I can't believe it's been 1 month since I have posted here!!! This month has been as busy as it gets! Josh's mom Peg came and stayed in the beginning of the month for a good long week, then we went on our anniversary trip!
It was great to have her here, I just wish the bedroom downstairs was not torn up so she had a more comfortable place to stay. The foundation people, of course, couldn't get the walls fixed in 3 weeks (like they promised they would!!! argh) so she slept in a room without 2 walls, and drywall laying everywhere and drywall dust too! Boy did I feel bad for her, but she said she didn't mind....so, I guess thats ok?!? We had a full week of activities planned, the Komen race for the Cure, hiking and going into the mountains, going to Coors, and Coyote Ugly. And of course lots more!
Here are Peg and I at the start of the Komen Race. The pink scarves were given to us from my work. I thought that was cool!
Here is the start of the race, you can see that people are walking in front of us for a loooonnnnngg way!!! The Komen race in Denver attracts over 70,000 people and is the largest walk in the nation. woo hoo!
Here you can see all the people walking on the entrance ramp to I-25. I love this part of the walk! It's so awesome to see all the people who are also walking.
Here is Peg under her Survivor Sign. 11-20 Years survival from Breast Cancer. YEA! How awesome is that. Seeing all the women there, and how everyone is touched by this disease makes me feel like my job is sooo important. Sometimes work is boring and long and I dont want to be there...but I know that i am making a difference each day. Cancer research is one of the most important parts of finding a cure, and collecting and analyzing the data is too. It's great to be a part of the cure for all of these women and their families. (Same for all the other cancer out there, not just breast :)
Here is the 3 Sisters Trail in Evergreen, CO at Sunset. We had a nice little hike through the woods, then climbed the rocks and had a beautiful view of the autumn colors and beautiful mountains and sunset!
More pics of the 3 sisters trail.
Apparently, I do not have that many pics of Peg's visit, or they never got downloaded into the correct spot? Peg, send me some of your pics! The Coors pics and some of the other cute ones, so I can post them!!!
I can't believe it's been 1 month since I have posted here!!! This month has been as busy as it gets! Josh's mom Peg came and stayed in the beginning of the month for a good long week, then we went on our anniversary trip!
It was great to have her here, I just wish the bedroom downstairs was not torn up so she had a more comfortable place to stay. The foundation people, of course, couldn't get the walls fixed in 3 weeks (like they promised they would!!! argh) so she slept in a room without 2 walls, and drywall laying everywhere and drywall dust too! Boy did I feel bad for her, but she said she didn't mind....so, I guess thats ok?!? We had a full week of activities planned, the Komen race for the Cure, hiking and going into the mountains, going to Coors, and Coyote Ugly. And of course lots more!
Here are Peg and I at the start of the Komen Race. The pink scarves were given to us from my work. I thought that was cool!
Here is the start of the race, you can see that people are walking in front of us for a loooonnnnngg way!!! The Komen race in Denver attracts over 70,000 people and is the largest walk in the nation. woo hoo!
Here you can see all the people walking on the entrance ramp to I-25. I love this part of the walk! It's so awesome to see all the people who are also walking.
Here is Peg under her Survivor Sign. 11-20 Years survival from Breast Cancer. YEA! How awesome is that. Seeing all the women there, and how everyone is touched by this disease makes me feel like my job is sooo important. Sometimes work is boring and long and I dont want to be there...but I know that i am making a difference each day. Cancer research is one of the most important parts of finding a cure, and collecting and analyzing the data is too. It's great to be a part of the cure for all of these women and their families. (Same for all the other cancer out there, not just breast :)
Here is the 3 Sisters Trail in Evergreen, CO at Sunset. We had a nice little hike through the woods, then climbed the rocks and had a beautiful view of the autumn colors and beautiful mountains and sunset!
More pics of the 3 sisters trail.
Apparently, I do not have that many pics of Peg's visit, or they never got downloaded into the correct spot? Peg, send me some of your pics! The Coors pics and some of the other cute ones, so I can post them!!!
Yesterday Heather and Josh had planned a surprise birthday party for me! Josh happened to slice his hand open on my actual birthday and we had to spend the evening in the urgent care center. (we have been in these a lot lately).
