A Dom's life for me

Men as Sex Objects~Vampires

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:18:00 +0000

Men as Sex Objects~John Cleese

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:05:00 +0000

View from my bed

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:25:00 +0000

And here I thought life would slow down after the Pirate Festival…more fool me.

I spent the weekend moving my BFF…and cleaning her old place. Her landlord had to sell and she got a 30 day notice…so, we had to find her a new place and get her moved pronto. She did find a place only 10 blocks from where she used to be…so, no new schools for her son, or new utility companies to deal with. Just a matter of getting things switched over…and packing and unpacking…but, it is less money every month, so that is a bonus.

My whippet/heeler bitch broke the small bones in her hind leg…how, I don’t know. So now, I am dealing with casts, pain meds and antibiotics…she is feeling better and trying to get those meds in her is a bit tricky. Good news is, she is in a much smaller splint so she is getting around better. However, I really need to vacuum since the original cast left pieces of fluff every where she lay…and she tend to blow hair when she is nervous.

I now have my tickets and hotel lined up for my trip to GA in November to see my son graduate from Fort Benning…my mother is accompanying me on the trip, and she is already driving me crazy (er) with all the planning for said trip. I just want to see him in uniform…I have had not one picture since he left. His older brother is going to house, dog, chicken sit for me while I am gone. Him I got pictures of when he came by the other week…I will post those soon as they came out right nice. This is the son who claims to be the “pretty” one.

I did get the closet finished and I just need to get the painting done…hopefully this coming weekend. I am trying to stay home…other than a Halloween party Saturday night…have to come up with a ‘B’ movie costume…gah! In other remodeling news…the new garden window was installed in the kitchen…info and pictures to be posted on the other blog…when I actually have time to update the thing.

Men as Sex Objects~Kurt Russell

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:41:00 +0000

Men as Sex Objects~John Lennon

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:27:00 +0000

Men as Sex Objects~Sting

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:14:00 +0000

Pirate Festival 2009~Part Tri

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:07:00 +0000

Men as Sex Objects~Bathing Beauties

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:26:00 +0000

Pirate Festival 2009~Part Deux

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:57:00 +0000

Pirate Festival 2009~Part One

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:44:00 +0000

View from My Bed

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:22:00 +0000

I am still pretty darn bushed from the week end but at least I can walk now. Man, did my feet HURT! The Pirate Festival was a rousing success (again) and next year may be in my neck of the woods. The powers that be have about had it with the Portland Park system and the City of St Helens has said they would enjoy hosting the festival. I have been stealing photos from all the Brethren and will be posting them over the next few days. We went for the Guinness World record for the most Pirates in one place and won it with a count of 1651…doubtful it will stand too long…Pirates elsewhere will have to rise to the challenge…it’s in the nature of the beast.

My youngest called me Sunday morn and I got to spend about 5 minutes catching up and hearing that he was alright (you parents know what I mean). He said that they had gotten their deployment papers already and that he was going to go to Korea. This made my mother’s heart VERY happy, Korea may be misbehaving…but it beats the hell out of Iraq or Afghanistan. And as he is at Ft Benning, GA…I hope the weather clears soon.

So maybe now my gut will settle down…I have been keeping to a pretty bland diet the last few weeks, due to severe stomach upsets. No coffee, which I have pretty much quit anyhow…but even the green tea I had been drinking. I was sticking to herbals…and let me tell you, I love chamomile tea…but it just ain’t the thing to perk you up in the morning…the licorice spice wasn’t too bad though, nor was the acai berry. But now maybe I can indulge in my love for earl grey again.

Men as Sex Objects~Pirates!

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:05:00 +0000

Men in Skirts~Wicked Tinkers~Kelso 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:23:00 +0000

R.I.P.~Patrick Swayze~1952-2009

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:21:00 +0000

View from My Bed~

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:44:00 +0000

Busy week…

BFF had eye surgery a month ago, Laser touch up on her left eye, and it was healing better than it should. There were extra healthy cells pushing her lens out of whack, so she couldn’t see. I took her in to her appointment to have the cells scraped (OW!!!!) and then they glued in a contact to protect the eye. Sounds painful don’t it? It gets better…she has an allergic reaction to the glue…so I have to run her back in the next morning because her eye is swollen shut and she is in real pain now. We both work in the same office, so the boss isn’t real happy…and it is national payroll week, with our usual pot luck and other assorted things planned. I dropped off the Zuppa Tuscano that I made for the potluck on our way to the eye doctor, ran her back home and then ran back to work to prep for the new payroll this week…oh yeah, this is 9/11, which also happens to be her son’s birthday…I did manage to get his present wrapped somewhere in there.

