Are you frea-king kidding me?!?
How cool is this table?!?
And how cool is it that my NIECE is the one who transformed this old, worn-out table, into something beautiful??
She’s trying to start a business of refinishing old furniture …
You go girl.
Category: Life-condensed
We Have a Golfer in Our Family?
In an effort to get Dude out in public more (he’s an introverted sort of personality and though he’s getting better, we’re still pretty vigilant in making sure he doesn’t spend anymore time in his room than absolutely necessary), Kevin has been taking him various places on lunch break.
(Dude goes to Kevin’s office every day. He works on his programs up there, helps Kevin out with odd jobs and Kevin even has him doing janitorial work. BONUS).
One day, Kevin took Dude to the driving range. There’s one just down the street from Kevin’s office. He took a video of Dude on his phone hitting some balls.
He had nothing but good things to say about his efforts. Considering the boy has never hit golf balls outside of a putt-putt course, we thought he did pretty well.
We’re working really hard to help build Dude’s confidence. The kid has no confidence. ZERO. NONE. I blame myself. I think I “broke” his spirit by being too strict with him growing up, if you want the truth. Now, we’re trying to repair the damage by exposing him to all sorts of experiences to help him find his “niche.”
Life can’t happen unless we MAKE it happen, right?
My Nephew – The Film Student
One of my nephews took a chance and went to New Zealand for a year to try and work on the new “Hobbit” movie. Though he didn’t land a part as an “extra”, he WAS able to help out with the production crew. He hasn’t told us all the details yet, but I’m looking forward to hearing all about his adventures.
I’m also looking forward to watching more of his documentary.
Aren’t you?
Whee! It’s My Mom’s Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!!!!
I love you!
Is it Monday Yet?
I got new tires today.
Oh.
And followed a link to this cute little video.
They remind me of my grandparents.
And that pretty much sums up my day.
Ready for Hot Cocoa, Soft Music and Star Gazing
Yep. We bought our outdoor fireplace yesterday. We also found these chairs, which is exactly what Kevin had in mind when we started talking about our patio. He wanted chairs without arms so he could play his guitar. As luck would have it, they were on clearance, so we got a super deal. The only problem was, they didn’t have any more in stock, so we took their display chairs.
Works for me!
We’ll have to move the chairs away from the fireplace and the fireplace away from the post, obviously, we don’t want to catch our house on fire, but you get the idea. I can’t wait to use it!
It’ll be like camping, only without the extra work and fuss.
SCORE!
My Newest Time Suck Confession
(Not my photo. What. Are you kidding me?? I WISH. Click on photo for credit).
Random confession – Being able to instantly stream NetFlix movies / TV series at home any time I want and for as long as I want is seriously killing me.
Okay, not killing me, but it’s killing my time management. (Who are we kidding – I never had time management skills. But for the sake of this random thought, we’ll all say I did). At least with DVD’s, I was able to control how much TV watching I did. I watch a movie – movie is over – time to go do something else.
But with instant streaming – THE TV WATCHING NEVER ENDS, YA’LL!
I have seriously watched more TV in these past few weeks than I have in the past few YEARS. I’m even turning my computer off at 6:00 p.m. … SIX IN THE EVENING, YA’LL, so that I can curl up on our comfy couch and watch episode after episode of “Drop Dead Diva,” the ENTIRE SERIES of “Cashmere Mafia,” (which, there was only one season, and then there was only like seven or eight episodes in that one season, BUT STILL), “Lie to Me,” “Damages,” and now I’m putting all of “Grey’s Anatomy” (I’m like on season 5, I think) and “Army Wives,” (which I’m TOTALLY addicted to) in our instant queue as well.
I haven’t been online. (Which is a plus). I haven’t been reading. (Which is not a plus). I’ve been zoning out in front of the TV.
At least I haven’t picked up the habit of munching on junk food as I watch TV.
Yet.
The biggest reason I don’t watch regular TV is because of the commercials. Hence the reason I’m woefully behind on all of the shows that people are talking about, or TALKED (past tense) about. Now that the time-sucking, evil commercials have been removed from the equation … I don’t have an excuse NOT to do some major catching up.
So, ONCE AGAIN, I have to discipline myself on yet ANOTHER time suck.
AAARGh, it never ends, does it?!?!
I’m so disgusted with myself – I’ve become a … a … there’s no tactful way of saying it so I’ll just blurt it out … A COUCH POTATO!
AAARGh!
Make me feel better, Internet. What is your latest time suck?
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