Today I went to Beverly's fabric to get some material for my headboard and footboard. It doesn't look too hard when they do it on TV and a couple of the ladies at Beverly's fabric were a big help so I think it can be done.
Hopefully by tomorrow I can get the rest of the Halloween decorations up so I can finally get all of these boxes out of my living room.
Tomorrow Aunt Kathy is going to come over and finally finalize my will. A friend of hers is a notary so she's going to come by so we can get that out of the way and after that it looks like finally it will be downhill.
I just have to sell this place and sell my mom's place hopefully by the end of this year and by February or March we will be in our new place. I think my mom is excited about living in the two-bedroom apartment above the house and I think she's going to be really happy there.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Decorating for Halloween
This year Madonna pretty much decorated for Halloween and she really had a lot of fun. Apparently where she is from they do not celebrate Halloween and she has never decorated but I knew she would do a good job because she is very creative. I haven't been outside to see what she has done yet but I can see the inside and it looks great, I'm excited about seeing what the outside looks like. I stayed in bed today as I wanted to hurry up and get everything decorated before Halloween and the only way girls have time to do it is a they don't have to get me dressed and in my chair.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Target finally opened
I found some material in one of the closets in the back room so I took it to the lady that makes my camps for me. I'm very tall and I always did have a problem finding pants that were long enough and it makes it even worse when you're sitting down all the time. It really bugs me when my pants aren't long enough so I found a lady that will make pants for me as long as I need to feel comfortable and I don't have to worry about pockets or buttons.
They opened up a new target down on the corner from where I live so I went down to check it out, was pretty big and they seem to have just about everything except for material which I was looking for. My headboard is falling apart and I need to reupholstery so I'm looking for some heavy material. They are actually building a really big shopping center and it has just about everything you can think of, he figures that they would build it when I plan on moving to Santa Cruz. One of the problems with living here we go anywhere by myself, everything is too far away. At least I will get to enjoy it for a couple of months before I move into my new house.
Tomorrow I think I'm going to go to Beverly's fabric to see if I can find some material for my headboard and maybe even get enough to make the footboard match.
I used to know what I was going to do from day-to-day and didn't really have very much time for anything else. Get up, take a shower, go to work, come home, eat dinner and go to bed. Saturday and Sunday was basically clean the house, do the laundry and take the dog for a walk. Now it seems like I don't really know what to do with myself most of the time. I try to make plans every day to do something but there really isn't anything that I have to do or anywhere that I have to be. I guess there's good and bad to both lives.
They opened up a new target down on the corner from where I live so I went down to check it out, was pretty big and they seem to have just about everything except for material which I was looking for. My headboard is falling apart and I need to reupholstery so I'm looking for some heavy material. They are actually building a really big shopping center and it has just about everything you can think of, he figures that they would build it when I plan on moving to Santa Cruz. One of the problems with living here we go anywhere by myself, everything is too far away. At least I will get to enjoy it for a couple of months before I move into my new house.
Tomorrow I think I'm going to go to Beverly's fabric to see if I can find some material for my headboard and maybe even get enough to make the footboard match.
I used to know what I was going to do from day-to-day and didn't really have very much time for anything else. Get up, take a shower, go to work, come home, eat dinner and go to bed. Saturday and Sunday was basically clean the house, do the laundry and take the dog for a walk. Now it seems like I don't really know what to do with myself most of the time. I try to make plans every day to do something but there really isn't anything that I have to do or anywhere that I have to be. I guess there's good and bad to both lives.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
What is your favorite time of day?
I think my favorite time of the day is early morning. I was talking to a friend the other day and the subject came up. I usually wake up about 2:00 a.m. and really don't want to go back to sleep. It's the only time that I really have two myself to look around and appreciate my home, my family, my friends... basically my life. I know that I have until 7 a.m. where nobody will be asking anything of me. Unfortunately, that is the same time that Brodie chooses to release gas, she can be pretty potent sometimes bad enough where she has to leave the room, I wish I had the same convenience.
Today I go to see Kathy to get my teeth cleaned. Last time I was there, I go every four months, she told me to try brushing with warm salt water becomes my gums bled a lot so I started doing that and I'm curious to see if it helps, if it doesn't it was just a really nasty experience.
Today I go to see Kathy to get my teeth cleaned. Last time I was there, I go every four months, she told me to try brushing with warm salt water becomes my gums bled a lot so I started doing that and I'm curious to see if it helps, if it doesn't it was just a really nasty experience.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Service animal
Stanley, Robert and Corinne came down on Friday evening and we ordered pizza, it had been awhile since I had it and boy did it tastes good.
On Saturday we got out of here early trying to beat the traffic to the Gilroy outlets, always a fun place to go. We hit just about every store and then had lunch at Applebee's, this was only my second time eating there and it was pretty good.
