Friday Faves

While I'm working a short day tomorrow...I am still glad it's Friday. Home early today and just back from a beautiful wooded hike with the dogs.  I love the woods in the fall almost as much as I love pumpkin...and tattooed men.  ;-)  Mr. may have a late night at work, but I'm hoping he makes it home for dinner.  Although, I haven't decided what to make yet.  Going to relax a bit and enjoy a tall iced coffee while I unwind.

Cheers - Rin

Another week down.   Where is 2012 going.  It's crazy that candy corn is already all over the place and I've even seen a few candy canes to boot.  Picked up my car from the dealer...he's all fixed and back on the road.  Of course I was a bit miffed that after over a week and almost three grand they didn't even bother to bathe him.  So, since I'm going in to the office tomorrow, I figured I'd take today off and after the boys were fed, walked, and settled...and Mr was off to work, I went outside with a bucket and soap and gave Earl an old fashioned hand washing.  I remember when washing my own car was a weekly ritual. Makes you appreciate it a bit more it seems.  I think I'm going to try and set up some sort of routine where I at least clean and detail the inside on a regular basis...and if I don't return to the convenience of someone else washing him, I may do that too. Of course after all that I am contemplating taking the metro to work once or twice a week and running the trail home.  Seems efficient and beneficial to my health...until winter at least.

Looking forward to some friend time this weekend, and some time laying out some plans for the next few months.  Really have a lot to get going at the office, and I want to make sure the projects on my list at home don't pay the price.  Sometimes I have too many creations in my head for my own good, and nothing gets done.  Then one day I sit down, draw or list them all out and just go down the line.  I've been wanting to make my boys some new dog beds, and I even already have the memory foam core ready to go.  Just have to find the fabric and get Stitchy out of the closet.  Then I need to get going on my silhouettes I wanna do too as a sample for the ones I want to create for my office lobby.  Then there's that surfboard I've had painted white since I moved into this condo...waiting for me to figure out what exactly I'm going to do with it.  I think I just need to get out my paints and start getting color on it, and see where it leads me.

So, today was pretty relaxing.  Caught up on some interventions and hoarders...wow, is always an understatement on those shows.  And then I whipped up some homemade pumpkin dog treats.  Now I'm just hanging out waiting on a word from Mr. that he's on his way and I'll get my domestic ass back in the kitchen to whip up a meal.

Until next time - Rin

Lounging Around

Last week was a long week...a doozy to be exact.  Isn't it just life to get you cranking along up hill...seeming like things are just peachy, then smacking reality in your face with a $2400 "routine maintenance" bill for your  vehicle.  Really?  I almost through up when the dealer called me with the news.  I know there are people in worse situations, and I am always grateful for what I have an what opportunities have come to me, but sometimes it's a bit much to swallow the bullshit and not want things to be a bit easier.  Of course they had my balls in a clamp, and not in a good way either.  They claimed I couldn't drive it out, so if I wanted to get a second opinion I would have had to deal with a tow, and more expense.  Of course the $3000 extended warranty I added when I bought the truck didn't include anything like this since it was "wear & tear".  So they called to see if I would approve the repair or not.  Sure, I don't approve the repair, I'd love to pay my monthly car payment and just use the car as a really large flower planter and park it in front of my building for my neighbors to enjoy.

So, out of the shit storm comes the ever present fact that Mr. is still my rock and always lends the stability and outlook that bumps come and go and we'll get over it somehow.  He truly is the first person in life that has been there for me in a way like no other.  Able to say exactly what I need to hear, and completely mean it.  Of course that just made me guilty for the pity party I had been throwing for myself, because I know there are plenty of people going through shit without anyone to back them up...but I've been there too, so I am one hundred percent grateful and appreciative of it all.  Just wishing life would give me a bit more time to get up hill before it kicks me in the balls.  I said fuck it, fix the shit and I'll pick it up when I figure out where I'm robbing peter to pay paul.  Wouldn't life just be easier if we all had a trust fund sitting waiting for stuff like this.  If all of our families thought long ago to make a little account for us that just sits accruing interest for lifes shit party to kick off...and just have it pop up and save the day.  Ah life...it's bitch when all you want is the beach.

Anywho, enough of that rambling.  In other news, I'll be taking donations to get Earl back...and hoping not to have to rely on installing video cameras around my house and putting it online.  lol.
We're just having a chill Sunday.  Slept in, walked the pups in the woods, and now i'm about to draft up the weeks grocery list.  Love the fall, but I hate the growing temptation to make big casseroles and crock pot meals that are not waistline approved.  But I think I'm going to say fuck it and just pre-portion them so that we not only have leftovers stocked, but I don't go without and then hit the point where I go full throttle.  We'll see...Mr. hates leftovers, so that's always fun to try to pass off in his lunch.  So, that's that.  Here's to another week coming up and hoping to get through it and still be able to float through to next payday...otherwise, I'll be on the corner in my short shorts.  :-)

Cheers - Rin

Friday Faves

So, second week coming to a close...besides having to go in tomorrow for a bit...but so far still feeling great about it and excited to see some growth in the biz.  Staff meeting went great and everyone seems on board with where we need to be and what we all need to do to get there.  Took the dogs in to the office yesterday to meet everyone and they did great.  It's always a bonus that they are so excited for car that they come home and sleep like they just ran a marathon...actually, they're both still zonked out after breakfast this morning too.

Today is a late start...I have to hang around and help close up today...so it just means I have to force myself to be lazy and lounge about more than feels normal.  I made a friday treat to take in last night...rice crispy treats, but with fruity pebbles.  So good.  I never was allowed to have sugary cereals as a kid...thank you mom and dad for being so wise...and so now sometimes they just seem like a good dessert option.  When we used to go to the cabin as kids that was the only time we were allowed to pick a "bad" cereal...and the farthest my rents would usually stretch was Golden Grahams...which by today's standards...actually doesn't seem that bad.

In other news I've been back on track with the new Interventions...I just get sucked it so easily to these shows.  It's either because of my psychology and behavior background...or because it makes my daily stressors seem like a party. Or a healthy combination of both.  Anywho...Hoarders is starting up soon too...and so I can only assume I'll be on board there and having my late night cleaning/purging fits just to ensure I am not holding onto anything for the wrong emotional reasons.  I am naturally an antihoarding individual...but I still have a junk draw and a shelf in a closet that seems to collect things I am sure I need, but have no use for now.  So, after I watch an episode of Hoarders, I am either purging one of those areas, or rearranging my spice and baking shelves to at least be able to sleep.

Well, for now I must shave, shower, and get the boys out on the trail.  Happy Friday - Rin