Friday, January 20, 2006
I'm Still Alive
Man, it's been a really long time since I've posted. I'm sure I've lost my small, but loyal, following. We shall see.
So I'm just about recovered from the flu, which turned into a severe sinus infection. When nothing but dried blood was coming out of my nose for two days, I decided to go to the doctor. He gave me a shot of antibiotics, a prescription for a bottle of liquid antibiotics to be drunk all at once, and a prescription for decongestants. I still can't hear very well out of my right ear, but, other than that, I'm good. Didn't get much work done while I was sick, so I've been spending all my time trying to catch up. No blogging for me!
My husband had his 30th birthday on January 9th. Old man! Only three more months before I hit the big 3-0! I was super sick on his birthday, but I managed to make him a pan of lasagna, which is his favorite thing I make. Considering I can only reliably make lasagna, oatmeal, and coffee, this isn't saying much. But he at half the pan, so I guess that says something. Gave him a store-bought cake (I was proud of myself for making it out of the house...probably infected half the population in the city), and made sure it had the big "3" and "0" candles. His real birthday bash was the following Saturday. His mom flew out here to take care of B, and I took hubby to Vegas to try to make him feel young again. He knew I was taking him, but he didn't know that all his friends would be there. It was such a fun surprise! I took him to a bar that we had all agreed on, and there everybody was. SURPRISE! He looked over his shoulder to see who was getting a surprise party, then once the faces registered in his brain, he realized it was him. We had some cocktails, did a bit of gambling, and then got freshened up for dinner. We met first at the bar in the Bellagio that has a view of the water show, which was so nice. (Can't remember the name of the bar, so the champagne must have done its job). There was a great cover band there, so we did a little pre-dinner dancing. Then we headed over to Mesa Grill at Caesar's. The food was great, and we had such a blast. After that, we met Brennen's high school friend, who happens to live in Vegas. Her husband is a club reviewer for one of the papers, so he gets all these perks. They took us to two clubs where we got VIP treatment. We got a table and bottle service. We had the best time. We never go to clubs, so it was a huge treat, and so fun to spend the time with our friends. I think we pulled of a great birthday party for him. For his 31st, he'll be lucky if he gets Mac'n'cheese. My brother-in-law's girlfriend is supposed to send some pictures this weekend, so if I we don't look too drunk and disorderly, I'll post a few.
As you might imagine, there has been a TON of progress on the house. Since my last post...
The exterior was painted:
The cabinets and railings have been installed:
Our backyard has been walled in:
The driveway and path to the front door has been poured:
The exterior and interior lighting fixtures have been installed, and the walk deck railing was put up:
They added some pipes and stuff to the pool:
They started laying the tile:
And just this morning, the kitchen counters went in:
Can you believe it? Things are really taking shape! It is such an exciting time. This morning there was so much work going on that I couldn't really even walk around the house. We've had to have a couple of battles over things not being done right, which is stressful and time-consuming, but, overall, things are going really smoothly. It won't be long, now! Yesterday the superintendent asked me if I was getting frustrated and stressed. I told him "No, I'm not frustrated and stressed. I was frustrated and stressed over the past year while the house sat with no progress. Now I'm ecstatic!"
So I'm just about recovered from the flu, which turned into a severe sinus infection. When nothing but dried blood was coming out of my nose for two days, I decided to go to the doctor. He gave me a shot of antibiotics, a prescription for a bottle of liquid antibiotics to be drunk all at once, and a prescription for decongestants. I still can't hear very well out of my right ear, but, other than that, I'm good. Didn't get much work done while I was sick, so I've been spending all my time trying to catch up. No blogging for me!
My husband had his 30th birthday on January 9th. Old man! Only three more months before I hit the big 3-0! I was super sick on his birthday, but I managed to make him a pan of lasagna, which is his favorite thing I make. Considering I can only reliably make lasagna, oatmeal, and coffee, this isn't saying much. But he at half the pan, so I guess that says something. Gave him a store-bought cake (I was proud of myself for making it out of the house...probably infected half the population in the city), and made sure it had the big "3" and "0" candles. His real birthday bash was the following Saturday. His mom flew out here to take care of B, and I took hubby to Vegas to try to make him feel young again. He knew I was taking him, but he didn't know that all his friends would be there. It was such a fun surprise! I took him to a bar that we had all agreed on, and there everybody was. SURPRISE! He looked over his shoulder to see who was getting a surprise party, then once the faces registered in his brain, he realized it was him. We had some cocktails, did a bit of gambling, and then got freshened up for dinner. We met first at the bar in the Bellagio that has a view of the water show, which was so nice. (Can't remember the name of the bar, so the champagne must have done its job). There was a great cover band there, so we did a little pre-dinner dancing. Then we headed over to Mesa Grill at Caesar's. The food was great, and we had such a blast. After that, we met Brennen's high school friend, who happens to live in Vegas. Her husband is a club reviewer for one of the papers, so he gets all these perks. They took us to two clubs where we got VIP treatment. We got a table and bottle service. We had the best time. We never go to clubs, so it was a huge treat, and so fun to spend the time with our friends. I think we pulled of a great birthday party for him. For his 31st, he'll be lucky if he gets Mac'n'cheese. My brother-in-law's girlfriend is supposed to send some pictures this weekend, so if I we don't look too drunk and disorderly, I'll post a few.
