ramblings

Sometimes I think the grim reaper just picks a spot to hang out in for awhile and makes a good sweep through. I find that to be irritating. No one I knew passed away for about 10 years. Then all of a sudden I have to attend a funeral every time I turn around. Our friend died in a horrible accident summer of 06. Chris's grandpa died in Jan of 07. Then our best friend died under suspicious circumstances in May of 07. Then aunt Alice. Then my grandma. Then aunt Hattie. And now Chris's grandma passed away this week. What an ordeal. There is a certain amount of stress associated with the passing of his grandma that is a little unusual. At least for us. Technically she is Chris's step grandma, but it's the only one he's ever known. So really it's just a technicality. Anyway, there is a huge family farm that grandpa owned (recieved from his original wife). After Elmer passed, of course the farm remained because granny was still there. Now granny is gone and there is all sorts of hoop-lah about who gets what and whatever. It's stressful. This has been an issue for a long time but it's one of those things that someone has to deal with now and it's not really clear who. I'm quite afraid if one of the stepchildren (and there is a sneaky one!) gets ahold of the rights and takes it from Chris's mother who is the rightful heir...I'm afraid Chris will go postal and break someone's head open. For me, where my grandma Irene lived, outside of Dale is the one place in the world I feel closer to God than anywhere else. For Chris, it is the farm. Ugh. Really I would just like for there to be a calmness of life restored! I'm getting paranoid. Now everytime a grandparent gets a cold or has a bad day I'm convinced they are going to next! What a horrible way to think. I was going to go downtown this Saturday and do the charity walk to benefit alzheimers. I don't know if you have ever done a walk downtown but they are great. It's always nice to see the number of people that are out supporting a cause. But don't let the word walk fool you. I had 60 year old granny's kickin my butt last time I did a walk. Just think of aggressive mall walkers. I don't see why we can't slow down. Anyway, we will be leaving for Stroud for a few days and until then Chris is out of town on a work trip. I've rambled enough for this post. Until next time!

Ta Da!!!

Well, here is my purple kitchen. You can decide for yourself what you think but I really like it. Thank goodness too because at this point it wouldn't matter how much it sucked. I'm totally over painting for a while!

Victory at last!

I have sooo much to say but let me start with a flashy and dramatic endzone dance. I'm pleased to announce that for the first time in 8 years I have WON!!! Won what, you ask? The lottery? A new car? Those would all be great but this win is much more gratifying than any material possesion. I won a decision!!! A decision? So what? What is the big deal with that? Well, I will tell you what the big deal with that is. For those of you that know my husband you have figured out that while he may look like a biker he is actually a domestic diva. I find it to be both intriguing and extremely irritating. Luckily he is as tough as he looks or the fact that he makes way prettier cupcakes than me would just ruin our whole arrangement. Anyway, he's always had pretty strong opinions about basically everything in our house. We have been at odds over the paint color for the kitchen/dining room. We both wanted to step outside of our little brown box we live and and go bold. He picked a tuscan orange sort of pumpkiny color. It was pretty. I however feel deeply in my gut that I can not live a day longer unless I can paint those walls eggplant purple. Purple?! Yes, purple. But not grandma purple. Like the darkest purple you can think of. Long story short, after 6 weeks of debate I have finally won! I already bought the paint and everything. Now that I've won I'm terrified it will completely suck and I will have to admit my defeat. At least its only a $20 risk. LOL. We are sanding down our dining room table and painting the legs black and staining the top a light greenish color. Just think about the green and purple that occur naturally on an artichoke or eggplant. Then you will see what I'm thinking. So this weekend I will get moving on my paint project. Stay tuned for my next post titled: How I have to repaint my kitchen because purple did look stupid after all. :)

HOUSE PICS AND BDAY STUFF

We are going to have Caden's birthday party on Sat Nov 15th at 2 pm. I hope everyone can come! I'm excited to have everyone over to the new house. I posted a slideshow of house pics for those of you that didn't see them on myspace. These are all before we moved stuff in. I will post some "finished" pictures soon!