Sunday, April 1, 2012

Answers to F.A.Q.

This is not really directed to anyone, so don't take it personal. I just need to complain about a few things and (Hopefully) burn off some stress.

But I do suggest everyone should pay attention so not to be one of "Those" people.


* "You posted online that you got some work done! I'm gonna stop to see it"
No, no and NO. Why is it that every time I move a chair two feet or some boxes into another room someone wants to "see"? That's why I post photos ONLINE. So you can "see" what we have gotten done without freaking annoying me with your presence.

* "Well, I'll just 'drop by' totally unannounced"
And it should be completely legal for me to shoot you if you do so.
If you had any idea the amount of hate set off by the chain reactions that break lose when someone knocks on my door, you would be very afraid.
This has to be the only time I wish T-Bone was as mean as he looks. I often fantasize about him ripping apart people who knock on my door without warning. Cause if my goofy dogs have to flip out every damn time someone comes to the door, I should at least get a good show out of it. But if you are lucky, I’ll just slam the door in your face.
This house is not the "Drop In" house.
And while I'm on this, do NOT think it will be any better if you bring your damn kids by. Like that's gonna soften my raging bitchness. And it's not just your kid; I don't even want my own kids in my house.

* "Well, I'll just tell them not to touch anything"
And if you really think that will work, CPS should take your children away, cause you are a dumb ass. Look, I'm not saying anything bad about your kid. Everyone knows what monsters mine are, it's just this place looks like Never-freaking-Never Land to kids. No carpet, mazes of boxes and God only knows what else is hiding around here.
IT IS DANGEROUS to your children and most importantly to my things.
I don't care who you are or how much I love the kid; if it breaks something of mine I WILL kill them. At this point, having any kids in this house puts me in a deep state of psycho.
This house is not a "Kid Friendly" house.

* "Well, you moved in four years ago and we still haven’t seen the place"
This would be because of all of the things listed above. If you are not going to pay attention at least shut the Hell up.

* "You know I can help you! I know about doing Insert some random crap you took a class on at Home Depot"
Really, are you trying to piss me off? Cause unless you are planning to pay for whatever work you can "help" with, all you are doing is making me day dream about beating you to death with a paint roller.
This crap costs MONEY. Allot of money. And we are still paying off expenses we ran up just trying to live after Ike slapped our old house like it was one of the Ikettes.
And since we are being honest, I would much rather pay someone I don't know to do work around here. As the old saying goes "You get what you pay for". Plus, I can yell at them if they mess up and not have to act like I feel bad about it later.

* "Oh Amanda! Your jokes are so funny!"
Died. Just died. Now.

Like I said, please don't take any of this personal.

Unless at any time while reading this you thought to yourself:

"Well, she can't mean me! Cause we are Insert "Related" or "Have know each other for" Insert random amount of years.

Then yes. This is most definitely about you.

But please don't worry, in 40 years or so when we are done, we will invite you over. And you can tell us all the things you would have done instead. And give us all the "advice" you would have giving if we had only let you help.

Thus completely reassuring that we did the right thing by telling everyone to go F#$K OFF.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

My Display Cabinet

In the old house, I had stored most of my collectibles pack up in the attic. Cash was still very young and I was waiting until we could get a we could get a display cabinet so I could set them out safely.

But we just never got around to in. And when Ike took the roof off, I lost so many of my things.

So after Ike, I saw this display cabinet while we were out looking to replace a few things that we lost. Stephen told his Mother about it and she got it for me for my birthday!

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This is the first time I've got to use it in the four years that I've had it.

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Now that it's set up, this room is really coming together the way we have been dreaming it to!

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I was so happy to unpack our DVDs! Haven't seen them in almost four years.

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I even found my old cassette tapes.

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Thursday, March 15, 2012

The Family Room

A few months back I posted a list of things we still needed to do to finally get this room done. So we spent Spring Break working on that list:

  • Re-Painting

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  • TV

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  • Speakers

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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

The Dog House

Right now we are trying to turn the Back Porch/Breezeway/Laundry Room/Utility Room in to a huge "Dog House" for all the four legged babies! (Yes, cats too)

Cash calls it "The Pet's bedroom".

And hopefully we can still make room for some workout equipment. So then I can have room to do my physical therapy and hang out with my babies!

