Do You Know?

. . .How $*^(*&^ heavy a king-size bed is? REALLY HEAVY!!!

I decided a few weeks ago that I wanted to move my bed to a different wall in my bedroom - the one without any windows (duh - why didn't I think of that 10 years ago?). . .

Today, I got the brilliant idea to do it NOW. Thank God I've lost all the weight that I have and have been working out. It took all of my body strength, a few walls (to push said body strength against) and many hours to get the bed moved.

Don't ask about the rest of the furniture or how I plan to get to my closet tomorrow morning. And I really don't want to discuss the mirror that I hung 10 years ago thinking it was centered on the wall. :(

I feel like I've had two work-outs today and am a little scared of how my muscles will feel over the next two days. Sadillac has already been put on notice - if I decide to move the @%*# thing again, he is getting a phone call!

Namaste.

"Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills." Minna Antrim

C-Boy. . .

Hey this is C-boy. I'm on my aunt's blog. Well tomorrow I'm going to the Bengals Game. There going to spank the Falcons butts. Michael Vick is going down. My favorite part about the game is probably tailgating. U get to meet new people and of course I, C-boy, gets to meet the LADIES!!!!. I also love to play cornhole. I guess you could say I'm pretty good at it. HA. Well guys, I'm going to go and let my aunt say a few things.

PEACE!!

Naw - no need for me to say anything!

Namaste.

Want List Great and Small. . .

. . .Yes, I have one! I started it back in late 2000 with the idea that I would cross at least two things off of it each year. This list has many of my dreams - from so grand (Eliminating Violence Against Women) to so small (Walking on a Beach in the Moonlight).

I was off to a great start!

5 in 2001:
Kiss The Blarney Stone; Listen to Irish Music in an Irish Pub Drinking Irish Beer;
Visit Highlands; Visit My Homeland (in Ireland); Watch the Changing of the Guard
4 in 2002:
Find a Spiritual Home; Visit the Golden Temple; Bake Bread from Scratch;
Learn a New Craft (Quilting)
7 in 2003:
Attend Mass at a Cathedral in Europe/UK; Have Fish & Chips in England;
See a "Broadway Show" in London (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang); Have "Tea at the Ritz";
White Water Rafting; Water Ski (even though it only lasted about 3 seconds);
Take a Cruise

Then, nothing! At least on paper. I haven't updated the dern thing since 2003! I have done lots of great things over the last 2.5 years, I just haven't bothered to update the list.

So, I have to go back through the scrapbooks and mark off with the appropriate date, all of the fan-tabulous stuff that I've been doing. I also need to add more things to the list - any suggestions?

Namaste.

"There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them." - Vicki Baum

Catching Up. . .

I took the weekend off from the gym - not by choice, but because of "busyness". Well, Sunday was by Bengal choice, but Saturday was just so jammed packed that I couldn't get there before they closed.

The Bengals game was a nerve-racker! I seriously think I saw two different Cincinnati teams play - one the first half (although there may be an argument in there that there were different teams between the 1st quarter and the 2nd quarter even) and a different one the second half. At any rate, Carson's 4-and-1 long pass to Chad Johnson and Kevin Kaesviharn's 4th quarter interception in the end-zone were phenomenal! I even got to cheat on my diet a bit as tomorrow is Sadillac's birthday, so we had a cake (I only had three bites - my trainer was watching!) and two beverages (notice, I didn't have three!).

The full bathroom is about 95% complete. Update: My hot water tank lasts approximately 42 minutes with my new shower jets (is there a new tank in my future???). It should be done tomorrow, but I am under orders to get some pictures up.


You'll see in the shower door reflection that the recessed shelf by the vanity is not done (the thing that looks like a frame is the primer).


There wasn't enough room between the toilet and the vanity for the toilet paper - so we hung the holder side-ways. There's room now!




Found this article on the net via the Monday Morning Quarterback article on SI.com. Makes one think (at least it did me). Don't get me wrong, I will still send the packages - but it is getting harder as more and more of my soldiers are not walking / talking when they come home. http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/200601019_after_pats_birthday/

Tomorrow starts a pretty strict diet from you know where (though I'm pretty happy that it is not carb he!!). I have 2.5 weeks to get some weight off for the competition at work. No more Subway with the sister-roos until final weigh-in. :(

Namaste.

