17
Jun
Doggy Daycare

So, since I don’t have enough that I’m doing right now I offered to dog-sit my parents dog (you know the dog that used to be mine that my dad adopted (or dognapped) from me a few years ago).  They put their house on the market and since they are driving up here next weekend with my sister and Rider I figured it would be a lot easier for them to bring Chloe up here then and be able to show their house without her around plus packing and moving would be easier.

So, here’s the problem, the dog is C-R-A-Z-Y, I have a cat and I’m not sure how either will do with the other.  Plus, the dog is C-R-A-Z-Y.  So, to keep the dog safe, me sane, and my house from getting destroyed by this (C-R-A-Z-Y) dog I am looking for a crate.  (Plus, I just think crates are good for dogs.)  Here’s where I need your help…anyone have any input on crates?

The dog is 8 inches tall and about 12 inches long.  So, I need some input on the right size crate for her.  Also, I’m not sure which type is best.  Chloe is C-R-A-Z-Y but she won’t chew or destroy the crate (honestly, despite my dad’s protests I really think she’ll like it) but I’m not sure which is the best choice.  Ideally I’d like to use this for a future dog that I hope to add to my family (assuming it’s the right size and assuming I find someone who can install a fence for less that the price I paid for my house).

So, with all that randomness, opinions please.  :)

till-later

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28
May
Reason #987 my home rocks

I don’t have to think about how much I’m buying at the grocery store.  OK, I guess I kind of do because my fridge/freezer/cupboards are only so big.  But, in my apt I used to have to consider how heavy the bags were and how many bags there were becuse I had two flights of stairs to deal with between the car and my front door.  Here’…not so much.  There’s one step from the garage to the house and that’s it.  No running up and down stairs with bags or losing feeling in my arm because I tried carrying more than I should have.

So, there you have it.

till-later

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27
May
Random Thoughts of a Homeowner

So, anyone who knows me (and probably quite a few who don’t) know that my life has been almost completely consumed with buying a house since, oh, about February.  Well, I’ve been living in said house for ten days now and just have some random thoughts to share with you about being a homeowner.

So, here we go, randomness…

  1. No matter how much you preplan where everything will go in a new house inevitably you will change something after you move in, unpack, and get things put away.  I’m sure I’m not completely abnormal in the fact that I rearranged the kitchen four times and moved the linen closet around twice in a matter of ten days.
  2. Unless you custom design a house (and even then I doubt it would be perfect) something will not make sense.  For example…ten days and I’m still reaching for the kitchen light on the wall that it ISN’T and having to turn around and flip it on on the wall that it is on.  And don’t even get me started on the kitchen cabinets.
  3. OK, speaking of kitchen cabinets, seriously, I know I’m not the only person who has dishes and glasses and other kitchen stuff.  Who ever thought of making cabinets that are so stinking narrow that you can barely fit things in?  I finally have the dishes and glasses in sensible places but that leaves the spices in the only available cupboard which is the one that isn’t wide enough for a spice rack so they are all one level.  No big deal EXCEPT that I always seem to need to empty the entire flippin’ shelf to get to the one jar I need.
  4. Utilities.  Yes, I knew there would be more utilities in a house then in my apartment.  But seriously, can these people not work together a little bit?  I have to write once check to the sewer company, another check to a different company for garbage pick-up, another check to a completely separate company for water service, and another check to a fourth company for electricity, and let’s not forget the fifth company that I have to write a check to for gas.  Yeah, FIVE companies and that’s not even talking about cable or internet service.  Seriously?  FIVE different companies?  I think they are in cahoots with the postal service or the check printing companies or something.
  5. Noise. I lived in an apartment and had the most annoying LOUD neighbors but OMG I never realized how noisy a house is. Seriously this thing hums and rumbled and moans louder than having the three kids around WITH frends over. What the heck…quiet would be nice.

Seriously, though, it may sound like I’m complaining, I’m not.  (Well, maybe I am but only because I have to find something to complain about and this really is a pretty amazing thing being in this house and knowing that it’s MINE.)

After ten days I couldn’t be happier.  Well, if someone would help me figure out where to hang the stuff that is supposed to go on my walls but is still sitting in boxes I might be a little happier.  And well, if someone wanted to help me figure out a layout and design option for my office/craft room I’d probably be a lot happier.  Oh, and if someone wanted to help me figure out what the heck to do with the beastly flower bed that is really just a weed patch I know I’d be a lot happier.  But, I do love my house.  I love coming our the bend each night and seeing my driveway.  I love pushing the garage door opening and knowing it’s the door to MY garage opening.  I love putting my car in the garage and knowing that I’m home.  (Heck, I really love parking in the middle of the garage and knowing that I can take up as much of it as I want LOL.)

So, there’s some random thoughts from a homeowner.  :)

till-later

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19
May
New House Pictures

So, it took lots of work and even more patience but I’m in my new house.  :)   If you click on the picture below you can view a bunch of pictures I’ve taken since I received the keys.

Here's the front of the house...I'll get better/more pictures after it's REALLY mine. :)

As of this morning all the rooms are livable.  I still need to figure out a desk solution for the office/craft room but each room looks like something I’m OK with showing people.  I don’t have anything up on the walls, though (with the exception of one picture that I knew exactly where it was going).

Enjoy!

till-later

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15
Feb
So…

It’s like, February.  The middle of February at that.  And, I’ve been quiet around here.

Very quiet.

So, let me clue you in on what I’ve been doing lately:

Working

Reading

Working a lot more

House-hunting

and, well, getting by.

So, sorry I’ve been so quiet around here but life has gotten in the way of a lot of things.

till-later

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11
Jan
Happy 2010

Can you believe 2009 is over?  Not only does this mark the beginning of a new year, but it marks the beginning of  a new decade.

A lot has happened in the last ten years.

A lot.

I can’t say that 10 years ago as I was celebrating ringing  in the 21st century that this is where I thought I’d be but, honestly, I have absolutely no regrets as to where my life has gone and where it is today.

The last ten years have seen me at my absolute lowest and it’s also given me some of my most memorable times.

  • I celebrated my 30th birthday (over half a decade ago, sigh)
  • I graduated from college
  • I became an Auntie THREE times
  • I became a business owner
  • I became a resident of Idaho
  • I lost both my grandfather’s

This last decade taught me a lot about who I am.  I know, it sounds weird but I really did learn a lot over the last ten years.  One thing that I have learned (and have been teaching the business owner’s I mentor) is the importancd of goals.  I’ve never been big on goals.  I’ve honestly always hated them.  But, what I’ve realized is that the goals I’ve set have been goals I thought I was supposed to set.  Never goals I wanted to set.  I also always believed I would fail at achieving my goals.

But, I have decided I am going to achieve my goals in 2010.  I have determined that it’s OK to change my goals if I choose to.  They are my goals and they are not now nor will they ever be set in stone or encased in cement or carved on a tablet or put under lock and key.  These are my goals.

They are also my goals, so I’m not sharing them with you.  I might change my mind at some point after I’ve spent a little more time working on them.  But, they are for me and me alone.  :)

So, I know it’s late but Happy 2010.  Here’s to a great new year and a spectacular, out of this world new decade.

till-later

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