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Oct 20 2010

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It’s only Wednesday and I am ready for the weekend, which is probably NOT a good sign, huh?!  I blame it mostly upon the juvenile delinquents that live in our neighborhood and a sexist pig in the form of our Slum Lord. 

It all began Thursday afternoon after school.  I was in the back of the apartment and I heard a resounding crash on the living room door.  A quick head count showed that none of my children could be responsible, as they were all in their own bedrooms or bathroom, changing out of school clothes.  So, I raced to the door and opened it, just in time to see a bunch of kids disappearing around the building.  Lovely.  Whatever it had been smashed into the storm door, popping out the upper screen panel and the bottom window panel.  I unbent them and put them back in place, no problem.  The inner door was largely glass, with faux molding, making it look like a paned door.  I was in a hurry so all I noticed at the time was that a bunch of the molding had broken.  It wasn’t until later in the evening that I realized that the molding on both sides of the glass was shattered and the entire big pane of glass was falling out of the frame, with a lovely gap at the bottom, allowing all kinds of cold air to whistle on in.  Fantastic.  So, I called the work order in Friday morning,… and heard nothing.  Corey had Monday off, so I made him call.  Amazing, but they were here within a half hour!  And, of course, the maintenance never even knew that I had called it in days before.  My Slum Lord is a complete ass when it comes to women.  Nothing gets done unless a man calls it in and that is freakin’ ridiculous.  So, they look at it and agree that it is a loss.  But, no doors to be had in Groovy Gouvy, so they had to get one from Watertown, and I didn’t get it until yesterday.  Then it turned out that the opening for the door was not squared and slightly too large for a standard door, so it turned into an all day project.  This is what I had going on most of the day,…

My portal to the cold outdoors!

Just keep in mind,… it wasn’t all that toasty outside!  But, by the end of the day, I had this,…

The finished product!

Delightful!  So that was Drama #1.  Then there is Drama #2,… Corey’s car.  Apparently there was a leak in his fuel line, leading to the tank.  Evey time he filled up, there was leakage.  So he took his car in on Monday to get it fixed, thinking it would be fairly low cost.  So much for thinking.  $565 and 2 days later and the car is fixed.  And that was with a $300+ discount.  I love Monro’s and their military love, but damn!

So that, and a few other little dramas, makes up my week thus far!  BUT it is looking up because Donovan will be home for the weekend!  WOOT!

Feb 20 2009

Yee haw!!

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Yippee!
My new living room couches are here!!  I had a three-piece (a couch, loveseat, and chaise) set of ivory microsuede that I had LOVED.  When we left Fort Lee, the movers wrapped it all in plastic instead of the paper that is supposed to be used on microsuede.  Our stuff was in storage while Corey was in Arizona until we got orders here to Fort Drum.  Being that long in storage caused massive amounts of condensation within the plastic, ruining the surface of the microsuede.  It made it hard as a rock and the furniture was black with mold and mildew, which was most definately NOT a good thing since I am deathly allergic to both mold and mildew!  It was a pain in the ass to get clean and liveable for me.  My new ones are also microsuede called the Sha Shou, HERE, which I love because it is VERY easy to keep clean, a good thing with 4 boys in the house!  These are black with attached back cushions, very cushy.  I LOVE the way the seat cushions are made, with a big strip of industrial Velcro that holds them in place!  So much more space in the room now, LOVE it!  We also got Donovan’s new bed, which is actually a futon style couch, a flip flop.  It is in a red called Salsa, his favorite color.  I like the fact that the back is adjustable in a bunch of different positions from reclined to completely upright in the couch position.  Very cool, especially for a teen’s room!  There is a picture of his bed, called the Reaction,  HERE!  I also found a picture of the desk I bought, HERE.

Now I am in the market for some nice Asian fabrics so I can make some coordinating throw pillows and valances/curtains for the room.  One of the walls is almost entirely windows so it is a LOT of light, even with the shades pulled, glaring on the TV and monitor.  I found some gorgeous Asian wall hangings that are on my list, too.