Well we have been working feverishly to finish the back porch, put in our powder room and move the laundry up to the main level of the house. So far we have installed the cement board on the floor, insulated the walls and roughed in some plumbing and electrical. Been a long couple days and crazy around our house. The plan for the back porch is to do a wall of cabinets across from the powder room and washer dryer and for a pantry. On the other side of the staircase we plan to do a wall of storage for shoes and coats.
We are tiling the whole back porch in a chocolate brown to match the color of the hardwood flooring and will even out and lower the ceiling to 8 feet the same as the rest of the house. Not sure what color to paint yet but I think some shade of blue to accent the washer and dryer and contrast the dark brown floors. Can't wait until we are at that stage.
Also this week we have done all the finishing touches on the trim upstairs with the white paint, stained the front stair railing and all the wood in the living room. Looks great thus far.
Need to go and get passport photos this week and get that renewed as soon as possible. Also have to go in for my monthly bloodwork and screening, love getting poked and drained of my blood every month, sucks!
We need to build some walls today and frame the bathroom and pantry area and then start on the ceiling frame and get that insulated. I have to uninstall the baseboard heater in the back and we have Adam coming in next week from Direct Energy to extend our duct run into the back porch so we will finally have heat back there. That will be nice when you come in the door.
The house is almost done, a few little touch ups here and there and then yay we are finished except for the basement which will have to wait for a year or so and then it will be one huge all useful and beautiful house.
I think today may be a day off and we can relax for once this week. Neither of us slept great last night. But I am afraid that Matt was up half the night, poor thing, he was so sore from lifting dry wall and doing shit this week.
Well I need to get my act together today and get started here, been up for a few hours and have nothing done as of yet. I need to get laundry folded and take the dogs for a walk soon. For now I am going to relax a little bit longer and have another cup of coffee. Have a great day all and may your weekend be fabulous.
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Monday, November 4, 2013
Been too long since I have written
Hello, I know it has been a long time since I have written a thing in here and I apologize for that, so let me catch you all up on the gaybors and our lives for the last few months and what has been going on with our lives and what we have been up to.
Well from our anniversary, which was July 6th until September I was actually quite sick and back and forth to hospitals and specialists and the doctor and it was quite scary for both Matt and I. I was having troubles with chest pain and shortness of breath and coughing so much stuff up, they thought at the time I had lung cancer and I ended up going for a biopsy on my lungs which was quite painful and a day surgery. I guess when I got home I was quite out of it still and a little funny with actions and what I was doing and saying, or so I was told, the whole day was a blank to me.
I also was told at that time I may have had a couple other cancers that they wanted to check for, I have put all the other tests on hold right at the moment, because sometimes not knowing is the best thing and a little less stressful. I do have to go back to the lung cancer specialist every three months for a check up and breathing tests as there are some dark spots on my lungs and I am still being treated for the Horners syndrome and chronic headaches. Anyhow that was most of our summer in a nutshell.
As for the rest of the time since then we have been working our butts off on the house. We have stuccoed and painted the front of the house red and done the window frames in a gloss black out front. Laid all new bamboo flooring on the second floor. Finished the ceiling treatment in the living and dining room. Repainted the living room, dining room, kitchen walls.
Done some electrical in the house, new lights above the island, new ceiling fan in the master bedroom, installed heaters in the bathroom and front mudroom. Wehave also put new spindles and railing on the staircase, wallpapered the entire hall and stairwell, installed baseboards and window and door trim and painted it all throughout the entire house, sanded the treads on the stairs and painted the back and sides and spindles a bright white. Installed new granite counter tops and installed a new hood fan in the kitchen, touched up stain on all cabinets and framed out the wall oven and microwave cabinet.
We have also installed a new toilet and vanity in our washroom up stairs. Finally painted the master bedroom and installed our closet organizer which I built. Redid the front yard and front paver patio this summer. Built a mantle and fireplace for the dining room, hung floating shelves and pictures in the house.
We also had Matts parent come to visit for three weeks in mid September which was lovely, they did not stay here but did come over a few times for a visit and Matt went out to see them as well in Oshawa a couple time and we also went to Oshawa for dinner once and to go and see a play with his cousin Gillie, Aunt Barbara and Mom and Dad Allsopp, love them!
For thanksgiving we went out to Matts cousins and met the whole family for a huge dinner, I do believe there was 26 people there and it was a blast. His whole family is just amazing and they all stick together and seem to get along very well. Can't wait to see them all again.
So yes we have been extremely busy and doing stuff here in the house so I apologize for not being on here and writing as much as I use to , though I am going to try and get back into the habit as it is therapeutic for me and also helps me to keep in touch and let my friends know that I am still here and kicking and will be for quite some time.
For now I shall sign off and I promise to be back soon and right some more. Have a great day and a great week and please keep reading, Love you all and thank you for your support this summer for those of you who knew what was happening.
Well from our anniversary, which was July 6th until September I was actually quite sick and back and forth to hospitals and specialists and the doctor and it was quite scary for both Matt and I. I was having troubles with chest pain and shortness of breath and coughing so much stuff up, they thought at the time I had lung cancer and I ended up going for a biopsy on my lungs which was quite painful and a day surgery. I guess when I got home I was quite out of it still and a little funny with actions and what I was doing and saying, or so I was told, the whole day was a blank to me.
I also was told at that time I may have had a couple other cancers that they wanted to check for, I have put all the other tests on hold right at the moment, because sometimes not knowing is the best thing and a little less stressful. I do have to go back to the lung cancer specialist every three months for a check up and breathing tests as there are some dark spots on my lungs and I am still being treated for the Horners syndrome and chronic headaches. Anyhow that was most of our summer in a nutshell.
As for the rest of the time since then we have been working our butts off on the house. We have stuccoed and painted the front of the house red and done the window frames in a gloss black out front. Laid all new bamboo flooring on the second floor. Finished the ceiling treatment in the living and dining room. Repainted the living room, dining room, kitchen walls.
Done some electrical in the house, new lights above the island, new ceiling fan in the master bedroom, installed heaters in the bathroom and front mudroom. Wehave also put new spindles and railing on the staircase, wallpapered the entire hall and stairwell, installed baseboards and window and door trim and painted it all throughout the entire house, sanded the treads on the stairs and painted the back and sides and spindles a bright white. Installed new granite counter tops and installed a new hood fan in the kitchen, touched up stain on all cabinets and framed out the wall oven and microwave cabinet.
We have also installed a new toilet and vanity in our washroom up stairs. Finally painted the master bedroom and installed our closet organizer which I built. Redid the front yard and front paver patio this summer. Built a mantle and fireplace for the dining room, hung floating shelves and pictures in the house.
We also had Matts parent come to visit for three weeks in mid September which was lovely, they did not stay here but did come over a few times for a visit and Matt went out to see them as well in Oshawa a couple time and we also went to Oshawa for dinner once and to go and see a play with his cousin Gillie, Aunt Barbara and Mom and Dad Allsopp, love them!
For thanksgiving we went out to Matts cousins and met the whole family for a huge dinner, I do believe there was 26 people there and it was a blast. His whole family is just amazing and they all stick together and seem to get along very well. Can't wait to see them all again.
So yes we have been extremely busy and doing stuff here in the house so I apologize for not being on here and writing as much as I use to , though I am going to try and get back into the habit as it is therapeutic for me and also helps me to keep in touch and let my friends know that I am still here and kicking and will be for quite some time.
For now I shall sign off and I promise to be back soon and right some more. Have a great day and a great week and please keep reading, Love you all and thank you for your support this summer for those of you who knew what was happening.
Monday, September 2, 2013
Matts' Birthday and the last long weekend of summer
I can not believe how fast this summer seemed to pass us by, it is just amazing and crazy, where the hell does time go and why does it seem to go by so much faster in the summer than it does it the winter.
We did not have the greatest summer, a lot of rain and a bit of humidity, and a lot of mixed weather on many days, the garden this year did very well and everything grew amazing, beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes and almost everything in an abundance which was just unbelievable in every way. Made several batches of pickles, spicy pickled beans and sweet pickles already.