We hit the Kelso Highland Games on Sunday; I have many pictures of the Wicked Tinkers which I will post in a separate entry. Men in kilts, bless them! I bought several new shirts and found 2 tapestries for my front room…one to cover the front window and one for the love seat my folks gave me. I also bought a new Rampant Lion flag as my old one was only a shred of its former self. The same shop had maps of Scotland that I purchased for the back bedroom, the one that will be my exercise room when I get the extra furniture out of it. I found a place that sells walking, jogging, biking tours…so I can enjoy my new treadmill more. I am going to cover the walls in maps, then I can clock miles all over the world.

I have posted a link to my calendar…I noticed I hadn’t added it yet.

Actually had time to rest and relax this weekend, decorated the front room, moved a bit of furniture back in…watched some TV (revisited Buffy)…had to do it while I could, Pirate Festival this coming weekend and I will be hopping. Yar!!!!

Wicked Tinkers~

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:57:00 +0000

Men as Sex Objects~Jason Isaacs

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:01:00 +0000

View from my Bed

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:47:00 +0000

Yawn!

I have been working my tush into the ground…but, I now have a front room again. And, most importantly, I have my computer set up again so I can update my other blog. I have been taking pictures and trying to document the work, but with the computer put away I could not utilize the information. Give me a day or so to catch up on my rest and I promise to start the updates.

In other news…

Friday was First Friday…which means a Pirate Gathering. I hadn’t been in a while due to working on the old homestead. Lots of fun and good food…I do love the Curried Chicken Pasties! The owner of the place even dressed up as a Pirate to show his solidarity, and he ordered in 3 Skulls Ales from Baron Brewing…good stuff! I really enjoyed the conversations and comradery.

Saturday the exterminator was by…cute, in a Nicolas Cage way…seems I don’t have termites, just carpenter ants. He took care of those and those darn sugar ants that have been plaguing me all summer…bless his soul. I did sign up for a service, so I can have the place taken care of once or twice a year if needed. They are a Green Exterminator, so my pups, cat and chickens won’t be paying the price for getting rid of a few pests. They are Alpha Ecological.

Saturday night was the SMTR party…that was very enjoyable. We women folk laughed all night and were thoroughly pampered. The fellas all were costumed ala Arabian nights…one in a harem costume, one as a sheik, we even had one dressed as a waiter in a white jacket and tie. There was a 5 course meal, drinks, foot rubs and the best conversations! We had chocolate mousse served in SMTR shot glasses created for the occasion, the best bon bons and mini cheesecakes to top it all off. I could get used to being served that way all the time.

Sunday, I painted my living room floor and did a bit of shopping. Mostly spent it prepping for Monday, when I would get my furniture. My youngest son called from Georgia, boot camp is going well, but his marriage is not. My new in-laws dropped by with the sad news that their daughter has left her boys with them and split for California, spending all my son’s paychecks. They care about my son as if he was theirs and even though the boys are not his, he loves them as if they are. The parents are filing for custody and want him to be a part of their lives. My son seems to be taking all this as well as could be expected, and the mother in law and I are trying to put together a trip to Georgia to see him graduate in November.
Monday I wore myself out getting furniture moved and set up again, before meeting a friend at my folk’s house to pick up my new love seat and recliner plus the treadmill and exercise bike. So I now have a front room again and with a few finishing touches will be enjoying it fully.

This coming weekend is the Kelso Highland games; we are planning on going on Sunday the 13th to see the Wicked Tinkers. We love their music and their enthusiasm, as well as the whole men in kilt thing.

The following weekend is the Pirate Festival…oy!

Men as Sex Objects~Robert Downey Jr

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:38:00 +0000

View from my Bed

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:40:00 +0000

Well, the living room floor is giving me hell…I don’t know what kind of paint was put down on it originally, but it is kicking our ass. We have tried big commercial sanders, hand sanders, heating tools and scraping and are currently trying paint strippers…sigh…the full tale of woe will be up on the other blog sometime…my computer is torn down and I am sneaking on at work and using my lap top as I am able. Mostly I am falling face first into bed and trying to sleep despite the aching muscles and joints.

We did find traces of termites…so, now I have to find an exterminator…I will be so glad when this part is finished. The rest shouldn’t be quite so involved…well, a girl can dream can’t she? The window company finally got back to me and I should have the garden window installed in my kitchen by the end of September.

