11 posts tagged “house-a-mania”
Found the cat after she’d been missing for over 5 hours. Dumb cat. (Thank goodness.)
Fell and it looks like my right knee is either sprained or strained. Very swollen, black and blue and hard to move. That’s not even the worst part - I was holding Aidan. He didn’t get hurt at all, thank God.
Sitting in the loft with Greg and Aidan (Madi’s in bed). So happy today is behind us.
So so happy.
Well… One of the cats escaped while the movers were here. I’m completely freaked out. My little pygmy persian fancy feast kitty… Complete with Alzheimers and no front claws.
I am currently leaning into my kitchen island and typing this into my crackberry in my house. No real internet for another week, but do I care? Nooooo! In other newa the movers are kicking srs butt getting our stuff in.
So excited (and I just can’t hide it)!
That’s currently my mantra.
Seriously, SERIOUSLY… how did we possibly think moving would be a good idea. Oh sure, there’s the whole NEW HOUSE aspect of it all… and that’s awesome. But really… this packing thing? Well, it can go straight to H-E-double hockey sticks, Chester. It is so kicking my butt that I should have a bootprint tattooed on my… well, you get the idea.
I don’t know how this is all going to be finished by tomorrow, but I can tell you that my griping about it on my blog certainly is NOT accelerating our progress.
See you on the other side.
No, seriously. It’s been a week. All week. All two weeks? We’re rounding out the end of the second week of having pulled Aidan out of daycare (aka No Sleep Til Brooklyn EVER). Compounded by mega caseworker revolving door, HORRIBLY messy house, and well - too much other crap to ennumerate… well. Hi Stress.
Being a Full-time Mama is Hard. Like Math
Since having Aidan home full-time it has become just punch-me-in-the-face obvious that he has a) mega stranger anxiety and b) big-time mama attachment. Love that he wants mama all the time, but it’s been tough when it comes time to feeding and diapering Madi - a total screamfest. And I can’t really engage both of them in the same space because Aidan is totally fascinated with eyeholes. And sticking his fingers in everyone else’s. Also, he enjoys possessing her head with his bendy little fingers. And he is STRONG, so yeah. Separate is key.
Bump in the car
The first day that I had pulled him out of day care, Greg and I decided to meet for lunch. So I picked him up and on our way to the restaurant we got rear-ended. With the kids in the car. Honestly, despite the fact that the people that hit us were so incredibly nice, I just wanted to yell in their faces for even scaring my kids. Thankfully, everyone was okay. On the bright side, we got to replace the car seats. I had recently replaced Aidan’s infant seat with a convertible that, as it turned out, I hate. It has a dial and lever apparatus on the side for loosening and tightening the belts. Totally inconvenient and not very effective. Madi is right at the 20 lb mark, so I was shopping around for convertibles for her - and well. I guess if there is convenient timing for replacing the carseats, there you have it. (Ugh.) So I knew what seats I wanted, went online and ordered them:
Seriously, I know it’s wrong to love carseats so much, but I do. Easy lap belt installation, adjustable head rests. Cushy padding. I freaking want a car seat.
In which I mention Moving. Shocking!
You know what is just terribly wrong? When the car seats showed up on my doorstep, my first thought was - “Awesome! Two more boxes for packing!”
In other news, our house closes in less than two weeks and we move in about three. Finally. I can’t wait for it all to be done.
Must See TV My Neighborhood
Did you watch My Name is Earl or The Office last week? Like, seven whole days ago? Who remembers…? I almost can’t. Except that both shows had scenes that took place in my ghettohood. In the Office where Jim and Pam go off to get a bite to eat, that’s Home Plate Burgers, which is literally less than a block from where I live. Back a couple of years ago they used the exterior for an episode of My Name is Earl and they cleaned up the exterior:
Prior to the filming of Earl, the exterior looked like this:
Classy neighborhood.