And no-one was really around on my birthday either! Mary had just given birth, Jess wasn't here yet, Josh had schoolwork and other house duties that needed to be done, and Megan had just moved to Ohio. So it was fun to have the whole group together. Most of them anyway.
Heather had orchestrated a roos to get me out of the house to help her study medical terminology at Barnes and Noble. We did this for not very long, and then Heather was like, why dont we just go to lunch and get a beer...which we did. Then Russell was there when we arrived and I was pretty surprised to see him...but I didnt know what was going on until Josh and Jess showed up with happy birthday balloons, Heather pulled out a cake, and Mary & Jeff with baby Elena walked in, then Laura and David came shortly after.
Mary got me the America's Test Kitchen Cookbook that I have been drooling over. I had borrowed hers a couple of weeks ago and Loved it! There are lots of pictures and helpful hints in it :) yay! thanks Mary!
It was a great surprise and makes me very thankful for the good friends I have!!
In other news, Josh is on day 4 of this nasty cold. He is sooo sick, sore throat, runny/congested nose, and of course a little grumpy. lol. He had to call into work today, he just felt so nasty, often I will look over at him sitting watching TV and he is just staring off into space. Poor guy. I hope I don't get it!!! I hate being sick, and Peg comes on Thursday and I don't want to be sick when she is here!
Olshan the Foundation fixing company was supposed to come today and start re-work again. They are taking the drain out THAT THEY JUST PUT IN LAST WEEKEND b/c it doesn't drain right, and they need to fix their braces on that side of the house. Then supposedly the recommendation was to excavate externally, seal the whole wall and put an external drain. To "do this right, finally". Apparently Josh says they have only been here 7 times. Not the original 30 times I had suggested. i think 7 seems WAY too low, i remember them here at least 2 times in the first year, I cant think of at least 7 times, and I am sure I am missing some. It has been over 3 years!!!! I just want this job done right!!!!!
And if we don't hear from them today, i am going to be sooo mad!
Yesterday Heather and Josh had planned a surprise birthday party for me! Josh happened to slice his hand open on my actual birthday and we had to spend the evening in the urgent care center. (we have been in these a lot lately).
And no-one was really around on my birthday either! Mary had just given birth, Jess wasn't here yet, Josh had schoolwork and other house duties that needed to be done, and Megan had just moved to Ohio. So it was fun to have the whole group together. Most of them anyway.
Heather had orchestrated a roos to get me out of the house to help her study medical terminology at Barnes and Noble. We did this for not very long, and then Heather was like, why dont we just go to lunch and get a beer...which we did. Then Russell was there when we arrived and I was pretty surprised to see him...but I didnt know what was going on until Josh and Jess showed up with happy birthday balloons, Heather pulled out a cake, and Mary & Jeff with baby Elena walked in, then Laura and David came shortly after.
Mary got me the America's Test Kitchen Cookbook that I have been drooling over. I had borrowed hers a couple of weeks ago and Loved it! There are lots of pictures and helpful hints in it :) yay! thanks Mary!
It was a great surprise and makes me very thankful for the good friends I have!!
In other news, Josh is on day 4 of this nasty cold. He is sooo sick, sore throat, runny/congested nose, and of course a little grumpy. lol. He had to call into work today, he just felt so nasty, often I will look over at him sitting watching TV and he is just staring off into space. Poor guy. I hope I don't get it!!! I hate being sick, and Peg comes on Thursday and I don't want to be sick when she is here!
Olshan the Foundation fixing company was supposed to come today and start re-work again. They are taking the drain out THAT THEY JUST PUT IN LAST WEEKEND b/c it doesn't drain right, and they need to fix their braces on that side of the house. Then supposedly the recommendation was to excavate externally, seal the whole wall and put an external drain. To "do this right, finally". Apparently Josh says they have only been here 7 times. Not the original 30 times I had suggested. i think 7 seems WAY too low, i remember them here at least 2 times in the first year, I cant think of at least 7 times, and I am sure I am missing some. It has been over 3 years!!!! I just want this job done right!!!!!
And if we don't hear from them today, i am going to be sooo mad!
This week has been a long, long week. Lately, it has seemed like nothing has been going right for Josh and I.
