Our Excellent Moving Adventure

update on us come heres

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:45:00 +0000

Since I last updated some good things have happened. We had some hamburgers, There was pizza and twice we had shrimp. Oh and did I mention the Bisque?

A few other small items. I PASSED MY TEST. I can stop studying and get on with my life. Which seems to consist of moving. Moving into Mom and Pat's while they gallivant about the East coast. They had a great great time and we watched alot of Dog the Bounty Hunter. Then we moved out because they don't like living in their house with our stuff piled all over everything (selfish much?) And now we are preparing for - hold onto your hats - a permanent move into a house of our own. e are 7 days a way from closing all has been approved.

Cassie is still timexing along. We gave up on rice and now she eats her dog food with chicken or steak every meal. She can't handle the ramp anymore so we carry her. Mom and Pat keep her during the day (God Bless them) She gets around much better there because of the carpet and we don't have to worry about her falling without someone hearing her. It is such a relief. Mom had been checking on her twice every day over here but now that she has to be carried downstairs this is much easier on all. She is still a happy girl Happy hungry and loving. Just slower about it.

Well helllllloooooo

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:42:00 +0000

I know I know I know. I suck at updating the blog. If it makes anybody feel any better I also suck at updating twitter and face book. I'm a lurker.

I really love my new job. Apparently I had to go through the BAD job to get to a point where the Good job needed someone. With a three month gap to read knit and spin.

I had a birthday. An unspeakable year was attained. We went to the city for the weekend. Mom and Pat watched the Caster (still kicking praise God) for us. We shopped at a TARGET. we ate at a Chili's. We were consumers and it was ahhhwsome. I bought myself a Wii Fit for with birthday money and after 5 consecutive days of exercise I probably broken any record set in my previous decade. It is alot of fun.

Bad economy blues got 'cha down? Need a mini vacay? Try priceline we got a very very nice hotel for $60.00 dollars a night.

Oh there is more but I have so many chores. Oy vey.

Bunny

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:44:00 +0000

I made a bunny.

He looks slightly (only slightly) better in bunny.

Also just a little something. I got a JOB. A real job 9-5 benifets. Oh ya uh huh. Woo hoo.

I am working at an insurance company now and so far (2 days in) I love it. Thank God because I also landed another job just before this one 12 hours a week start time 5:15 am. I woulda done it but am so glad I don't have to.

We went to Fredricksburg last weekend to celebrate and Tommy was all kinds of awed to see the Fredricksburg Battlefield. The Sunken Road there was a place he had always wanted to see. It was a proper bloodbath of a battle and all he could say about it was "Its just so sad."

Pat and Mom took me out and bought me a bunch of new clothes to celebbrate and prepare me for my new job. Apparently the dryer has shrank all my old clothes. (thats my story and I am stickin to it.)

fa fa fashion

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:03:00 +0000

Busy week

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:40:00 +0000

Hello anyone who still checks in periodically to see if I am still here. This week has been pretty busy considering I am basically housebound. By house bound I am referring to the fact unless Cassie goes with me or Mom comes and stays with her I don't go anywhere. Cassie is pretty sick. We have her symptoms currently under control so she doesn't seem to be hurting but I am afraid she is not long for this world. So since I am unemployed we decided that I should stay home all the time with her. She gets pretty freaked out when home alone and she has had a few episodes of falling and not being able to get up (not in awhile since we adjusted her medicine). As you can see in the picture above she is not her usual self. Normally she wouldn't fraternize with the cat.

I turn 40 next month - it is time for you to start shopping! Actually I bring this up for two reasons.

1st because I want your sympathy (and gifts) how sad to be unemployed on your big 40?

2nd Lee beat you to it in the gift department. She has sent me a wonderful wonderful unexpected gift. A spinning wheel. she sent it early because she figured I have some extra time on my hands now and could really learn to use it. I am learning slowly but Oh wow how cool. Now I really need a pasture. I needs me some Alpacas.