I have also started to make our own perogies and made approximately 150 the other day, half potato, cheddar and onion and the other half jerk chicken. Last night we had Mara, Jeff and the kids over for Barbeque and Wayne dropped by as well. Matt made his ribs and rotisserie chicken. It was amazing and great and we had food a plenty, including beans from the garden, cucumber and tomato salad from the garden.
Great way to spend the last weekend of the summer.
Saturday night Matt and I went out for his birthday, we went to Freds Not Here for dinner and I have to say it is the first restaurant I have eaten at in Toronto over the last 10 years where I could not say a bad word but was so impressed by everything and so happy with the food, prices, drinks, and especially the service. Wow if you are ever in Toronto or you live here, go and try eat, 10000 better than the Keg by far.
Matt and I then went out for drinks and had the greatest night for his birthday, we went to Boutique on Church street and just had a great time. All and all a good weekend.
Health for me has not been the greatest this summer and been a hard time some days for me, but I am a fighter and get through it day by day, Matt has been great and helped me a lot and I am so thankful for that and for him. I have been back and forth to doctors, hospitals and specialists, this week I have two more appointments and then I am hopefully done for a while.
Hate this whole thing and I will explain everything one day soon when I am good with it all. Anyhow, I hope you all had a great long weekend and a lovely week, yay, the kids are back in school starting tomorrow, happy days.
We did not have the greatest summer, a lot of rain and a bit of humidity, and a lot of mixed weather on many days, the garden this year did very well and everything grew amazing, beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes and almost everything in an abundance which was just unbelievable in every way. Made several batches of pickles, spicy pickled beans and sweet pickles already.
I have also started to make our own perogies and made approximately 150 the other day, half potato, cheddar and onion and the other half jerk chicken. Last night we had Mara, Jeff and the kids over for Barbeque and Wayne dropped by as well. Matt made his ribs and rotisserie chicken. It was amazing and great and we had food a plenty, including beans from the garden, cucumber and tomato salad from the garden.
Great way to spend the last weekend of the summer.
Saturday night Matt and I went out for his birthday, we went to Freds Not Here for dinner and I have to say it is the first restaurant I have eaten at in Toronto over the last 10 years where I could not say a bad word but was so impressed by everything and so happy with the food, prices, drinks, and especially the service. Wow if you are ever in Toronto or you live here, go and try eat, 10000 better than the Keg by far.
Matt and I then went out for drinks and had the greatest night for his birthday, we went to Boutique on Church street and just had a great time. All and all a good weekend.
Health for me has not been the greatest this summer and been a hard time some days for me, but I am a fighter and get through it day by day, Matt has been great and helped me a lot and I am so thankful for that and for him. I have been back and forth to doctors, hospitals and specialists, this week I have two more appointments and then I am hopefully done for a while.
Hate this whole thing and I will explain everything one day soon when I am good with it all. Anyhow, I hope you all had a great long weekend and a lovely week, yay, the kids are back in school starting tomorrow, happy days.
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Another Long Weekend
Well it is August Long weekend and we haven't done too much, primarily because I am still not feeling well, this is really starting to suck and I am definitely getting tired of feeling like shit and dragging Matt down with me and not being able to do as much as I would like around the house. I have been doing little things here and there and just going with the flow when I have energy to do so.
Last week I managed to get a bit of energy and do some work for Lindsey and that was nice, what a pleasure that woman is and so amazing for a young woman. I stained there fence and redid her back door for her. She gave me a screen door for our back door , thank god, we really needed one and I took a dingy old brown screen door and painted it a high gloss black, fucking love it. Matt has been doing stuff around the house as well, he has done flashing around the back door and around the garage door and also sprayed our water proving stuff on the foundation walls, This has finally stopped our basement from leaking and we are both ecstatic about that. It was getting to be a real pain in the ass that everytime it rained we had to mop up water and live with a musty smell for a week. Sucked!
The garden is coming along great and I have already canned spicy pickled beans, today I am making garlic dill pickles and last night we had cherry tomatoes fresh from the garden, everyday we eat fresh raspberries and are loving it. Boc choy is ready to pick and then we can have fresh for dinner.
The front yard is totally done ad hopefully this week we are going to start the cement on the side to fix grade issues and then do the stucco on the front of the house, it is just hard to plan what we are doing when I never know what energy I am going to have or how much I can do on a daily basis.
But once all this is done, I think it will be a dramatic difference for the look of the house. I have done a sand on the brick walk way and we are making plans for the planters which will go along the old joint sidewalk, hoping to get that done before the new people move in next door. Also need to get some wood and build the divider wall between the two doors. Will be so nice when we are done and everything is complete.
Also have to go and do some shopping this week and get our hood fan for the kitchen and decide on the counter tops as well. It will be so fucking nice to finally finish shit and then next winter hopefully everything is done and we can just get on with life and maybe I will finally be successful onn getting a job, who the hell knows.
September is going to be filled with appointments again and back and forth to a few different specialists here and there, yay!
I am so tired of doctors and hospitals at this point in my life. I just want to live and say fuck it. Maybe I will just decide to do that soon and do what I want for a change. Oh well we will see.
A quick happy pride to Vancouver and a thank you to all who read. Have a great weekend and a fabulous day.
Last week I managed to get a bit of energy and do some work for Lindsey and that was nice, what a pleasure that woman is and so amazing for a young woman. I stained there fence and redid her back door for her. She gave me a screen door for our back door , thank god, we really needed one and I took a dingy old brown screen door and painted it a high gloss black, fucking love it. Matt has been doing stuff around the house as well, he has done flashing around the back door and around the garage door and also sprayed our water proving stuff on the foundation walls, This has finally stopped our basement from leaking and we are both ecstatic about that. It was getting to be a real pain in the ass that everytime it rained we had to mop up water and live with a musty smell for a week. Sucked!
The garden is coming along great and I have already canned spicy pickled beans, today I am making garlic dill pickles and last night we had cherry tomatoes fresh from the garden, everyday we eat fresh raspberries and are loving it. Boc choy is ready to pick and then we can have fresh for dinner.
The front yard is totally done ad hopefully this week we are going to start the cement on the side to fix grade issues and then do the stucco on the front of the house, it is just hard to plan what we are doing when I never know what energy I am going to have or how much I can do on a daily basis.
But once all this is done, I think it will be a dramatic difference for the look of the house. I have done a sand on the brick walk way and we are making plans for the planters which will go along the old joint sidewalk, hoping to get that done before the new people move in next door. Also need to get some wood and build the divider wall between the two doors. Will be so nice when we are done and everything is complete.
Also have to go and do some shopping this week and get our hood fan for the kitchen and decide on the counter tops as well. It will be so fucking nice to finally finish shit and then next winter hopefully everything is done and we can just get on with life and maybe I will finally be successful onn getting a job, who the hell knows.
September is going to be filled with appointments again and back and forth to a few different specialists here and there, yay!
I am so tired of doctors and hospitals at this point in my life. I just want to live and say fuck it. Maybe I will just decide to do that soon and do what I want for a change. Oh well we will see.
A quick happy pride to Vancouver and a thank you to all who read. Have a great weekend and a fabulous day.
Monday, July 29, 2013
July has been a shit month so far
Well my July has been a totally shitty month thus far and I am still not 100%. I started with a cold the first of July and then turned to pneumonia and now a lung infection. I spent our second wedding anniversary in the hospital after getting so sick, then several trips to the doctor the following week and another day and night spent in the ER on the Friday. Now the last week has been doctors and specialists and tests and more tests, my damn arms feel like they have permanent holes in them from all the blood work they have done.
This also means I have not had the energy or the time to do fuck all around the house or look for work, which really sucks, because we both need to get back to work and get into a routine of some sort. I think life has been to disorganized for a while now.
But for now I need to concentrate on getting better, I have more tests coming up and also more appointments with the doctors and specialists which is taking a lot out of me and I am so tired of travelling downtown and dealing with hospitals and shit nurses with attitudes.
In the end it has all been a basic waste of time in many ways and I am no further ahead than I was at the beginning of the month, so much for modern medicine. Oh well I still have the best family doctor that anyone could ask for and he is so attentive and fabulous. I am very lucky when it comes to that and I also have a great husband and fabulous friends who have all been there and helped in whatever ways they could.
