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New decorations

I just bought some decorations for the outside of the house. They are these really neat things called rain chains. I can’t wait to see them in action. You attach them to the soffet of the house and when it rains the water runs down them either off the drain catch or into a bowl or bucket. It depends on the look you want for your house. The chains rain at my house in the back, runs down into a series of bowls like a water fall. It is going to be so pretty.

The rain chain in the front will run off down where the gutter drain used to be on both sides. It looks really neat just the way it is right now and I can imagine how it will look when it rains. I may have to sit on my front porch and just watch the rain for a while. Well, I know I will do that anyway. I love to watch the rain so long as it is not a bad storm or anything like that.

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Searching for used equipment

Well, I have to search for used construction equipment for sale. We have a some down at work and don’t have time to wait for them to be fixed. We could rent some, but to be honest we have been in need of back ups for a while. I found a backhoe for sale already and I am looking for used trucks for sale as well. I have so much work that needs to get done and no equipment to get it done with.

I think I am going to look for a used skid steer as well while I am at it. We have been needing one of those for a while now and the time has come to purchase one. We can’t afford to have our employees out because of equipment failure. No matter though, as I will have that taken care of by the end of the day.

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Coffee

I love my coffee. I just have to have it in the morning or I am a serious grump. It has to be sweet with lots of creamer. Sometimes I buy the flavored creamers to use in it. Today I am using Baily’s Irish cream flavored creamer. It tastes so yummy, but it is almost gone and I am going to have to go buy some more. I will probably get another flavor this time though. We shall see.

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A gift

My cousin came to visit this weekend and hadn’t seen the house since I have done so much work to it. She was amazed. She totally fell in love with the address plaque that I have next to the front door. She didn’t realize that address signs like that were so inexpensive and easy to get. I told her that I had ordered one for my parents house as well as mine. She really wants one badly.

I have decided to order one for her birthday. She will be so happy to have one on her house. If I had known that my family would like them so much, I would have bought them all one for Christmas.As it is the house address plaques will probably be birthday and Christmas presents this year as every one really likes them a lot. Who knew that the address plaques would make people so happy.

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Mmmmm yummy

I just had the most yummy breakfast. I haven’t had chipped beef on toast in so long. I had a craving for it when I went shopping and saw the dried beef on the shelf when I was getting the corned beef hash for another breakfast. I just had to buy it. I made it this morning for breakfast and gobbled it all up. I know I was a bit of a piggy, but I don’t care. It was great!

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The bar

I am so happy. I found the perfect bar stools for my bar in the game room. We have a pool table, Foosball table, stereo and big screen TV with X-Box and WII set up. Since we set the game room up in the basement, it is rather large. It opens up out the back through double sliding glass doors right onto the patio where the pool is. We can have pool parties and be indoors and out doors at the same time. The bar will be stocked well with all kinds of drinks for the young and old.

I am going to have the first pool party with a full bar on Memorial Day now that it is almost finished. I might even have one on the Fourth of July as well. We shall see how the first one goes first. I cannot wait to show off all of my hard work to all my friends and family.

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Back to the store

I hate it when I go grocery shopping for the week and then have to go back, because I forgot a main ingredient for whatever I am making for dinner, then it becomes a rush rush on dinner. My days are full of kids and work and planning and preparation, that when it gets a little off because of something everything get thrown off. It is so unbelievably annoying.

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So happy

I am so happy. I just ordered some new things for the house. I am putting in window boxes on the front of the house. They are going to look so pretty and make the house look much better out front. Just because I have kids and yes they leave their toys and stuff outside all the time, doesn’t mean that the house has to look run down. I have seen how nice the flower boxes look on other houses and cannot wait to put some up here.

A window box is easy to keep up and the dogs cannot get into it and tear the flowers up. That is a major plus. My dogs are constantly digging in the flowers and such. I have to keep fencing up around the garden to keep them out or they will dig up all of my vegetables. I am so stoked. I cannot wait until they arrive. I just love shopping online.

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Not this year

I am determined not to lose power this year when the storms come through. Last year was horrible. It seemed like every week we were without power for anywhere from a couple hours to a couple days. I am not going through that again. If we lose power I will have generatorsAtoZ to thank for us not losing power ourselves. I am buying a generator and having it set up to direct connect to my breaker box. GeneratorsAtoZ have a lot of models to choose from and my dad has told me which ones are good for my needs.

Having kids and losing power from a storm is not a good thing. Kids need to have something to keep their minds off of the deadly storms and the aftermath, at least for a little while each day. With generatorsAtoZ, I don’t have to worry about dealing with storm damage and bored or upset kids. They can be easily distracted so long as we have electricity.

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Crowded with Easter Shoppers

I have a bad feeling that when I get to the grocery store this afternoon it will be extra crowded because of Easter. I know that a lot of people like to have a big dinner on Easter Sunday, and so do I.

Most of the time I do the cooking and go all out with the big meal. We get a half ham – I make sure to get the butt end and not the shank – and then we have all kinds of side dishes and desserts. But this year my sister in law says that she wants to cook and the deal is that if I go do the shopping, that she will do the cooking.

That sounds great to me1 I’d love to have a day off from cooking and cleaning and just enjoy myself for a change. I’m really looking forward to Easter – now I just have to deal with the crowds at the grocery store and buy all the food for tomorrow’s dinner.