Matt and I have been crazy busy over the last week getting things done in our little house. Last week we hung and place all the kitchen cabinets and finished running all the electrical in the kitchen and dining room. Yesterday we put up drywall in the dining room and work on the box for above the cupboards so we don't have a damn dust collection area. Things are coming together and we are slowly but surely getting everything done and finished. Next week Matt is gone for seven days and I am going to have to get some finishing stuff done in the house here, Wayne is suppose to come over and help me to get the painting started in certain rooms, will be so nice to have things done and a finished feeling even if it is just one room.
Today so far we had to clean up water in part of the basement because last night was a down pour of rain and quite the storm here in Toronto and our neighbors have moved a part of their eaves and now we are getting water in a part of the basement where we should not be. What a pain in the ass, we had to move boxes and my clothes and all my damn shoes. Hope they straighten out what ever the hell they have done, we need to sit down and talk with them tonight, this is one of the only downfalls of living in a semi attached house.
For the rest of the day we have lots to do and I plan to get the new dining room light hung and working, can't wait to get it done and then next week I can run electrical upstairs and be done with all of that and seal up the rest of the walls and then all we have left is the finishing touches here in the house, Yay.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Comments really , get a backbone,leave your name please!
This is a comment left after all the drama this summer, and they didn't even have the guts to leave their name. I thought I should post their opinion of me and I do know who wrote this but do not care to share this info. Comment was left for me in June!!!!!
Really Michael, you're a drama queen. I've been following your blog for a while now and wish you'd place blame where it belongs...with you! To me, you haven't accepted the fact that you are gay. You say everyone has a problem accepting you, YOU have the problem accepting who you are. Everyone else is to blame for your problems. You talk about 'drunk/drug' addicted family members but do you realize how much you blog about your drinking and 'good times'. You sir/madam, give gay people a bad name. Enjoy your day and place blame on me for this comment for ruining your day. Stop it!!!!
Things are coming together
Well yesterday was a super productive day, we got so much done and I am so proud of my hubby. He worked his ass off even though he was not feeling 100%.
I finally cut all the pipes out of the old bathroom, by doing so I found that the previous owners had removed not only the flooring, but part of the subfloor and he also cut one of the beams , what a jack ass!
Now I have to fix the flooring, put in sub-floor and sister up a couple of the floor beams to support our floor up there so we can walk, it is a wonder that tub never fell though with us in it, crazy!
Matt and I got the kitchen wall drywalled and the upper cabinets up above the sink and the cabinets and island finally in place, I am so damn excited , now I can unpack more of our stuff which is sitting in the garage.My hubby was so great yesterday and we both worked our asses off to get this done and get things organized as he is leaving in two weeks to go to Vancouver for his moms 90th birthday and his dads 85th birthday. It will be a good break for him and a great celebration and good time for his parents.
Today I am going to get a few things done in the house and then I am going to go and give Jeff and Mara their wedding gift. Matt and I rarely do any sort of gift giving , but when we do we do something that we think is practical or really wanted and what people need fulfilled in their lives, and we love Jeff and Mara, feels weird this week that they are not here.
So the weekend was a good time for both Matt and I , on Saturday we went out with Jeff and his friends Shawn and Melissa and Jay, it was a great time and we had so much fun with all of them. They were a fun bunch of people to meet and go out with. On Sunday we went to Jeff and Mara wedding and my god , what a blast and a great wedding, now they n=know how to throw a celebration. I want to congratulate both of them and just say that Mara has become like a little sister and Jeff is so amazing , we were just blessed to meet them and so happy to join in their special day, what a joy.
Any time for me to get my ass in gear and get things done. hope you all have a great day and we will talk to you soon, Thanks for checking out my blog.
I finally cut all the pipes out of the old bathroom, by doing so I found that the previous owners had removed not only the flooring, but part of the subfloor and he also cut one of the beams , what a jack ass!
Now I have to fix the flooring, put in sub-floor and sister up a couple of the floor beams to support our floor up there so we can walk, it is a wonder that tub never fell though with us in it, crazy!
Matt and I got the kitchen wall drywalled and the upper cabinets up above the sink and the cabinets and island finally in place, I am so damn excited , now I can unpack more of our stuff which is sitting in the garage.My hubby was so great yesterday and we both worked our asses off to get this done and get things organized as he is leaving in two weeks to go to Vancouver for his moms 90th birthday and his dads 85th birthday. It will be a good break for him and a great celebration and good time for his parents.
