So much to do

Well so much to do here in the house and so little time it seems, Tomorrow is New Years Eve and we are having a party, time to have some fun in our lives!
Yesterday was another extremely busy day and we got a lot accomplished , not as much as I would have like, but at least things are getting done and we are on our way to completion. We finished the dry wall in the spare room upstairs and I painted the pantry doors with chalkboard paint, a cool color to I might add, you ask why two grown men need a chalk board in the kitchen, why simple I answer, to leave notes, make lists and write down groceries we may need.
Today I am going to take down the Christmas tree and get that all put away, try and put dry wall up on the ceilings in the dining room and if I feel like it sew my leather backing for the island, yes I said leather, we have decided to make leather panels for the back side of the island and I am going to sew them into suares and then glue them on, should look really cool.
Then tomorrow I need to clean up the house, get some alcohol , a very important thing, make a few appie plates and then have a nap so I can get good and shit faced tomorrow night, because damn it I need to and so does Matt, we need some release from work around the house and nothing like New Years, good friends and a lot of fun.
Not sure if I mentioned , but on Christmas day I talked  to my mother, was nice, and so needed. I missed hearing her voice and am glad that she is well. As for the rest of the family, I realized on Christmas you don't give a shit and maybe I don't either anymore, I have all the family I need with Mom, Matt, his parents and a few good friends.
Need to send out a special thanks to great friends and neighbors Jeff for coming to Home Depot the other day and helping me to load dry wall and everything else and to Louisa for the loan of her truck so we could actually pick up everything that was needed to move forward in this house. Our neighbors are amazing.
Seriously time to get my ass off the couch now and get to work, have a great day and a Happy New Year, see you all in 2013, thanks again for reading and for everyones support over a tough year in 2012, I have great friends and I love you all.

Another Christmas gone

Well yesterday was Christmas and I have to one of the best that Matthew and I have spent together. We had a lovely relaxing day and a great evening as well and I took a day off from working here in the house.
Got up yesterday morning and sent off my Christmas text and well wishes to people. Then did laundry and emptied the dishwasher and made breakfast, nice and relaxing and perfect. Matt and I do not exchange gifts at all so we only got a gift from his parents and one from Wayne, lovely and beautiful gifts though!
I extended an olive branch yesterday and phoned my mom, we talked for a little while on the phone, not a long time but I have to say it was the best gift I could give myself was talking to her and hearing her voice again, it was not a long conversation but it was an amazing feeling after almost 7 months to just talk to her.
The we went to Xaviers and had Italian cake and Espresso , after that we went to Flora house for Christams dinner with her two children, it was a great dinner and an amazing time. After that home for a break and to play Tennis on the X Box and then over to Jeff and Mara for a drink. The perfect end to the perfect Christmas. Thank you to our fabulous neighbors one and all for making Christmas day and night so great. We are truly lucky to be here and live in a great neighborhood.
As for the house we are plugging along with things and slowly but surely getting it done. On Christmas Eve day I refinished the pot rack and got it down to the original metal and made ti look as if it were just welded and very industrial feel to it which fits the kitchen perfectly, Today I am going to do a bit of dry wall and the hopefully get around to painting the kitchen a second coat and maybe the bathroom if I can find some more white paint. Later I have to go over to mara and Jeff and get some wood and start to build a closet for the master bedroom and then move the dresser and wardrobe to my closet in the basement. I can now see the end of the house and work here in sight and man does that ever feel good.
I want to wish you all a great holiday season and may you have the best in and all you deserve in 2013.

What Next

 Well I figure I better catch you all up on things and what is going on in our lives this December. Last week was a crazy busy week and Monday I had a total of 3 specialist appointments and that took up a huge part of my day starting at 6am when i had to get on the bus on go out to the hospital, not fun at all. The good news is the Horners Syndrome is actually gone , they say, the bad news is that I have what they call cluster headaches and will actually suffer from these now for the rest of my life. The specialist said I may have days where I don't get a headache and sometime I may be lucky and it will go away for a week or a month or a year, but they will always be there and I will suffer from them for the rest of my life and not really a thing I can do about them, except learn to deal with them.
 On my family side I am totally done with them now and have decided to have a picture burning party soon and get rid of all memories of them completely, this is how I will say good bye to all of them and never have to be reminded of them again. One more note on family, James do not ever call here again and threaten us with anything, I have saved every voice mail from you and our lawyers are working on it right now, I have also sent them to the police and had them here so they can hear your drunken ramblings. Leave us alone. I have left all of you alone and will go so far as to file a no contact against all of you if you keep it up. There is nothing slanderous in my blogs, only my opinions, and how I feel so if you don't like it then don't read it.
 As far as the house goes we have been working lots on stuff and the bathroom is now almost complete and it is all mudded, sanded and painted, tiles are almost complete, today I need to put up the wallpaper. I have also stripped the floor in the living room back to its' original from and finish from a 103 years ago when it was first installed in the house. Now I have to stain and varnish them and make them look great. I have also restained and varnished our island in the kitchen.
Well time for me to get to work and get some stuff done for the day. Have a great day all and talk to you soon.