I hate being sick and am so tired some days I d not even get off the couch. I am not like that at all and usually a very active person and one who loves to keep busy and be doing something all the time, whether it is the house, gardening, landscaping or just walking the girls or a bike ride with Matt.
So an update on all this, I was in the hospital on July 6th , our second wedding anniversary and then back in hospital July 12th, sucked, let me tell you, and in between that I was at the doctors many times and since then to visit two specialists. Some days I just can't breath and am so short of breath and have bad chest pains. The good news is I do not have Pneumonia or Bronchitis, so that is the good news.
I have more tests to go through and more doctors and specialists to go and visit but I am sure whatever they find out I will handle and get through as I do everything else in my life. I do love a challenge and will figure it out as it comes my way.
Thank you for reading, be back to write more soon. Have a great week.
This also means I have not had the energy or the time to do fuck all around the house or look for work, which really sucks, because we both need to get back to work and get into a routine of some sort. I think life has been to disorganized for a while now.
But for now I need to concentrate on getting better, I have more tests coming up and also more appointments with the doctors and specialists which is taking a lot out of me and I am so tired of travelling downtown and dealing with hospitals and shit nurses with attitudes.
In the end it has all been a basic waste of time in many ways and I am no further ahead than I was at the beginning of the month, so much for modern medicine. Oh well I still have the best family doctor that anyone could ask for and he is so attentive and fabulous. I am very lucky when it comes to that and I also have a great husband and fabulous friends who have all been there and helped in whatever ways they could.
I hate being sick and am so tired some days I d not even get off the couch. I am not like that at all and usually a very active person and one who loves to keep busy and be doing something all the time, whether it is the house, gardening, landscaping or just walking the girls or a bike ride with Matt.
So an update on all this, I was in the hospital on July 6th , our second wedding anniversary and then back in hospital July 12th, sucked, let me tell you, and in between that I was at the doctors many times and since then to visit two specialists. Some days I just can't breath and am so short of breath and have bad chest pains. The good news is I do not have Pneumonia or Bronchitis, so that is the good news.
I have more tests to go through and more doctors and specialists to go and visit but I am sure whatever they find out I will handle and get through as I do everything else in my life. I do love a challenge and will figure it out as it comes my way.
Thank you for reading, be back to write more soon. Have a great week.
Friday, July 5, 2013
Pride in Toronto, and our neighborhood
Well last weekend was PRIDE and we had a blast. Great long weekend of drinks, friends and entertainment. It was amazing. On Friday night we met up with Wayne and went to see Carol Pope, who is just fantastic and a great singer to me a huge gay icon, Love her! We then went to our favorite bar, Boutique and had a couple drinks and great fun with Wayne as it was his birthday weekend as well, He turned 50 on Wednesday, Happy Birthday!
Saturday afternoon was down to the street fair and walk around after the dyke march and check out all the tents, met up with Wayne and later on with Nancy, had a great time and went for a nice dinner at Golden Diner, love that their meals are reasonably priced and you get a great proportion. Had fun and then the four of us walked the streets for a bit more and went to Boutique again for a couple drinks and visit with our favorite bartender Issac and our favorite waiter Will. It was a great time until Ann showed up, Matt eventually got frustrated and just wanted to leave.
I am not sure what Ann has a problem with and get so tired of trying to guess and entertain her, it is like pulling teeth when you try to have a conversation with her and she just brings everyone down with her attitude, I hate it.
She sits there and you try to talk to her and she has no response and then turns around to Nancy and bitches that we don't talk to her and communicate, whatever!
Sunday we went downtown after the parade, no we did not attend the parade because it is just the same year after year and it gets pretty boring, next year we will go because Toronto is holding world Pride, yay, can't fucking wait for that, will be so many hot men form all over the world, yes I am married but am not dead, of course I look, who doesn't?
We had all the intentions of going to see En Vogue on Sunday night but got there a little late and the line up was just crazy, over a block long, no way, I hate lineups.
Matt and I went to the Eagle and had a drink there to check out the renovations, looks great but doesn't really feel like the Eagle anymore, maybe a little to modern for a space which is suppose to be a leather bar, we did not need another dance bar in Toronto, whatever! We then toddled over to Boutique and met the nicest couple Matthew and Melissa , fabulous people, sat and visited with them for several hours, was immensely enjoyable night.
We spent the holiday Monday recovering and me getting a flu or cold of some sort, I have been sick as a dog and am not getting any better at the moment. I have not been sleeping as it hurts so much when I cough that it wakes me up. It also wakes Matt up sometimes and then I feel even worse. Sneezing, coughing and chest pain from hell! I hate being sick and not able to do anything. I am not good at sitting around and relaxing! And Matt is constantly yelling at me and nagging me to rest and get better, he should know me by now.
Got some good news on Sunday from our neighbors that we do not really get along with too well, they are selling, yay! Apparently they have purchased a house in Peterborough and take possession on August 15th, their house went on the market yesterday. Who know who will move in, but I must say I do believe at this point anyone will be better then the unsociables! Hope they also get the price they want so it will tell us more of what our house is worth and you never know, if we got the right price , could sell, but we love our neighborhood and our neighbors for the most part.
Well that is all I have to say for now, thanks for reading and have a great weekend!
Saturday afternoon was down to the street fair and walk around after the dyke march and check out all the tents, met up with Wayne and later on with Nancy, had a great time and went for a nice dinner at Golden Diner, love that their meals are reasonably priced and you get a great proportion. Had fun and then the four of us walked the streets for a bit more and went to Boutique again for a couple drinks and visit with our favorite bartender Issac and our favorite waiter Will. It was a great time until Ann showed up, Matt eventually got frustrated and just wanted to leave.
I am not sure what Ann has a problem with and get so tired of trying to guess and entertain her, it is like pulling teeth when you try to have a conversation with her and she just brings everyone down with her attitude, I hate it.
She sits there and you try to talk to her and she has no response and then turns around to Nancy and bitches that we don't talk to her and communicate, whatever!
Sunday we went downtown after the parade, no we did not attend the parade because it is just the same year after year and it gets pretty boring, next year we will go because Toronto is holding world Pride, yay, can't fucking wait for that, will be so many hot men form all over the world, yes I am married but am not dead, of course I look, who doesn't?
We had all the intentions of going to see En Vogue on Sunday night but got there a little late and the line up was just crazy, over a block long, no way, I hate lineups.
Matt and I went to the Eagle and had a drink there to check out the renovations, looks great but doesn't really feel like the Eagle anymore, maybe a little to modern for a space which is suppose to be a leather bar, we did not need another dance bar in Toronto, whatever! We then toddled over to Boutique and met the nicest couple Matthew and Melissa , fabulous people, sat and visited with them for several hours, was immensely enjoyable night.
We spent the holiday Monday recovering and me getting a flu or cold of some sort, I have been sick as a dog and am not getting any better at the moment. I have not been sleeping as it hurts so much when I cough that it wakes me up. It also wakes Matt up sometimes and then I feel even worse. Sneezing, coughing and chest pain from hell! I hate being sick and not able to do anything. I am not good at sitting around and relaxing! And Matt is constantly yelling at me and nagging me to rest and get better, he should know me by now.
Got some good news on Sunday from our neighbors that we do not really get along with too well, they are selling, yay! Apparently they have purchased a house in Peterborough and take possession on August 15th, their house went on the market yesterday. Who know who will move in, but I must say I do believe at this point anyone will be better then the unsociables! Hope they also get the price they want so it will tell us more of what our house is worth and you never know, if we got the right price , could sell, but we love our neighborhood and our neighbors for the most part.
Well that is all I have to say for now, thanks for reading and have a great weekend!
Sunday, June 9, 2013
The front yard is done, and other surprises
Well for the past week I have been landscaping the front yard. Finished it all today and boy does it look great.
