Treading Projects

I am here and offering you a visual....
Imagine you are in a swimming pool full of unfinished projects that are all individually screaming at you, insisting that they need to be done first. That is my life I am barely treading projects instead of water right now. I could go on and on about the list of to-do's but I will spare you the pain because some of you out there can't risk your blood pressure being elevated and that is the result of reading my to do list. I am offering my friends and family an open invitation at this point to any and all who could b-s their way through drywall patching.....because you see, we have invited 3+ company employees into our home to kindly give us an estimate of the costs of such a repair. The first came out and said,"I will email you the estimate in a few days" ......still waiting for that one (been over a month) the second sent us the estimate but might at well have taped a sticker to my rear that says, "please take advantage of my laziness and don't even think of giving me a bid anywhere within the realm of my yearly income" and the third just plain stood us up last night. So we are at a stand still and I will email pictures of our piss-poor job if we end up having to do this ourselves. PEOPLE THIS COULD BE HURTFUL!!!! And to think this is only one of the many projects to do. So I will apologize in advance to those who think we may have the time or the means for visiting, or serving our fellow man....because the answer, (until the first half of my list is done) will be a kindly not now. Otherwise, I am going to go INSANE. Wow it is very theraputic to type the word insane in all caps...try it sometime. Any way I WANT to go to California and visit my sisters and the newest addition to the Spencer grandkids (coming soon) but the carpets need cleaned. I would love to visit the Mothership, (Idaho) to see the rest of the Idaho clan and more but sadly the trim needs painted and gently reattached to the living room since the tile is finished. I would absolutely love to take that Cruise that I wished for my 10th anniversary, but had to forgo last year due to signing papers on our new home here, BUT......I regrettfully inform all who are reading this blog that the weeds are so tall in the back yard that we broke our weed whacker thrying to cut them down and so I will spend the next half of eternity pulling the suckers out by hand. BOO HOO. THE END

Weekend getaway update

So we just got back today from our weekend getaway courtesy of HP. We left Friday about 11 am and headed through the Rockise to Beautiful Beaver Creek Mountain Resort near Vail, Colorado. We enjoyed Jacuzzi sittin', swimming in the mountain air despite rain sprinkles most of Saturday, A fabulous Swedish massage for Moi! as well as the spa's complete aquatic experience (or something like that) They have a couple different temperature hot tubs to choose from with waterfalls in one and then a rain shower that you can customize by choosing the zones you want to activate, and last but not least a steam room that has fiber optic lights in the ceiling that twinkle like stars. Chad had a hard time pulling himself away from that one. The company had a dinner banquet Saturday night that was to die for. It included mussels in the shell, fillet mignon, with a yummy bernaise sauce, garlic mashed potatoes, halibut in cream sauce, a salmon pate appetizer, and about 5 different types of veggies such as asparagus, thin green bean looking things with a weird name, a broccoli/carrot mix, etc. and to topit off about 4-5 different kinds of dessert : creme brulle' (spelling?), a chocolate mousse rolled concoction, a triple berry tart, and a couple more that I didn't try. We enjoyed watching the open bar crowd and were nicknamed Bubbles for the remainder of the evening because one of the associates husbands asked if he could get us another drink and I said "Sure, OJ with sparking water..." He just stood there dumbstruck. This was wine tasting hour as well as an open bar and we were having OJ with bubbles. So needless to say when he was supplying the crowd with pineapple shots of some sort he would hold the tray out to us and then say, "oh yeah Bubbles..." then move on to the next person. We had a good time. Friday night they had a party outside where they had popcorn, music, drinks, a S'more bar with all the makings and a bon fire. They actually had a chef out there making home made marshmellows and handing out the recipe. Something we plan on trying for FHE one of these weeks. It was nice to get away but I feel overwhelmed with all there is to do around here. Stress is really getting me down lately and I know my physical health is suffering because of it. It is stressful trying to decide how to minimize stress!!! Tanner starts swim lessons this week and so I will swim laps and see if that helps. See I am trying to help myself out here! Wish me luck and peace! Rach

Limbo anyone?

I feel as if my life is in a state of limbo....we don't belong here....we don't yet belong there....If we are going to sell our house, we can't "really live" in it. Where will we stay if it sells quickly?...what will we do if it doesn't?...Do we buy?...Do we (dare I say) Rent until we know it is permanent?....We can't travel (gotta build the nest egg for the moving expenses).....Will they compensate for the relocation?....SEE WHAT I MEAN?