Disconcerting
I just found out the Google Maps has implemented a new feature in several metro areas called “street view.” You can type in an address and then click the street view and see what is at that address (or about) visually.
Awesome. Awesome stalker tool.
Can NOT wait to get out of LA. T-20 days.
Will it be HOUSE or KIDS…? (more…)
Well, the verdict is in, our taxes are back and we owe again. Seriously, I’m so annoyed. But whatever. Whatever. What. EVER.
(So. Annoyed.)
The timing could not be more annoying with the house and all.
Oh, and the stupid home builders? The ones that we’ve been calling saying, “Hey, when are we going to do the pre-drywall walkthru? When? When? Huh?” And they’ve been saying, “Soon, soon. We’ll get back to you on that…” Well, they called today and said, “Hey, drywall is scheduled to start going up on Saturday, howze ’bout y’all coming down tomorrow?”
Howze about not-so-much, seeing as Greg works as well as we need to give the daycare more than a day’s notice for a drop-in.
Honestly, I’m getting a little cheesed with the people who are cheesing me off.
And now for something completely different:
Aaaaaaaaapes!
(Damn dirty apes.)
We went to go see the house this weekend and find out what kind of progress has been made since our last visit.
We found out they’ve done… quite a bit. I got a little excited about the fireplace and the sliding glass door… and well, at how much it’s all coming together. It’s not going to be long before we do our next walk-through before they put up the drywall.
CAN WE MOVE YET??!??!!!!??
*deep breath* okay… lost control there for a minute. I’m composed again.
Seriously.
how about now?
Not in the middle of the street from christina miraglia on Vimeo.
(the password is my maiden name)
My new obsession is perusing any media about wall decor. I mean I am voracious for ideas on how to put a room together, but really super duper extra much on how to put together a wall. This house is going to be the downfall of Greg when it comes to the walls because he things white is nice.
Let me say that again, rephrase it, so it can sink in.
He thinks white is perfectly acceptable and desirable.
I, however, have been an apartment-dweller for the last, well, since I was 21, and also the year in the dorms. So, like, no. I crave color.
Don’t get me wrong, I am not one of those mango wall people (bless yer heart, person-who-knows-who-she-is, I laud your effort) but that is just not for me. I have ideas about patterns and color and design that is going to make my hirsute husband’s hair curl.
The most sane thought that I think I can fly by The Man is a really pale pale robin’s egg blue in the kitchen because we have much earth-tone and the tile has just the tiniest whisper of that blue, and yes, I like the idea of the complementary color combo. I think I can pull that one off without a hitch.
But the other thoughts I have?
I want to paint a room like it’s been wallpapered.
I want to create paintings on a wall in a series and then put frames around the paintings.
Am I insane?
Will my dearest go for it?
I think there is some yes and no in there, perhaps a little of both in each question.
I totally blame the new crack.
I’m totally open to new ideas and website suggestions with ideas. LAY THEM ON ME, MAAAAAN!
Just a few things…
Today we drove north to meet up with my parents and to see how far the house has progressed in the last two weeks. Since we’ve had mega-super-STORM-WATCH-2008 rain since the last time we were there, we just didn’t know what to expect. Let me tell you, we… were very. very. pleasantly surprised.
I went through the house with Greg and made this eight minute video walking through each of the rooms. When I got home, I took some video of Aidan playing. Unfortunately, because I’m sort of out-of-it tonight (not feeling great, SUPER TIRED), I forgot that I’d rewound the tape before I taped Aidan and ended up wiping out 95% of the video. Nertz.
Bright side? I did take some really adorable video of the kiddo, which I shall upload to vimeo tomorrow.
Speaking of the kiddo - we got The Phone Call yesterday.
The Phone Call, you ask? Yes. Our DCFS Adoption Worker called to let us know that Aidan is officially adoptable and we need to set a date to sign permanent placement paperwork. It’s the last step before the adoption hearing, which will be in May.
AWESOME.
