Pirate Joke Of The Day

A pirate walks into a bar with a paper towel on his head.

The bartender asks the pirate what's up with the paper towel.

The pirate responds, "YAAAARRRRR! There's a bounty on me head."

Silly Joke Of The Day

Q: What did ZERO say to EIGHT?

A: I like your belt.

I've Got People

I did our taxes tonight. I have been putting off doing them.

I hate doing them. It makes me yell.

Even though the tax company (the one with the green BLOCK) makes it fairly painless with their software, I always worry. I'm afraid I'm answering something wrong because I did not understand the way it was asked. I think that as soon as I hit the SUBMT button, a siren goes off in our IRS office and they start looking back through EVERYTHING and decide that I probably didn't really pay that much in day care expenses back in 1992 (but I did! I did! I really, really did!) and maybe they should just take a closer look at things.

And even though I know Dave Ramsey is right, and the big, giant refund is bad because it just means that all year long you cheated yourself out of your own money and now the government is just giving it back, it is still a bit of let down to get a $109 refund and not a $2,600 refund.

Valentines Day

My roses get prettier every day.

Hubby's present:

Blue Shop Towels

To go in...

His nice clean shop.

Clean, but still unorganized. But still better than it was. I started at 7:30 a.m., right after he left.  I finished at 5:15 p.m.. I could not move in his new workbench.  It needs to have the top unbolted and it is wider than the doorway, so it will have to be maneuvered to get it in.  And it is very heavy.   

I was very tired and sore when I was finished, and I dragged myself up to the house to soak in a very hot bath.  I walked into the kitchen and almost started crying.  I forgot about the containers of tools and paint supplies that have been sitting in the kitchen and hallway since DECEMBER that needs to go out to the shop.

I left them.  It will give Hubby something to do today.

Reading Lights

Handy Hubby strikes again:

Before

Lots of extra wires

During

Lots of cutting, stripping, soldering

After

No More Octopus

Special Delivery

I just got a delivery at work of 18 beautiful red roses with a red
vase, from The Best Husband Ever.

I don't have a camera on my phone, so I can't take a picture until tomorrow.

I guess he is forgiven for scheduling a 24 hour Fire Station rotation
that starts at 7 a.m. VALENTINES DAY, and ends at 7 a.m. on Sunday.

98% Complete

I am considering the bedroom enough finished to move it from the Unfinished list to the FINISHED list.

All caulked and paint touched up.  (Please pretend the bed is made and the laundry put away.)

The remaining 2%?

1. See all those wires under the shelf over the bed?  That goes to the under shelf lighting, for reading in bed. They are going to be shortened and the switches mounted so it looks less octopus like.

2. See the red inserts in the shelf at the foot of the bed?  There will be a set of the drawers mounted on the wall next to  each side of the head of the bed for side tables.  The will be have a white box around them so it matches the foot of the bed.  The table saw is needed and is still buried in the shed.

3. See the head of the bed?  A headboard will be made and put there.  We are looking for fabric.

4. See the windows? The brown parts will be painted white when it stays warm because the windows have to be taken out to do those parts.

5. See the windows, again?  We are still discussing what type of window treatment we want.  We are currently thinking about faux wood blinds.

6. See the blank green wall?  I have a picture collage to fill up, and some of Surly Teenagers artwork to frame and hang.

So basically, done!  Yippee!

Just don't look at the rest of the house.

Well, the living room is actually clean since I am home alone today, for a few more hours.

Don't ask about the kitchen.

I don't know which is worse....

....the fact that there is a whole song about lip gloss...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywEaEEnQ-2M

...or the fact that my husband knows all the words to this song.

I Can't Believe My Eyes

A giant ceramic rooster.

Brightly colored.

As a lamp base.

And the shade?

A big straw cowboy hat.

Someone has this sitting on their desk.

Don't ask me!

Happy (yesterday) Birthday To My Lazy Teenager

All grown up