CAUTION: Woman In Progress

Because she wanted to see them, here they are. My new stove. My new Fridge. Notice, I've already "decorated" it. LOL

Mostly. hehehe Nah, it really is done. I did leave a handful of things at the apartment but I did that on purpose because there are some things you just can't trust BOYS to load in a big truck without losing. Wish I had a picture of the fully loaded truck, though. It was awesome and I almost cried with the overwhelmingness of it all. lol But here's the 1/3 full truck. They ended up fitting EVERYTHING, including my full assembled two seater swing. You know, my pretty green one that lived on the back patio this year? Yeah, they lifted the thing OVER the fence, carried it around the side of the apartment and loaded it fully assembled onto the truck. Never underestimate the vastness of a 26ft truck or the resourcefulness of a couple of 54 and 55 year old men. LOL But let's go backwards a bit to Friday night. So, Friday night I sent the DP home with Mama because, well, 1) I wanted a night alone because I needed time off for good behavior from puppy parenting. I don't care wh...

That's how I'm feeling right now. LOL I keep thinking as I do things, "This will be my last time to do (insert activity here) in this apartment." I kept telling the DP last night while she barked at the noisy neighbors, "Just relax, baby. This is the last night you ever hafta worry 'bout them. Tomorrow night you're with Nana and Saturday we're at our new house!" She, of course, looks at me as though I'm nuts--and she's right--but I wish she could feel the same excitement and anticipation that I'm feeling right now. I'm anxious to get moved and settled and start this next chapter of my life. At the same time, I equally dread the task of moving. It's supposed to be 98 degrees tomorrow and though I've been steadily getting rid of things, there's still so much that's going to move tomorrow. I pray that I can get those boys really crackin' and get this stuff done well before the temps reach 98. We're starting at...

So this weekend was the practice run for moving day. Sis1 came in from T-Town with the plan to help me move some boxes to the new house. I was just SURE that between her big SUV and my car we could get most, if not all, of the boxes moved. Except--*sigh* Sis1 recently got a new SUV. A GMC something or other. Unlike the Expedition she had, the seats in the back don't fold all the way flat. Meaning? Well, not so many boxes would fit in it that I was planning on. Last year, we loaded her Expedition down with ALL the boxes. This year? Maybe half. I managed to fit about six in the trunk of my car. We got up early and went on a donut run first thing. Which was great except she made me by a cappuccino at the donut shop instead of running across the highway to get one from Micky D's. And whether you hate Micky D's or not (which I don't. I love them), they haz some killer cappuccino's. Like, for realz. The donut shop? Not so much. They use the machine that mixes the powder w...

And I ain't talkin' 'bout no silly boy band, either. Yuck! This has just been a miserably hot week. Yesterday, with all my errand running, driving, etc. I kept a constant sheen of sweat and humidity on my entire body, so much so that I had to shower when I (finally!) got home at 9:30 last night. Oh, but ya'll don't want to hear about sweat. That's just gross anyway. But yesterday was the big day! I, Jana, am now officially a first time homeowner! Catch my while I hyperventilate. lol So I took off the whole day yesterday. For one thing, I was too excited to work. For another, I had a ton of things I needed to do. Like grocery shopping and, well, shopping. Sis1's coming in from T-town this weekend and we're going to be moving boxes tomorrow and cleaning the house. So anyway, I got up super early yesterday and got my grocery shopping done. Made some phone calls (realtor, attorney's office, U-Haul for price quotes) and played with the DP. Then Sis2 and I...

I may never catch up. *shakes head* BUT... Despite copiers croaking, printer cartridges drying up and patrons out the wazoo I've been a happy little clam this week. Wanna know why? I'll tell you anyway. My neighbors have been on VACATION (as in GONE!!) since Saturday morning!!! Picture me doing cartwheels and that's how happy I am. Actually, don't picture me doing cartwheels. I'm wearing a skirt today. :-0 hehehehe But yeah, they're gone this week. Saturday morning while I was loading up Goofus's truck to go to the folks' house, I overheard the mother say, "We'll put the suitcases in the back" and I was intrigued. When I got home Saturday evening and they were gone and didn't come back, I was cautiously optimistic. Well, it's Wednesday and they're still gone so COLOR ME HAPPY!! hehehe It's been so peaceful and quiet. Well, mostly. They've had a friend to come by every evening to check on the cat, water the flowers, etc. ...

So last weekend wasn't all that bad. Neighbors disappeared for most of the day Saturday leaving me and the DP in quite bliss. I love it when they're gone. hehehe Spent most of the day packing and watching Lifetime movies. I know, sad, right? But Lifetime was having some kind of "weird movie" weekend or something and they weren't your regular stereotypical Lifetime movies. Lifetime's branching OUT. hehehe Also made a quick trip to JC Penny's and picked up the drapes I'd ordered. LOVE. THEM. They're so totally gorgeous. Of course now I'm totally regretting the money I spent...well, charged on them. But it'll be worth it when they're hanging gorgeously in my living and dining room. Sunday was just your regular Sunday. Church, the folks, and home. Oh, but when I got home...The neighbor's daughter...*shakes head*. She needs a spankin'. She'd smeared something that looked like mud but may have been poop all over the porch posts o...

And so far (thank the good Lord) I haven't injured myself this week. lol I've just been insanely busy with I don't know what. Honestly where HAS my time gone? *sigh* Been trying to write my weekend review since Monday morning but, alas, it ain't happened yet. Not that I had a lot to report. But I did have some things I wanted to say about it. I am, however, yet again out of time. So, tomorrow? Maybe? God willing? I'll get around to leaving SOMETHING worth reading. Just wanted to check in with ya'll. You know, because I'm such a blogging freak that when I disappear it's usually because I've fallen down an elevator shaft. Or, you know, wrangled a rug. hehehe Ta ta for now!

Daddy's Leukemia is in remission! Much happiness and praise to our Father in Heaven.

And I've only partially lost my mind. hehehe Yesterday I was pretty sure it was gone for good but I've managed to recover at least part of it. Well, only through heavy prayer and turning things over to the Father. So, I have an estimated closing date on my house of June 19th...in case you missed my twitter update. My realtor finally managed to finagle that out of my mortgage officer on Tuesday, which...how in heck does she get to talk to the MO and I always have to leave a stinkin' voice mail? And can I just say that May/June is the WORST time to buy a house? Everyone's going on vacation!! Last week it was the MO. This week it's the attorney's secretary and next week it's my insurance agent. Grrr...Don't these people know that the world is supposed to slow to a halt until I get my house closed! hehehe Meanwhile, the only "vacation" I'm likely to get is the ONE DAY my supervisor is allowing for me to be off to move. And the little here and t...

So this weekend was our family reunion (on my mother's side) and along with that, a reunion of my mother and her siblings' singing group. (Gospel singing, actually.) They were popular in the late sixties, early seventies but they broke up well before I was born. However, many a summer of my childhood was dotted with reunion singings at whatever church my grandfather was pastoring at the time. In this particular case, it was the church my uncle pastors. We hadn't had one since 2007 which was the last time my aunt from CO came home. This year, in the weeks leading up to the singing/reunion, there was family drama aplenty. Two of my uncles were causing a stink, mostly because neither of them wanted to be there and the rest of the family was praying that they changed their minds. Well, wouldn't you know, it was the two pastors in the family that we were praying for and they both tried to tell us to STOP praying? Yeah, that didn't go over well at ALL. lol They ended up...