I dug up all the former grass which was uneven , badly graded and actually looked pretty shitty with clover throughout 70 percent of it. This took me about 8 hours. Then day two I lay down all new top soil, then a thin layer of gravel where the bricks were going and then leveled it all off and layed the bricks and then planted trees, shrubs and flowers, a great 10 hours spent. Day three was spent sifting through the old grass and separating all the dirt off of it and putting down another layer of top soil.
Now I think we have a front garden fit for a king. Love it.
Did I mention Matt and Jeff watched me work and supervised me the entire project, no worries they were great company along with the two dogs.
Matt could not lift anything with his recent back surgery and Jeff has had back problems as well this last month, two biggest guys in the neighborhood and they watch me lifting, digging and moving bricks, funny when you think about it.
Glad for them both though and rather they be healthy and watch and keep me company and I enjoyed it , because in the end I did it and am damn proud of it.
Check out my pics of the yard on face book.
As for other things , we had quite the challenge after last weeks down pour of rain here in Toronto and this was not a pretty challenge at all and kept us busy all dam day.
Our sewer backed up into the basement from the street so we were ankle deep in water and other things, good thing not much was down there, after we got it all cleaned up and by we I mean Matt did most of the cleaning, I hauled out the remaining boxes on to the back deck, emptied them all and sorted through the last bit of stuff we have to unpack, and made sure nothing was wet. elevated the washer, dryer and folding table onto 2 x 4's, so they are off the ground. and don't rust.
Then Matt went to Home Depot and bought some stop back up plugs for the drains downstairs and installed them, so far no more issues. Thank you Sasquatch.
So that was our drama for the week and now tomorrow I can get to work on the back yard, finish the eaves and then continue to look for an ornate old cast iron fence for the front yard.
Wish me luck, have a great night and a super week.
I dug up all the former grass which was uneven , badly graded and actually looked pretty shitty with clover throughout 70 percent of it. This took me about 8 hours. Then day two I lay down all new top soil, then a thin layer of gravel where the bricks were going and then leveled it all off and layed the bricks and then planted trees, shrubs and flowers, a great 10 hours spent. Day three was spent sifting through the old grass and separating all the dirt off of it and putting down another layer of top soil.
Now I think we have a front garden fit for a king. Love it.
Did I mention Matt and Jeff watched me work and supervised me the entire project, no worries they were great company along with the two dogs.
Matt could not lift anything with his recent back surgery and Jeff has had back problems as well this last month, two biggest guys in the neighborhood and they watch me lifting, digging and moving bricks, funny when you think about it.
Glad for them both though and rather they be healthy and watch and keep me company and I enjoyed it , because in the end I did it and am damn proud of it.
Check out my pics of the yard on face book.
As for other things , we had quite the challenge after last weeks down pour of rain here in Toronto and this was not a pretty challenge at all and kept us busy all dam day.
Our sewer backed up into the basement from the street so we were ankle deep in water and other things, good thing not much was down there, after we got it all cleaned up and by we I mean Matt did most of the cleaning, I hauled out the remaining boxes on to the back deck, emptied them all and sorted through the last bit of stuff we have to unpack, and made sure nothing was wet. elevated the washer, dryer and folding table onto 2 x 4's, so they are off the ground. and don't rust.
Then Matt went to Home Depot and bought some stop back up plugs for the drains downstairs and installed them, so far no more issues. Thank you Sasquatch.
So that was our drama for the week and now tomorrow I can get to work on the back yard, finish the eaves and then continue to look for an ornate old cast iron fence for the front yard.
Wish me luck, have a great night and a super week.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The things you do
Well it has been just a year now since we lost Bradley and I tell you it never gets easier , it just gets different. I miss him lots as I am sure my entire family does. My heart will always go out to Patti and the kids as I am sure they feel his loss more than anyone else.
Eve though I do not talk to any of them, they are family and I still care about them and hope they are all doing well.
I can not even imagine what it must be like to lose the love of your life and your soulmate as I still have mine and get to be with him every day.
I am thankful to have Matt here with me and to be able to share my life with him and to just have someone who loves me as much as I love them.
I am also sure my parents feel the loss of Bradley everyday as well, you are not suppose to lose your children, It is just still so unbelievable somedays that he is gone. Probably the best man that will have ever touched our lives. We all miss you Brad!
I have been doing lots of work lately around the neighborhood and getting things done and working my butt off in our house and in our yard. The garden is coming up nice and beans and peas and a lot of other things are already up through the ground, so fabulous, can't wait to have fresh veggies from our garden. Flower beds also look really nice this year. Suppose to get a blue spruce today from Flora and will put that out in the middle of the front lawn. Will look great and cut down on our grass which I would prefer to have as little of as possible.
Also in the last couple weeks I have become the neighborhood gardener , landscaper and I am loving it. Xavier gave me free decision on his garden to do what ever I want and I have to say I love the results thus far.
I created a curved path through the entire back yard and then on both sides I have put flowers and trees going down the path way and a bit of gravel and then a fabulous red cedar mulch over all the plants to add some color, today I am going to try and finish moving some of the plants and flowers and create amazing little beds all over the yard, then plant a small section of grass. I think he will love the finished product when I am all done with it.
I also did Louisa garden and lawn last week and got it all weeded and we put in a huge vegetable garden and flower beds around the entire back of the house, also quite impressed with hers and how it looks. It is a lot simpler than what I have done at Xaviers but am totally happy with it as well.
As for the job front I am still applying and going for interviews when ever I get one, keeping my fingers crossed to get a job soon and go back to work. Wish me luck. OK I have to run for now, time to fold the laundry and then take the kids for a walk and then off to Xaviers to get this back yard beautiful. Have an amazing day and thanks for reading.
Eve though I do not talk to any of them, they are family and I still care about them and hope they are all doing well.
I can not even imagine what it must be like to lose the love of your life and your soulmate as I still have mine and get to be with him every day.
I am thankful to have Matt here with me and to be able to share my life with him and to just have someone who loves me as much as I love them.
I am also sure my parents feel the loss of Bradley everyday as well, you are not suppose to lose your children, It is just still so unbelievable somedays that he is gone. Probably the best man that will have ever touched our lives. We all miss you Brad!
I have been doing lots of work lately around the neighborhood and getting things done and working my butt off in our house and in our yard. The garden is coming up nice and beans and peas and a lot of other things are already up through the ground, so fabulous, can't wait to have fresh veggies from our garden. Flower beds also look really nice this year. Suppose to get a blue spruce today from Flora and will put that out in the middle of the front lawn. Will look great and cut down on our grass which I would prefer to have as little of as possible.
Also in the last couple weeks I have become the neighborhood gardener , landscaper and I am loving it. Xavier gave me free decision on his garden to do what ever I want and I have to say I love the results thus far.
I created a curved path through the entire back yard and then on both sides I have put flowers and trees going down the path way and a bit of gravel and then a fabulous red cedar mulch over all the plants to add some color, today I am going to try and finish moving some of the plants and flowers and create amazing little beds all over the yard, then plant a small section of grass. I think he will love the finished product when I am all done with it.
I also did Louisa garden and lawn last week and got it all weeded and we put in a huge vegetable garden and flower beds around the entire back of the house, also quite impressed with hers and how it looks. It is a lot simpler than what I have done at Xaviers but am totally happy with it as well.
As for the job front I am still applying and going for interviews when ever I get one, keeping my fingers crossed to get a job soon and go back to work. Wish me luck. OK I have to run for now, time to fold the laundry and then take the kids for a walk and then off to Xaviers to get this back yard beautiful. Have an amazing day and thanks for reading.
Monday, May 13, 2013
This weather is fucked up
The weather here in Toronto has been totally fucked up since last week, It started to screw up on Friday when we went from 25 above to 13, crazy shit! Then we wake up Saturday morning to hail, rain and whatever else you can imagine, this continued on Sunday with high winds and our weather dropping to a shitty 5 above.
The lovely winds are never kind to our old neighborhood, I have to go on the roof today and remove a lovely 8 foot long branch from one of our hundred year old trees in the neighborhood, Last year one fell on our new bar b q and deck, that sucks as well. We have no trees left in our property but everyone else in the neighborhood does so somehow they come and land on our property. Please keep your trees on your own yard and own roof, thanks.
