It's a long drive to Big Spring

We didn't leave Alpine until 2:30, so getting here in Big Spring at 6:00 was not bad. We only stopped once and then stopped to eat supper before checking into the hotel. I had looked up restaurants on line and there was a steak house called KC's. They also serve seafood and was right off the highway, so that's where we ate. We aren't really red meat eaters (I know...then why go to a steakhouse!) but the seafood platter is what we both got (and could only eat half of and took the balance with us for a snack) and it was wonderful. 

Then we got to the hotel. Quality Inn in Big Spring. It's your ordinary franchise hotel. Kinda weird checking in...the door lock was rather temperamental and the 'folks' outside (who...by the way...are still out there) are suspicious looking...but when we got into the room, it was actually a pleasant surprise. I should say...'just as described' because it is. King size bed, sitting area, huge TV, Microwave, fridge, coffee, tea, lots of cosmetics, iron, ironing board (foreign items to me!!)), free Wifi, a TUB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, really nice.

It's around 10:00 pm I think. Husband is sleeping. It was a long day and I know he is thinking about tomorrow. It will be fine. He just dreads the invasion to his person. It's an exhausting process and he will go through another round of chemo. I know he dreads that. He has lots of plans when we get home and will be keeping busy which is a very good thing.

I think I'll knit a hat when I am done on here. My eyes are still blurry from the trip.Too blurry to sew ornaments.

I hope I didn't hit a button and wipe out a few lines here. I did a couple of posts ago, and didn't realize it till it actually posted. That's my only bitch about this netbook. I keep hitting the thingy that moves the cursor and TaDa!! Words gone!! Sorry.

I should have gotten some dessert. I was smart enough to bring a few Pay Days, but they aren't cutting it. I think a banana split sounds good. There are tea bags in here...I'll settle for that.

Besides, I can't go outside. Those suspicious looking people are still out there...talking.

Tony Curtis died! I need to look up his art. I knew he was an artist, but I had just never researched his stuff. And Eddie Fisher passed away a couple days ago...eerie. I wonder who is next.

I think I need to soak in the tub. Then...knit a hat.

I be back tomorrow with an update. Have a nice night.

b

post #2 - I'm full of cake!!

Yummy!!! I am full of cake...and I mean FULL!! BFFMS is a witness to this...and she ate her cake faster than I ate my cake! The piece was humungous...but I did my very best. I brought the frosting, and a very little bit of cake, back home to Tom.

He licked it...looked at me like "this is good...where's the rest of it??"

I said "I ate it".

He glared "You fat pig".

I said " Go F**k youself".

We talk like that to each other. We are kindrid spirits.

Now I am too full to do anything. So I'll take a shower in a few minutes and wait for the sugar rush to subside. Maybe I'll eat some tomato soup later. You know...balance the sugar with salt??

Oh...the piece of cake I ate was as big as a pot pie!

Later...

b

The thrill of an early post...

I am writing earlier today. I have several things to do...not necessarily that I'm going to do them...but I'll at least be ready to do them...early. 

We got many things accomplished today. That was great. We hope to go buy floor tile tomorrow. All we need is a check. I'm not paying for this! Lots of times I'll advance the money for a project and submit the receipt on payday. Not this time. I expect the tally will be close to $500.00. I'm nice...but not that nice!!

We cut and sawed and hammered and re-grouted and painted and sealed stuff. Very productive. The room is almost completely painted (just waiting for the second coat of grout in various spots to dry). No doubt that will be done tomorrow. We can also hang some of the stuff back on the walls and it will be an amazing transformation. I've posted a few 'before pix'. I'll take some 'afters', also. This property was built in 1948 as one of the original motor courts on the main stretch to California. I swear most of them still looked like the original rooms when we started remodeling! I am sorry that I never took 'before and afters' of all that we have done. You'd be stunned.

 

Anyway, we are very proud of what we have accomplished. Mostly because neither of us had ever done before, to the extent that we have done here, the remodeling and repair that we have learned from this experience.

Oh yeah...I don't want to do it again.

I think I will pack my bag tonight. I have clean clothes and it's a good time to keep them that way. I hate to rush around at the last minute and I already know what I am taking.

Have you ever rolled dirt off your forehead? I just did. Strange feeling.
know why he feels the need to watch it just because it's on. At least it's on early. God knows what's coming on next. Probably The Magnificent Seven Rides Again....

I just ate a grilled cheese sandwich. It was good. I think I'll eat tomato soup later. It sounds good.

Jennifer just stopped by and told me BFFAL opened her birthday present. We got her a really pretty lavender print over blouse with a black under cami style shirt. She liked it!

