For The Anonymous Lady With A 6-year-old...

I recently received this comment...

"Hey, can you tell me what you did to keep the hose from coming off? I'm a single mom of a precious six year old, who is enjoying the floods much more than I am."

Here is the answer to your question...all I did was use one of these and tightened it until I could no longer turn the screw....pretty simple. I found mine in the plumbing section of WalMart. Any other questions, just email me by clicking " VIEW MY COMPLETE PROFILE" over there to the right and then click "EMAIL"....good luck!

In other news...Geof and I are headed down to visit my parents this weekend and will be staying until next weekend sometime. I wanted to go the middle of next week, but they've suckered me into coming sooner. I don't mind. Dad said he needed his Geof fix and I'm happy to oblige. Geof is the reason my father still wakes up every morning. I get along with my parents and enjoy seeing them, but I've been on my own long enough that I don't really feel comfortable at their house. It's not my "home" anymore and it's weird. It didn't take my mother too long to claim my room either! Anyhoo, not that I'm a regular blogger anyway, just wanted to give a heads up to anyone who gives two shits. Take care!

The Proverbial Light at The End of the Tunnel

Can you see it? That tiny pinpoint of light? That is The Light...the light at the end of this long, dark, narrow tunnel. Nathaniel learned last Friday that soon he will begin training to become a trainer with Schneider. That means that he will be home more...a lot more! Like every weekend instead of every other weekend! His training begins on April 1st and once that is complete he will be a Spring Trainer. He will work in Charlotte training the new drivers this Spring and most likely will be back on the road this Summer. Then this Fall he will work full time in Charlotte in a salaried position. We'll also be making the move to my hometown then as well. I cannot express how happy this news makes me!!

The News of the Day

Dana Reeve died yesterday. I learned about it along with the rest of the world this morning. All day today I can't help but think about her son. What a terrible tragedy to loose both parents by the age of 13.

In lighter news, Yanni was arrested on Friday. How funny is that? I'm not saying that domestic violence is anything to laugh about, but I never thought Yanni would be involved in such a thing. You never know!

And finally, today is my 24th anniversary of my birth. I got a gift card to WalMart in the mail today so that's where Geof and I were this afternoon. Here's what I treated myself to...gallon of milk, wastebasket, face scrub, scotch brite sponges (call me weird, but I love the way they smell right out of the package!), a good lint brush, and 2 light bulbs. Exciting stuff, no? I was going to buy some yarn or knitting needles or one of those round knitting looms, but didn't have any luck. Geof and I also ate lunch at the Chinese restaurant nearby. Tasty!

The Good & The Bad

Ugh! Things haven't been running so smoothly the last few weeks. First the rat, then fixing the rat damage. The faucet in the kitchen decided to act up, but is now fixed. Last week the washing machine decided to be weird. It would stop mid-cycle and to get it started you would have to slam the lid really hard and if that didn't work kicking and cussing would. Nathaniel did something to it to make it work again, until a few days ago when it started stopping again and then it started smelling like something was burning. It was pretty bad. Luckily our neighbors had an old washing machine that they gave to us. We got it wrestled into the house yesterday but the hose that drains the water from the washer kept coming off at the most inopportune time! That's been fixed now. I tore a hole in the linoleum while moving the washer around. Nathaniel's paycheck was screwed up this week which made things a bit interesting and not in a fun way. I cannot seem to win an auction over at ebay for a quality digital camera from someone with a good feedback score, of course that doesn't really matter now with the whole paycheck ordeal. My weird "rash" is back. I'm all cut up from wrestling with the new-to-us washer. I'm trying a new home hair color. I have exactly one minute before I have to rinse it out and I'm hoping that it all goes as planned and I don't end up with purple hair....we'll see...........

.....several minutes later.....

........ok, the results are in. My hair didn't turn purple...IT TURNED SILVER!!! What the hell?! It's supposed to be maybe a shade or two darker than my usual blonde. I have to go to a wedding on Saturday!!! It's not bad enough to make me hide my head in the sand, but...sigh... This is not my day week month!

On the bright side...

• It's like I told Nathaniel...I kinda like all this domestic drama, it gives me something to do and I feel like Rosie Riveter when I can fix something mechanical.
• Nathaniel will be home for a 3 days this weekend.
• My hair smells a lot better after this coloring than it usually does with my usual brand.
  
• After I color my hair sunlight usually lightens it pretty quickly and it's supposed to be nice out tomorrow. Maybe I'll spend the day outside with Geof.
• My birthday is in a few days.
  
• Geof is spending the night at Nathaniel's aunt and uncle's house this weekend and there's free alcohol at the wedding on Saturday...people are a lot more beautiful when you're tanked...even if they have purple hair!!
• There's always a tomorrow...or at least a next month!