Housework done!
What a busy week+ it’s been! We got two bedrooms painted and two bedrooms swapped around, and a mountain of laundry cleaned, folded and put away! I even managed to dislodge half a Carl’s Jr. cheeseburger from Casie’s throat and save her life! (That’ll teach Cody to leave a cheeseburger on his bed…)
We’re all extremely exhausted and enjoying our first night off in quite some time. We watched “Failure to Launch” (With Cathy Bates and Matthew Mcconaughey) which was a very cute and funny feel-good movie. Perfect for when you want to smile and feel all warm inside. 
I’ve got part of my garage back as well, and even have my woodworking bench and a computer desk to work on projects in the garage! Next will be working on my music computer and finishing up my music room. It’s been over a year and a half, it’s time to get-er done! Oh… and at some point in the near future we’ll be *cringe* painting the main bathroom upstairs! At least by then our arms won’t be all rubbery from all the painting we’ve done lately.
I have a confession to make…
I Kissed a Girl and I Liked It… the taste of her cherry chapstick…
WHY oh WHY do I have to like this song? And why does it get stuck in my head for hours and hours on end? The lyrics… oh so silly. It’s SOOOOOO corny and something I totally do not relate to (no offense to my girlfriends, lol). Yet when it comes on I turn up the radio and sing along. It’s kind of embarrassing.
Then it hit me. I can’t NOT like this song. It’s going to forever be associated with an awesome memory. In all it’s corniness and stupidity, I will always associate this song with fun times.
When we were in California we rented a limo at the suggestion of our hotel receptionist to transport us to Medieval Times. (Amazingly it was the cheapest way to get nine people 30 miles away from our hotel in SoCal.) For most of our kids it was the first time in a limousine. It was a very fancy limo with lights all over the inside, free drinks, DVD player, and an awesome stereo. As I was messing with the stereo this song came on and the kids made me stop and turn it up. So I obliged and all of them (the older ones at least) sang this whole song in unity while dancing in their seats, etc. They had such a blast being all cool in the limo, singing this song.
So, that’s my confession. I like this song. Please don’t hate me.
Calgon, come clean my house…
Remember those old soap commercials where the house was a mess and going crazy with activity, and the mom would exclaim “Calgon, take me away!” then sink into a bubble bath? The heck with that, Calgon can just come clean my house thanks. 
We reconstructed Casey and Cody’s bunk bed and did some minor cleanup around the house yesterday, today we’re jumping in full force. Kevin’s room is prepared for painting, and we’ve got a bunch of laundry to wash, fold and put away, as well as the random house “Stuff” to find homes for on one drawer/closet or another.
I feel a little more rested today than I have in previous months after our monthly downtime at work. (This is the fun ritual of going in to work at around 11:00pm one Saturday each month to patch our network servers and reboot them without impacting our users.) I actually managed to get home by 2:00am.. yay!
At Noon Ralph and some friends are coming over so we can load my hot tub into the truck and take it over to his place. Oh how I dread moving that hot tub!
At some point this morning me and the boys have to hit the Mall to get our hair cut, and assemble my Build-A-Bear that I got for my Birthday!
Congratulations to Jackie and the Grizzlies for winning their 3rd football game of the season 27-6 yesterday as well!
Kevin’s new bed
We picked up a bed/desk all-in-one unit today that Kevin found on Craig’s list in Gresham. It looks in real good condition.
So this weekend will be jam packed with activities as well! I’ll be re-assembling Casey and Cody’s bunk beds to give them their “Living Room” area for them to watch TV. (I’m looking for a kids sized couch for it now..) and the room arrangements for Kevin and Melissa.
We’ll also likely be letting them paint and decorate them while we’re doing this. Whew! At least it beats chopping wood!
P.S.
Ralph! Come get this Hot tub!
Maybe it should be crazytracie.com
I’ve contemplated changing the name and domain of this blog to crazytracie.com — because that’s what my life is. CrAzY. It seems the older I get the more there is to get done, the more there is to deal with, and the time flies faster and faster.
There’s so much going on that I struggle to figure out where to start when it comes to updating this. Some of it good, some of it scary, some of exciting, and it all adds up to stress for us. Some of it is good stress, but stress is stress.
In the health and diabetes department I’m pretty much just coasting along. There’s been so much going on I don’t even have time to think about it, take my walks, worry about food, etc. I’ve been basically scraping by taking my meds and attempting to eat somewhat healthy.
In the financial department I’m so so tired of the roller coaster ride from the banks, mortgage industry, etc. I knew I had reason to worry. Thanks to the market nose-dive, we’re upside down on our mortgage. I try not to stress about it too much but it’s hard not to, ya know? I mean.. we’re in the HOLE as far as this house is concerned without a lot of options. When we bought our first house, we had a great loan but not such a great house. The second time around we got a great house but not such a great loan. If there ever is a third time I pray we get BOTH right.
In the family department we’re doing good. We’ve got kids in football, choir (two of them in choir), safety patrol, drama/theater production, etc. It makes for never a dull moment around here. There’s also exciting, scary, and new stuff happening. Unfortunately it falls into the category of Things I Cannot Post on the Internet. At least not right now. For those of you in our life that know what’s going on, all I can say is thank you for your support, encouragement, and the help offered and given in this new adventure for us. It means a lot.
That’s all for now. I’ll try to update this more often.
