What? A big pile of dirt???

Say it ain't so!!! But there is progress...... since I'm not having a basement poured, they only need to pour the slab. I drove by 2 days ago and it was looking pretty much like the picture in the previous post below, although with a wee bit of water because of all the damn rain... Today?? TOTALLY different... That's what you're looking at up above. :) I guess it's the outline of the house? We're still on track for mid/end Sept. Nothing against this house that I'm in and renting, but damn - there are bugs here. Today's little influx was pincher bugs (earwigs). NOT one of my favorites. There are still little ants here and there, I kill those little fuckers right off. But the earwigs try and fight back. They want to LIVE.... (in my best Frankenstein voice) LIVE!!! LIVE!!!
I killed them all.
There it is, I'll admit it. I'm a mass murderer. I will kill each and every bug that comes across my path - I will even give them fair warning

Sunday morning...

I guess I'm used to the new schedule. I was awake at 6AM today. Ugh. No matter how much I tried to get my body to go back to sleep, I was awake. For the day. Dammit. So far today, I've cleaned the basement and done round one of the mopping of the cat piss/shit smell. Then I cleaned out the little eating area in my kitchen so I could steam clean the carpet, which has some stains on it. Stains be gone. AND... I realized that the steam cleaner that I'm using? Also does hard floors. Screw mopping round II, I'm bringing that sucker downstairs and using that. If that doesn't make it all clean and smelling pretty, nothing will. Now I need to start packing some of the clutter. I don't want people looking at my personal pictures and stuff when looking at the house - they don't need to see my stuff - they need to imagine their stuff here. Yeah. That's it. Although - if the house sells quickly, I'm screwed. I have a lease until the end of September, but what if someone comes in and says - hey, I'll buy the house, but only if I can move in July 1st or something like that. Ugh. I don't even want to think about it.
Anywhooo - happy Sunday. I'll leave you with a picture of the deer in the back yard. Before it all exploded green.

Perfection in a glass...

Undoubtedly the most delightful adult beverage of my life... a Key Lime Pie Martini. It was like a little key lime party going on in my mouth. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

The sign of things to come :)

This is the lot. There will be 10 million houses close to it, but once it's done, it will look like this (minus the extra garage):

I'm not crazy about how close the houses are together, but hey, if my neighbor needs sugar - I can just toss it over, right? :)

OK, so the boy has lost video games and computer for the big lie. And he knows that the Red Bull Air race is on the line if he screws up any more. Oy vey, this parenting thing is tough sometimes!! The fact that he told the lie that he did tells me that he was hurt even more than I realized about everything that happened last year. We're still working on that. I guess we both have to get past some anger. It still pisses me off what Theo did to him if I stop and think about it - so I try not to stop and think about it. But then I stop and think about how much of a fool he is, and I laugh. At this point he deserves to have every single penny that the FFW (that would be filthy f'ing whore that will sleep with everyone - EXCEPT Theo) can squeeze out of him - he's been warned by how many people, and he STILL supports her. Oh well. It's pathetic - but I just sit back now and live my life. It's pathetic that his family just chalks it up to "Theo being Theo", because they all think he's a fuckup. I guess this just confirms it? Who knows.

The new job is going great - I haven't blown the building up yet, although I did come close I forgot to run a report Friday afternoon and just realized it today - so I may hear about that - but you know, I'm new. I don't know that stuff yet.

I talked to a mortgage broker, and I'm meeting her this week to finalize the paperwork - it should be all set to go ~ I also signed a purchase agreement for a house that I haven't seen. Why haven't I seen it? Because the damn thing isn't built yet!!! Woohoo!!! It should be done mid-September, and my lease is up at the end of September, so the timing should (hopefully) work out perfectly. I'm excited - the house is going to be great, and mine. Mine all mine.

Movin' on UP....

I finally got a job, yay!! It's the one that I interviewed for back in January that I'd basically given up on. I guess that's the key - give up on it and it will come. I got called Monday for a 2nd interview, had that Weds and Thurs they offered me the job. I'm working in the courthouse, traffic division. LOVE it!! This whole getting up at 6AM thing, though - geez luiz. I haven't had to do that in a long time. I'm one tired bunky!! More later. Time for a nap. Or a date with a pillow. :D

Sad, in a way...

My ex is asking me to return things to him that I gave back months ago. Is he that completely retarded that he can't remember getting them back? More and more over the past 6 months, I have realized that he really was not that smart. How sad is it that I am just realizing that now? Why couldn't I have realized it before I moved in with him, or before we got serious.... Who knew??? He's also claiming that my refusal to return the items (that he already has) is me being bitter and playing the victim, and that I'm going off the deep end. HUH????

Life in the big city...

I must say, I do miss the city sometimes. Going to Chicago last week was nice (except for the damn traffic!).. I've noticed that things move much quicker in the city, I guess it takes stepping out of it to realize that. Sometimes I miss the hustle and bustle, the noise, the confusion of where the hell am I while driving, that stuff. But you know what was also nice? Coming home to see a couple of deer within 50 yards of my garage, having a little lie down for themselves

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh life

Life is good. :)
I don't have a job yet, but that's in the works, so soon. My rent is paid for March, so I'm not in panic mode. And I have a bunch of crap that I can sell on Ebay that will make me some good cash.
My ex is obsessed with me for some reason. He claims that I'm stalking him, which is laughable. The only thing that pisses me off is that he's telling this to other people. His delusions are his own, but when he starts to share them, hopefully people realize that they're dealing with a fuckwit.
But enough about that whole mess. Thank God I'm away from it all. The drama llama strikes again! LOL

I'm so excited to go home to Boston in March. I get to see my niece for the first time in 20 years, yippeeeeeeeeee!! The sad part is that it's also my aunt's 1 year anniversary mass. I can't believe that she's been gone for almost a year. It still doesn't seem real to me that she's gone. I still can't talk about the whole thing without breaking down.

Woohoo!

A new place to write... to think... to blog. :)
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