I need to get busy. I have a 'list' to get done before I leave. See ya later!!

b

a totally eventful day...

OK...let me get the gross stuff out of the way first.

Question of the Day?? What is almost as painful as childbirth, probably not a painful as a scathing case of syphilis, but hurts as bad as a knitting needle being pushed through your eardrum??

Right!! Passing a kidney stone!! Honest! I am not kidding! Ask me how I know...seriously...ask me! Yep. I think it was as big as a cantaloupe, but I didn't look. I'm telling you...that was an experience I never want to have again. Oh...I mean a flaming cantaloupe...

I looked up kidney stones. It's recommended that a person drink lots of water. I drink enough water every day to float a flaming cantaloupe. I called DR. She said to drink lots of water. OK. Oh, and I may have more kidney stones. Wow...something to look forward to.

As far as work...it was a mother of a day. Remember that 'plumber day from hell??' I had another one. It's my own fault. When I replaced the cold water valve the other day... should have also replaced the hot water valve. Just because. It was leaking, slightly, but why leave a problem. Soooo...I replaced it. Just like the other one...completely. From the outside in. Then...when I slid the unit back in, I heard a crack. I ignored it for a bit, then I looked. The PVC drainpipe had cracked. I'm sure I did it. Sooo...I replaced it. The miracle of this was...that I actually had everything I needed! I still can't believe it. Anyway...that mess is done.

I grouted the ugly tile and that was it. Bobbie painted the ceiling and 3 walls. She had to repair one of the walls in several places. It had water damage and the stucco type shit that is on the wall had broken down...and fallen out. She mixed up a concrete type concoction to repair it and let it sit over night. Tomorrow I will cut plywood. I can hardly wait.

Let's see...what else....Oh yeah, I found a great picture for a letter head. I will smudge the edges and I think it will look great on the ivory paper. It took me forever to find this image. I will put it on some business cards, also. I had used this image, oh, I guess probably 15 years ago, but hadn't saved it. Or if I did, I sure couldn't find it. And I have looked....so when I saw it last night...I saved it, printed it, emailed it, tattooed it....I just like it.( I have also painted it on a skull).

El Dorado with John Wayne is on. Yes, we have this movie. Yes, we could watch it anytime. Nooo!! Let's not watch something else we have never seen....let's watch THIS!!! It's OK...I am busy anyway. I didn't make any jewelry tonight. My hands hurt. And I know they will really hurt tomorrow.

This is how the VA works. Husband got a letter in the mail today for his 'follow up' appointment on October 19th. He hasn't even had the surgery yet. It's not until Friday. Oh well.

It was a beautiful day today. A perfect September day. It was 45 degrees at 7:30 this morning according to the Weather Channel. Definitely a sweatshirt till noon day. Then it got warmer and stayed that way.

I have lower back pain. I think a piece of grit is forming into another flaming cantaloupe!! (According to DR...it could be 'crystals') If it was diamonds I wouldn't bitch.

I think I'll wind down. I need a shower and sleep. And Tylenol. See you tomorrow...

b
 

Slowly I turn...

So I don't drop the big plate of nothing that I did today!! It was slooow...only two rooms leaving...nobody coming in...we made the girls do pretty much every thing! I got caught up on lists of things to get done around here and in my 'personal' life. Then came home and found my computer not wanting to turn on. I unplugged it and will let it rest awhile. I have not a clue what's wrong. I pray... 'nothing'.

I will cook something for supper in a few minutes, but wanted to post a few lines before then. I want to get out the jewelry making stuff after I eat and...in the event...I am on a roll, I will put in several hours of creativity. I'm in the mood and that's a very good thing.

It looks like we may get some rain later, so I am in for the night. At least getting soaked yesterday had no ill effects. Must be the hot tea.

Oh....by the way. I cheated. I crocheted a hat last night. I couldn't help it. That Stephen King Chenille yarn won...it was too powerful. I caved. I am weak. Francine won.

There is a movie on HBO tonight called Up in the Air with George Cloony. I think it's supposed to be funny. I hope so. I will be half assed watching it....but if it is remotely good...I will all ass watch it. Don't worry, I can make earrings and watch TV at the same time!!

Yummy! Frosted mini wheats come in mini-mini wheats now. I love them no matter what size they are, but mini-mini's sound delicioso!

I found some Christmas cards that I like. They are cute and funny. It's a choice between 3. I had thought of making my own. Painting each one individually. That's the 4th choice. I just don't know yet. Time and dedication. That's the determining factor.

Husband wants a letter head for stationery. A western theme. Cowboy. I need to 'search' for something. He bought ivory parchment paper the other day, so a brown/tan theme is in the running. I also need to check for envelopes. He didn't think of those...I like things that match.