We had 80 degree weather on Monday. Today it snowed. In like a lion... O did you see the Christian the lion video that had been going around? Oprah had the men from the video on today. It seem to me that Christian wasn't really in the wild so much as on a preserve with pretty constant human interactions when the video was taken. Oprah had more video from there next visit - so I know it isn't exactly what I thought it was when I first saw it but I still teat up. Anther bonus to unemployment - I can watch Oprah whenever I want. If the antenna is getting Maryland in that is.

I have another interview next week. Thank God! Maybe I won't be all sad and unemployed on my birthday (have you shopped yet? I have an amazon wish list you know. you don't even have to go out).

I had a friend lose her Daddy this week, I feel so bad for her and her family. She is Daddy's girl and he was taken too soon.

I had a friend have a grandbaby this week. A big (8.lb oz) beautiful baby boy.

And so it goes.

its been awhile

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:25:00 +0000

I have really not been a good blogger at all. Case in point: we received approx 5 inches of snow here Sunday and Monday. It was a beautiful fairyland and I took exactly 0 pictures. It was cold and I didn't want to.

I am still unemployed. Cassie has been very sick lately and I am now staying home with her every day. I went out once this week and she went with me. She is still happy, and all of her bodily functions are working proper;y she is just weak. If left alone she will fall and she can't get up. Plus she starts howling if we leave her alone.

I have been knitting and knitting. I am doing a merse for someone right now with cables! I like cables very much. I thing I will have to make something Celtic for Tommy soon.

nevermind

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:42:00 +0000

no house. no job.

news flash

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:33:00 +0000

Our bid has been accepted. Pending nspections we may have finally bought a house.

recent FOs

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:23:00 +0000

I have such a hard time taking these pictures for some reason. But here ya go.

I made yarn! I went to a Spinners and Weavers guild meeting yesterday. I learned to create yarn with a spindle. I am so impressed with myself it is disgusting. Now I want a wheel, of course.

These are the water bottle holders I made from the Hydrate pattern. Tommy and I are always trying to get the other person to carry the water on our walks. No More!

Beer Cozie. From Knitting Simple. This is actually handy around here 'cause it keeps your hand from turning to ice when it is 48 degrees inside. Also fits water bottles. I have made 3 of thses lately.

shhhhhhh

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:19:00 +0000

I do not want to jinx anything. But there are some things in development. Housing and employment hopes are being raised. 'Course the Kia brikedown so it is all relative.

Updating

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:55:00 +0000

It might snow today. We spent last week housesitting while Mom and Pat went to Florida. It was very nice to be in a warm place with more than 3 channels of tv. While we were gone the pipes burst in this house. Poor Tommy spent his weekend crawling under the house, fixing a section, turning the water on and then finding another section burst. Of course the local hardware store closed up for the weekend at 3pm Saturday. We had to drive 45 minutes Sunday morning to get parts at Lowes.

I am still unemployed. I am volunteering two days a week at the Red Cross. I have read, and knitted alot and gotten caught up on Smodcasts. Tommy got me a 2nd gen shuffle for Christmas and I have found that doing my chores is much easier with a podcast playing. Much Much easier. Yeah technology.

I took advantage of unlimited long distance at the warm house to call Lea and watch the inaugration. Thank God change has come.

Our attic is scary

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:34:00 +0000

This is the view down the stairs from the attic. It gives me vertigo to look at it. the walls are this dull powdery paint that just screams horror movie to me. This is probably the second time I have ever gone upstairs. Tommy went up and insulated the area over the kitchen this morning and I sat at the top of the stairs as moral support. Which actually took a lot of nerve.

Aylett's Drive Inn

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:39:00 +0000

Today we had to go almost to Richmond. We went to the suburbs of Richmond to get the dog food we feed Cassie. Because dammit she is old and she deserves the good stuff that we can't buy at Wally World. We drove to one of those shopping centers that has Everything. Target, Kohls, a warehouse store, Home Depot etc etc. We walked into Petsmart bought the food, petted the shelter pups outside and got the hell outta Dodge.

