1st the carpet now this
3 foot hole in the ceiling due to pvc pipe in ac unit that cracked
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Monday, June 30, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
belief
thanks to dan, this about sums it all up for me too (thanks to neil gaiman)
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I have a friend that has often asked me what I believe in. While reading a book by Neil Gaiman, I came across a pretty good answer...
"I can believe in things that are true and I can believe in things that aren't true and I can believe things where nobody knows if they are true or not. I can believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny and Marilyn Monroe and the Beatles and Elvis and Mr. Ed. Listen-I believe that people are perfectible, that knowledge is infinite, that the world is run by secret banking cartels and is visited by aliens on a regular basis, nice ones that look like wrinkledy lemurs and bad ones who mutilate cattle and want our water and our women. I believe that the future sucks and I believe that the future rocks and I believe that one day White Buffalo Woman is going to come back and kick everyone's ass. I believe that men are just overgrown boys with deep problems communicating and that the decline in good sex in America is coincident with the decline in drive-in movie theatres from state to state. I believe that all politicians are unprincipled crooks and I still believe that they are better than the alternative. I believe that California is going to sink into the sea when the big one comes, while Florida is going to dissolve into madness and alligators and toxic waste. I believe that antibacterial soap is destroying out resistance to dirt and disease so that one day we will all be wiped out by the common cold like the Martians in War of the Worlds. I believe that the greatest poets of the last century were Edith Sitwell and Don Marquis, that jade is dried dragon sperm, and that thousands of years ago in a former life I was a one-armed Siberian shaman. I believe that mankind's destiny lies in the stars. I believe that candy really did taste better when I was a kid, that it is aerodynamically impossible for a bumblebee to fly, that light is a wave and a particle, that there's a cat in a box somewhere who's alive and dead at the same time (although if they don't ever open the box to feed it it'll eventually just be two different kinds of dead), and there are stars in the universe billions of years older than the universe itself. I believe in a personal god who cares about me and worries and oversees everything I do. I believe in an impersonal god who set the universe in motion and went off to hang with her girlfriends and doesn't even know I'm alive. I believe in an empty godless universe of casual chaos, background noise, and sheer blind luck. I believe that anyone who says that sex is overrated just hasn't done it properly. I believe that anyone who claims to know what's going on will lie about the little things too. I believe in absolute honesty and sensible social lies. I believe in a woman's right to choose, a baby's right to live, that while all human life is sacred there's nothing wrong with the death penalty if you can trust the legal system implicitly, and that no one but a moron would ever trust the legal system. I believe that life is a game, that life is a cruel joke, and that life is what happens when you're alive and that you might as well lie back and enjoy it."
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Sunday, June 22, 2008
Go brewers go!
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Friday, June 20, 2008
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Sunday, June 15, 2008
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mildew and wet vac’s
Current mood: distraught
so if you didnt already hear, our basement got wet...we didnt get flooded (aka standing water) what we got was seepage (Water coming up through the foundation of the house) im writing this on dales computer so i cant upload pictures of our sodden carpet but i spent the entire day friday wet vac'ing or carpet cleaning sucking up water in my computer room library and our playroom (aka the one room we always do everything in)
thankfully most of the stuff i have in storage down here is in a plastic bin so very very little got ruined, we threw out some old sofa pillows from our old couch (no big loss) an old wood shelf my mom brought over (no idea why we had it for storage anyways) and random papers and odds and ends.
we have a total of 4 box fans, 3 radial fans, a new 175.00 dehumidifier running in the basement at all times....the combo of vac'ing and fanning and dehumidifiing has made the totally soaken wet carpets now just "moist" or "slightly damp" or pretty much dry. the problem is that now the whole house smells like damp or mildew or stale or i dunno what. my mom is against me cleaning the carpets now (til it all dries out) and i cant handle the smell. opening the windows all day yesterday didnt do much and its better to keep the ac on anyways to pull moisture out of the house. if anyone has any ideas for making the house smell purdy i would welcome them...
other than that, im pretty miserable overall.
