I ordered some paint samples and now I think I may order some more because I just can't get orange out of my head. The actual first priority is to prime the front proch though- They replaced the boards (the people we bought from) and primed most but the weather here has turned wet over the last three weeks. There are a few exposed wood boards that will need to be covered ASAP. Not today though, as we got a ton of rain last night.
(rain on a metal roof sounds awesome by the way)
We moved around the furniture in our room yesterday and that's finally feeling like it's 'done'. We also unpacked our record albums (hows that for dating ourselves) and had a good laugh at the solid early 80s selection we have. Yes, you can find Scritti Politti, Animotion, The English Beat, Charlie Sexton, and oh so many more. Plus we also have all of the Rock albums required of our generation- Springsteen, U2, Billy Joel, the Who, etc. We must have 200 record albums. and I know we have 1000+ cds because we have 450 cd players and we ran out of room and decided to cull the collection rather than buy another 450 cd player. and of course, all that was BEFORE the itunes phenomenom so now we need to burn some cds from all the new stuff OR run the computer through the stereo system. All things in due time, I suppose.
Our mutual interest in music was one of the attractions to each other I suppose. We love live shows and as soon as we get a sitter lined up here, I'm sure we'll be off again. I'd like to take Nikolai to some, of course, especially classical music because he loves it. (He's the only kid I know who runs around 'singing' Mozart and Beethoven.)
In other news, my boss and I talked about my job and agreed that I'll stay to see how things play out. He's a very sick man- end stage renal disease, heart problems and diabetes. (and he blew a vein in his eye which is really disconcerting when talking to him) He's trying to ties up loose ends and most of his staff are in serious denial about what is going on. I hope he is able to stick around because he's run the Substance Abuse program for 35 years. I have a lot of respect for him because one of the many things he has done is had an early realization that some treatment is better than no treatment at all and that punishing non-compliant clients is not effective. Better keep them in services and work on what you can. I swear, I learn more driving him to lunch than I have in the last 10 years.
I also decided that we deserve a vacation. a real vacation. I'm going to save my checks and once we have enough energency money again, I'm going to divert the rest to a vacation fund. (we should do pretty well with the tax return this year, too)
I'm thinking Oktoberfest because it's right after my husband's 40th birthday.
I'd still like to go to Croatia but that may have to wait until '08. and of course I'd like to go back to Russia but that may wait until Nikolai is old enough to come with us.
The attending lifestyle. it doesnt suck.
Happy '07!
(rain on a metal roof sounds awesome by the way)
We moved around the furniture in our room yesterday and that's finally feeling like it's 'done'. We also unpacked our record albums (hows that for dating ourselves) and had a good laugh at the solid early 80s selection we have. Yes, you can find Scritti Politti, Animotion, The English Beat, Charlie Sexton, and oh so many more. Plus we also have all of the Rock albums required of our generation- Springsteen, U2, Billy Joel, the Who, etc. We must have 200 record albums. and I know we have 1000+ cds because we have 450 cd players and we ran out of room and decided to cull the collection rather than buy another 450 cd player. and of course, all that was BEFORE the itunes phenomenom so now we need to burn some cds from all the new stuff OR run the computer through the stereo system. All things in due time, I suppose.
Our mutual interest in music was one of the attractions to each other I suppose. We love live shows and as soon as we get a sitter lined up here, I'm sure we'll be off again. I'd like to take Nikolai to some, of course, especially classical music because he loves it. (He's the only kid I know who runs around 'singing' Mozart and Beethoven.)
In other news, my boss and I talked about my job and agreed that I'll stay to see how things play out. He's a very sick man- end stage renal disease, heart problems and diabetes. (and he blew a vein in his eye which is really disconcerting when talking to him) He's trying to ties up loose ends and most of his staff are in serious denial about what is going on. I hope he is able to stick around because he's run the Substance Abuse program for 35 years. I have a lot of respect for him because one of the many things he has done is had an early realization that some treatment is better than no treatment at all and that punishing non-compliant clients is not effective. Better keep them in services and work on what you can. I swear, I learn more driving him to lunch than I have in the last 10 years.
I also decided that we deserve a vacation. a real vacation. I'm going to save my checks and once we have enough energency money again, I'm going to divert the rest to a vacation fund. (we should do pretty well with the tax return this year, too)
I'm thinking Oktoberfest because it's right after my husband's 40th birthday.
I'd still like to go to Croatia but that may have to wait until '08. and of course I'd like to go back to Russia but that may wait until Nikolai is old enough to come with us.
The attending lifestyle. it doesnt suck.
Happy '07!
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