Saturday, February 28, 2009

28 is a special number

Today is, the 28th of February.
Today is my oldest daughters 28th birthday.
I had her when I was...28! (Now, y'all know how old I am)
So I bought two lotto tickets.
I took OD, MD and OD's friend out to Mexican dinner, then came home and had Rainbow Cake, with Rainbow Sprinkles Frosting. (OD's request)
Here's my birthday card to OD:





Happy Birthday Sweetie!

Monday, February 23, 2009

Claudia needs

Now this can be funny. But after I got a few of my needs on the list, I started seeing a pattern. Damn! A person could get a complex over this stuff. I didn't take the first ten exactly. It wouldn't have made any sense at all...sure; like it does now. But it is funny...


Perhaps Claudia may need medication
Well, yea...medication could help!

Germany needs more than Claudia draped in a flag
This isn't what I need, but it was funny.

Claudia Needs to Get Off Early
Um...okay, depends on how you take that.

Claudia needs shows!
Please, entertain me!

Claudia needs everything
Not everything, I do not need a frontal lobotomy!

claudia has lost her phone in her drunk state, so needs numbers pleeeaseee!
Like the number three...I kind of like that number.

Claudia needs to be outed
Why? Was it something I said?

Claudia needs to go
Again, it depends on how you take this...to the bathroom, or in general? And then again, was it something I said?

Claudia needs all the healing vibes she can get!
Don't we all?

Claudia needs to find out what's really going on
Yes, I would like to know what is really going on!
That was fun...
I ended up taking YD to a doctor appointment today. I had forgotten that I said I would go with her. Then we went to another of her appointments, and then to DMV which was a wasted trip, they wouldn't let her register her friend's truck that he has loaned her. He has to do it himself, since we could be invading his privacy by doing him a favor in exchange for him doing her a favor. Stupid government laws.
More rain on the way...next thing you know, I'll have to mow my lawn! Geez! Will it ever stop???

Rain, rain, rain

As some of you have posted that you are sick of winter and the snow, so am I sick of rain. We need it. But comon! My weather Channel window says rain from now until Kingdom come. And that's a long time!
The tarp is holding up. I love it. The Magical Mexican asked me to tell him when I want to do the repairs, he wants to fix it for me. I was wrong about which Magical Mexican did the repairs...it was actually the dad and not the son, but who ever...they both worked on it and it's still my favorite thing that has happened in a long time. YD speaks two languages, another of her many talents. Her boss has told her that she needs to teach all the Mexicans that work as guides English. It is really a good idea. After all, these guys are guides for people who are riding 1500 pound animals and if something is going wrong, it would be a good idea to be able to tell the people what to do to fix it. In English! She has taught the Magical Mexican dad quite a bit. He did a good job of talking to me the other day, I speak very little Spanish, so I was impressed.
I still have some research to do. My dad wants me to find out what the rest of the roof is made of, (which means I have to get up on the top of an eight foot ladder, to a place where there are way too many cob webs and look into the attic of my house. Um...yech!), then find out what the city code is for roofs (rooves?) here. Then he will probably send my neice's husband and his company over to do what ever needs to be done. He wants to keep it in the family, I think that is only right.
I was going to take pictures of my progress on my latest stitch. It's coming along nicely. For some reason, I put my camera in my purse and left it there about two weeks ago. Um, the battery is dead, dead, dead. No pictures happening today.
I have nothing to really concentrate on today and tomorrow, so I will play it by ear. There are things I should do, but the question is...do I want to do them? We'll see. I am so not motivated at all!
Y'all have a great day!

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Some Pictures...yech!




These are from the inside of the garage. The garage door is to the left. The blue that you see is the tarp that the Magical Mexican put up for me. (You know I always thought my garage was cold before. Tarps do not keep the outside tempuratures out.)
The water that poured into the garage Sunday morning has dried up and it's a little more back to normal, I know that is temporary, cause when the roof gets repaired or replaced I know that it is going to be a big mess. But with big messes comes big clean ups, I am hoping that it'll get me motivated on re-organizing too. I think you might already know that I am not good at sticking with a project, cause there is always a bigger and better project waiting for me to not finish!
Speaking of not finishing...My craft room project has been put on hold and yet again. I am never going to get my room! (Yes, I am whining here) Because we got copious amounts of rain in a very short period of time, Mother Nature decided that along with the new skylights in the garage I should have a pool in my backyard! YAY! for Mother Nature. Mind you, this is not a heated pool, in fact it's kind of a gross pool. My water loving dogs won't even go out there now! I wouldn't give a rats ass about water standing in the back yard, but MD's room is detached from the house and has become an island unto it's own. MD came out of her room to come in and get ready for work yeseterday and found that she was ankle deep in the backyard turned pool. I told her, until these storms are gone and over with, you might want to move your belongings into the main house and use my craft room. It took her about a half an hour to bring in her most prized possessions, and some stuff she would need for work. I can't wait for our Indidan Summer that I usually hate, it will dry this mess out so well!
On a more fun note. The friend who I joined for dinner Sunday night was off work yesterday for the holiday. She and I have different days off, so we don't get to spend a lot of time together. Since I am off on Mondays and she had the holiday, we planned on doing something. Her daughter is getting married in August, so they spend all their spare time shopping for things for that day. They are making everything themslves, so Michael's and Joann's are getting the benefit of their wedding dollars. I couldn't think of a better way to spend the day with my friend! We went and had lunch first, and then hit Michael's. I like to look at stuff at Michael's but I rarely buy from there. So I had fun giving my opinion on things that they were picking up and adding my two cents worth on ideas they had. She says that I helped out on a lot of things, I hope that is true. When we got to Joann's I didn't see her again, til we left. I am so addicted to things Joann's. Plus, there was this super fantastic sale going on and I ran around in a frenzy to see what would come home with me. Oh my! I'm happy to say I didn't spend an awful lot, but I did spend. I bought fifteen fat quarters (which to explain to non quilter/crafters is literally a quarter yard of fabric that can be used for an enormous amount of crafty/quilty fun. They bundle them up and a person can get lots and lots of color going on for a small amount of money.) The fat quarters are usually $1.49 each, I got them for $.90! YAY! Then I found some nice material suitable for quilt backing. It was marked down from $7.98/yard, to $3.00 a yard. The there was 50% off and I had a coupon for 10% off of everything. The material ended up being $1.35 a yard! Another YAY! for me! I also got some quilt batting at 50% plus another 10% off. I wish I had more time, but then I would need to build another room on the house to store all this stuff!
The TV is warning us of nasty thunder storms approaching. I'm going to have to get off the computer. Oh boy! I just can't wait for the next exciting chapter of stormy Northern California! Anyone want to venture on what part of the roof is going next?
Wish me luck...ya'll have a great one!