IDLE WILD

Newest Cali surfer :)

May be awhile before I post anything with family coming to hang for a couple of months (more or less). Having to just order the bed frames to finish off the rooms, store stuff in the attic, groom the dogs and some general house cleaning. At least my cousin finished converting the 4 ton central unit downstairs to a 5 ton, and repaired the 4 ton one upstairs so we will not kill each other during our crazy humid southern summers lol. Really could use a pool for the kids but had the attic insulated for around 3k (which is a good deal for a 4000 sq. ft. home...and it repels bugs). Thank heavens my credit allowed it. Thought I'd never recover from losing the beach house during the hurricanes.

And Jim has been here a lot...so things got really bad because I don't idle for long. I WILL put a paint brush, hammer, water hose, broom, or something in your hand if ya hang for a good while lol. I just have lots to do and have to push on. He decided to split and talked of separating. I am soooo good with that...and don't let the door hit ya in the butt lol! No time for playing into his drama antics right now. Also to breathe around here...had my new fountain delivered and visited with Cinnamon, talk with others on phone, PS3, FB, emails...so not really starving for intelligent communication nor do I have to hold anyone's hand and baby step them (well...except a few young players in the games but only because I don't mind ;) Glad I didn't remarry him and take his last name :P Not about to happen either and BEGGING Shell and the breeder to let me add them to my will. Talking with attorneys to update it. Last time my sister gave him a dog before we split for a year...the poor thing ended up in a homeless girls hands. Don't EVEN want to think what happened to little Sadie. I had sooo many red flags from the first date I asked him out on to the first week I moved him into my lake house. I'm really sooo good with what he wants.

To add to the chaos so my idle time will be pleasant...I had the Terminix pest control contract renewed and added the new mosquito service they have. So far it seems to work!!! I just told them to PLEASE don't come and spray the outside...then wait till we get together and do the inside. Running all the bugs in here from outside really makes things worse. And I really am usually THAT busy lol :D  Except my mornings :) I can nurse 2-3 coffees for about 3 hours over the news and gaming :}  Takes time for a dyslexic to figure out what planet she is on, her name, and where are my eyeballs :l the little nim nose PS3 Home games aren't that involving nor require too much attention lol!

So still have to hook up TV in guest room and get it to handshake one of my PS3 systems, then download the dish app to it and call Dish for the code to enable it in there. It won't extend my
contract and it's only $7 per month!! Awesome how things are these days! Plus they can play HD movies or rent blu ray ones...whatever they want...including game :) Although they are Xbox people
lol...I'm sure they aren't coming out with their Xbox games so they will have to make do with PS# or my Xbox and it's games downstairs. Just where are those Final Fantasy and Sims players? Shell use to play :(((( Oh...and PS4? No home or blu ray but seems pretty awesome and has built in capture card! And I did steal a moment to play with my graphics program and start up my 3rd FB game account since the FB game one has over 2k lol (not to mention I don't play the FB games anymore since the PS consoles are now working!!). Just slapped some colorful smoke brushes on and threw chrome initial up :/  Talking about a quickie lol :D

1 of these trees..ain't like the other :l

Anything else I may need to do...I will try but I am sure I won't get it done. It's ok too. They aren't so much guests as they are dear family :) I think the kids will have a blast doing the go cart, helping me roof the dog house, pulling out the teak table to seat 8-10 and staining the middle...and if not...there are those game consoles lol. Or movies. Or crafts. Or drawings, blackberries, exploring, tree house building, visiting cousins, going into the city, etc. :) They can find me in the mornings paing homage to java, PS, and the news with hair disheveled :l

Talking Texas de Brazil for Bdays, seeing the largest cypress tree in the world, catfish, family, stocked wet bars, BBQ's, watermelon, photos, music...and lots of hugs :) Definitely dropping my brushes, hammers, cement, and probably neglect the gardens a tad in lieu of love and fun! Got to call my brother too and let him know "incoming" lol. I keep wanting to join him in a multiplayer game on Xbox but not sure if he has time anymore but I'm sure he will stop and join for  some family reunion time as well! It will be a wild ride and we will all turn our backs in unison to drama for some good memories!

