i have nothing...nothing

this week has kind of been a blah week. work has been....well work. no real "funny" stories to tell. nothing too exciting on tv except american idol and other random reality shows....just basically nothing to blog about. plus i've been a little under the weather so my mind is just not working properly. Hopefully this weekend will bring more stories. I still have so much to do on my house, with organization, decorating, laundry, and grocery shopping....sometimes it all seems like too much and i just want to curl up in my warm bed and sleep. no....i need to get motivated.

baby it's cold outside...

i hate this weather. i am cold all the time. i am sitting here at my desk, with my space heater, socks, and coat on and am still shaking from the cold. this sucks. i can't even think when the weather is like this.....

They say music can alter moods and talk to you...

song lyrics can make you happy, make you sad, make you angry, and make you......confused.....?

I'm at karaoke last night and some girl gets up to do her rendition of "i wanna sex you up" and i am reminded again about the lyrics in that song that just don't make any sense....

"we can do it til' we both wake up..." ?? what? why were they both sleeping during it?

or

"makin' love until we drown..." ?? is that even possible?

Then today I am listening to some rod stewart and "broken arrow" comes on....have you heard this one? the chorus goes something like this...

"who else is gonna bring you a broken arrow? who else is gonna bring you a bottle of rain?"

what? is this something that somebody actually wants? is this a good thing? i personally would rather have an arrow that actually works, and maybe a bottle of some fiji water....not rain....that doesn't make sense...

anyway, it's a random post i know...but i just had to get it out there....

any other lyrics that don't make sense?

work it...i need a glass of water

I am still in the process of decorating, so before and after pictures will just have to wait until i can really show you the transformation....but let me tell you it was a process.

TOP 5 THINGS WE DID TO MY NEW HOUSE:

1.painted all the walls. a basic off-white color went on the majority of the walls




with a bright color on one wall in the family room (chocolate brown)

my bedroom (orange)

and the guest bedroom (green)

The bathroom was completely repainted (blue)

All the rooms took at least 2 coats of paint, with a primer needed in the kitchen to turn the rust orange to cream

and the bedrooms

to turn the white to orange and green.

2.deep cleaned the whole house. the house had previous renters that didn't clean anything...ever...let alone before they moved out, so along with a bunch of crap laid out on my yard next to the garbage can and a ridiculous snowman i had to demolish


i also had to go through the entire house and clean before anything could be done. i almost gagged cleaning out the cupboards and countertops of the kitchen

but michelle was a champ as she cleaned the walls and baseboards


3.installed new doorhandles and deadbolts to the front and back doors.

This was quite a process (pretty much everything has been), as the previous doorknob circle was more like an oval, and the doorknobs i bought wouldn't fit. but instead of buying new doorknobs, i decided to take my hammer and screwdriver and chisel out an actual circle and installed the hardware. yeah i kind of rocked that one. I also installed new outlet covers on all the outlets, as some were missing, some were white and didn't match, and all of them were disgustingly dirty


4.chiseled away my countertop in order to fit the fridge. maybe it's because the house is older, but for some reason the space alotted for the fridge was too small width wise for the new sized refrigerators

i could have just bought a fridge that fit the smaller space, but i am low on new fridge money right now, and besides... when i do buy a fridge i want a nice one that will most likely be the same size so i mine as well fix the space now right?....so luckily i had my friend zach around, who is handy with the tools, and he chiseled away the counter and made the fridge fit.

oh happy day!


5.installed a weathering strip on the backdoor. i used a hacksaw!

didn't even know what that was, but apparently it was necessary to cut the weathering sweep for the door down to the correct length...and i did it. then i installed it on the door, using an amazing mallet and screwdriver technique

(since a drill was not present).


we were all tuckered out!

can we please pour out some liquor...

such a sad state of life...

two young amazing actors in hollywood

brad renfro


and

heath ledger

have died in the past week (heath, just a couple hours ago)

possibly and most likely due to drugs.....so crazy.

such a waste of talent and so sad for the families and friends they are leaving behind.

they did some amazing work (example: brad at such a young age proved he could stand head to head with susan sarandon in "the client", and heath had won wave reviews for brokeback mountain and his portrayal of "the joker" in the new batman movie....) who knows what else they could have brought to the entertainment industry.

master of the house...

the last four days have been some what of a little adventure. I have been busy painting an entire house and moving in my stuff. My friends were kind enough to take pictures to document the whole transformation and when i get those i will be sure to post them. It was a lot of hard work, but for the most part it is done....and it feels GREAT! I slept in my new home for the first time last night, and i loved it. This is truly the start of a new era in my life. There is still some work that needs to be done, but just sitting there, looking around, at all the work that has been done by me and my little helpers, just makes me smile.

today i am back at work. tired. very sore. still a little stressed.....but i...am....a...home owner! :)

p.s. i wanted to give a huge shout-out and great big hug to all my friends and family that helped make my vision for a my home a reality. my friends who spent their weekend painting an cleaning. aaron, ryan, mitch, matt, stu, and zach who showed up and helped me move all my crap. and to zach who actually made my fridge fit!

i need a hero...i'm holding out for hero

WANTED

Strong males
(and by strong i mean stronger than me)

to assist me in moving my large items
such as couches, bed, dressers, tables, etc...
into my new home.

When: Monday January 21st @ 6:00pm
Where: meet at my current home


I am hoping to get this done all in one swoop,
so any help would be appreciated.

any questions?
just give me a call.

Hope you can come up with the answers...

For those of you, like me, who watched the season premier of American Idol last night...

I have a few questions for ya...

1. mormon or not? .....has never watched an r-rated movie? looked "pure"....


2. "Special" or not? I found myself wanting to laugh at his try-out but then when he started talking I was thinking....uh-oh...I think someone played a cruel joke on the "special" kid....


3. Scared of her or not? I know her feelings got hurt and she cried....but the girl is a LINEBACKER! I'm just saying I wouldn't want to "bump" her the wrong way in the hall.


anyway...what do you think?

welcome to my nightmare...

A home buyer's dream?...more like a nightmare?


I was warned by my brother jared that going into this store would be overwhelming....that was an understatement... so much to look at...too much i think.

too many choices.

I went in for paint.

the lady was very helpful, very informative. all good so far.

i picked my paint, and she said it would be ready in 15 minutes....

then it all went downhill from there.

why did i have to wander? why did i feel the need to "look around"?

toilets, toilet seats, faucets, towel racks....aghh......all too much. Too many decisions...too much money....

i couldn't get out of there fast enough.

I think i'm startin to stress....

can i have some information please...

here are some answers to questions i have received about my earlier post:

1. for target and bed/bath/beyond a am under the "registry" but for wal-mart i am under the "wishlist"

2. colors:
a.kitchen- cream walls with accents of all colors used in appliances, cooking supplies, dishes, decorations

b. family room-chocolate brown wall, dark furniture, accents of all colors in textiles and wall decor

c. bathroom-light blue walls, brown and cream in textiles and decor

d. my bedroom-orange wall, brown cream and orange in textiles and decor

e. guest bedroom-green wall, green, pink, brown used in textiles and decor

cream is used in all rooms, with only an accent wall used of color as mentionned. chocolate brown is the color used throughout the house.

3. items such as kitchen/cooking utensils and bakeware i had no specific opinion about so although they are not on the lists they are much needed...just didn't know if there was something i should look for when buying these items. :)

thank you all for your support and love.