two days and counting!

Yesterday, a co-worked gave me tickets to attend a function at the Kennedy Center. It is actually a fundraiser, and the seats are $150 per seat or sold through sponsorships. However, his wife's company is the organizer, so he was given some tickets to give out. He gave me two tickets, so me and a date could attend. That is great, it should be a great night, and I am thrilled my co-worker asked me to go. The major question - who will go with me? I would ask Tim, but he just attended a concert with me, and it will give him the wrong idea if I ask him to attend this with me. Mike is having back surgery two weeks before, so he is out. Ryan, he wouldn't act appropriatly, so he is out. Ted is never in town. I don't have anyone to go. Any suggestions? I have until August 8th to come up with someone, but they at least need to have manners, since this is a function that we need to act our age, but it should be fun!

On the other hand, things are good. Two and half more days until VACATION!! Not that I'm counting down or anything! Last night was nice, my parents got me a TV stand for my birthday and we put that together as we put my furniture back in the living and dining rooms. My place looks beautiful with the hardwood floors. It is cozy and amazing. I would like to get some area rugs, but right now, I don't want to cover up the hardwoods. Sooo pretty!!

Well I am off to finish my wonderful lunch. Have a good wednesday!

digging my way out

This week is crazy busy. The week before vacation. I can't wait to be sitting on a beach and swimming all next week, but the week before and the week after vacation always seems to suck. Any time you leave the office for a bit and return sucks. This is when I truely miss my old job. All well.

Tonight Bart and I get to move back home. Over the weekend, we finished the living and dining room floors. They are stained and polyed, and they look beautiful!! So tonight is the fun part, putting the rooms together and sleeping in my bed! I will post pics tonight if I am not too tired.

Okay, sorry for the short post - work to be done.

Actions and Consequences

It's funny. Life is odd. Why do people do certain things? What puts the ideas in their heads? The past few days, I have been wondering this. I have always taken pride in where I work, and what I have done for those companies. Recently, it was brought to my attention that a place I worked is in trouble on the charges of payola. This saddened me. I just hope the person/people that were part of this are accepting the responsibilties that go along with an offense like that. Also a fellow co-worker just came back from a work trip and he actually told me that he didn't tell anyone what company he was with, and told people he forgot his business cards at home. To make it worse, when he was asked what he did, he used his past job. Why was he so ashamed to say who he was with? It will be funny to see the outcome of this, especially with the position he holds here.

We all make mistakes, and big ones sometimes, it's life. However, it is all about how we handle our mistakes. When we make mistakes, the only right thing to do is live up to it. The outcome is much easier if you live up to it rather than hiding it until found. This i have learned. Sadly, I tell my boss when I make mistakes before he finds them (if I catch it first) just because I feel so bad. I would rather turn myself in than someone else do it for me. If you need help, ask for it. If you are not able to be honest with who you are, you might want to think twice. Are you becoming the person you want to be? If not - take charge. We all have been granted to opportunity to be who we want. Make you the person you are proud of. I may not have lead the best life, but I am getting there. I just hope to keep following my goals and plans, and let them change in ways they should.

SOCCER HELP NEEDED

I have played co-ed soccer before, but not co-ed indoor soccer and I haven't played for 5-6 years. Any assistance one can give me would be greatly appreciated. I need help and reading the instructions - yea not helpful.

Tired Monday

My weekend didn't exactly go as planned. I was out late with a friend catching up and slept till 9:30 Saturday morning. Since I had so much to do, I was hoping to be on the metro by this time. My fun excursion to view the monuments from the Old Post Office and go to the newly renovated American Art Museum is on a rain delay. Instead, my Saturday was spent finishing moving the furniture that didn't absolutely require two people into the spare bedroom or my bedroom and finishing the prep work for sanding. That took me most of the day. I got all the staples out and scrubbed the floor real good a couple times. Now that I am typing this out, it doesn't sound like I did all that much. However, I ended my day with a hot dog cook out and my favorite Grandma Brown's baked beans! This reminds me, I need to hit up Wegmans, and re-stock up on some of that good Rochester food!

Saturday night I called my dad in hope that he would be up for helping me sand the living room and dining room floors. Slowly, I moved in for the kill, did the "what are you having for dinner?", "How was your day..." and then he said it! "Want to sand tomorrow?" I about jumped for joy, but I calmly said, "yea, we could, you want to?" I was thrilled - I was staying on schedule!