As you might imagine, there has been a TON of progress on the house. Since my last post...
The exterior was painted:
The cabinets and railings have been installed:
Our backyard has been walled in:
The driveway and path to the front door has been poured:
The exterior and interior lighting fixtures have been installed, and the walk deck railing was put up:
They added some pipes and stuff to the pool:
They started laying the tile:
And just this morning, the kitchen counters went in:
Can you believe it? Things are really taking shape! It is such an exciting time. This morning there was so much work going on that I couldn't really even walk around the house. We've had to have a couple of battles over things not being done right, which is stressful and time-consuming, but, overall, things are going really smoothly. It won't be long, now! Yesterday the superintendent asked me if I was getting frustrated and stressed. I told him "No, I'm not frustrated and stressed. I was frustrated and stressed over the past year while the house sat with no progress. Now I'm ecstatic!"
# posted by Kristen–well minded @ 11:32 AM 
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Yay! Glad to see you're alive!
The house is looking so awsome and "real". It's amazing how fast it's flying, and how much of a difference the finishing makes.
Say happy birthday to Brennen for me!
The house is looking so awsome and "real". It's amazing how fast it's flying, and how much of a difference the finishing makes.
Say happy birthday to Brennen for me!
# posted by 
: 9:38 AM
: 9:38 AM
30, old? I think not missy! Lord if that's old, then I am dead.
Why does it look like your kitchen is in a loft? Is it just raised up a few fett from the den? Man I envy you, being 30 AND living in AZ. :-)
Why does it look like your kitchen is in a loft? Is it just raised up a few fett from the den? Man I envy you, being 30 AND living in AZ. :-)
miss vee- Thanks for coming back!
coffeedog- 30 seems older to me than 40 does. You know what I mean? Certain ages are just old and certain ages are young. Like 13 is old because it's your first year being a teenager. And 20 is young, 'cause you're sooooooooo far from 21. 60 is young. 70 is old. 80 is young. See?
The kitchen is a couple of steps up from the entry, and a couple of steps up from the family room. It's separated from the family room by a railing.
coffeedog- 30 seems older to me than 40 does. You know what I mean? Certain ages are just old and certain ages are young. Like 13 is old because it's your first year being a teenager. And 20 is young, 'cause you're sooooooooo far from 21. 60 is young. 70 is old. 80 is young. See?
The kitchen is a couple of steps up from the entry, and a couple of steps up from the family room. It's separated from the family room by a railing.
Congrats on your first AZ sinus infection. Our high school football coach got such a bad infection that it basically went through the nasal cavity into his eye and he had to have his eye removed. It was such drama during a contentious football season. Too bad we weren't the Mesa High Pirates, though, because he came back with an eye patch and it would have been so perfectly sports poetic. But I digress....
Love the house!! Can you believe it is a real structure now, with modern amenities inside like, (here's a concept) kitchen cabinets!! You are getting so close. Congrats.
-Sarah
Love the house!! Can you believe it is a real structure now, with modern amenities inside like, (here's a concept) kitchen cabinets!! You are getting so close. Congrats.
-Sarah
# posted by : 4:57 PM
: 4:57 PM
Yeah, I can't believe you guys are JUST turning 30--that seems young to me :) The house is looking great, how exciting! And I'm so glad you didn't lose your eye to the sinus infection, ew.
# posted by : 6:25 PM
: 6:25 PM
sarah- LOST HIS EYE!!!! I so did not need to hear that. Good thing I went to the doctor. SHIT! That's terrible.
steph- Yeah, I'm sure thirty will seem young to me in a few years. Ugh.
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steph- Yeah, I'm sure thirty will seem young to me in a few years. Ugh.
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