The only bummer of the day was when I was trying to go into the Sony store. The security guard that was there at the door denied my access into the store because I had Brodie with me. I told him that she is a service animal, she has her service animal bandana on and she could go pretty much where anybody else can go but he said no matter what she still a dog and cannot come in the building so I asked him if he could call the manager. I don't like to cause problems but I feel that everybody should know what the ADA laws are so that the next person going into that building with a service animal will not have any problems. Stanley saw that something was happening and came to the front door and said that he was done and we should just leave. After leaving I ran into Rich who is the co-facilitator for the Monday support groups at Valley Medical, he was furious and offered to go back with me to explain the laws to the security guard but by the time we got back neither the security guard that denied my access nor the employee that was calling the manager were there. We did talk to the security guard that was there and he said that the guy was new and just didn't know the laws but the manager had told them that service animals were allowed in the store. After I got home I wrote a letter to Sony and I sent them the laws for service animal. I also printed a few extra copies to keep in my backpack in case this happens again.
On Saturday we got out of here early trying to beat the traffic to the Gilroy outlets, always a fun place to go. We hit just about every store and then had lunch at Applebee's, this was only my second time eating there and it was pretty good.
The only bummer of the day was when I was trying to go into the Sony store. The security guard that was there at the door denied my access into the store because I had Brodie with me. I told him that she is a service animal, she has her service animal bandana on and she could go pretty much where anybody else can go but he said no matter what she still a dog and cannot come in the building so I asked him if he could call the manager. I don't like to cause problems but I feel that everybody should know what the ADA laws are so that the next person going into that building with a service animal will not have any problems. Stanley saw that something was happening and came to the front door and said that he was done and we should just leave. After leaving I ran into Rich who is the co-facilitator for the Monday support groups at Valley Medical, he was furious and offered to go back with me to explain the laws to the security guard but by the time we got back neither the security guard that denied my access nor the employee that was calling the manager were there. We did talk to the security guard that was there and he said that the guy was new and just didn't know the laws but the manager had told them that service animals were allowed in the store. After I got home I wrote a letter to Sony and I sent them the laws for service animal. I also printed a few extra copies to keep in my backpack in case this happens again.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
The weather is getting cooler, it was a nice day to day
I just talked to Charlie and the house is coming along great. It looks like were going to get the roof on the second story apartment next week. I'm not going to be able to go see it this weekend but I will be able to either next Wednesday or Thursday or the weekend after that. I just know that there's going to be a lot done by the time I get over there to see it again.
Yesterday my mom made some killer chili and my uncle Dick and Ellen brought me some down last night along with some garlic bread and some kind of Mexican salad. My mom had a leak in her wall and they had to tear up the carpet to fix it so my uncle, my aunt and Ellen came over yesterday to help her put her room back together.
Stanley, Robert and Corinne are going to come down on Friday night and on Saturday we're going to go to the Gilroy outlets. We don't usually see Robert very much but my brother told him that if he did not come out to pick out his school clothes that we would take them out that we would pick them out for him and you know how finicky teenagers are?
Today we went to my new favorite place and I got some eggplant and then we went to Home Depot to get some tomato worm repellent for my mom's tomatoes. After that Brodie and I walked down to the park, only about four blocks, and Lulu drove down to meet us. We ran around the park for a little bit and try to get Brodie to chase the ball. It's funny because when she's here at the house she gets all reved up and wants to play but when we take her to the park she will catch the ball a few times and then take it and go under a tree and try to prop it. Dogs are so funny.
Yesterday my mom made some killer chili and my uncle Dick and Ellen brought me some down last night along with some garlic bread and some kind of Mexican salad. My mom had a leak in her wall and they had to tear up the carpet to fix it so my uncle, my aunt and Ellen came over yesterday to help her put her room back together.
Stanley, Robert and Corinne are going to come down on Friday night and on Saturday we're going to go to the Gilroy outlets. We don't usually see Robert very much but my brother told him that if he did not come out to pick out his school clothes that we would take them out that we would pick them out for him and you know how finicky teenagers are?
Today we went to my new favorite place and I got some eggplant and then we went to Home Depot to get some tomato worm repellent for my mom's tomatoes. After that Brodie and I walked down to the park, only about four blocks, and Lulu drove down to meet us. We ran around the park for a little bit and try to get Brodie to chase the ball. It's funny because when she's here at the house she gets all reved up and wants to play but when we take her to the park she will catch the ball a few times and then take it and go under a tree and try to prop it. Dogs are so funny.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Santa Cruz was beautiful
I cannot believe how incredible my house in Santa Cruz is looking. Every time I go there I am more amazed at how gorgeous it is. This time we remember to take pictures. The apartment upstairs is framed and it looks like they are going to get the roof on before it starts raining.
After we went to Santa Cruz my mom and I went to Holders Country Inn for lunch but we both ended up having breakfast, I think that is my new favorite place for breakfast. I had a spinach, sour cream, bacon and green onion soufflé with Swedish pancakes. Of course it was so big I brought half of it home for breakfast tomorrow.
After we went to Santa Cruz my mom and I went to Holders Country Inn for lunch but we both ended up having breakfast, I think that is my new favorite place for breakfast. I had a spinach, sour cream, bacon and green onion soufflé with Swedish pancakes. Of course it was so big I brought half of it home for breakfast tomorrow.
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