LONG TWO WEEKS

It's been a long two weeks.

The mister has been traveling for business.  My daughter is starting college.  We're moving.

Bam. 

Our move wasn't planned, but was welcomed! The mister got a job offer out of the blue and got the position! So...that was settled. We are moving.  Finding a home was a whole other can of worms. 

We were interested in a condo or a town home for the first year as we got settled. I found one, fell in love.  Only to drive hours from home to find out it had been leased the day before. But, what's that? Up the street? Another darling condo!  We spent the weekend driving around town and seeing the town.  Honestly, I've never been to the town and didn't know what to expect....but I fell in love. In the end, our realtor sent us to yet another condo.  

It's right off the lake, tucked away in an adorable area without the hustle and bustle of busy roads. A two story too! (This makes my daughter giddy!)  Alright! So we put in our application and waited. And waited. While we waited, my husband was still in and out traveling for business. I was a ball of nerves, no good to anyone. The college girl of mine has hardly been home so she can spend time with friends and family before the big leap.  

Packing boxes is one of my least favorite things....right up there with a root canal. Not knowing if we got the town house, not knowing when we'd move and dealing with nutbars all thrown together in the pot has made me want to just run away with the Circus!

Then I got the call from the mister...WE GOT THE LAKE HOUSE!! Woo hoo!  I cannot tell you the relief! 

So now with a tentative moving date, a place to live, the garage sale over with....I am SO ready to get the hell out of dodge!

And to the certain someone who feels that life is more difficult than it needs to be....I hope by now you have realized your jump off the deep end. I hope you realize the turn around you made to ten years in the past without warrant and the ridiculousness you alleged. It was a pathetic show of a complex on your part. Not mine. 

Toilet Paper Holder Re-Do

I love our toilet paper holder.  It's freestanding. It's metal. It's decorative and has a purpose. It also will not put holes in your walls....possibly my favorite thing about it.

But it's old. And it's beginning to rust.

So, off to Home Depot for a fix-up.  

This is a paint and primer in one. 

Perfect. 

Pay no attention to the rocking horse in the

background....it's older than I am and I'm cleaning

out the garage and don't want it 

to get smashed. 

Anyway, this is the before....see all the rust at bottom?

Ick!

Here is a close up of the after.

It went on in one coat.

Very smoothly.

Great coverage.

Ta Da!

We're Moving!

For years, the mister has had plans to 'get outta dodge'. He's lived in this town longer than I have, I've been here a little over six years. Don't get me wrong, I love our little town north of Houston, but we're due a change.

My daughter starts college next week and she's ready to be out without a safety net from MommieDawn and we've had it in our heads when this happened we would be free to pursue a small move. With that said, I still carry all the anxiety of a move with my baby bird leaving the nest on a daily basis....and I don't deal well with stress.  What it does is attack my body and all my regular aches and pains (ie broken tailbone, RA, bone spurs) then adds in some more just for good measure.  I've had a hole being burned in my back for a week, a headache for three weeks and tummie issues for about just as long. I know, I get it....I'm a ninnie.

A little over a week ago the mister had a job interview that came literally out of the sky. He was offered the job from a customer of his old job while at work!  He took the interview.....went on another one and bam! He got it!  It's more money and a step up from Assistant Manager for him.  Then when it came down to it, he was told there would be a move. One was close to where we are now, and one was three hours north of here and in the end they chose him to be at the one three hours north of here.

The company sent us there for a weekend to scope out living arrangements and put us up in a sweet hotel.  I have to admit, I had low expectations. I've never been to the town and all I know about it is something that happened there that was National news 18 years ago or so. But once there, I was in love. Small town feel, a beautiful lake, hillside views and almost NO humidity.

I'm a head-sweater.  I take after my dad and if I could, I'd wear a sweatband if I thought I'd look as hot as Olivia Newton-John. That's doubtful.

But while up there, in the heat and sitting outside at the marina....I didn't break a sweat and ever literally let my hair down. I never let my hair down in the Summer!  So that alone is a major plus!  We are still waiting to hear which townhome/condo we'll get and I'm keeping my fingers crossed on a particular one.

That's enough stress, so luckily my youngest seems to be happy about the move....which shocked me because change is not her friend. I still have to get some work done on my vehicle so my college baby has a car to drive....I'm getting together a garage sale this weekend....still packing boxes and making a mountain in the dinette....and losing my mind.

I have so many posts I need to make here....manicures and painted bottles etc....but the blog will have to wait. I'm swamped!

Toodles for now!