And this months bdays to most of us, step dad, dad, me, Memory, Danny....oh dear....tooo many of us lol!! :D It's aaalllll good in the neighborhood! Well...idling over here on the blues trail for now anyhow ;)

*And Oh my gosh!! How can I forget? Kudo's to my cuz for literally burying my grandmother by digging her grave by hand on a Sunday! I wept when I learned that. He's just always been there for us all. Seems the guy with the back hoe wasn't going to work on a Sunday NOR let them use it in the family grave yard. How cruel and sad but thanks and tons of good karma to Chad!*

 

Coming Together Again

Things are a bit crazier than usual this week with Jim in Georgia and looking at a house, my daughter touching down in California from Japan the past 24 hours, and I have 2 king beds on the landing to go back into 2 of the bedrooms, cousin finishing 5 ton AC conversion for one floor and making sure both floors are running, fountains ordered for my step dad's birthday and custom one for the balcony, lights done on the balcony and prep for painting house....did I mention calls trying to get test results from out of network doctor and nothing for over a week, still trying to get MRI rescheduled from network doctor going on 4 months now? They are scaring me. Almost 4 months and I will wait for their promised call for 2 weeks so I won't feel like a stalker :l  Either they are forgetful or just want to drop the ball but I deserve the results at least along with an explanation. I think I will have to go back to my general physician and request insurance network doctors up in TN. :/  At least the Ms. docs nurses don't tell me they are doctors, omg.

I have learned through they years not to let all the madness get to me. I do what I can and if those around me don't understand the disarray...then they need to learn lol. It was great to see a cousin and talk of family this week. He laughed about me still spending money others left to tape on the walls of my restaurant bar (I spent the big bills and find sheets of ones now and then). I cried, laughed, and

learned new things like how he had to dig my grandmothers grave because the guy with the back hoe refused to work on Sunday. I also talked with a couple more family members from my mother's side online (FB) while they are visiting the land that has been in the family for probably about 100 years or more. And my paternal family of Virginia with all the roads named after us (Holland), it was disappointing to see the house prices out of our budget. Jim's work is looking for someone out near Richmond and also an opening in Raleigh NC. I tried to look in between the 2 hoping to take on both cities lol but nothing so Ga. is hopeful. I do love this house here and it is in God's hands....I hope. I asked for direction and good with whatever wind or still calm he brings.

But man I feel bad about the over busy realtor I have him meeting tomorrow! I really should've looked for someone who had more time for us since we have to come from out of town. I home in on what I want, check the aerials, HOA fees, location, photos, demographics, sq. footage etc. and know what I am looking for and what I can work with until this one is sold or rented so there isn't a lot of leg work they have to do. With as many houses as my daughter has bought between California, Hawaii, and Florida...I always wished she was a realtor but she just graduated and is now a doctor! Not sure exactly what kind of doctor and she didn't have to do 6 full years like I did but she already has job offers and I am proud of her! Most of my family is small business owners so I am glad that I am not alone in obtaining a higher education amongst us all ;)

So for now I will go between cleaning up projects around here, setting up guest rooms, securing dogs, finishing taxes, and call every 2 or 3 weeks to these doctors for test results (lord why am I paying for this?!???). I am going to focus my energy on the few brief moments I get to see my daughter and grandchildren before they are off again. These meetings or pass bys are precious to me. Time flys so quickly when you've covered most of the miles on your journey through life.

Till then...I made a video (playing) from the pics I had on this computer of us all coming together through the years. I hated I didn't have any of my grandparents but I wish all love, peace, understanding, and togetherness. Especially those in Gaza and Israel.

 

 

DRIVE OR BACK UP

Still trying to get appt. rescheduled with the doctor in my insurances network and it's been 3 months since I had to cancel...but can't get rescheduled :l  I don't know why it is so difficult to go to the doctor anymore but it seems the world is totally backwards or upside down. I think Obama is a nice man and always tried to say something nice about him but I think he just made the low ranks whereas leaders are concerned. Especially when he traded 5 convicted terrorists for one soldier who left his post. Seems the lame are favored; like the nanny seeking law suits and squatting in the house of her former employers. WTH is wrong with people??!? I know they have rights but when it is written soooo clear and large on the wall...wouldn't that allow the righteous to have double the rights or something? Anything?