Today I am going to get a few things done in the house and then I am going to go and give Jeff and Mara their wedding gift. Matt and I rarely do any sort of gift giving , but when we do we do something that we think is practical or really wanted and what people need fulfilled in their lives, and we love Jeff and Mara, feels weird this week that they are not here.
So the weekend was a good time for both Matt and I , on Saturday we went out with Jeff and his friends Shawn and Melissa and Jay, it was a great time and we had so much fun with all of them. They were a fun bunch of people to meet and go out with. On Sunday we went to Jeff and Mara wedding and my god , what a blast and a great wedding, now they n=know how to throw a celebration. I want to congratulate both of them and just say that Mara has become like a little sister and Jeff is so amazing , we were just blessed to meet them and so happy to join in their special day, what a joy.
Any time for me to get my ass in gear and get things done. hope you all have a great day and we will talk to you soon, Thanks for checking out my blog.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Dear Bradley
Well Bradley, It has been almost 3 months since you left us and I have to say there is not a day gone by when I don't think of you in someway at some point. I hate the fact that i can not give you a call and hear your voice or ask for some advice on our renovations and just the way you use to tease me at times makes me smile to this day.
I have to add that I hope you are not disappointed in me as you watch down on all of us. I tried to reconnect with the family and by doing so I have only disconnected more. Yes a lot of this is my fault but it does take two to tango as they say.
I have not spoken to Mom and Dad since my birthday, also not spoken to Charlene or James since the day of your service and this is fine though it truly hurts a lot of the time and I miss it all. I was getting really close with your girls but at last Adrienne and I had a disagreement and all hell broke loose, that was the end of that. Cheryl and I have not talked in a while either and I just need to separate from all the family for a while.
Well Brad I know I am no angel, but just so you know I did try.
I can honestly say that I miss you a lot and really hate the fact that you are gone. When you first passed away I hated everything for the first little while and was always sad and just kept as busy as I possibly could. This did not work and then I cursed god and said if there was a god he would not do this to you and your family, especially Patti and the kids. I have never been a strong believer in god , and now with you taken from us so early I am really not a believer. That being said I do believe in other things and a higher power just not a god per say.
I really miss talking to you and somedays when I have a headache or am not well, I just need to hear a friendly voice, that would be you.I have place a time capsule in our walls with a picture of you, your obituary and things and stories from our childhood.
I am not sure I will get over the fact of loosing you and if things will ever get back to normal, though they are getting better just in a very different way. Things get different I guess. I sit here somedays and just cry for no reason at all, I just want you to know I miss you. I really wish I had the chance to say goodbye and had seen you more. Being far away somedays is just hard, but on the other hand, it is nice to be so far away from everyone.
Well Bradley, whereever you are I hope it is great and I miss you. I can't even imagine how hard this is for patti and the kids. Love you and miss you.
I have to add that I hope you are not disappointed in me as you watch down on all of us. I tried to reconnect with the family and by doing so I have only disconnected more. Yes a lot of this is my fault but it does take two to tango as they say.
I have not spoken to Mom and Dad since my birthday, also not spoken to Charlene or James since the day of your service and this is fine though it truly hurts a lot of the time and I miss it all. I was getting really close with your girls but at last Adrienne and I had a disagreement and all hell broke loose, that was the end of that. Cheryl and I have not talked in a while either and I just need to separate from all the family for a while.
Well Brad I know I am no angel, but just so you know I did try.
I can honestly say that I miss you a lot and really hate the fact that you are gone. When you first passed away I hated everything for the first little while and was always sad and just kept as busy as I possibly could. This did not work and then I cursed god and said if there was a god he would not do this to you and your family, especially Patti and the kids. I have never been a strong believer in god , and now with you taken from us so early I am really not a believer. That being said I do believe in other things and a higher power just not a god per say.
I really miss talking to you and somedays when I have a headache or am not well, I just need to hear a friendly voice, that would be you.I have place a time capsule in our walls with a picture of you, your obituary and things and stories from our childhood.