The "hole" where the door and frame will go.

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Making sure it will fit.

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"You gotta tap, tap, tap it in"

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And it's in!

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One down, one more to go.

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Monday, January 16, 2012

Houston Habitat ReStore

Really loved this store! There was so many great salvage finds.

This sink was just amazing!

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PINK BATH ROOM SINK

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Have no idea where I would put them, but I still wanted them.

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Vintage Blue Bath Tile

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Houston Habitat ReStore

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Bedroom Doors

We are finally getting to use the doors we salvaged!

Stephen getting them ready:

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Sid's "New" Door:

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Sunday, December 4, 2011

The Family Room From HELL

The Family Room From HELL

We are now entering our fourth year in this home and we have still yet to complete one project. And if it's even possible, I think we may be working backwards at this point.

We already need to repaint the one room we have gotten painted and the cat has ripped up the only new piece of furniture we have ever owned.

Stephen had the idea to paint the walls an "eggshell" paint so the repairs to the sheet rock wouldn't show. This was a great idea since the foundation damage left ALLOT of repairs to be done to the walls.

And it looked wonderful... for about a week. It took no time at all for the wild animals living in the house to smug up the walls.

So now we need to repaint again. This time HIGH GLOSS. I wanna be able to wipe blood off these walls.

Another reason I think it's taking us so long to get one room done is because not everyone is always on the same page.

So that is where this post comes in.

As of right here and now, I'm making the official list of what needs (And WILL) be done to finish this room:

  • Re-Painting
Really love this idea of this paint, but not sure about the cost. The room is 14 feet x 18 feet. So that's allot of paint.
Harmony Interior Acrylic Latex

  • Floor
Clean & Buff Waxed

  • Couch
Guess we'll just kept with the one we have now. Since it's already "broke in". (Thanks Booga)
Clips for the couch

  • Curtains
We are going for a "Movie Theater" theme with the room. So these would be great! The window is 70 inches x 80 inches.
Velvet Blackout Energy Efficient Curtain Panel

  • Bar Stools
It would be so nice to finally have somewhere to sit when we eat. But the issue is getting something at a good price, that will hold up to these guys and is comfortable for me to sit in. So I thought about the bar stools when I was a waitress. Comfy and took allot of abuse night after night.
Bucket Bar Stool

  • CD/DVD/VHS
Would love to be able to unpack our movies. But since there is nowhere to put them, I don't really see the point.
CD/DVD/VHS Cherry Finish Library Design Cabinet

  • TV
Since this room so much bigger than the family room at the old house, we must get a bigger tv. A 55 inch is as big as I wanna go.
It needs to be wall mounted to save space. Want to "frame" it so it will look nice. And how cool would this be!?!

  • Speakers
We need to mount ours and fix the center speaker in the tv cabinet. We are going to run the wires through the walls. I would love to run a few speakers through the house, inside and out, so I can listen to music while I clean and other junk.
These would be great for that

  • Toys
Don't think it would be such a bad idea if we got another storage shelf. I know we need allot more storage tubs.
Sterilite 4-Shelf Shelving Unit, Gray Silk

  • Velcro
Need to buy a roll so I can sew strips of it on the couch cushions and carpet. Sick of the kids messing up the couch when they flop on it. And Samson has some odd thing about one corner on the rug. He keeps pulling in up and "fighting" with it.

  • Art
We have allot of movie posters we want to frame and hang in the room. Would be really cool if the frames could some what match along with the frame around the tv.

  • Rug
While I would love a new rug, I haven't really seen one that I would like. (But I'm keeping an eye out) I do want to get some kind of padding to put under the one we have now. Just to make it a bit more "comfy". I would also like to get a play mat for the toy area. That way they will stop setting the toys on the other rug.
Maybe something like this

  • Projector
Well, this one is more of a wish than a need to do. We have been wanting one for so long. My brother got us a screen. I plan to mount it on the ceiling, above the tv. Then we can put the projector above the couch.


That's not too much to do...

Right?

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Cash's Bedroom

Unpacking a few things. Found my old Alice Cooper poster. Cash made me hang it up in his room.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Clutter Free!

Y'all have no idea how hard it was (and is) to keep this counter clear!

Wednesday, December 1, 2010