Well...gotta go eat. Have a great evening...

b

Oh No! Don't let the rains come down!!

Too late!! They already did! It rained like a MTHR FKR today! Right straight down, pouring, smash you in the skull and leave a dent in it, rain. I got drenched. My feet are molding as we speak. I will drink hot tea all evening as a precaution. But it's great for the grass. The rain...not the tea.

I got some really pretty yarn in today!! It's sooooo tempting.
It's mostly that soft and fluffy chenille. I enjoy working with that. It knits/crochets up so fast because it's so chunky. I
opened  the box and folded it right back up. But it's right
here beside me....knit me!!! Knit me...please!!! Come on!!!
Don't listen to her! KNIT ME!! It's Stephen King Yarn!! 


I tiled today. The back splash behind the kitchen sink. It's ugly. But that's the tile I had to work with...so...it's done....and it's ugly. We cut it short today. I need to measure plywood and cut it...just didn't want to. Once it started raining we had to move saws and stuff inside and it was way too crowded to even mess with it. I may or may not do anything in there tomorrow, either. We hauled the stuff we don't need to work with back to storage (in the rain) for a little more elbow room. I'm not sure how busy it is this weekend, but we try not to get to involved in the remodeling heavyweight stuff except during the week.

I just checked the book for tomorrow and there is virtually nothing going on. Yippee!! And next week is also almost a big fat zero. So, lots of extra stuff will get done if the weather co-operates. Rain clouds are all around us again tonight but nothing is falling as yet. Lots of flood warnings, though. I understand a few streets in town were closed this afternoon after the deluge.  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BFFMS !!!!!!

I think I will watch that new Tom Selleck police drama that comes on tonight. It may be corny...it may be great. We'll see.  There is another CSI on tonight. CSI - New York. Right now there is a show on called The Good Guys. Another cop show that features Colin Hanks, Tom Hanks son. I watched it once and it was cute but not great. I'm too lazy to look for anything else to watch.

One of my fellow bloggers posed a challenge the other day. If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and could take 10 songs/music choices that would last you forever...what would you take?? Here's the funny part. She has quite a few followers, and most of them are 'deeper thinkers' than I will ever be. More artsy fartsy...but very interestiing. My choices were simple. George Strait; Queen; Beatles; specifics were What a Wonderful World; Music Box Dancer; Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata...and I already forgot the rest.

Then, I started wondering about books. What would I take. Once again, nothing deep...or thought provoking. And I'm not counting the Bible. More like...The Egg and I; The Complete Works of Janet Evanovich; (as you can see, I am cheating!); To Kill a Mockingbird...wait...I have a better idea. How about DVD's and unlimited batteries for my totally unbreakable DVD player?? I'm thinking...To Kill a Mockingbird; The Grapes of Wrath; What Happens in Vegas...WHAT!! I like that movie...and 7 more that I haven't figured out yet.

I think Tom will wake up soon for yogurt. I'm sure he will      
want to watch Tom Selleck, too. He liked him in Magnum.

In his spare time, he's a butt warmer. Right now, he's sitting here looking at me. He does that a lot.

OK...I'm leaving now. I need a shower...a HOT one and then Tom Selleck. Have a nice night!!

b

Baby it's dark outside!

Earlier this evening there was a huge full moon and a huge dark cloud aiming straight towards it. Now...we are definitely under the cover of darkness. It's quite eerie looking...this would be a great Halloween night. That reminds me! Halloween candy!!! Be right back.

OK...I'm back. I came home today and took a nap. I woke up, ate a chicken salad sandwich and took another nap. We had another busy and frustrating day. I got just a little tiling done. Very little. But I fixed another plumbing problem. Don't ya just love toilets! I should be able to work on the counter in there tomorrow and cut the plywood for the front of the little bar that separates the 'kitchen area' from the 'rest of the room'.

I just run out of energy so fast! The best thing is...our temperatures are going down. There is rain predicted for the next several days. We had a pretty good storm this afternoon. Something was struck within probably 50 feet of us. We are talking flash/crack!!

Tom is sitting here looking at me. You know eats he yogurt every night and he has already had it. But I think he thinks he will be getting more. He's not. He needs to go lay down and quit looking at me...I am making hot tea. It does not have Tom's name on it. Actually, the mug has my name on it! Really!!

I still haven't figured out what I want to buy for me. I thinking hard! I really am...I guess this is a good thing. I don't want anything. Don't worry...I come up with something.

I have decided to take both felt ornaments to work on...and yarn! Why not. I'll pack some stuff up the first of the week. I'll make earrings (jewelry) all next week. It's on the list.

I have a few emails to answer so I better sign off and get busy. Nite!!

b