I am not sure I will get over the fact of loosing you and if things will ever get back to normal, though they are getting better just in a very different way. Things get different I guess. I sit here somedays and just cry for no reason at all, I just want you to know I miss you. I really wish I had the chance to say goodbye and had seen you more. Being far away somedays is just hard, but on the other hand, it is nice to be so far away from everyone.
Well Bradley, whereever you are I hope it is great and I miss you. I can't even imagine how hard this is for patti and the kids. Love you and miss you.
Get er done
Well we are still moving ahead and getting everything done in the house. yesterday and the day before we ripped out the old bathroom which has expanded the back bedroom tremendously and made our tv/spare room a nice size. We are going to put the hide a bed in there with Matthews desk and a TV and our xbox so we can play games and relax a bit.
Tearing down the wall was a hard thing to do and the mold that we found underneath the old tub surround was just disgusting and well really not a big shock considering what use to live here and who did the work, what an ass he is.
We are going to have a slip cover made for the hide a bed in a silvery blue and then i want to paint the floors white or grey, the walls 3 a dark brown and one a silver blue and then we have a really nice grey throw rug for there, I think it will look nice when completed.
Kitchen is coming along great as well and most of all the electrical on the main floor has been run, the rest is put on hold for this month as I need to but special wire for the wall oven and hood fan, we also need to purchase a hood fan and get it up there, so much to do, but man it is going to be so worth it, I just love our little house.
The garden is coming up great and I have frozen many bags of swiss chard and beans thus far, we have also enjoyed a lot of radishes and fresh spinach and lettuce on a daily basis. The cucumbers are coming up now and we got at least 5 really big ones thus far and there are so many more out there, I am going to have to learn how to make pickles this year, yay homemade pickles, can't wait for those.
Turnips and cauliflower is also coming up really good along with the cabbage, carrots and beets. I am so proud of our little garden. Flower beds and lawn which I planted in the back yard are also doing great and I got my minature roses to grow and start blooming.
Anyhow today will be a day of dry walling and taping and mudding upstairs and get the done. Also need to make a linen cupboard at the top of the stairs outside the bathroom. I am so excited by what we have done because we litterally got to plan and make this house exactly what we wanted and it is now ours. May do a little electrical for what i have the wiring for but who knows.
Headaches are still fairly bad for me and sleep is eratic, but at least I am getting some, just never enough it seems. The new pills I tried form the doctors did not work at all and I am a little sad by this but life goes on and so do I.
Also want to send out a congrats to Mara and Jeff who are getting married this Sunday, our fab neighbors and great friends. The perfect couple and what I would call a Barbie and Ken, they just have it all, looks and personality, and I do mean both of them. But my oh my , Mara is probably the hottest mother on the block.
Anyways hope you both have a great wedding and congrats to you , wishing you years of happiness from Matt and I.
Well thats all for now Folks, have a great week and a splendid weekend and I will be back with more blogging very soon.
Tearing down the wall was a hard thing to do and the mold that we found underneath the old tub surround was just disgusting and well really not a big shock considering what use to live here and who did the work, what an ass he is.
We are going to have a slip cover made for the hide a bed in a silvery blue and then i want to paint the floors white or grey, the walls 3 a dark brown and one a silver blue and then we have a really nice grey throw rug for there, I think it will look nice when completed.
Kitchen is coming along great as well and most of all the electrical on the main floor has been run, the rest is put on hold for this month as I need to but special wire for the wall oven and hood fan, we also need to purchase a hood fan and get it up there, so much to do, but man it is going to be so worth it, I just love our little house.
The garden is coming up great and I have frozen many bags of swiss chard and beans thus far, we have also enjoyed a lot of radishes and fresh spinach and lettuce on a daily basis. The cucumbers are coming up now and we got at least 5 really big ones thus far and there are so many more out there, I am going to have to learn how to make pickles this year, yay homemade pickles, can't wait for those.
Turnips and cauliflower is also coming up really good along with the cabbage, carrots and beets. I am so proud of our little garden. Flower beds and lawn which I planted in the back yard are also doing great and I got my minature roses to grow and start blooming.
Anyhow today will be a day of dry walling and taping and mudding upstairs and get the done. Also need to make a linen cupboard at the top of the stairs outside the bathroom. I am so excited by what we have done because we litterally got to plan and make this house exactly what we wanted and it is now ours. May do a little electrical for what i have the wiring for but who knows.
