Month: March 2012

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Totally redone

My brother owns his own contracting company and I haven’t been to his office in a long time. I really haven’t had a reason to go over that way, but he has been raving about the new look for his office, so I went to see what all the fuss was about. It was amazing. I totally love what he did with it. He found these stainless steel tiles to use on the walls about halfway up and then put glass block above that. I didn’t even know they made stainless steel tiles. I honestly didn’t believe him when he said that he had put them in. I thought he was pulling my leg.

I wonder if I could incorporate that into my kitchen somewhere? Maybe I could put it as the back of the stove. You ladies know what I am talking about. That wall behind your stove that gets all of the splatter from cooking is what I am thinking about changing. Stainless steel tile would really look good there and would be so easy to clean and I wouldn’t have to worry about scrubbing paint off the wall when I clean it. I am going to love that.

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Summer

I so cannot wait for summer to get here so we can go swimming. We absolutely love to swim and all we need is a little more warmer weather that lasts for a long enough time to warm the water. We go to the river and swim at our favorite place. It is quiet and fairly secluded, so we can enjoy ourselves without being crowded by other people. That is my favorite part, being able to have family time without being crowded.

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Storage for mom

When mom found out that I had gotten a storage unit to put all the over flow from the house into it, she decided that she wanted one too. She looked at Bronx self storage units first and liked them a lot, but they were a little farther away than she wanted. Dad is happy that she is clearing out a lot of stuff from their garage. He likes to work in there and all the decorations and such over the years as kind of taken over his guy space.

I told her to look at Brooklyn storage or Richmond storage as they are both closer to her house. Dad just called and is already planning to do a lot of stuff to his garage. He is going to turn it back into his little work shop, now that he will have the room to do it. I know that he is ecstatic about it, because he keeps calling me to tell me everything he is going to do.

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Saturday morning toons

Kids and their Saturday morning cartoons are just too funny. They sit there and hoot and holler at them, laughing away. I love the sounds of their laughter and I am guaranteed to hear it first thing Saturday mornings without fail. It makes for a great start to my day when I come out of the bedroom and they are sitting there with smiles on their little faces. Now I have to make some coffee and breakfast. I hope everyone has a great day.

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No more space

Well I had to rent a storage unit because there was just no more space right now at the house. When you have a lot of kids, you need a lot of space, not just for living but for storage as well. Albuquerque self storage units are exactly what I need for all of the extra stuff that is over flowing my house. There are Christmas decorations for indoors and outdoors as well as Halloween and all of the other holidays. The kids just love to decorate, so I have picked up quite a lot of stuff for just that.

There is also the storing of winter and summer clothes at the appropriate times of year as well. After all, kids require a lot of clothing. I also do hand me downs on clothes that are still serviceable as well, so those have to be stored for later use. I looked around at Las Vegas storage and Riverside storage as well before deciding on where to go. I found what I needed though and I am very happy now.

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Solar storm

I just read the most interesting article about the largest solar storm in years. Fortunately, we are only catching the edge of it and not the full brunt. It has the potential to disrupt our electronics and communications around the planet. According to the scientists, next year will be the peak for solar storm activity for this cycle. I certainly hope that all goes well and we don’t have any damage communications wise.

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A few things for the house

I decided to buy a few things for the house. I like to entertain during the summer months with BBQ’s and such. Therefore, I am getting a few of the things that are on my wish list for this years summer season. The first is a set of linon 24 inch blackmetal swival chair for the bar I found at a garage sale a couple of months ago. The extra chairs will allow for more seating as well as adding a nice visual for the back porch.

I want a 3-gallon beverage dispenser with cooling cylinder for behind the bar as well. Then I can use it for half kegs of drinks for my parties. A beverage dispenser with cooling cylinder makes it so I don’t have to keep buying loads of ice for every entertainment and if there is left over it wont get hot later on because there will be no melted ice.

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Reading

I love to read. It is something I have passed on to my children as well. They get good grades in school because I made sure they liked to read and encourage them as much as humanly possible. it is definitely paying off for them. I cannot help but to love reading. As a child it took me places and still does that I know I will probably never get to visit. It makes me feel as if I have been there.

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A glass of wine

There is nothing better than a glass of wine after a grueling day and today was one of those days. It started at four thirty this morning with a dog acting up and continued until just a little while ago. I am not even sure it is over as far as that goes, but one can only hope. The kids are being great though and dinner is cooking. I finally have a few moments to myself to unwind and relax some. I am thinking about taking a nice long bubble bath after dinner and bringing my wine with me for good measure. Calgon take me away!

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This is why

Okay, so I know I told you guys about the cheese cake and people were asking me why I ordered it online. Well if you Order Cheesecake Online there are so many different flavors to choose from. How could you not do it? Seriously, the kids went mad over the one I bought. The squeals of happiness were enough to sell me on it alone. There is nothing better then to hear your kids that happy. If you are a parent, then you know exactly what I mean.

My children’s happiness is the most important thing to me, just as it is to most parents. When you surprise them with something they like the sounds can make your head spin, but will definitely put a smile on your face. Being a parent it definitely the most rewarding thing I have ever done in my life, and I am happy that I can give my children something that makes them happy.