I telephoned my mother yesterday for mothers day and we had the greatest talk and reconnected, it was refreshing and so nice to be able to just talk to her, with that it made my day, my week, my year, she is my mother and so important to me and I have missed talking to her so much. We talked for about an hour. It was nice to catch up and just to hear her voice and know that her and dad are feeling okay and doing alright made me happy.
Matt talked to his mom as well and wished her a happy mothers day as well. Things are going great for them as well. I think we both have some regret and worry being so far away from our parents and not able to help them as we thought we would be able to at our ages.
We had a lovely dinner last night and had Flora and her son Wade over for mothers day dinner, it was great and so nice to celebrate Mothers Day with our adopted mother, she is fabulous and so motherly in everyway, got to love her.
We ll not much else to say today except for one more thing, I screwed up last Monday and have started smoking again, after over five months, I gave into temptation, and quite frankly I realized I am happier for it and feel so much better, I do not think I am meant to be smoke free. Preach as you may, I am happy and accept my decision.
Love you all and thanks for reading. have a great day and a fucking wonderful week, here's to hoping one or both Matt and I get a job interview this week and hopefully an offer to go and work somewhere who appreciates a man of age and knowledge instead of a 20 year old with boobs.
The lovely winds are never kind to our old neighborhood, I have to go on the roof today and remove a lovely 8 foot long branch from one of our hundred year old trees in the neighborhood, Last year one fell on our new bar b q and deck, that sucks as well. We have no trees left in our property but everyone else in the neighborhood does so somehow they come and land on our property. Please keep your trees on your own yard and own roof, thanks.
I telephoned my mother yesterday for mothers day and we had the greatest talk and reconnected, it was refreshing and so nice to be able to just talk to her, with that it made my day, my week, my year, she is my mother and so important to me and I have missed talking to her so much. We talked for about an hour. It was nice to catch up and just to hear her voice and know that her and dad are feeling okay and doing alright made me happy.
Matt talked to his mom as well and wished her a happy mothers day as well. Things are going great for them as well. I think we both have some regret and worry being so far away from our parents and not able to help them as we thought we would be able to at our ages.
We had a lovely dinner last night and had Flora and her son Wade over for mothers day dinner, it was great and so nice to celebrate Mothers Day with our adopted mother, she is fabulous and so motherly in everyway, got to love her.
We ll not much else to say today except for one more thing, I screwed up last Monday and have started smoking again, after over five months, I gave into temptation, and quite frankly I realized I am happier for it and feel so much better, I do not think I am meant to be smoke free. Preach as you may, I am happy and accept my decision.
Love you all and thanks for reading. have a great day and a fucking wonderful week, here's to hoping one or both Matt and I get a job interview this week and hopefully an offer to go and work somewhere who appreciates a man of age and knowledge instead of a 20 year old with boobs.
Friday, May 10, 2013
A rough week
Well it has been an extremely busy week and also a rough one, I have been working outside in our garden and also down the street helping one of the neighbors and also helping the other neighbor with his lawn and garden. It has been busy and very tough, and really nice weather which I enjoyed imensely, love me heat and as long as we are above 20, all is good and I really don't care too much.
Had to dig out my one neighbors garden and all the weeds and overgrowth. Looking pretty fucking beautiful now, I am very proud of me and what I have accomplished.
I think I have inspired her to plant a veggie garden this summer, damn I am good, look at me take all the credit for that.
Matthew has recovered quite well from surgery and is definitely on the mend, he has been going for walks and doing little things around the house which is a tremendous help and load off my mind this past week.
Still looking for work and going on interviews once in a while , but nothing lately. The last interview I went on was at Woodbine beach for a manager in a new greek restaurant called Trinity Modern Greek Taverna, I did not get the damn job again, oh well, that would be there loss and not mine. I will get a job when it is the right job and I just have to be patient and wait it out and keep applying until I get the right position.
It will come in time, just not over night and not any of the places I have interviewed for. I just have to believe and seriously have thought that I nailed a couple of those last interviews. Oh well
We ordered pizza the other night from a new pizza place, Big House Pizza on the Danforth and I have to say for the price and what we got, never again, we ordered their Buffalo Chicken Pizza, it was extremely skimpy on toppings and thin and over done, and let me tell you when paying 26 dollars for something which is supposedly prepared by two chefs who have opened a pizzeria, I expect my monies worth, on the other hand it had a great flavor. But I must say in the end I will probably never order from there again.
Sunday is Mothers Day and I will reach out again and try and talk to Mom, hopefully this time it goes better for me and she is more conversational, not sure she will be and am not sure any more that I blame her. I am still not ready nor do I think I will ever be to talk to any of my other family members. I can not stand the fact that I am related to half these people and really want nothing to do with them.
Any how that is about all I have for you all for now, I will be back soon to update our job search and hopefully the final results of the house. Hope everyone has a great summer and enjoys family and friends. Thank you for reading and have a great weekend.
Had to dig out my one neighbors garden and all the weeds and overgrowth. Looking pretty fucking beautiful now, I am very proud of me and what I have accomplished.
I think I have inspired her to plant a veggie garden this summer, damn I am good, look at me take all the credit for that.
Matthew has recovered quite well from surgery and is definitely on the mend, he has been going for walks and doing little things around the house which is a tremendous help and load off my mind this past week.
Still looking for work and going on interviews once in a while , but nothing lately. The last interview I went on was at Woodbine beach for a manager in a new greek restaurant called Trinity Modern Greek Taverna, I did not get the damn job again, oh well, that would be there loss and not mine. I will get a job when it is the right job and I just have to be patient and wait it out and keep applying until I get the right position.
It will come in time, just not over night and not any of the places I have interviewed for. I just have to believe and seriously have thought that I nailed a couple of those last interviews. Oh well
We ordered pizza the other night from a new pizza place, Big House Pizza on the Danforth and I have to say for the price and what we got, never again, we ordered their Buffalo Chicken Pizza, it was extremely skimpy on toppings and thin and over done, and let me tell you when paying 26 dollars for something which is supposedly prepared by two chefs who have opened a pizzeria, I expect my monies worth, on the other hand it had a great flavor. But I must say in the end I will probably never order from there again.
Sunday is Mothers Day and I will reach out again and try and talk to Mom, hopefully this time it goes better for me and she is more conversational, not sure she will be and am not sure any more that I blame her. I am still not ready nor do I think I will ever be to talk to any of my other family members. I can not stand the fact that I am related to half these people and really want nothing to do with them.
Any how that is about all I have for you all for now, I will be back soon to update our job search and hopefully the final results of the house. Hope everyone has a great summer and enjoys family and friends. Thank you for reading and have a great weekend.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
We found spring
Well spring is finally here in Toronto and we are into the plus 20 and above weather now so I have been working a lot outside and in the garden and stuff, did grass seed last week and planted potatoes yesterday.
Today I weeded the garden and worked it all up so we are ready to plant tomorrow, started tomatoes two weeks ago and they are already coming up, about 2 inches high at this point.
The house is almost done and so far so great, I have refinished all the floors on the main level and they look fabulous if I do say so myself. It took a lot of work and I worked for over a week to get them just right, 2 coats of stain on all of them and then two coats of varathane on them after that. But it is so nice to save something from way back in 1905.
This weekend I am going to start on the stairs and try to get them done and then all that is left is to order our new counters, a nice burber carpet in the bedrooms and a couple small details to do , like moulding and stuff.
I have also painted all the ceilings, the entire main floor and the back bedroom, I have to paint the master room yet but that is fairly easy, just been too damn nice out this past week to spend in doors, Today was out in shorts and no shirt, Thank you for the glorious weather Toronto, I love you.
As far as our lives go ,we have been extremely busy and doing fairly well, Matt had his back surgery two weeks ago and is home and doing well, He is still a bit sore but I have to give him credit where credit is due, he has been up and about and walking as his doctor said to do, every day he goes further and further. Love the fact that he is not in as much pain and also that he is trying to get around on his own, the first week he was home, was a lot of work and he was so tired all the time.
I am feeling much better and my headaches are now only occasional, which is great, had many job interviews and am hoping to get something soon.
