Round 3

Well, we got a lot done this weekend!

I scrubbed the kitchen top to bottom.

My aunt Lisa steamed cleaned the living room & my bedroom walls.

My step dad fixed our garage doors. They were off track and one was missing a spring! He fixed a few plumbing issues.

Gage ripped up all the nasty carpet in his room.

This week after work, I'll be getting started on the restrooms. Ugh.

My mom & Mike have a roofer coming this week to get started on the roof!!

As soon as that's done, we can start painting!!

It's coming along a lot faster than I thought it would! Saturday I got home around 5:30. I bathed and was asleep by 6:30. I didn't wake up until 7:45 the next morning.

Today I cleaned from 10-5. I didn't get as much done as I wanted, but I still have time.

It's going to be a slow week at work, so Brenda said we could have a day off if we wanted. I'll probably take her up on that offer. Usually, I'd just work, money....duh. But I have plenty of PTO & I want to finish up the house ASAP. Hopefully I may still be able to move in by the end of the month! That would be awesome!!

I know that's major wishful thinking, but.....my fingers are crossed!

I'm super excited to hear that one of my oldest, bestest friends is moving back. Not to WF, probably Burke or Henrietta. But still....closer than Pennsylvania.

Jauque, who I've been friends with since 5 th grade! Our babies were just a few months apart. She now has 5 kids and a step daughter. OMG. But Gage & her son James grew up together. I love that boy like my own! I can't wait for them to get back!!

Hope everyone had a more interesting weekend than I did.

But I feel like we've accomplished a lot, so I'm happy :)

SIX hours. mayne!

Six hours.
Six hours, cleaning that house.
And I swear to the sweet Lord above, if you were to walk in, you'd say I never touched it.

I was excited, motivated, ready to get in there and get started.
This is me, six hours later:



That look on my face?
It's disappointment.

That brown shirt I'm wearing?
It was white when I put it on.

DUDE!!! I'm so frustrated!!

Me and Gage did get the garage cleaned out really good.
So, I was able to move all my art supplies out there.....a few less boxes to maneuver around here.
I'm most excited about the big garage. I'm totally using it for my arts and crafts and painting and all that good, fun, old people stuff!!!

My feet are swollen and hurting SO bad! My back hurts. I have blisters all over my hands. My allergies are going crazy. Man, I'm getting old.
All that cleaning was the garage, sweeping, cleaning out cabinets. This place is so dirty.

So, tomorrow morning I get to go back and start scrubbing floors, counters, restrooms, walls.
We have to fix the roof before I can paint, because there are a few leaks.
....imagine that....

So, it looks like it's going to be closer to the middle of September before I can move :(
Oh well.
What can you do?
I'm just doing what I can, and hopefully with the help of my mom and step dad we can get this house ready to go!!

:)

The stars at night, are big and bright........

....deep in the heart of Texas!!

Pictures from my family's mini vacation to Leah's new house in San Antonio.

This is my sister's mansion.....taken from down by the barn.

Ok, it's not really a mansion, but it's freaking huge. It's 3 stories. The bottom floor is partially built into the ground.

I think it's beautiful. I, myself, couldn't stand to have such a big house. I love little old houses, where you don't have to search for 20 minutes to find someone. haha.

The fountain outside the living room, beyond that, the pool with the waterfall.

Lisa and Leah making my favorite breakfast EVER!! Chorizo, potato, and cheese burritos! YUM!

Chris and Lacey. That's a typically Lacey face right there. ;)

Gavin, showing me his awesome tattoo!!

Swim time! Paw Paw came up with the amazing idea to jump off the pool house roof into the pool. So, that's all the kids wanted to do!
Yes, they are all wearing socks....they said the roof was super hot! haha.

Gage

Jack

Lucia

Paw Paw's turn!

Zac, I couldn't believe HE did it!

Later that night; Lucia, Zac, and Rachel were playing dress up. Yep, Zac's sexy.....and he knows it! Look at that sexy face he's making.
d.o.r.k.

Me and my mom were sitting out on the patio, watching some of the kids swim, then Leah kinda yelled. She said, "Oh my gosh, you scared me! I was like, I know there are not any little girls around here."