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Current mood: distraught
so if you didnt already hear, our basement got wet...we didnt get flooded (aka standing water) what we got was seepage (Water coming up through the foundation of the house) im writing this on dales computer so i cant upload pictures of our sodden carpet but i spent the entire day friday wet vac'ing or carpet cleaning sucking up water in my computer room library and our playroom (aka the one room we always do everything in)
thankfully most of the stuff i have in storage down here is in a plastic bin so very very little got ruined, we threw out some old sofa pillows from our old couch (no big loss) an old wood shelf my mom brought over (no idea why we had it for storage anyways) and random papers and odds and ends.
we have a total of 4 box fans, 3 radial fans, a new 175.00 dehumidifier running in the basement at all times....the combo of vac'ing and fanning and dehumidifiing has made the totally soaken wet carpets now just "moist" or "slightly damp" or pretty much dry. the problem is that now the whole house smells like damp or mildew or stale or i dunno what. my mom is against me cleaning the carpets now (til it all dries out) and i cant handle the smell. opening the windows all day yesterday didnt do much and its better to keep the ac on anyways to pull moisture out of the house. if anyone has any ideas for making the house smell purdy i would welcome them...
other than that, im pretty miserable overall.
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Monday, June 09, 2008
wow!
goodbye lake delton
for those of you who live in or lived in wi, lake delton is no more. lake delton, home of the tommy barletts watershow and 10-15 lakeside resorts and numerous houses flooded earlier today and created a new channel, moved over the highway (hwy A) and rejoined the wisconsin river leaving a big mudhole with no water...we just were there last weekend and saw one of the last tommy barlett shows...the tommy barlett watershow (which has been in production for the last 55 YEARS) was canceled today due to lack of WATER.
ouch
downtown waukesha is flooded, and the river is expected to crest tomorrow...
enjoy the rain guys.
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Sunday, June 08, 2008
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Saturday, June 07, 2008
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Thursday, June 05, 2008
hola, como estas?
tonight dale and i went on a date, we went to marcus and got a pizza and saw indiana jones....dale thought it was pretty lame, i thought it was pretty enjoyable...as we were walking out we saw a gaggle (at least 10-15) middle early aged (35-45) women dressed up in NY "sheek" with cheep high heels and crappy target oversized purses. 20 bucks to guess which movie they were headed to?
i mocked them the whole way out.
i must say i never watched sex in the city, i dont have HBO for one and for two, i really hate sarica jessica parker. she is a horsy faced nob. and annoying. really fucking annoying.
i liked indiana jones myself, i can see where the mutt jones sequals will be happening and i totally get the last 20 min of the movie where my dad said "thats where you can see where george lucas got his hand in and let the ILM geeks go bonkers" (word dad, word.)
this is now my new favorite picture of owen. kid is a hot mess, seriously.
i have been watching and enjoying six feet under (thanks ryan darling) and believing what my twin says, he really goes resemble nate....its getting pretty creepy son..thats 4 sure.
this week i also read the new anita blake, blood noir, the latest james patterson cross novel, double cross, the latest maryjanice davidson betsy book (vg) and i am working my way through a "bones" book by kathy reichs.
watching on TV (besides 6 feet under) greek and top chef...i cant wait that project runway is back on soon....i hope that christian "fierce hot tranny mess" will make some sort of apperance...also watched spider man 3 (sp features, which sucked), enchanted (twice) and we have surf's up for the kids tomorrow.....also BSG on tomorrow nite, whooop!
listening to XTC, Jose Gonzales and Al Hirt like a madwoman.
ive got to go wash my hair and pretend to get stuff for the gym tomorrow (i would rather sleep in)
thanks to jenamarie for lunch today...had fun on the girls day out!
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i mocked them the whole way out.
i must say i never watched sex in the city, i dont have HBO for one and for two, i really hate sarica jessica parker. she is a horsy faced nob. and annoying. really fucking annoying.
i liked indiana jones myself, i can see where the mutt jones sequals will be happening and i totally get the last 20 min of the movie where my dad said "thats where you can see where george lucas got his hand in and let the ILM geeks go bonkers" (word dad, word.)
this is now my new favorite picture of owen. kid is a hot mess, seriously.
i have been watching and enjoying six feet under (thanks ryan darling) and believing what my twin says, he really goes resemble nate....its getting pretty creepy son..thats 4 sure.
this week i also read the new anita blake, blood noir, the latest james patterson cross novel, double cross, the latest maryjanice davidson betsy book (vg) and i am working my way through a "bones" book by kathy reichs.
watching on TV (besides 6 feet under) greek and top chef...i cant wait that project runway is back on soon....i hope that christian "fierce hot tranny mess" will make some sort of apperance...also watched spider man 3 (sp features, which sucked), enchanted (twice) and we have surf's up for the kids tomorrow.....also BSG on tomorrow nite, whooop!
listening to XTC, Jose Gonzales and Al Hirt like a madwoman.
ive got to go wash my hair and pretend to get stuff for the gym tomorrow (i would rather sleep in)
thanks to jenamarie for lunch today...had fun on the girls day out!