I just get frustrated when they don't let you know , either via email or a phone call that you do not have the position, it only seems like a common curtisey and is something as a former manager for many years that I practiced on a regular basis.
So that is our lives in a nut shell, May the weather be great where ever you are and may happy thoughts follow you in life always. Have a great day and thank you for reading.
Today I weeded the garden and worked it all up so we are ready to plant tomorrow, started tomatoes two weeks ago and they are already coming up, about 2 inches high at this point.
The house is almost done and so far so great, I have refinished all the floors on the main level and they look fabulous if I do say so myself. It took a lot of work and I worked for over a week to get them just right, 2 coats of stain on all of them and then two coats of varathane on them after that. But it is so nice to save something from way back in 1905.
This weekend I am going to start on the stairs and try to get them done and then all that is left is to order our new counters, a nice burber carpet in the bedrooms and a couple small details to do , like moulding and stuff.
I have also painted all the ceilings, the entire main floor and the back bedroom, I have to paint the master room yet but that is fairly easy, just been too damn nice out this past week to spend in doors, Today was out in shorts and no shirt, Thank you for the glorious weather Toronto, I love you.
As far as our lives go ,we have been extremely busy and doing fairly well, Matt had his back surgery two weeks ago and is home and doing well, He is still a bit sore but I have to give him credit where credit is due, he has been up and about and walking as his doctor said to do, every day he goes further and further. Love the fact that he is not in as much pain and also that he is trying to get around on his own, the first week he was home, was a lot of work and he was so tired all the time.
I am feeling much better and my headaches are now only occasional, which is great, had many job interviews and am hoping to get something soon.
I just get frustrated when they don't let you know , either via email or a phone call that you do not have the position, it only seems like a common curtisey and is something as a former manager for many years that I practiced on a regular basis.
So that is our lives in a nut shell, May the weather be great where ever you are and may happy thoughts follow you in life always. Have a great day and thank you for reading.
Friday, April 12, 2013
April is here
Good Morning to you all and I hope you are having a fabulous day, the weather for spring or what is suppose to be spring feels more like winter again.
Last weekend we had plus seventeen and then all of a sudden Wednesday it rained all day and Thursday morning freezing rain with snow all afternoon and that is here in Toronto, really fucking sucks , let me tell you.\
Been doing well here and have been smoke free for 3 and a 1/2 months now, that is pretty good for an old guy who smoked for 30 years, yes I said thirty years, started smoking at the age of twelve with a few of my old girlfriends from school, you know who you are.
Matt is doing good, been in a lot of pain lately and not too mobile yet, hoping this back surgery does the trick, now only a week away before he goes into the hospital and has surgery. I think I am more scared than he is. I hate surgery and I hate hospitals, they are just scary to me.
As far as our little house goes, I have now painted all the walls in the house, repainted all the doors and some of the trim, not white of course! Painted the ceilings in a very light blue, again not white. I do not like white and am definitely not a fan of white ceiling as I think it is just too common and way to normal to be in our house.
Next week I am going to stain the floors and get them ready for varathane, life is alright and it will look great. I am so proud of all the work we have done here and even more proud that we have done it ourselves. So many days I think that we are way over our heads and should have bought a condo or something smaller that was already completed and then I think of the fun we have, the yard and garden and the ease of not having to wait for an elevator to take the dogs for their pee.
Also we are so happy with the neighborhood and even more importantly the neighbors are just fucking fabulous and believe you me , once summer hits we are all going to come out of hibrination and get back to the social aspect.
Anyhow I just wanted to say hi and update you on our little lives. Take care and I will try and write in here more often. have a great weekend.
Last weekend we had plus seventeen and then all of a sudden Wednesday it rained all day and Thursday morning freezing rain with snow all afternoon and that is here in Toronto, really fucking sucks , let me tell you.\
Been doing well here and have been smoke free for 3 and a 1/2 months now, that is pretty good for an old guy who smoked for 30 years, yes I said thirty years, started smoking at the age of twelve with a few of my old girlfriends from school, you know who you are.
Matt is doing good, been in a lot of pain lately and not too mobile yet, hoping this back surgery does the trick, now only a week away before he goes into the hospital and has surgery. I think I am more scared than he is. I hate surgery and I hate hospitals, they are just scary to me.
As far as our little house goes, I have now painted all the walls in the house, repainted all the doors and some of the trim, not white of course! Painted the ceilings in a very light blue, again not white. I do not like white and am definitely not a fan of white ceiling as I think it is just too common and way to normal to be in our house.
Next week I am going to stain the floors and get them ready for varathane, life is alright and it will look great. I am so proud of all the work we have done here and even more proud that we have done it ourselves. So many days I think that we are way over our heads and should have bought a condo or something smaller that was already completed and then I think of the fun we have, the yard and garden and the ease of not having to wait for an elevator to take the dogs for their pee.
Also we are so happy with the neighborhood and even more importantly the neighbors are just fucking fabulous and believe you me , once summer hits we are all going to come out of hibrination and get back to the social aspect.
Anyhow I just wanted to say hi and update you on our little lives. Take care and I will try and write in here more often. have a great weekend.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
March and Spring is coming
Well we are here and it has been almost a year in our house and so much has changed and more things are changing on a daily basis. Some great and some not so great but we still live with them.
February was a shit month for both Matt and I and we were both sick off and on for most of the month and now Matt is in pain again with his back, hoping this surgery helps, because it is starting to just get ridiculous and the pain he is in some days is just beyond believe.
Needless to say I have not done a whole lot in the house over the last month, I am actually just finally getting better over the last week myself and going out and doing stuff and talking to people again. It has been nice to start to get back to normal.
Today the weather is lovely and I can see grass and the snow is melting which is so perfect, the dogs love it and so do I. It has to be one of the few things I hate about Toronto, the snow, it does not do me any good nor do I like it at all, hate winter.
Matt and I have both had interviews for jobs again this week and we are both hopeful that soon one of us will get a great job and then back to a normal life, or at least what the rest of the world considers to be a normal life.
Matt will be going for surgery in less than 6 weeks and then we are not sure how long the recovery time will be and what is to come after that, but in life who the hell knows what is around the corner and if we did would it be as much fun , I think hell no!
Next summer we are building a fence around the entire property and also going to look at digging down our basement. We also need to lay a new and nicer front sidewalk and a few small things to improve landscape and curb appeal, because you just never know and that is the way life is. Can't wait to get a garden in again and fix up the flower beds and all those great things that I love, I just find the gardening so relaxing and it also looks so nice when done.
Well I am going to get my ass to work and get a few things done in this house today, Wayne is suppose to come and visit later if the weather holds up, he is going to bring Jade out and visit us for a bit. Been a while since I have seen him again. Makes me kind of miss living downtown in that way and just the village and stuff. Love our neighborhood though. And our neighbors.
well I am going to run for now and I will be back soon, thanks for reading and have a great weekend. Enjoy the weather and have a marvelous spring break.
February was a shit month for both Matt and I and we were both sick off and on for most of the month and now Matt is in pain again with his back, hoping this surgery helps, because it is starting to just get ridiculous and the pain he is in some days is just beyond believe.
Needless to say I have not done a whole lot in the house over the last month, I am actually just finally getting better over the last week myself and going out and doing stuff and talking to people again. It has been nice to start to get back to normal.
Today the weather is lovely and I can see grass and the snow is melting which is so perfect, the dogs love it and so do I. It has to be one of the few things I hate about Toronto, the snow, it does not do me any good nor do I like it at all, hate winter.
Matt and I have both had interviews for jobs again this week and we are both hopeful that soon one of us will get a great job and then back to a normal life, or at least what the rest of the world considers to be a normal life.
Matt will be going for surgery in less than 6 weeks and then we are not sure how long the recovery time will be and what is to come after that, but in life who the hell knows what is around the corner and if we did would it be as much fun , I think hell no!
Next summer we are building a fence around the entire property and also going to look at digging down our basement. We also need to lay a new and nicer front sidewalk and a few small things to improve landscape and curb appeal, because you just never know and that is the way life is. Can't wait to get a garden in again and fix up the flower beds and all those great things that I love, I just find the gardening so relaxing and it also looks so nice when done.