Sunday I was up and ready to be at the store by 9. Called dad and he was still eating breakfast. HELLO! WHO HAS TIME FOR BREAKFAST WHEN WE HAVE FLOORS TO SAND? Okay, my dumb ass should have eaten something, I was starving come 10:30 and he was not. We headed off to Lowe’s to rent the sander and pick up the supplies. Now, this is when my great mood when down the drain. Lowe’s employees are morons. I am sorry. I was a newby working in a hardware store once - but you know what, I asked questions and learned so I would have the knowledgeable answers. Apparently, that is overrated now-a-days. I was looking for a ½ gallon of wood filler – since we are doing basically all the rooms in my place. All I could find was the $8 pint of Minwax wood fill. Zar makes a ½ gallon tub for that amount. So I ask the associate where there wood filler is located – since the store is a complete, disorganized mess. My little lazy associate had NO CLUE what I was talking about. I asked if there was anyone that would know – he didn’t know, nor did he care to ask. It just went down hill from there.

Any who, we get back to my place, move the couch and the TV – the two things I could not do by myself, and the day began. It took five hours to sand, but we did it. We took turns sitting on the sander, while the other sanded. The extra weight was needed. Yes, it did make it more difficult for the person sanding, especially with the strong right pull the sander had…but it is now down, and my body is a weeee bit sore. Good hard work, on a good day, can’t beat that!

Now, I am back to work…stain tonight? We shall see if I am in shape for it. I might have to take a night off.

Weekend Plans

I am beginning to make my weekend plans. Who am I kidding, I have been thinking about weekend since Monday! Every day this week, it has felt like Friday. And today, it is actually Friday, finally.

This weekend I would like to have a bit of fun. As suggested by Dan, a fellow blogger, I am going to hit up the Old Post Office to get a good view of the monuments, and on my out grab some ice cream on the 1st floor at Ben & Jerry's! That will make my walk more enjoyable as I head over to the American Art Museum. I haven't gone on lineto the American Art Museum web site; I don't want to spoil my fun. There is something about walking in and see everything for the first time. You just can't pass that moment up! After the art museum I am considering taking in an Einstein planetarium visit. It's been over a year since I have gone to see the stars. Either that or I can find a nice park at night and lay on the grass until I am happy with how many constellations I have found. Either way, I am happy.

Other than my DC fix, I am working on my floors. They are coming along nice. Last night I was a bit lazy, I only took the staples out of the dining room floor. So I have yet to do the living room, and then disinfect the floor. That will probably be in store for tonight. I could go out and try to meet people, but you know that won't happen.

I am off to continue with my daily fun at work. Have a good weekend!

Did someone say carpet?

The carpet is almost all out - just need to move the TV. I wanted to get some pictures though.


All the nasty carpet and padding is piled on my patio. Once again, I was looking white trash!


Carpet is out! Moving the tv was easier than I though, I was able to slide it. To lift that stupid tv you need two strong people, me alone, I would kill myself. (Kyle, no, I am going to see if the tv would kill me. You would miss you little sister!)


DONE! I just finished taking all that gross carpet to the dumpster. I no longer look like white trash. Although, no one was here to offer me a beer when I needed one. YES NEEDED!! And yes, I took a shower! It wasn't my shower month, but I figured I could break my shower schedule just once. After shower - beer!

All I have to do is finish getting the staples out. I did the hallway last night, so I have the living room and dining room left. I have to say it has been a fun project. I have to figure out what to do with all my furniture while the floor gets sanded, stained, and sealed. But I can think about that later! I will just be glad when I have the staples out and the floor disinfected. It is moving along very well.

Well I best go get ready for work.

subfloor check

I get home last night a little after 7 and this is when my butt decides to finally rip up a piece of carpet in a corner to check out the subfloor. At 7:30 I was calling my father to tell him there is the old school 8” block hardwood flooring under the horribly stained carpet! I was thrilled. Had I known this, the carpet would have been ripped up before I moved all my crap in last year. Dad brought over a wheel barrel as I began to rip that carpet up. Last night we got the dining room, entrance to my place (which I part of the living room), and the hallway ripped up. That means tack stripping too. I have stepped on my fair share of tack stripping – and didn’t feel like repeating that or getting a tetanus shot (which I am over due for – funny how these projects make you remember those things!!). Tonight, I am going to move all my furniture in my living room and get the rest of the carpet up. Then I will only have carpet in the two bedrooms.