Headaches are still fairly bad for me and sleep is eratic, but at least I am getting some, just never enough it seems. The new pills I tried form the doctors did not work at all and I am a little sad by this but life goes on and so do I.
Also want to send out a congrats to Mara and Jeff who are getting married this Sunday, our fab neighbors and great friends. The perfect couple and what I would call a Barbie and Ken, they just have it all, looks and personality, and I do mean both of them. But my oh my , Mara is probably the hottest mother on the block.
Anyways hope you both have a great wedding and congrats to you , wishing you years of happiness from Matt and I.
Well thats all for now Folks, have a great week and a splendid weekend and I will be back with more blogging very soon.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Headaches and Renovations
Well it hasn't been a very productive week, but things have gotten done and we have struggled on and through things to move forward. my headaches have been getting progressively worse and my sleep patterns are very scattered at this point and time. Last Friday and Saturday I never slept at all, same with Tuesday and Wednesday night of this week, it has been crazy.
I am not sure I can stand the pain some days but struggle through and move on and try to get some stuff done.
I will be living with these headaches for the rest of my life it looks like unless they can figure out what is the cause of the Horners Syndrome and treat that, ridiculous. But I know that my doctor is trying and I feel so bad for him as well as I know that he is totally frustrated at the fact that he sees me in pain and he can't do much for it. I am very lucky to have such a great doctor and I know that he is trying, he is constantly in touch with me and emails me with whatever new information he has and if I have any concerns I email him and he gets back to me as soon as possible.
So this week on the house we accomplished a few things and I am very proud of both of us and what we have done. We got the driveway raked, leveled and weeded which has helped with water drainage as the grade was not appropriate at all before and is now much better. I have also got a bit of the electrical done and just waiting to go and buy one more spool of wire for the house and get it all run and done. And pull all that old knob and tube which was not suppose to be in the house at all. After all the new wires are run, drywall goes up and then we just need to do the finishing touches, I can see the end in sight and am very happy. This week is back to work and get some stuff done.
I have some gardening to do this week, and more beans and spinach to cut off and freeze for winter or whenever, we have gotten a lot of veggies already, like fresh radishes to eat, spinach for salads and green and yellow beans, also some beets and so much more.
Today not too much going on, may go to the Taste of The Danforth and check things out, but you never know, will see waht the day brings and how I feel. Taste of the Danforth is kind of a Greek Festival held here in Toronto every year a few blocks away. Lots of fun.
Anyhow going to run for now and go out side and check the garden. Have a great weekend and talk to you soon, Bye for now.
I am not sure I can stand the pain some days but struggle through and move on and try to get some stuff done.
I will be living with these headaches for the rest of my life it looks like unless they can figure out what is the cause of the Horners Syndrome and treat that, ridiculous. But I know that my doctor is trying and I feel so bad for him as well as I know that he is totally frustrated at the fact that he sees me in pain and he can't do much for it. I am very lucky to have such a great doctor and I know that he is trying, he is constantly in touch with me and emails me with whatever new information he has and if I have any concerns I email him and he gets back to me as soon as possible.
So this week on the house we accomplished a few things and I am very proud of both of us and what we have done. We got the driveway raked, leveled and weeded which has helped with water drainage as the grade was not appropriate at all before and is now much better. I have also got a bit of the electrical done and just waiting to go and buy one more spool of wire for the house and get it all run and done. And pull all that old knob and tube which was not suppose to be in the house at all. After all the new wires are run, drywall goes up and then we just need to do the finishing touches, I can see the end in sight and am very happy. This week is back to work and get some stuff done.
I have some gardening to do this week, and more beans and spinach to cut off and freeze for winter or whenever, we have gotten a lot of veggies already, like fresh radishes to eat, spinach for salads and green and yellow beans, also some beets and so much more.
Today not too much going on, may go to the Taste of The Danforth and check things out, but you never know, will see waht the day brings and how I feel. Taste of the Danforth is kind of a Greek Festival held here in Toronto every year a few blocks away. Lots of fun.
Anyhow going to run for now and go out side and check the garden. Have a great weekend and talk to you soon, Bye for now.