It was Gavin in a wig. My mom said her immediate thought was......yeah, that's Lacey.
Gavin looks JUST LIKE Lacey did at that age with that wig on!! Her hair was that long, always ratty, and always running around in her saggy panties.
It scared me at first too. So funny!!! Look at that little cutie pie!

Zac, playing on the iPad.

Zac wearing a wig. What's with all the boys wearing wigs? haha.
Look at his sweet little dimples!

Can you believe the only outing we had the entire time we were there, was to eat at Hooters. My mom wasn't very happy about the choice. But Gage and his friend Gunner liked the idea.

Me and my boys.
I feel like I must be shrinking!! How can Gage STILL be getting taller than me?!?! I mean, he already was...but dang....and Zac's almost already my height!! crazy.

Lucia and Zac.

Leah and Lucia

The cousins. Rachel, Lucia, Zac, and Gavin

Poor little Gavin was so tired and hungry!! After filling up on appetizers and before his actual meal got to the table, he was out!

Of course, my mom couldn't stand him sleeping on that old, hard table! haha.
So sweet.

Zac now has a new favorite place to eat. He was checking out the Hooters girls!
Me, Gage, and Gunner were discussing our waitresses bra size. Gunner said 34 A, I said no way....she's super skinny, probably 32 A.
Then Gunner said she wore too much eyeliner.
Zac asked him why was he looking at her face?
!!!! What?!?! Boy!
Then Gage said, yeah....that's a waste of time!
haha
Oh, my boys. I'm so proud.

As I was taking this picture, there were a table full of guys behind us, I turned around and said,"I'm such a good mom".

haha.

It was a good time. I enjoyed spending time with my family. There were 15 people in her house total.....can you believe that we all rarely even ran into each other. That house is massive, I tell you!

Anyways, I was glad to come home. I have so much to do still. Packing, moving, CLEANING! Ugh, my house I'm moving into......the people who lived there before me were ridiculously disgusting. I have a lot to do before I can even think of moving stuff in.
I'm telling you, if I had seen this house BEFORE I went out of town.....I wouldn't have gone.
So much to do. I'm getting started tomorrow and working through the weekend, cleaning it up. Hopefully by next weekend, I'll be able to move in.
UGH! I'm so frustrated!! It's like.....a whole other blog...this house, I swear.

So, yeah. That was my little vacation. I love going out of town, but I love coming home. It's good to be back in good ole WF!

Ohhhhh, memories and anti relationship conspiracy theories.

So, as you all should know (faithful readers, you!)

My little sister got married about 6 weeks ago or so.

I was probably about 11 or 12 when my mom & step dad (Lacey's dad) got divorced. He lives in Decatur, so we moved there when they got married. He had two nephews that, I believe, one was one year younger than me, the other a year younger than Leah.

So, needless to say, the younger ones had to play together, because the older ones were too cool.

We moved back to WF when my mom was pregnant with Lacey. I was probably 8 or 9. We would still go visit his family in Decatur. It was always fun. Ya know, the parents outside, drinking beer, the kids, running wild....doing whatever they wanted.

Anyways.....I'm getting off track of the point of this post!

I hadn't seen any of Lacey's family since I was probably 11. I did see Steven (Lacey's dad) a few times over the years. Once when Gavin was born, then he came to my Paw Paw's funeral....which I thought was really sweet. Maybe a few more times in between.

ANYWAYS......so at the wedding I was so excited to find out that Pam, Richard, and Josh were coming. I hadn't seen them in years. Josh is the cousin closest in my age, Richard & Pam are his parents.

Obviously, over the.......what? 23 years....people change. I recognized Richard & Pam right off the bat. They were adults when I'd seen them last, and they looked the same. A little older, a little thinner, but still looking good. They said they wouldn't have even recognized me, 23 years on a kid does that.

Which is why Josh had to be pointed out to me.

Double take.

What? What?

My little hellion step cousin turned into a hottie!!

Ok, so I know the wedding was like 6 weeks ago or so, and I'm just now writing about it.

But while me & my family were on vacation (visiting my sister at her new house in San Antonio), it came up.

I texted my mom & Leah and told them that I tried to get my Aunt Lisa to stop in Decatur, but she wouldn't do it!

My mom replied,"You need to NOT go there, you'll end up in trouble with that cutie pie."

Obviously, my mother & I had already had the discussion about what a hottie he grew up to be.