Tom has been going gaga over Taco Bell ads lately but Taco bell would have meant staying in the CITY for at least 10 more minutes. And Tom does not like the city. Not at all. So we headed back toward home and remembering a dive-ish looking place we had seen on the way in with a sign that read Hamburgers AND hot dogs we had a new lunch destination. This place was Aylett's Drive Inn. They had Bologna on the menu (twice). Along with the regular sides such as mashed potatoes and green beans, they had deviled eggs (which were yummy). Tommy had a hamburger steak with grilled onions. I had fried shrimp and fries (seafood is a healthy choice right?) I am pretty sure his mashed taters were from scratch. It was awesome. Roadside greasy spoon food rocks.

Scary Sky

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:07:00 +0000

Winter color

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:41:00 +0000

A little bit of winter color.

Happy New .....

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:25:00 +0000

2008 is over and good riddance if you ask me. Tommy and I are in a funk so there is very little of your average turning over a new leaf happy bright and shiney new year crap. We brought the bah humbug right through to the new year. Another house deal seems to have fallen through. I am actually fully unemplyed now. And it is cold here. I may have torename this blog to the Woe is me moving adventure soon.

In the other hand there was this:

That is not dandruff that is snow.

Parade video

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:33:00 +0000

Tommy is the Elf at the 32 second mark.

click here

Xmas is coming Xmas is coming.

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:49:00 +0000

I am nearly done getting ready. Most of you are not getting a Damn thing. Sorry.

Finished

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:48:00 +0000

This scarf only took about 3 months. I really need toknit one for my self too. It is so soft and squishy and warm and goodlooking that I keep trying to steal it back from him.

I love a parade!

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:00:00 +0000

I did not manage to get a good pictue of the tights. We were on the float for Tommy's work. He was a Elf cleaning out a septic tank. I was an innocent bystander. It is such a surprise that are already in parades here. We have lots of new friends and are pretty much feeling like part of the community.

On th house front. We finally got released from the old contract and are officially bissing on the 2 acre place.

All the news that is worthy of breaking .. .or something

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:24:00 +0000

Oy Vey where to start? Ok, so the house we were so excited about finanly got inspected. It needed about 23K in repairs before the regular to be xpected fixer uper repairs. We are talking specially engineered septic system and wells here. Obviously not fo us (2.5 months later) There were two days of seriously reconsidering this whole moving to Virginia thing and thinking about moving to Alpine Texas. Then I found yet another house to obsess on. Of Course.

2 acres.
No neighbors.
Wildlife aplenty.
Large outbuilding w/ electric.
Fireplace.

oh sure this will be a cakewalk - OyVey.

And we are still cold.

Behold the BOO.

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:18:00 +0000

happy thanksgiving eve eve

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:02:00 +0000

We have heard that they are going to replace the pump. When? well that is the question isn't it? Tommy spent the weekend insulating the floor of the house we are staying in. I joined him under there on Sunday. I can say with authoritaye thatg it sucks sucks sucks to insulate qa house floor. Gross and smelly and cold. But the reults? So worth it. It is so much warmer inside now. I can get buy with just one pair of socks per foot.

We are getting the whole four day weekend and I am so glad!! Altho it is starting to seem likely tha I lwill be spending it in the throes of a cold.

I am worried about today.

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0000

It is 37 degrees in the living room. I put salt instead of sugar in my coffee. Maybe I" should just go back to bed?

So the house inspection was a bust. Someone stole the well pump. Until the current owners replace it (which based on their lack of enthusiasm for turning on the power might be never) there is no point in having it inspected. We are going to break down and get the antique oil stoves turned on in this house. Thank God!

Gotta go - too cold. Altho I cannot resist painting a mental picture for you (cause my camera batteries died) Tommy took Cassie out for her morning constituional wearing blue fluffy slippers white socks pulled over blue long johns, a long john shirt, a long white terry cloth robe, a polar vest and a stocking cap. except for the robe, vest and slippers that is what he slept in.

o and it did snow but I missed it.

49 degrees

noreply@blogger.com (BessC) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:13:00 +0000

That's not so bad you say. Did I mention that is in the livingroom? And tonight it might snow. SNOW. I love snow. At least I used to when I lived in a cozy house. We will see if the affection remains living in an icebox.