Friends had a ‘cheeseburger in paradise’ party Saturday night, so I stopped working early and enjoyed a few hours with good friends, good food and Mai tai’s! It was a small affair but their home is awesome…imagine a front room that is a Tiki bar! And she always serves up homemade conch fritters…yum!

I have a SMTR party this coming weekend, lot’s of folk coming in from out of town. I will be able to put faces with names and that is always nice. I haven’t been able to do a lot on the moderating front with the computer put away, but I try to check in from my lap top in the morning and when I can at work.

Men as Sex Objects~George Clooney

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:01:00 +0000

Bucket List~A Bakers Dozen

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:42:00 +0000

Go on a dog sled ride.

Spend an afternoon on a warm, sunny beach...being waited on by pretty young men.

Fall deeply, madly, passionately in love with a man who is deeply, madly, passionately in love with me.

Own my home, mortgage free.

Place a sprig of Rosemary at the cairn in Glencoe, Scotland. I remember.

Learn to spin my own yarn.

Learn to tango.

Cook and host a Locavore dinner party.

Go on a cruise of the Scottish Isles. (or several...many)

Be serenaded in Gaelic.

Sail on a Pirate ship.

Learn to play the bagpipes.

Learn to Bellydance.

View from my bed

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:02:00 +0000

Didn't make the Treasure Hunt at the coast last week end...ended up staying home and working on the house. I have furniture coming in a few weeks and need to have the front room ready for it. So I am currently painting the ceiling and the closet and trying to prep for more work next weekend.

SMTR is supposed to have a party Labor Day weekend, I have repeatedly offer my help for it...nobody has gave me any inkling as to what they want or need me to do. So, I am assuming I am not needed and have put out a call for a work party next weekend to get my floor done.

Had a smashing time at a party last night, didn't stay too late as I needed to be up and working again today, but I got to visit with all my Pirate friends and collect hugs and catch up with everyone. And I got an order for 2 of my calendars from a friend, seems she is going to give them as gifts, Go Me!!! I haven't been making a lot of the functions in the last month or so. I do have another party next weekend and then the SMTR party on the one after. I am not at a loss for things to do...just am putting my house first. I haven't had a front room I could enjoy in a very long time, usually was taken over by one or more of my boys and their friends. Mine Again!!!!

And the extra bedroom is going to become an exercise room...my mom is giving me her tread mill and rowing bike. Visions of getting in shape and plotting my yard and gardens are what I see for the winter time.

Also have been trying to help test new web sites for SMTR...look for new and improved functionality soon, otherwise the site is rather quiet. It should pick up again after Labor Day weekend, people are still vacationing and such.

I am hoping to take a cruise of some kind January'ish...I may have to go alone although I am hoping a friend is going to go with. I actually have several different cruises on my bucket list...but I need to get a first one under my belt before I attempt some of these.

I am working away on my bucket list in my spare time (!) look for highlights of what I have so far soon. Now back to the painting...

Men as Sex Objects~Adrian Paul

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:53:00 +0000

Bucket List~

noreply@blogger.com (Kate) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:34:00 +0000

Bucket lists…you’ve seen the movie, right?

I am 51 years young, my kids have grown and moved out…and I am done putting my life on ‘hold’ because of my responsibilities that everyone kept telling me I had to put first. That sounds rather harsh in the light of day…but for my generation at least, we were brought up during the transition between ‘Women belong at home and in the kitchen’…traditional duties, so to speak…and the ‘burn your bra’ feminist years. I don’t mind telling you that it was confusing to say the least…everyone has had an opinion on what or how I should be. Life kinda got away from me while I was figuring things out. Now that I have less day to day distractions I am trying to remember all those things I dreamed of doing in my youth…
I have managed to achieve a few…

I have gotten a tattoo.
I own my own home.
I am a licensed Animal Facility.
I have a Passport.

But, there is so much more that I would like to experience, be, do…hence my list. You can blame it on Jimmy…Jimmy Buffett. I am currently reading A Pirate Looks at Fifty…an autobiography of sorts…he has walked his talk…it hasn’t always been pretty…or smart…but, he owns it. I want to own my life and all the adventures therein. I am certainly not where I had envisioned myself being…but I like who I am, and I have very few regrets…but, it is time to explore and bloom and become the person I always knew I was. Yep, be afraid world…

I will post the top 10 from my list in a few days.