Right before my parents got here, our washing machine broke. And not only did it break, but it managed to spew motor oil all over our clothes. The seal on the drum broke, so the oil was leaking out the middle and onto everything. I managed to do 1 load extra before figuring this out. Then after 2 weeks Josh finally "fixed" it. Well, I told him it was not fixed, he didnt believe me and washed more clothes in it. More clothes are totally stained now with motor oil. We do not have 1 set of sheets for our bed that were saved. :( Since we just bought new sheets, we dont exactly have the money to go buy more, especially since after Josh spent money on parts for the machine and we had to buy a new washer anyway. gggrr! So we are sleeping on motor oil stained sheets, which really freaks me out actually. I wake up and see the stains and they are black and i think its a bug or something. It's really gross, but we dont have much of a choice right now.
We are also having major car issues, the lawnmower broke partially, just enough to make it fairly dangerous when you mow. Unfortunately, we have no money to fix these things since, we just paid tuition, our credit card for our basement is now due and we will have a chunk to pay off in October, I just had a bunch of DR bills for my staff infection (and i have insurance!!) it was pretty costly to get moderately sick, Christmas coming up and we probably cant afford tickets to go home, especially with the tix at 600$ each! Yikes! Lets see, and we need new truck tires for winter very badly, and our anniversary is coming up! I planned a trip for josh and I which will cost a bit, but I do think we need the time away. Badly! We need to get away from life for a few days :)
So money is tight for us...and like most Americans nowadays we dont have much extra. If something really bad happened, I dont know what we would do! I am thankful that we have what we do, and I am grateful josh can fix most things which helps us a lot. Being grateful makes me feel better after all that whining! Ah, but when It rains in life, it pours! And thats life, I have learned! So, it will eventually go away, and i hope it doesnt get any worse.
Secondly, Olshan, the company who is "fixing" our wall problem, has been here probably 3-4 times in the last 2 months. (I have lost count as to how many times they have been here since 2005 when we bought this place). Each time they come we think it's the last time, it never is. Maybe this time, probably lucky number 32 or something, will make it stick? Blah! So the last time they came, since we have had SO many problems, they decided to rip out OUR DRYWALL that we hung, mudded, sanded, texturized, primed, painted ourselves. Then they put up a plastic shield and re-did their drainage system. Then they are paying for a drywaller to come back and fix it. We water tested it, and water poured in through their wall brace they put on initially in 2005. ARGH! So we call, and the Denver manager doesn't call Josh back, we are so mad at this guy. Josh said to the receptionist I will give him until the end of the day or I am calling the regional manager. He did not call, so Josh called the regional manager. Who was really nice, got back to us ASAP, and now there are workers here today, epoxying again and I am so sick of that smell! it takes a long time for it to go away (like a month then we become used to it, other people can smell it though). They are also extending the wall shield to the ceiling (which they were supposed to do last time, they were also supposed to extend the drain last time and did not do that either, WTF?!). Today one of the managers is here supervising. But not the manager guy who we are pretty annoyed with. Furthermore, that manager DAVE, said he would come out to supervise the lasts 3 times they came to "fix" it, and he never did!!!! I dont like Dave, you should fire him Olshan, if you ever read my blog. lol
The rush here is that Josh's mom comes to visit this Thursday and it HAS to be drywalled by then! Stress! B/c there is a HUGE mess to clean up down there already, and after the drywallers even more. The drywall is scheduled for Wed, which gives me very little time to clean up. And josh is sick, came down with a sore throat and congestion yesterday, woke up today WAY worse and is dealing with all this foundation stuff today, poor guy. I have to deal with it on Monday, they come back then and test and check it. I hope Josh gets better soon and I hope even more that I dont get sick too! I cant deal with getting sick again, that staff infection was bad enough, isn't that enough for now~!
Oh, and work hasn't been a picnic either.
Whew, that was a lot of complaining! I hope I have gotten it out of my system, lol.
On the UP side ~~~~` I have been thinking and thinking about Christmas gifts that I have been wanting to make for family this year. I am trying to make all gifts like I did last year, it was a lot of fun to make things for my mom, she really liked them last year! that made me really happy.
And i have a really, really, really good idea now for this year!!! I am so excited!! But I Cant tell :) i know you all read this.
The idea actually came from a little bird, seriously!