Well I am going to get my ass to work and get a few things done in this house today, Wayne is suppose to come and visit later if the weather holds up, he is going to bring Jade out and visit us for a bit. Been a while since I have seen him again. Makes me kind of miss living downtown in that way and just the village and stuff. Love our neighborhood though. And our neighbors.
well I am going to run for now and I will be back soon, thanks for reading and have a great weekend. Enjoy the weather and have a marvelous spring break.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Health and Stuff, like our passive agressive neighbor
Well it has been a really rough month and my health has been shit to say the least, from the cold and flu to a lovely pneumonia which is still holding on and I can't seem to shake it completely. Sucks.
Started on with a bit of a cold in early February and then a week ago I found out it had turned to Pneumonia. My chest feels like there is an elephant sitting on it an and it is hard to breath at times, I get up for small periods of time every day but am no where to the energy I had just a month ago, and that really is a true disappointment to me, I was so close to finishing the bedroom walls, then the whole damn house would have been painted. At least we got the main floor done and pictures hung down here and everything, makes getting better a bit easier.
What does not help with any health concern is living right next door to two of the biggest idiots, I have ever met in my life, hope your renovating that kitchen so you can list your house next year, because besides your dogs barking, your the two rudest people I have ever had the displeasure of meeting. We are polite, send them a note or try to talk to them about issues with the property and their animals or their company backing over our lawn and destroying our lawn lanterns. We never get a reply or anything and these are the people we share a semi detached house with, oh well wait till I drop the fence plans in their door, that might get a response from the inconsiderates.
I just hate rudeness of any sort, but our world is filled with it, we have been very nice and always put everything in writing to deal with the house and them or other people. Their dogs were quiet for about a week, now they are barking again and it is not just us who hears them, even people two doors down can hear them bark, ridiculous. When we first moved in they were nice and offered to help pay for insulation in between the houses, never heard another word about that, so to ask them about anything else just seems like a waste of time, but I guess we have to ask. If for no other reason than to just protect ourselves with them and the rest of the world. Talk about passive aggressive douches.
This morning just to be extra childish they shovelled right up the middle of a joint sidewalk, how fucking ridiculous can you get, I have also been cleaning up water since 8:30am leaking from there side because they changed their eaves and refuse to respond or even correct the issue.
You don't want to play hardball with an angry queen, I am not so passive, but can be very aggressive if you push me to that point.
On other health fronts, like discuss Matt for a minute, he has been in and out with a cold all month as well and his back has been giving him a lot of trouble. In pain some days and other days, feeling really good, the last couple days have been bad for him and he has not been so well, but the last couple weeks, he has been a trooper, looking after me, taking the girls out all the time and cooking all the meals while I was sick, what a wonderful husband. He is now scheduled for his back surgery and will be going in for surgery in April, then he will be out of commission for a bit and that really sucks as it will be close to summer and the one thing we have in this house is a lot of stairs, hope he can handle them. He really liked his surgeon that he met and that is a great thing. I am hoping that recooperation time will not be too long, but who knows, I am sure he will cover, cause he is strong and very stubborn , much like me. A match made in heaven, both strong willed and bitchy in our own ways, at least we know how to get what we want and help each other to get to that point, talk about a perfect marriage.
Well that is all that is new for now, time to go and get some rest, was up for my 3 hours now time for a bit of rest again, have a great day and thanks for reading.
Started on with a bit of a cold in early February and then a week ago I found out it had turned to Pneumonia. My chest feels like there is an elephant sitting on it an and it is hard to breath at times, I get up for small periods of time every day but am no where to the energy I had just a month ago, and that really is a true disappointment to me, I was so close to finishing the bedroom walls, then the whole damn house would have been painted. At least we got the main floor done and pictures hung down here and everything, makes getting better a bit easier.
What does not help with any health concern is living right next door to two of the biggest idiots, I have ever met in my life, hope your renovating that kitchen so you can list your house next year, because besides your dogs barking, your the two rudest people I have ever had the displeasure of meeting. We are polite, send them a note or try to talk to them about issues with the property and their animals or their company backing over our lawn and destroying our lawn lanterns. We never get a reply or anything and these are the people we share a semi detached house with, oh well wait till I drop the fence plans in their door, that might get a response from the inconsiderates.
I just hate rudeness of any sort, but our world is filled with it, we have been very nice and always put everything in writing to deal with the house and them or other people. Their dogs were quiet for about a week, now they are barking again and it is not just us who hears them, even people two doors down can hear them bark, ridiculous. When we first moved in they were nice and offered to help pay for insulation in between the houses, never heard another word about that, so to ask them about anything else just seems like a waste of time, but I guess we have to ask. If for no other reason than to just protect ourselves with them and the rest of the world. Talk about passive aggressive douches.
This morning just to be extra childish they shovelled right up the middle of a joint sidewalk, how fucking ridiculous can you get, I have also been cleaning up water since 8:30am leaking from there side because they changed their eaves and refuse to respond or even correct the issue.
You don't want to play hardball with an angry queen, I am not so passive, but can be very aggressive if you push me to that point.
On other health fronts, like discuss Matt for a minute, he has been in and out with a cold all month as well and his back has been giving him a lot of trouble. In pain some days and other days, feeling really good, the last couple days have been bad for him and he has not been so well, but the last couple weeks, he has been a trooper, looking after me, taking the girls out all the time and cooking all the meals while I was sick, what a wonderful husband. He is now scheduled for his back surgery and will be going in for surgery in April, then he will be out of commission for a bit and that really sucks as it will be close to summer and the one thing we have in this house is a lot of stairs, hope he can handle them. He really liked his surgeon that he met and that is a great thing. I am hoping that recooperation time will not be too long, but who knows, I am sure he will cover, cause he is strong and very stubborn , much like me. A match made in heaven, both strong willed and bitchy in our own ways, at least we know how to get what we want and help each other to get to that point, talk about a perfect marriage.
Well that is all that is new for now, time to go and get some rest, was up for my 3 hours now time for a bit of rest again, have a great day and thanks for reading.
Saturday, February 23, 2013
February in a Nut Shell
Well here it is , I used to write in here a lot and had more time to do this, now I am looking for work, finishing a house renovation and concentrating on my health so this will probably be my last posting for a while. Sorry to say that, but I just need to concentrate on other things and this will stop my family from knowing anything about our lives as some of them still read this unfortunately.
So here is what we have done in the last month in the house, we have sanded all the dry wall and painted the main floor and hung pictures finally. Sanded all the floors in preparation for staining and varnishing, will be 4 to 7 coats of varnish, so we have a glass finish on the floors when completed.
Also this month we have prepared the upstairs floors for painting and finished with mudding the dry wall , all we have to do now is sand everything and then it will be completed up there and all done, holy shit. So happy to be this near to completion and looking back at all the work we have done, am so proud of both of us. We moved in to a house built in 1906 and had carpeting with no underlay, glued to the original hardwood and falling apart, literally dust in parts and certain areas. Walls that were chipping plaster, disgusting mismatched baseboards throughout, then when we took down walls and ceilings we found knob and tube wiring and junction boxes from hell all on our lovely 6 fused electrical panel, no insulation in most of the walls.
So all and all we have done one hell of a lot of work and it has been great. Now both of us going back to work in the very near future.
So that catches you all up on the house, February has been hell for us both as far as colds and flu, Matt was sick for over a week with a cold and he is feeling much better the last week. I have now been down for the count for over two weeks and went back to the doctor on Wednesday and now have pneumonia which has really taken a toll on my body. I have to go back to the doctor on Monday to see if things are getting any better and if the pills that I am on are helping at all. This sucks completely.
I am suffering and I hate it, not out of bed for more than an hour at a time and my chest hurts so bad. I get up to eat and that is about all. my appetite is not quite what it was a couple weeks ago and I am afraid that all the weight I gained the last month I may loose again. I have now quit smoking for 2 months.
Well not much else to say at the moment, except wish us luck to get employment, finish the house and better health. Thank you all for reading and I will be back at least once a month, but that's about all for now. have a great weekend.