Monday, August 6, 2012
sleepless nights
Well my long weekend was a total bust and I felt so bad for Matt as when I get ill and have bad headaches , he also seems to pay the price when my moods and stuff get worse due to a lack of sleep and extreme pain. I love him so much and hate when I hurt him because I am suffering in anyway.
Friday night for me was the first of my two very sleepless nights I finally got to sleep and to bed at a little after 5am and then awoke at 7:30am, a whopping 2 and 1/2 hours of tossing and turning , but sleep no the less. Then on Saturday my headaches were so bad and the pain was just a tremendous jumble of everything from my eye being half closed to the feeling of a little man behind my eye constantly poking at me with a fork. Not fun at all. Even trying to nap on Saturday afternoon was unsucessful in every way imaginable, yuck.
Then Saturday night I thought being so tired from the night before I would manage to get some sleep but hell to the no, I was awake till 6:30am and sat on facebook playing some slot machine game till I finally fell asleep lying on the couch so I would not disturb Matt at all, woke up around 10am with the same bloody pain and full on headache which stuck around all day long for Sunday.
All I did was lie on the couch and thank you pain for making me miss Turkey dinner at Waynes' with all the damn fixings. Matt went for dinner , and I am thankful for that as when he is home with me and I am sick , he is constantly asking if I am ok and checking up on me, sweet. He went to Waynes house and had turkey dinner with them and I am glad he went out and had a good time. He got home around 11pm and I was still lying on the couch and had just taken some more of my lovely pills which only work a 1/3 of the time now, please find something that works soon, Thank you.
I got to sleep last night around 3 and finally got a full 6 hours in, so nice and I woke up this morning with the worst pain imaginable in behind my eye, Can someone please remove the little man with the fork from back there just for a day even?
Today I have not accomplished a single thing and that is fine with me as I realize I need to catch up on some sleep and get my head back in the renovating game for this week. Talked to an old friend pf mine from school the other day on the phone and we caught up a bit, that was nice, thank you for the conversation Carol, so nice to hear your voice, I think this week I need to call Sandi and catch up with her a bit and see how things are going. Also going to give Nev a call up in Edmonton and catch up, been so long and really need my girls back in my life again, they mean so much to me and I just miss them all so much.
Any how hope you all have a great remaining long weekend and a Happy Pride to all of Vancouver. Take care and thanks for reading.
Friday night for me was the first of my two very sleepless nights I finally got to sleep and to bed at a little after 5am and then awoke at 7:30am, a whopping 2 and 1/2 hours of tossing and turning , but sleep no the less. Then on Saturday my headaches were so bad and the pain was just a tremendous jumble of everything from my eye being half closed to the feeling of a little man behind my eye constantly poking at me with a fork. Not fun at all. Even trying to nap on Saturday afternoon was unsucessful in every way imaginable, yuck.
Then Saturday night I thought being so tired from the night before I would manage to get some sleep but hell to the no, I was awake till 6:30am and sat on facebook playing some slot machine game till I finally fell asleep lying on the couch so I would not disturb Matt at all, woke up around 10am with the same bloody pain and full on headache which stuck around all day long for Sunday.
All I did was lie on the couch and thank you pain for making me miss Turkey dinner at Waynes' with all the damn fixings. Matt went for dinner , and I am thankful for that as when he is home with me and I am sick , he is constantly asking if I am ok and checking up on me, sweet. He went to Waynes house and had turkey dinner with them and I am glad he went out and had a good time. He got home around 11pm and I was still lying on the couch and had just taken some more of my lovely pills which only work a 1/3 of the time now, please find something that works soon, Thank you.
I got to sleep last night around 3 and finally got a full 6 hours in, so nice and I woke up this morning with the worst pain imaginable in behind my eye, Can someone please remove the little man with the fork from back there just for a day even?
Today I have not accomplished a single thing and that is fine with me as I realize I need to catch up on some sleep and get my head back in the renovating game for this week. Talked to an old friend pf mine from school the other day on the phone and we caught up a bit, that was nice, thank you for the conversation Carol, so nice to hear your voice, I think this week I need to call Sandi and catch up with her a bit and see how things are going. Also going to give Nev a call up in Edmonton and catch up, been so long and really need my girls back in my life again, they mean so much to me and I just miss them all so much.
Any how hope you all have a great remaining long weekend and a Happy Pride to all of Vancouver. Take care and thanks for reading.
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