Yesterday I kinda had a meltdown. It all seems too much. The prep of our current home for sale, the HOA breathing down my neck as if doing so will make my grass grow faster and more even, The stress of deciding what can be lived without in the "limbo time" and what must stay, I emailed Chad my "vent-out" then went outside for the most part of the day and pulled weeds till my fingers bled. Today I don't want to do anything.......so laundry it is (all you mom's know what I mean) On days you feel like vegging you can declare laundry day and veg to your heart's content. I am looking forward to this weekend when we will ditch the kids at a friend's house and head up into the Rockies for a little R &R. Chad's job presented him with a weekend getaway at Beaver Creek Mountain Resort, A 5 star resort where we will enjoy fine dining, spa package, and optional golfing or horseback riding...etc. So I will shut my door and all the things that NEED to be done and enjoy putting off the inevitable for yet another weekend. As you can see my feelings are mixed. Anyway, things will be fine once I get back from the insane assylum which I will end up in at some point before we're settled again.
For the record,.....all those who assisted me in the move to Colorado from Idaho, THANK YOU. I am on my own this time around. I am in a ward full of wonderful people who have moved a zillion times but have had the benefit of living life as normal until moving day when a truck shows up and a team of professionals get out and box up the entire house in one day for them. So noone here even knows what I am going through, nor can commisserate with my self inflicted fate. So I suffer alone. Wha-Wha-Wha (Debbie Downer-SNL skit you gotta see)
I sign off for now until I feel like I need to vent again. Rachel

Here again!!

So here I am again, Sorry to all those waiting patiently for my next blurb...We have been crazy busy lately with life. We found out the big J O B is moving us once again. So we are anticipating a trip to visit New Mexico. Kids are less than thrilled with the turn of events but the opportunity is too much to pass up. The kids are always excited about a new adventure, but a bit leary. At any rate we are packing up, sizing down and utilizing the time they have allotted for us to our best advantage......It is amazing how many times I opened a box after the last move and said to myself, "Why did I pack this?!?!?!?" So I am hell-bent on avioding that mistake again. I am getting rid of a lot of stuff. That is what life is all about.... sluffing off the old and unused and moving on to new and simple. I know I have pics of the house we are in now, but unable to find them. So I may have to take others. I will also work on the kiddo pics too. My kids are the stereotypical, "Bored." this summer no matter how many times I have tried to give them jobs and chores. You'd think they would learn, but nope they still are, "not having much fun round here!" We go swimming from time to time and we go shopping, to the library, but they always seem to want more. The only thing that saves me from feeling obligated to run them around town occupying every spare moment is the fact that they are told to straiten up before we leave and it takes most of the day to accomplish this small feat due to side tracking and stubborn dis-belief that Dear Old Mom will follow through on the stipulations. fun huh!!!

I can't stand the PRESSURE!!!!

I finally submitted to peer/family pressure to create a blog.....so here goes.
I have been browzing the blogs of family and friends and I admit it does help to feel connected to those I haven't seen in a while. I will warn you my blogs may sound ornery sometimes....(mostly the first week of every month). But I will try hard to be uplifting and encouraging.
My sweetie called me a couple days ago and asked if I could find a babysitter for the kids to stay at this weekend. He won (at work) a 2 night stay at the PGA golf course hotel (I am invited to accompany him)and a golf tournament to boot (which I will not be involved in). So I am looking forward to a weekend with him and a little R & R. I recently drove 15 hours to Idaho to visit Family and Friends and when I returned I came home to a houseful of my sweetie's family and then got them on the road at the end of the weekend to have dinner guests for Sunday night dinner so needless to say after the dinner guests I have been trying to catch up on my rest between a dentist appointment (Has anyone out there had what my dentist calls a "catch-up cleaning?) then a heavy duty grocery trip to restock after trip and guests, a movie afternoon (Horton hears a Who ****) and other such necessities. Next week will be massive cleaning efforts cause anyone who knows me well knows that the deep cleaning gets done when I have a social function that I am hosting. Next week I host both Bunko Group and a Pampered Chef Club meeting one night after the other. So I will try to make my "lived in" house look like it is.......well....not. Till next blog, Au Revior (sp?)

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