The pool is green again. This rain is making me crazy. I guess I’ll be shocking it AGAIN this evening. Oh and there is a three inch long hornet nesting under my deck, with a dead one lying right next to where the other one is. Do they kill after mating? I’m not even sure it’s a hornet. It’s a three inch long black and yellow type bee thing with huge wings. I’m not sure what it is, so in true redneck tradition… ahm gon’ havta kill it.

The beds here, but they didn’t have a frame… hello? How could the bed store run out of frames? So I have to have Jim buy one tomorrow while I’m on the way to the airport. Oh and would someone please tell me how Budget Car Rental gets away with calling a Mercury Sable a “Full Size” car? When did they start making them so small?????

Most everything’s done and I got my self a nice little California roll. So, I’m going to have a little snack a cocktail or two and get a good nights sleep for the hundreds of miles I have to drive tomorrow.

Anyone want to do this limited.dat file thing so that I don’t have to? I hate boring countie things. Yes, that’s the technical term, “boring countie things”, wanna make something of it?

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I’m so busy that I can’t believe I’m actually sitting here blogging. I know where my priorities are dammit!

My mother and John will be here tomorrow. I have to pick them up at Orlando airport at 10:35 am. Used to be, I’d get there early, pull over and read a book till they came out, but those days are over. Now you can’t pull over at arrivals until your party has come outside. Thank you terrorists. The first time I went to the airport after September 11th, I had to drive in circles until I saw her. I have this disease where I have to be early for everything and that was a huge hairball. So now, I make sure I don’t leave the house till an hour before I have to be there and if they land before I get there, they wait. It’s excruciating trying to keep myself from leaving (if you don’t share my compulsion, you’re wondering what the hell I’m talking about, right?).

Today is actually the day from hell. Of course I put off buying a bed for the guest room till the exact, very last minute, so I have to do that this morning. Then, I have to go buy sheets, pillows, some cold cuts and salads so that I have a lunch to feed them when we get back, I have to head over to ABC liquors to stock the liquor cabinet, pick up soda, mixers etc. Get clarifying s*** for the pool (it’s a little cloudy) and “back up” chlorine. Days like these I could really use a babysitter…

After that I have to come home give the bathrooms a once over, do some laundry, vacuum the carpets and “swiffer” the tile floors. Do you use Swiffer? No? Go buy some. Now.

The house is really coming together though. I’ll take some pictures of the built-ins with my crystal, colored glass and music boxes… it looks really nice. I haven’t had the music boxes out in a long time and they look terrific.

So, I’m off. Have a great day and maybe I’ll see you later. =)

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We’re finally feeling pretty settled in the new house. My mother and her husband are flying in on Wednesday morning and I’m really looking forward to it.
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a tad over protective of my children and as such, I can’t seem to find a babysitter that I’m comfortable with. When my mother comes I really take advantage of her desire to be with the children while I’m not there. Jim and I are planning at least one night out, but as always are having a terrible time deciding what to do. There are plenty of restaurants in this town, but after dinner? There’s nothing to do. We have, in the past, attempted to go to a pub, club or bar. There’s just nothing that we “fit” into.
They’re either too young, too rough, or too filthy. Would it really be too much to ask that we be able to go somewhere, listen to music, have a cocktail? Apparently so.

So while I search for the plans for a perfect evening, or a reasonable facsimile… what’s new with you?

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