the hell has happened to him - one minute he's hanging out with his brothers and sisters and the next some crazy people have put him in this big thing for 45 minutes and he hasn't seen anyone he knows since.

I'll keep you posted on all the Winston news as it breaks and will post some pics as soon as I get some. Oh, by the way, Seamus is confused as all get out as to what that wee one is!

Yes I am Lost Too

Okay, I am addicted to Lost - my thoughts are they are no longer on Earth? Who agrees with me? A man that couldn't walk now does - yep, they've been abducted and taken to a different planet for observation.

I am getting a dog! There I've declared my intention now to make up my mind as to what kind. I am toying with the idea of a getting a Jack Russell or Beagle. Since I have a short fence an Irish Setter or Dalmatian is out of the question. I do however have a very large back yard that would be good for either the Jack or Beagle. My sister tells me that Jack Russells aren't good with other dogs, since they want all the attention (I can't have that since I babysit Seamus every time mom and dad go to Vegas). I also hear that Beagles bark all the time and aren't good neighbors - torn, what to do? I will not get a taco bell dog, poodle, shit-zu, lasa apsa, any sissy dog like that. I can't afford or find a French Bull Dog, which are adorable! AAAARRRRGGGG! Any ideas, anyone?

Used lungs for sale, I don't want them anymore

The name Walking pneumonia is an oxy-moron! When you've got it your not walking anywhere! Your laying on the couch, hacking out a lung and wish the slow death you are experiencing would happen already! Needless to say, I am sick and royally pissed about it.

Seamus Moves to Yukon

I've had the little man (Seamus) this week. I am so proud of him! Buying this house has made all the difference - no pee-ing in my car, on my bed or running around the house crying while carrying his baby running from room to room. He loves my backyard and it's next to impossible to get him to come in. Monday was horrible for me because he is quite capable of jumping the fence, I was so stressed out worrying that he'd figure that out. So, I came home at lunch and found him asleep by the gate. I am so glad that he hasn't figured out that he can jump!

On the TV front, yeah Chip and Kim - enough said! Colin, I fear, is the next Scot Peterson.

Work has been nuts but hey, that's the norm. Around 4:15 I filled my coffee cup again, if that tells you anything. If my printer doesn't deliver my business cards soon, I fear there will be a revolt! I rarely go 4 hours without someone calling asking if their cards are in. I realize it has taken a very long time but what I want to know is if they are less of a person without cards? Do business card make you a real person or something? Aaarrggg! It's not my fault 3 printers refused to do the printing before I found someone that would!

Shaken Not Stirred

Okay, let's get it over with....I drove into the frigerator! Done laughing? The poor thing just rocked back and forth and every thing inside was thrown all over the place. Okay, you can stop laughing now.

I got two used books in the mail today - woo hoo! RF Delderfield is my favorite author and I found these two books on Amazon.com used book section, since most of his books are no longer in print. One of these books, I didn't even know existed. I thought I'd found a good list of his books but it didn't include Stop the Winner. It's always like Christmas when I get books in the mail. Hey, Friend Shana, it may be a book for you too - only 298 pages, unlike his normal 1,200 (just teasing).

Work has been an unbelievable week of heavy lifting. Last Wednesday, we moved Co-worker T into our suite of offices and moved the mail room into his former office. Then on Thursday, I received more than 20,000 permanent record folders that I had to count out and organize (students across OKC are cursing my name now). To top things off, 11,000 student parent handbooks were delivered, again I began tossing boxes and counting books. By Friday I will look like Xena Warrior Princess!

On the world scene, I about panicked when I heard that idiot in North Korea blew something up that caused a mushroom cloud - remember my Army Nephew is in South Korea. How do such evil people get in positions of power? It's beyond me....to tired to ponder that anymore. Also, how about that KGB Russian President wanting to take away elected positions in towns and cities and make them appointed positions? Does anyone see a little Stalin in the making? When he reconstructs the gulags or begin purges again - be afraid!

Enough for now.

The Sloth Has To Go Back To Work

(whimper) It's Monday night and the thought of going to work tomorrow is just dreadful! I did absolutely nothing of import this weekend and it felt good! I didn't realize that one could lay on the couch so much but I proved it possible.

I enjoyed the OU - Bowling Green game. It's good that football is back. Our offense looked good but I felt the defense lack a little. I'll reserve judgment for later in the season. Go Sooners.

Okay, knew it would happen...I closed the new garage door on the back of my car, thankfully that protection piece where when it hits something it goes back up protected my paint job. Before you roll out of your chair laughing at me, you need to understand that my itty bitty car barely fits in the garage. I wanted to leave some room near the washer so that I wouldn't have to squeeze. I guess I left a little too much room. Oh well, I warned everyone.

My political news watch was supplanted by Hurricane Frances. Living in tornado alley doesn't seem so bad after all. I do feel for all the Floridians especially now that Hurricane Ivan is headed their way.