Bulbs from same pack

Now my son in law is one term short from a full career in the marines but they prefer him to retire now with no mustering or whatever like my dad, grandfather, great grandfather, etc. Isn't his fault those CIA behaved immorally when watching Obama. That training was up to their parents lol. He is a sweet, smart, loving man whose children are kind, grateful, very intelligent, and the most loving kids anyone could come across. Very well behaved. I am very proud of them but no longer do I fly a flag for this country at this time where we are Corporate America and driven further from the hands of good sound citizens. We are slowly removed from being a nation under God...more under AT&T and horrid Insurances, etc. I try to spend more and more money toward Europe, Christian based companies and refrain as much as possible from places like Walmart or other places hiring immigrants in other countries to make their products. It will kill me to say goodbye to Horchow but at least they rectify something quickly and are soooo friendly. It just takes up too much time to send something back and hope the replacement will match...like the 2 lamps here. I ordered one for my foyer table but thought it belonged in the dining room so ordered another to have the pair replace the buffet lamps I had and didn't match as well. Not only are they of different heights, weights, and fabric but the finish is different too (one is more 'antiqued', the other, gold). I guess they don't have quality control in china :/

Neighborhood Grass Terrorist

Well my internet is down right now but since I am in this page, I thought that I'd blog anyway and keep it up until it decides to connect me to the outside world. I still have this equipment that needs to be hooked up and guess I won't see that guy anymore so WTH am I supposed to do with all this? And the PS 4 is still in the box lol. I think the judge I see will be fair and reasonable. That's all. But if my neighbor keeps blocking my husband and leaving ruts in the yard, I think suing him when I plant my azalea's out there will be difficult in court because he is from here. Billy Bub's, John Boy's, and Bubba's are always the cousin of someone's friend around these parts so I think they side with that mess :P Hopefully not but the boy just looks money hungry and I can only assume he is trying to provoke Jim to knock his block off so he can sue or something. They don't even have their children so that is already a HUGE red flag in my books. Probably got some meth lab in their basement with some of the people in and out too. What those with drug money gets us. A white trash neighborhood terrorist :l

Excited to see my daughter and her family. She has graduated so I can just give her the boxes from Christmas and money to help them start out. Of course when they find a place I am just dying to buy her something very nice as a house warming too :} More than likely from Potterybarn, Horchow, or QVC. They have been my favorite shop spots the past year or so. My 4 yr. old grandson will have a blast in the dog's house. Jim worked on it for Father's day and Paro's birthday weekend while I made watermelon coolers, orange sorbet, and ground up rib eyes for hamburgers on the grill. Maybe we can get him a little chair and they will let us get them a puppy while they are here. We will do the roof in brown with brown trim and Jim still has to cut the dog bone window out and lay some sod. Of course the painting and gardening with dog friendly plants will be last (I had to plant some for now so I could maneuver around the patio without using a GPS lol).

My step dad came out last weekend too. I tried to spoil him as much as possible and enjoyed his company. I sucked him for all I could on his gardening knowledge lol. He and my mother inspired me to grow climbing roses, butterfly bushes, purple crepe myrtle etc. like theirs. Now I have sooo many and lost for what to do with them. A lot of them are already planted on the front 3 acres but a bit apprehensive with the behavioral deficient neighbor running lose :/ What neighborhoods do they tell their kids to go ride their AV's in the neighbors yards and not theirs anyway? Oh well...I've been blogging about doing the gardens and of my plans. Not like it's anything new lol. He'll just have to pay for what he runs over and I'm not going to let him stop my plans nor wait for him to find respect of other's property. Some people and things are a bit slow here. Ok. Maybe a lot lol :D

And I'm dumb too. To trust in others thinking they will get something right or believe their word is good. But to lose faith in our county...ohhhh brother! That's a scary thought. But really...we haven't gotten much better and releasing the terrorists is several steps backwards, a waste of all that money towards war that put us in an economic crunch, and made us more vulnerable.

But kudos for this town for cleaning up the hospital in the time we have lived here as well as getting the first practicing doctor AND commercial! That's progress. Nice to see we aren't going backwards there. And if  Obama can tear down what we have worked sooo hard to do in obtaining those responsible for the 9/11 attacks....maybe we can reverse this Obama care mess and move forward when his term is up. Of course I am still waiting for us to undo this Corporate America mess we've been in since the 80's and the thought of another 2.5 yrs. with him is depressing. Like all this rain we've been having. Only sunshine for 2 weeks so far this summer. Or working sooo hard on this place in the house, removing trees, growing plants and grass only to have another set us back? Dear Lord I need an hour on a couch with someone intelligent (and not a nurse who says she is a doctor :l).

Maybe we will get to put it in reverse by renting this place and moving out of state. Or country lol...now that my husband's work is international?!? Ahhhhhh. What a lovely thought :}

 

 

Now to put it in drive and let Horchow know that not only FedX is hapless, but that China is slipping too. Still :/

*UPDATE: Horchow is not only replacing it by shipping one out now but they are also sending someone out to pick the odd one up so I won't have that long drive to the nearest FedX! :D How awesome is that for service?!?? :))))) Never goodbye to service like that ;) ~sigh~ :}