"You will never 'find' time for anything. If you want time you must make it." - Charles Buxton

In Less Than 24 Hours. . .

I will be taking a shower and I will NOT be at Gold's Gym!

I technically could take one in the morning, but then I would be rushed to get to an all day meeting and that would just be horrific, even potentially blasphemes.

I searched and searched and searched for an phenomenal jet shower thing-a-ma-jig.
I practically cried over the multiple tile selections.
I endangered my vision experiencing all of the ugly chalk yellow tiles in order to analyze many display features.
I have been hauling my shower stuff to the gym for 2.5 weeks.

IT IS HEREBY DECREED: The hot water tank, at the condo currently under discussion, will run out of water when this amazing masterpiece is used for the first time.

Says me.

Namaste.

"Home is an invention on which no one has yet improved." - Ann Douglas

It's Blank. . .

. . .My mind that is. Trying to come up with something new to blog about is getting a little much for my tired brain.

When I started blogging, I never thought I'd be going to the gym this much - hence, blogging this much.

I read an article somewhere with difference blog starters - I may have to find it again to give me some different ideas!

Namaste.

Time To Drywall!

As the bathroom is getting into shape, I have to shake my head at the condition of the drywall in my bedroom. It is a mess and either needs to be ripped out and replaced or covered by the thinnest drywall I can find. I'm still debating that one. Whatever I do, I have to do in the closet room as well.





The bathroom is on track to be done this weekend. The sealant is on and tada. . .The shower hardware is installed! I love how the mirror reflects the tile in the back of the shower. The coloring is a bit off as the bathroom only has ~25% of the lighting it normally has. You'll just have to come see the true colors for yourself.

MommyMarie wanted to see the shelves completely tiled - here it is!



Now, I get to pick out the wall color. Decisions, Decisions!



Namaste.

"An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run." - Sydney J. Harris

As The Remodeling Continues. . .

The tile was installed. . .
Tomorrow is grout day (I hope!).


I'm really liking how the tile design turned out in the shower.


The floor tile continues into the closet where I am going to make a large walk-through closet room.





Namaste.

I think this is what I didn't like about Week 6:
a. Stupid, idiotic roughing-the-passer call by Mike Carey's crew on Justin Smith in Cincinnati's 14-13 loss to Tampa Bay. Instead of it being second-and-18 from the Bengals' 40 with three minutes to play, the Bucs had a first-and-10 at the Bengals' 25. Smith was flagged for driving Tampa QB Gradkowski's head to the ground, though replays clearly showed that all Smith did was tackle the guy. "I guess you've got to cuddle him to the ground," Cincinnati coach Marvin Lewis said. Great line from Bengals.com guru Geoff Hobson: "The Bengals thought they were in the middle of the NFL and a tough football game when the Kennedys broke out." Edgy, Geoff. Very edgy. - Peter King's Monday Morning Quarterback on SI.com

More Amazement

Holding a baby just seems to make everything right in the world - especially two babies weighing in at 3lbs and 3lbs 3oz. Those big dark blue eyes are just so amazing. The innocence in Princess and Fighter is so bright that I just want to build a wall around them to protect it - they don't know hatred, bigotry, meanness or any of that other crap that so many kids are exposed to today. Love it and love them!

Which reminds me of this morning. I was walking up to church and suddenly I am engulfed in a hug. . .From one of the kids that I had sponsored years ago. I did a double take when he mentioned his car (and all of his facial hair). . .But amazingly, he still looks at me as a big sis that he feels comfortable talking to. I miss that.

Interesting how all of this amazement I had today makes me realize that a bad call in a football game isn't so important in the big scheme of things.

Namaste.

It's Amazing. . .

It's Amazing. . .What 12 hours of sleep does for a body & mind!

It's Amazing. . .How great a wall looks after just a bit of spot painting!

It's Amazing. . .How time is just flying by - ~72 days until Christmas!

It's Amazing. . .How precious babies are!

It's Amazing. . .How much we take the simple pleasures for granted - such as a shower!

Namaste.

"They who see only what they wish to see in those around them are very fortunate." - Marie Bachkirtseff