There is so much new technology in the world, that it is hard to keep up sometimes. With smart phones, electronic payments and faster computers, people rarely have to interact with each other. I suppose that makes things easier for a lot of people, especially the electronic payments. You don’t have to worry about writing checks or stuff like that anymore, unless you want to.
Jewelry
I love sterling silver jewelry. It last longer than gold and doesn’t cost nearly as much for quality pieces. I started wearing silver as a kid and just never lost my love for it. It is what I buy for my family and friends as gifts as well. I have found so many online stores to purchase from, that I have a long list saved up. I use that list frequently.
This is neat
As you all know, I am always working on my house. I want it to look good and since I bought a fixer upper, it is necessary. I like to do the work myself as well. I get a better feel of accomplishment out of it. I am currently looking at kitchen cabinets and found a diy cabinet store online. Bonus! They come ready to assemble with complete instructions and they are beautiful. I am seriously considering this method. Wish me luck!
Band
My brother in law has a band. This past week he had to invest in some new equipment. He bought something called a Presonus, that he needed for their gigs. It’s something to do with the sound equipment, but I am unfamiliar with it myself. I am just about tone def. I wish I could play and instrument, but I cannot unfortunately. I really love music and I love to go watch his band play. I think I will go see them this weekend.
New Furniture
I bought a few new pieces of furniture today. It was barn wood furniture that really matches well with my decor. I have slowly been changing my decor to a more pioneer/ Native American motif. I really like the way it all goes together. My friends think I have lost my mind, because they are all ultra modern, but I think my house looks more lived in. It has a comfortable feel to it.
Groceries
I cannot believe how much it cost me to go shopping today. We were out of everything. I ended up spending over four hundred dollars between two different stores and one of them was the dollar store. This is ridiculous. Milk was three thirty a gallon at the dollar store. That is highway robbery in my opinion. Oh well, you can’t get away from buying food, so you have to pay the inflated prices they charge.
Sink
Well the sink in the boys bathroom broke. Don’t ask me how that could possibly have happened. I have to order a new one now and plan on buying it from VesselSinks.com. I think they were horsing around when it broke, but of course no one will dare tell me exactly what happened. I wont bother telling them that I had planned on replacing that one anyway, until they fess up. I am not angry or anything, but they do need to calm down a bit. Especially if I am going to fix up their bathroom for them and make it nice.
I know that eventually they will fess up and tell me. They will just wait until they think I have calmed down. I have to laugh at that, since we know I am not really upset. I think perhaps I will ask them if they would like to pick out the stuff for their bathroom. I will let them design it. That will make them extremely happy.
New tile
Well I just bought new tile for the bathroom from edenmosaictile.com. I hope it gets here before next weekend, because I am going to pull out the wall tile in there after work this week. I want to have it completely done by the end of the weekend so I don’t have to worry about it anymore. I made sure that it is exactly what I wanted and the right colors as well. I will be happy when I finish this bathroom up.
I really like doing the work myself on the house, because I can feel a certain amount of pride in it. Not many women will do the DYI stuff themselves. They typically let their boyfriends and husbands do it. Well, not me. Unless it is something I cannot possibly do or requires permits from a licensed contractor, I do it all myself. My father taught me to be self reliant and so I am. Have a great day everyone.
Neighbors mailbox
Well some kids messed up my neighbors mailbox two days ago and they came to me to find out where I got my mailbox and posts. I had to replace mine twice because of kids until I had custom mailboxes made for my house. Now they don’t mess with it anymore. I was very happy to help my neighbor as we are a close knit community here. I was even able to help them find out who did it since I have a security system that has video as well.
I know that they will be happy with the custom whitehall mailboxes they ordered today. I hope the police catch the kids destroying the mailboxes, but I doubt they will. They don’t seem to care about mailboxes very much when they have so many other things to worry about. Not that I blame them, they are very busy protecting the community.
The school
I went and re checked the enclosed bulletin board at the school to double check the supply lists. My nine year old is going into middle school and they have outdoor enclosed bulletin boards at the school for the parents to check for announcements. I can always count on being able to get the necessary information from them no matter if the school is open or not. I wasn’t the only one there either. There were a lot of mothers checking for their kids as well.
My youngest son starts kindergarten this year and is going to need a lot of stuff as well. The glass bulletin board at his school was just being updated as I arrived. Thankfully I got their late or I wouldn’t have had the information that I needed. As it is, this lot will cost a pretty penny this year. They want kinder mats for the kids to take naps on. I sincerely doubt they will get my little guy to take a nap. He doesn’t really take them anymore.