So here is what we have done in the last month in the house, we have sanded all the dry wall and painted the main floor and hung pictures finally. Sanded all the floors in preparation for staining and varnishing, will be 4 to 7 coats of varnish, so we have a glass finish on the floors when completed.
Also this month we have prepared the upstairs floors for painting and finished with mudding the dry wall , all we have to do now is sand everything and then it will be completed up there and all done, holy shit. So happy to be this near to completion and looking back at all the work we have done, am so proud of both of us. We moved in to a house built in 1906 and had carpeting with no underlay, glued to the original hardwood and falling apart, literally dust in parts and certain areas. Walls that were chipping plaster, disgusting mismatched baseboards throughout, then when we took down walls and ceilings we found knob and tube wiring and junction boxes from hell all on our lovely 6 fused electrical panel, no insulation in most of the walls.
So all and all we have done one hell of a lot of work and it has been great. Now both of us going back to work in the very near future.
So that catches you all up on the house, February has been hell for us both as far as colds and flu, Matt was sick for over a week with a cold and he is feeling much better the last week. I have now been down for the count for over two weeks and went back to the doctor on Wednesday and now have pneumonia which has really taken a toll on my body. I have to go back to the doctor on Monday to see if things are getting any better and if the pills that I am on are helping at all. This sucks completely.
I am suffering and I hate it, not out of bed for more than an hour at a time and my chest hurts so bad. I get up to eat and that is about all. my appetite is not quite what it was a couple weeks ago and I am afraid that all the weight I gained the last month I may loose again. I have now quit smoking for 2 months.
Well not much else to say at the moment, except wish us luck to get employment, finish the house and better health. Thank you all for reading and I will be back at least once a month, but that's about all for now. have a great weekend.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Almost 2 weeks
Good Morning to you all, hope life is well and things are going good. 2013 has been great for Matt and I thus far and we are doing well and all seems to be good in our little house. All of the dry wall is now up and most of it mudded, will finish mudding today and then it is time to sand and then we can paint this bitch and get things unpacked finally.
As for the almost 2 weeks as title of blog, it is almost 2 weeks that I have quit smoking, I have not had a cigarette since New Years Eve. I am quite proud of myself after almost 30 years of smoking, starting to smoke when I was only 12 years old. This has been a battle for me my entire life and for the first time I have support to help me quit, thank you my hot husband. He has stopped smoking cigars and everything to support me in my battle to quit. For those who don't know I have suffered from C.O.P.D. now for over 5 years and it was really starting to effect me and my life.
So back to what we have been up to lately in the house, we are on our last few little things to get done and it is going fairly well. Now that it is dry walled, mudded, next step is sanding and then time to paint and do these floors downstairs and paint the hard wood upstairs, yes I said paint, on the main floor we are staining them a dark brown and upstairs i am painting them grey in the spare room and master bedroom.
Will post pictures when we are all done the house, by the way yes I am taking my time doing the house and finishing stuff here.
So our new year has been going great and we are both doing well. I have to be honest though I have been very upset and totally stressed about one or two things. The first is at Christmas I reached out and contacted my mother by phone and talked with her and honestly tried to reconnect with her and be a part of her life again. maybe this was a mistake, I am not sure, I really thought she would phone here and wish me a Happy New Year or at least reach out as I did, maybe I was wrong and she is really done with me as she has told other people. Who the hell knows and maybe by writing about this i will quit caring or at least quit thinking about it.
The other thing I am stressed about right now is just me being a worry wart so I will get over that too and choose not to tell anyone at the moment.
Well not a whole ot more to say at the moment, except have a great weekend and talk to you all soon.
As for the almost 2 weeks as title of blog, it is almost 2 weeks that I have quit smoking, I have not had a cigarette since New Years Eve. I am quite proud of myself after almost 30 years of smoking, starting to smoke when I was only 12 years old. This has been a battle for me my entire life and for the first time I have support to help me quit, thank you my hot husband. He has stopped smoking cigars and everything to support me in my battle to quit. For those who don't know I have suffered from C.O.P.D. now for over 5 years and it was really starting to effect me and my life.
So back to what we have been up to lately in the house, we are on our last few little things to get done and it is going fairly well. Now that it is dry walled, mudded, next step is sanding and then time to paint and do these floors downstairs and paint the hard wood upstairs, yes I said paint, on the main floor we are staining them a dark brown and upstairs i am painting them grey in the spare room and master bedroom.
Will post pictures when we are all done the house, by the way yes I am taking my time doing the house and finishing stuff here.
So our new year has been going great and we are both doing well. I have to be honest though I have been very upset and totally stressed about one or two things. The first is at Christmas I reached out and contacted my mother by phone and talked with her and honestly tried to reconnect with her and be a part of her life again. maybe this was a mistake, I am not sure, I really thought she would phone here and wish me a Happy New Year or at least reach out as I did, maybe I was wrong and she is really done with me as she has told other people. Who the hell knows and maybe by writing about this i will quit caring or at least quit thinking about it.
The other thing I am stressed about right now is just me being a worry wart so I will get over that too and choose not to tell anyone at the moment.
Well not a whole ot more to say at the moment, except have a great weekend and talk to you all soon.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
2013
Well we are in a New Year and I could not be happier, it has started off great so far. New Years Eve we had a small party which was perfect and we had great friends over, nothing could have been better.
At our little party Nancy, who is always so generous and a lot of fun, Louisa, a women of many stories and laughs throughout the night. Wayne who I just adore and has made a far better friend than a boyfriend, though both were great, he brought his friend Avin. Mara and Jeff got here and it was so nice to see Mara let loose and have fun, and watching Jeff dance and just have fun. Jeff and Mara friends Ashley and Will came by as well, not sure they were too with our small get together but what the hell we all had fun and partied till the wee hours of the morning, I finally went to bed at 6:30am after cleaning up and stuff.
New years day Matt was a little hung over as were many of our friends, I am sure. So glad and happy to have brought in the New Year with good friends, thank you all for coming.
After New Years I ended up taking a couple days off and relaxing a bit and taking a break from the house and work in the house because preparing for New years eve, I worked my ass off building a bulk head, and dry walling the ceiling in the house and the rest of the walls. Today back to work and get some of this mud and taping done and finish the walls and then tomorrow hopefully sanding and painting and getting this fucking house to completion, I will be so glad when it is all done and life goes back to normal.
I love it when I get to paint and decorate and finish the rough parts and make things look great, but getting to that point has been really trying for the both of us and made me a little, okay a lot bitchy at times and I wish I had more help some days but what can you do.
So anyway I am going to get back to work and finish what I want to get done today in the house. Hopefully I can get a lot accomplished today. Happy New Year to all that we love and all of our friends around the world.
Take care and thanks for reading.
At our little party Nancy, who is always so generous and a lot of fun, Louisa, a women of many stories and laughs throughout the night. Wayne who I just adore and has made a far better friend than a boyfriend, though both were great, he brought his friend Avin. Mara and Jeff got here and it was so nice to see Mara let loose and have fun, and watching Jeff dance and just have fun. Jeff and Mara friends Ashley and Will came by as well, not sure they were too with our small get together but what the hell we all had fun and partied till the wee hours of the morning, I finally went to bed at 6:30am after cleaning up and stuff.
New years day Matt was a little hung over as were many of our friends, I am sure. So glad and happy to have brought in the New Year with good friends, thank you all for coming.
After New Years I ended up taking a couple days off and relaxing a bit and taking a break from the house and work in the house because preparing for New years eve, I worked my ass off building a bulk head, and dry walling the ceiling in the house and the rest of the walls. Today back to work and get some of this mud and taping done and finish the walls and then tomorrow hopefully sanding and painting and getting this fucking house to completion, I will be so glad when it is all done and life goes back to normal.
I love it when I get to paint and decorate and finish the rough parts and make things look great, but getting to that point has been really trying for the both of us and made me a little, okay a lot bitchy at times and I wish I had more help some days but what can you do.
So anyway I am going to get back to work and finish what I want to get done today in the house. Hopefully I can get a lot accomplished today. Happy New Year to all that we love and all of our friends around the world.
Take care and thanks for reading.
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