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Sunday, June 01, 2008
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a long 48 hours in the dells...
kids went bonkers, but then again they always do
saturday we went on the ducks (pictures to follow here shortly) i cant remember the last time i did that tour, we really had fun.
we checked in to the hotel, the polynesian and i think it was a FANTASTIC waterpark if you have kids under 7. there was NO ONE there the kids had the entire inside area to themselves for about an hour....dale and i each had a drinky drink (him, rum, strawberry banana....me mudslide. mmmmmm mudslide) and watched the kids play.
the girls almost drowned (really) but thanks to a nice teenage kid lifeguard are still alive. (note to children, when mommy says, "ill check to see how deep the water is first" that does not mean, lets go down the waterslide into 4 feet of water when you cant swim. and malinda while you see your sister drowing and being rescued, that does not mean you should go down the slide and get rescued too.)
after we played for a bit at the waterpark we had dinner at subway and decided to get tickets for the tommy barlett watershow. its always my favorite part of the dells...do a show for 55 years and you kinda get it down pat. we saw the 8:30 show which means we get to see the dancing waters (hooray!). the kids went into bed at like 11pm (my kids normally in bed by 7) and owen kept me up ALL NIGHT till 4am when i couldnt take it anymore.
by couldnt take it anymore i mean, rolling on top of me, kicking, pulling my hair, almost falling off the bed, grinding teeth, sucking noises and i am not sure what else...all while sound asleep. i gave up at 4am and made dale sleep with him.
we went to mr. pancake (also a dells staple for me and my family) and had...pancakes (sadly no boysenberry syrup-criminal) and went to noahs ark with 3 really fucking crabby kids. we stayed about 4 hours, dragged their asses out of there and they were all asleep within 2-10 minutes of being in the car...
dale and i listened to the brewers spank the astros (10-1) on the way home.
got home, noticed i am now a bit tan, with a bit of red on my shoulders (stupid spray on sunscreen...)
tonight we had mediterranian chicken (chicken breasts with dried tomatoes, green olives, capers, artichoke, garlic and white wine) and black beans and rice.
i then went on a tear cleaning out my closet and have a bucket of crap for goodwill.
i am going to watch 6 feet under and cross stitch.
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kids went bonkers, but then again they always do
saturday we went on the ducks (pictures to follow here shortly) i cant remember the last time i did that tour, we really had fun.
we checked in to the hotel, the polynesian and i think it was a FANTASTIC waterpark if you have kids under 7. there was NO ONE there the kids had the entire inside area to themselves for about an hour....dale and i each had a drinky drink (him, rum, strawberry banana....me mudslide. mmmmmm mudslide) and watched the kids play.
the girls almost drowned (really) but thanks to a nice teenage kid lifeguard are still alive. (note to children, when mommy says, "ill check to see how deep the water is first" that does not mean, lets go down the waterslide into 4 feet of water when you cant swim. and malinda while you see your sister drowing and being rescued, that does not mean you should go down the slide and get rescued too.)
after we played for a bit at the waterpark we had dinner at subway and decided to get tickets for the tommy barlett watershow. its always my favorite part of the dells...do a show for 55 years and you kinda get it down pat. we saw the 8:30 show which means we get to see the dancing waters (hooray!). the kids went into bed at like 11pm (my kids normally in bed by 7) and owen kept me up ALL NIGHT till 4am when i couldnt take it anymore.
by couldnt take it anymore i mean, rolling on top of me, kicking, pulling my hair, almost falling off the bed, grinding teeth, sucking noises and i am not sure what else...all while sound asleep. i gave up at 4am and made dale sleep with him.
we went to mr. pancake (also a dells staple for me and my family) and had...pancakes (sadly no boysenberry syrup-criminal) and went to noahs ark with 3 really fucking crabby kids. we stayed about 4 hours, dragged their asses out of there and they were all asleep within 2-10 minutes of being in the car...
dale and i listened to the brewers spank the astros (10-1) on the way home.
got home, noticed i am now a bit tan, with a bit of red on my shoulders (stupid spray on sunscreen...)
tonight we had mediterranian chicken (chicken breasts with dried tomatoes, green olives, capers, artichoke, garlic and white wine) and black beans and rice.
i then went on a tear cleaning out my closet and have a bucket of crap for goodwill.
i am going to watch 6 feet under and cross stitch.
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