Random Things

Better? Well maybe not better...in this case it's more like not even close...

It seems that down here in our area of the country, mold likes to grow. A lot of mold likes to grow here. I was sick of looking at the mold in the shower (the bleach turned it white and the vinegar killed it for a while, but it just keeps coming back.)

I have been meaning to re-caulk the shower for weeks now. I mean how hard can it be, right?

It took a lot longer to remove the old caulk than I thought it would. Thanks for making it look easy, Brian!

Katie was in there trying to "help". By that I mean, telling me how I should go about removing the caulk. That was entertaining.

I finally got it removed, cleaned up my mess and loaded up the gun to start caulking.

Uh...that does NOT look right. Let's see..."easy water cleanup" it says on the tube. Yeah, that just removed it again and in some parts actually made it look worse. Ugh! Good thing I bought 2 tubes!

I am so glad I can laugh at myself. I did NOT do a great job, but I did the best I could. I think that deserves a pat on the back! I mean, I did what I planned on doing, right? Could I have done it better? Uh...probably, but I think I'll just learn from my mistakes this time around. Maybe next time it will look great.

Next time??

Yeah...mmm....well...I think we'll just let Brian take care of that.

I am happy that I was able to get rid of the moldy caulk, clean the mold out of those nasty little spaces and at least make it white again. I hope to stay mold free until at least the end of January when Brian gets back.

Kasey thought it might be fun to sneak over and eat Katie's cake...notice the spoon says KATIE on it :)
Gotta love red eye!

My little smooch turned 4 today!! She is big stuff!!! :-)

I actually made it to the doc today....after fighting on the phone yesterday and this morning. The good news is that this morning the numbness was almost gone. My lip is still a little numb, but that's it. It's so strange.

It's NOT Bell's palsy. Phew!

Totally frustrated with our current health insurance, but I am not going to complain about them right now. Maybe some other time. I just want it noted that I am frustrated.

OK...so the doc can't explain the numbness. She can, however, offer me "reassurance" since the numbness is going away on its own. They did some neurological tests on me and those were fine. So evidently it was some random thing that happened and there is no way to pinpoint what caused it.

Weird.

So I guess that's better than bad news, right? It could have gone much worse I suppose. I am glad I didn't drag the kids to the ER with me to get checked out. That would have been painful. Is it just me or have strange things been occurring since we moved to Florida? The other explanation I've been given (thanks, Cathy!) is that I am getting older and these things just happen. Hehe. What can you do?

My little smoochie turns 4 tomorrow! Yippeee!! She is so excited :)

I'll get some more pictures up here soon.

I woke up this morning and my lower lip was numb. Well the lower right portion...and I am still numb. And the area next to my right eye and below it is numb too. Yikes! So I called the doc's office (they are not known for their efficiency, but I had to do something). They ended up calling me back a couple hours later and think it's Bell's palsy. Sounds scary, but should only be temporary...

-woke up at 6 am
-went back to bed for a little bit and then ended up waking up later than I should have to get the kids to day care.
-wanted to shampoo the van before work, but it was raining so I couldn't. bummer.
-took the trash out
-sat on the couch and watched Fox News for a bit while drinking hot coffee (this is a luxury I don't often get to take advantage of)
-had multiple conference calls
-gave a presentation to my team about my top account. It went great!
-brought the trash can back to the house and took the yard waste to the curb (the spaghetti weeds...please see previous blog)
-took a shower
-had some lunch
-picked up the kitchen
-chatted with Brian
-worked, worked, worked
-found out that an old colleague of mine is BACK! That was exciting news! I hope I get to work with him again in his new role.
-got some groceries at the commissary
-ordered a NEW COMPUTER! WOO!! I haven't gotten a new desktop since September 2000. It was time.
- HP Pavilion Elite m9000z PC
- Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit)
- AMD Athlon(TM) 64 X2 5600+ dual-core - 2.8GHz
- 3GB DDR2-667MHz dual channel SDRAM (2x1024,2x512)
- 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT, TV-out, DVI-I, HDMI
- 500GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
- LightScribe 16X max. DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti drive
- 15-in-1 memory card reader, 2 USB, 1394, video, audio
- ATSC-NTSC TV tuner with PVR, FM tuner, remote
- Integrated 7.1 channel sound w/front audio ports
- Norton Internet Security(TM) 2007 - 15 Months
- Microsoft(R) Works 8.0
- HP multimedia keyboard and HP optical mouse
-made dinner
-bathed the children
-painted my toe nails and finger nails bright RED!
-found out my brother and his wife sold their house. yay!
-fed the dog
-am looking forward to vegging out a bit and going to bed
-did NOT watch HSM for the first time in weeks. I was able to talk Katie into watching SpongeBob instead.

Our flower beds in the back yard have been overtaken by weeds. So many weeds. It was gorgeous out this weekend so I did a little backyard cleaning while the kids and the dog played. I got the Garden Claw out and began tearing up the flower bed.

I compare my experience to that of eating spaghetti.

The roots on these weeds were so long! It was like the Garden Claw was a giant fork and I was twirling spaghetti noodles around and around to make a nice and neat bite so as not to make a giant mess.

Sheesh!

These noodles, however, had a few unwelcome guests. The kids were playing with the rolly polly family they found in the dirt and I kept dodging the beetles, bees, spiders and frogs that kept sneaking out of the dirt. There are some really big bugs out here. Have I mentioned that?

And evidently this is the time of year for all the baby lizards to come out and play. Holy cow! There has been this one little lizard stuck in one of the windows in our front room for about a week. The cat amuses me as he tries to get the pesky little critter...he just can't quite figure out why he is unable to get it. Keeps him busy. hehe!

Kasey telling Dash how it is...

I'm really not trying to poke my eye out...it's just a hair clip!