So I responded "haha" and she replied, "he is gorgeous tho".

True Story.

Ok, I'm going back & forth here, but after the weekend of the wedding, one of the first things I mentioned to my co workers was how good looking my "ex-step-cousin...in law?" turned out to be.

Then I was like....yeah Lacey said his wife is super sweet.

(Debbie Downer sound effect goes in here....something along the lines of,"whaaaaanwhhaaaaaa".

It was then Misti (my fellow receptionist) pointed out the fact that I am only attracted to unattainable men.

She said,"You are so anti-relationship that you only like guys that are married....or Alexander Skarsgard. "

Hey, I'm pretty sure Alexander Skarsgard is single.....is she saying I don't have a chance with him??? Rude.

Then there was the sexy Fed Ex guy that used to deliver at my job. HUGE crush on him.....yep, he was married. We nick named him FedSex. ;)

Unfortunately, he no longer works our route. Either he quit, or he said,"take me off the route where the crazy receptionist is constantly undressing me with her eyes!!"

Haha.

I laugh, but how sad would that be if it were true!

So, I told my co workers, no way! If my "ex-step-cousin...in law?" we're to get divorced, I'd totally go out with him. They were like,"really?"

Welllll, the more I thought about it, the more I realized....no, I wouldn't. He was once family.

That's weird. By blood or not, that's weird!

Then I started thinking about when we used to play and get dirty and have fun, and it reminded me of something I hadn't thought of in YEARS!

One day, we were playing in a tent in his room, and well, let's just say...we played, "show me yours, I'll show you mine". Haha.

C'mon on now! Every little kid has that other kid (opposite sex, hopefully....) that they showed their privates to!!!

He was mine. Funniest thing about it, we had been playing on walkie talkies all day.

One was in the tent with us and as we were pulling up JUST THE TOP PART of our shorts, we hear my step dad...in his deep voice......."what are y'all doing?!"

I thought we were busted! I thought one of us must have had on knee on the walkie talkie and they could hear us saying,"show me yours first".

Maybe they knew, maybe they didn't. But we didn't play that game again after that.

Although, I was tempted to see if he wanted to play the game again, at the reception. Just like old times, man! Haha.

I kid. I kid.

So anyways, point of this story is that my co workers finally brought it to my attention. I unintentionally sabotage potential relationships and I am only attracted to unattainable, unavailable guys.

But I still say if Skarsgard ever met me.... He'd totally want me.

Then I think......hmmmm, I'm actually attracted to Eric on True Blood....his confidence, his arrogance, his freaking sexiness. I'd probably be disappointed in the actual man. Because I would expect him to be just like the character he plays in True Blood.....and bite me :)

I do love being single; doing what I want, when I want, without having to answer to anyone.

So maybe I subconsciously am only attracted to guys I know I'd never have a chance with.

It's still fun to have crushes!

Besides, fantasy is always better than reality.

Now, let's be honest.....who was the first kid you swiped private part peeks with? Misti told me who hers was!

;)

I'm in the nation of procrastination

Procrastination!!

I'm moving sometime this month and I have absolutely NO motivation when it comes to packing! I packed for two days straight a couple weeks ago......then NOTHING! I feel like it should already all be packed up. How could I possibly have more to pack??

I'm looking around at these boxes that are stacked up all around the place.....but my house is still full of stuff. How does that happen??

I've thrown away so much, given away so much, have a box full of stuff for a garage sale/Faith Mission.

And a little spider just came webbing down from my ceiling....right in my face!
Don't worry, I killed it.

So, I've uploaded a million old pictures onto Facebook.....I've gone to my cousin's birthday party to paint....I've played Words with Friends, Hanging with Friends, Pocket Potions, watched True Blood (OMG! What's going on with Bill?!?!?!)

I'm off tomorrow, I HAVE to pack!! Tuesday I get Zac back from his dad's, then Wednesday we're leaving to go to San Antonio to visit my sister and check out her new house.

Ok, I'm packing tomorrow. That's all there is to it. NO Facebooking, NO Blogging, NO Words with Friends, NO Hanging with Friends, NO Pocket Potions, NO phone, NO iPad, NOTHING! I'm sticking my iPhone on the iHome, gonna blast some music and clean and pack and that's all I'm doing. That's it. That's all there is to it.





wish me luck