The floor is in good shape. I will have to rent an orbital sander and re-stain/seal it. So tonight – finish ripping up carpet, get all the staples out of the floor, and then clean it with ammonia (a couple times!). As to why they used so many staples with the padding, I don’t know – nor do I care, because, I am making it look pretty again!! I was thrilled to see the flooring. Some spots will need repair, and since they don’t make the floor anymore, I might carpet one or both bedrooms to use some of the flooring to repair the hallway. I will take pictures and post tonight. Got to have the before and after shots!!!

My goal is to have it ready to sand by Sunday. Do repairs on Saturday – sand Sunday. Then stain a couple nights next week, and keep Bart at the parent’s house. I don’t want paw prints on my floor like I have them on my window sills. Cute cat.

Okay – work here I come. I hope everyone has a good day. Oh, and if you feel like lifting furniture or being a staple taker outer with me, I will buy the beer and food!

Happy 4th of July!!

Today is a great day, and I hope everyone enjoys it!

Yesterday at work I think I did a total of 15 minutes worth of work. No offices were open, at least not the places I interact with. I was okay with this though. It gave me time to catch up with people were at work. I talked to Adam for a while. Adam is a Michigan fan, and I had sent him a bunch of Purdue pictures! We bantered for a bit, then I went back to the paperclip war I am having with Matthew. It has been going on now for about three weeks, and it is just beginning. It makes the day fun. At noon, our COO came around informing us all that our CEO was letting us out at 2:30. I was in shock. We never get out that early.

At 2:30 I was out the door! I came home and went to the pool, it was very hot. Since I am not a huge pool fan, I lasted maybe, maybe 40 minutes. After that I came home to do what I had planned on doing, bake, toilet, floor. Okay, so I did one of those. I baked the zucchini bread. Then I got on the computer and didn't get off until 8:30. By that point I was starving and wanted dinner. After dinner I wasn't in the mood to really do anything - I ate too much, so I watched Top Gun. Jessica called and invited me to a gathering a someones house, but I didn't feel like getting all "cute" to have a couple beers. So that was that.

This morning I was going to go running or find where the O&D trail is in MD or another trail and blade for a while. I haven't bladed in over a year. :( After that, I need to hit the toilet and the floor. Then get ready to food!!! Very important that i prep myself for eating! Steak, hot dogs (Zweigles of course!), deviled eggs, taters, veggies on the grill, and ice cream sundae's! I best go have some food now to get me started for the day!

Have a great 4th! Be safe!

Pool

My weekend was a good one. Saturday I took Bart over to my parents so he could play, and also because I told my Dad I would help him put up a ceiling fan and a rail on their neighbor’s patio. Their neighbor, Bernice, is the sweetest lady. She could be my grandmother. She tries to keep on top of the times, and she always has a good understanding of what is happening on their street. I love her to pieces!! Anywho, so dad and I were did some work on her place – which involved going to Lowes, and that is always a good time!

Sunday I went to Little Havana’s in Baltimore for brunch. My cheesy-burger was most excellent!! And the mamosa’s, very good! While were eating, we decided it was a must to go to the pool. I have never been to the pool, and I have lived where I live for a little over a year. I am not a big pool person. Since I grew up on a boat I prefer a lake. There is nothing better then jumping off a sailboat in the summer. However, that is not possible, so pool it is. It was very refreshing on a hot day. We were only by the pool for an hour since it a thunderstorm came. We all got changed and got food (Cheesecake factory!) then hit up a movie. We went to go see “The Devil Wears Prada” and it was cute. I thought it would be more of a comedy, it had some funny lines, but it was more of a cute drama (if there is such a thing as a cute drama). It was a long day, and we were all exhausted, but all in all, we didn’t do anything but eat and sit on our butts.

Tonight, I am making zucchini bread, and fixing the leak in the tank of my toilet. Hopefully I just have to tighten the bolt that attaches the tank to the bowl, but I’ll find out later. After that, I need to take a look at the sub floor in my living room. I want to tear up all the carpet…but I need to see what the base looks like. I am praying the sub floor is in good shape, unlike the bathroom. Tomorrow, relax and eat! I would like to go to Annapolis, but I have a picnic to be at. This weekend I will either go downtown to the mall and walk around or go to Annapolis. I would still like to go to the top of the Washington Monument.

Well I am off like a prom dress, as Matty says. Have a good day, and eat lots!