OMG! Did you see that slut in the pool?

Well today is "down to the wire" day. Tomorrow morning at the crack of dawn is my yard sale. Usually the shoppers errr crackheads start showing up long before we even have the stuff put out or our hair combed .

















The last time I had a yard sale ,I put in my ad "early birds will have to clean out my cat box."
The day BEFORE the yard sale ,my doorbell rings .

"Who is it?"

Crazy, geriatric black lady answers "I'm here to clean out your cat box."

She was hoping to scope out the goods a full day early.That's the earliest bird I've ever heard of.













My aunt Mary Lou will be joining me in the fun ,as she usually does. She''ll be arriving this afternoon with her yard sale goods in tow. Floozie2 ,next door,will also be having a sale.
Floozie1 has no crap to sell (because she isn't a packrat OR a compulsive shopper) but she will come hang out with us for the day.










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Yesterday Cavuto woke me up at 5 A.M. ,fine I had a ton of work to do anyway. I did all my chores and then ran my errands. I got home and see that NO ONE is in the pool. For weeks it's been like a city swimming pool out there. Everyone has had company, we've had renters up the ying yang and more screeching kids than I personally care to endure. I can't even remember the last time I've been out doors.



I immediately got my swimming garb on ,grabbed my basket containing(cigs,ashtray,glasses,book,phones) got my raft and made a beeline for my empty pool.
Oh the serenity! Lying there on my raft,hearing nothing but birds and the distant sound of nail guns down the street.



I happened to notice that it was 1:00. This is normally my nap time. Pretty soon some old couple comes out to the pool. That was fine. I was half asleep. They were silent. A few times I felt myself jerk like I had almost fallen asleep.Eventually ,I glance at the clock with my blind self and think "hmmm, I've been out here an hour,better go in. "



I get in the house and when I see the clock on the stove it doesn't say 2:00 ,it says 4:00 . Holy crap ! I was out there for 3 hours! Apparently sleeping. I just hope I wasn't laying there with my legs all spread apart or something. Needless to say ,I am burnt to a crisp.




Awesome.




As you can see ,me and my sunburn better get busy.


Have a great day ya'll!

Spacious flat,my ass.....

I have spent the last few days desperately searching for a new house over in England. By new ,I mean one that is


A. not out in the middle of nowhere
B. One that is not an absolute cracker box
C. not totally lacking a closet


Is it so much to ask that a living room be big enough to hold a couch,without the couch having to be at some weird angle?


Apparently ,yes,it is too much to ask. Why are the houses over there so damn dinky??


In one ad I saw, they were actually bragging "This flat is over 800 square feet!"


I'm sorry, what? I think my living room is 800 square feet here at home.






Seriously,what is this living room about 8 feet wide?

(note the dining room table right behind the couch)












When the dining room table must be crammed right by the couch this is called an "open plan lounge"












What if I need end tables?














That little square of wood, yes folks that IS the living room.













A personal favorite.or NOT!













This kitchen right in the same room would make me feel like I was living in a motel room.












A spacious bedroom. Also known as a "single"
That's the whole thing.Oh and no closet. Where would you put your clothes?















Now we're cooking. This is known as a "double"

It boggles my mind that there are entire families living in this amount of space.








Pardon me now while I go scream my frustrated head off.




Happy Tuesday Peeps!

Freedom

this is my very first time on the BRENDA PHOTO post.



The theme is Freedom.




I may have gone a little hog wild...



but in some way ,all of these pictures represent freedom to me.











Check it out !

http://brendaphotochallenge.blogspot.com/

AFTER you look at MY version of freedom :)




Blogger won't let me move my words.ack!

Only one of these pics was taken outside of the USA. Can you guess which one?



God Bless America babies!





We are so lucky.


Happy independence day peeps!


Luv me

Hand scrawled post...

(click 'em to make 'em big)

What? Like you didn't eat donuts in labor?

28 years ago today ,I was lying in a hospital bed,barfing up a chocolate cream filled donut and begging for an epidural.


No dice on the epidural.


But I did get this adorable, dimple faced baby boy.













My middle son .What an awesome boy.













They grow up sooo fast . (sniff)


Happy Birthday Ian!


Love you so much!!!

Mom






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The yard sale pile continues to grow......












and good riddance.















One more room down! Woo hoo!













make that two more down! Yeehaw!












All this work tires out my supervisors.

Crap on a cracker,it's HOT out there!

We're having a heat wave. It's too hot to even go outside.The pool is like bath water. By noon the inside of my truck is like a furnace.



















It's that time of year again. Time for my annual yard sale. I've been working like a dog trying to dig out yard sale stuff. If it ain't nailed down it's out a here!
















I'm sick of clutter.And..... when I go back to my other home this time, we may rent out our condo unfurnished.

Meaning I 'll have the joyous task of packing up every thing we own and moving it to storage.


(book,anyone?)






Frankly, just the thought of it overwhelms me. I plan to own way less stuff by then.







Yesterday I managed to tackle the living room.
I took everything out of there (yes, that's all of the stuff piled up in the dining room,covered in a years worth of dust) I washed the windows, dusted everything,moved the furniture around ,which was like throwing myself at the couches like a human battering ram,those bitches are HEAVY.Then once all was clean ,I put most of it back.



Some went into the yard sale pile.












One room down. I think if I do it one room at a time ,maybe it won't seem so overwhelming.

Wish I had an assistant :)










I know this makes for thrilling blog fodder. he he . So I'll shut up now.


Have a great weekend !