Saturday, February 07, 2009

It's been awhile...

Yeah, I know. I have myself spread a little thin these days and it is a sad, sad thing.

First of all, that arty thing on my fireplace was a sale item at Pier One. Who knew? Our minds have moved past the house and into the yard. We've been watching shows like "Yard Crashers" and some other similar show where the yards all are disastrous like ours and then magic happens. I am paying a lot of attention to crushed gravel, limestone patios and tall trees so that I can cover our lack of grass and block out the barrio. As soon as we do taxes, we'll go ahead and set a new budget for Phase 2 projects and get moving. Also, heavy trash for real trash is this month so we are going to gut our converted garage and starting on that renovation. Add to that the outside building need for some new wood and paint and we will be busy. I have the end date of Dylan's birthday for the yard and outside of building to be completed because that's where I want his party.

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Stuff that makes me mad: Ticketmaster. I hate them. Hate. Flight of the Conchords tickets went on sale here in Houston this morning at 10 am. 10:02 am and none were available. Go eff yourself, Ticketmaster. The more I dig, I keep seeing all this presale stuff and basically I never had a chance. I mean, you don't try to checkout much earlier than 10:02 am. Hate.



Stuff that is mildly amusing: Dylan is in love with drumming on Guitar Hero World Tour. He talks about it constantly and when he hear "Livin on a Prayer" on the radio, he realized that he could be surronded by its wonderfulness constantly. Didn't take him long to get better than me, all I hear is "Red, Yellow, Red, Yellow!!"

Off to Chicago tomorrow through Thursday...one day I'll settle down and get caught up on things. Until then...

6 comments:

shannon said...

bummer on the flight of the conchords.
love the line... 'ain't no tea party like my grandma's tea party.' cracks me up everytime.
nick's hoping baby bean will be a video game fan. for now he has me. and i find myself saying red, green, yellow, blue!
have a great trip!

Jaime said...

Ya I've had problems with ticketmaster in the past too. Drives me NUTSO. Have fun in Chicago!

AbbieTorroll said...

you always CRACK me up with your blog posts!! That picture of you son and hubby playing Rock Band is GREAT!! LOL Sorry life has been so hectic for ya!! no fun!

Rita said...

You were trying to get Flight of the Conchords tickets and Jim was trying to get Bruce Springsteen tix at the same time...just might have been too much for ticketmaster to handle.

One of my favorite memories of the last year is Jackson asking if he could download The Devil Went Down to Georgia and asking if I'd ever heard that song. Uh, yeah...how have you heard it?

Kory said...

Lovin' seeing Dylan playing the drums and so good to hear that you guys love Guitar Hero! I think I am going to get it for Ed for his birthday this year!

ellen s. said...

flight of the conchords...i would have been jealous here. u sound busy. hey. at least bush is gone. what up!?