6 posts tagged “nc”
"I'm melting! I'm melting!"
For the record...it's been hot here. Triple digit temps for many days in a row now. My A/C has been running non-stop just to try to keep the house around 80 degrees...can't wait to see the electric bill for this month. *sigh* I am living in a cave...the blinds are all closed up tight, the lights are kept off (or at least to a bare minimum so I can still function. The problem I think is twofold - the house in insulated only to meet the bare minimum building code requirements (as far as I can tell) and the majority of the windows in the house get hit with direct sunlight all day long. Even the dual paned, energy efficient windows that are installed can't hold out that much heat. One of the very few drawbacks of having such an otherwise great open floor-plan - once the air in a room gets hot it is hard to cool due to sheer volume. Laundry also is not getting done because I don't want to run the dryer (I need to wash bedding - there isn't anywhere to hang it to dry.) Don't even talk to me about yard work!
At least work is going well. I was complimented profusely yesterday by my manager (new manager that was my original manager with this department before I moved out East...he hired me for the department). It's always nice to get the ego stroked a little...especially when the compliments are regarding the quality of work that I turn out. I take a lot of pride in the things I put my name on, so it is nice to hear others appreciate it too. I finally feel secure again...that my career is on track to progress with the company - even if down the road that doesn't mean remaining in this department. I have the support again that I had lost when I moved out here.
Wedding stuffs: It is getting close now! Just a couple more weeks. My dress has been altered and fits - I still look like a fat cow in it, but the dress itself is very pretty. My dress for the rehearsal dinner is getting altered as well and will be ready Monday. (After wearing it for a nice dinner out with Neil, I discovered that when I sit in it it moves so that you can see right down it!) Now I just have to write a little toast for the reception...and then practice, practice, practice so I hopefully won't start bawling when I give it. Yes, I am a crier and weddings. I can't help it. And this is my SISTER's wedding. There will undoubtedly be tears.
Have I mentioned that it has been HOT here?
This weekend Neil is taking me to see the Lion King. I am very much looking forward to it. I am also hoping to get out tomorrow to get the media tower/shelves from Target that I want. Apparently everyone else wants them too...most of the Target stores around here are out of stock. I can't blame them, they are a great price and look fabulous. Once I get the living room put back together I will take photos.
Alright, I suppose I ought to finish up my lunch so I can get back to work...TGIF!
(Sooooo hot in here. Thank goodness I am not outside!)
We had a wonderful time away this weekend. Neil took me up to Asheville for some fun and time away from the household grind. Friday night when we arrived we headed out and caught the first part of the Gin Blossoms at the Bele Chere festival. The timing of everything is somewhat amusing...we didn't know there was a festival of any kind when we originally started planning the little getaway. Then, on my way home from somewhere one evening I heard an announcement on the radio that the Gin Blossoms would be playing (for free) that same weekend in Asheville. When Neil called the hotel they had JUST had a cancellation and we were able to grab the exact type of room we had wanted. It must have been fate! (When we arrived at the hotel the guy at the front desk was telling someone that they have been sold out for almost a year for the festival.) Below is a very bad cell phone photo of the concert (taken by Neil):
The show was great fun, but my legs started pooping out on me just standing around so we wandered off to check out the rest of what was still open. Then Saturday it rained...seriously poured off and on all day. I did get to have a nice 15 minute chair massage at a booth and we got some really great breakfast - after which we wandered back to our room to lounge about and sleep and wait for the rain to pass.
The rest was a very enjoyable weekend with not much else noteworthy to pass on other than I think I might like to go again next year if the weather is a bit nicer. Now I am back at work researching yoga. (A bit of a story behind that that I shall save for another day.)
A friend of mine demanded photos after my last post regarding the Common Grackles that had found my backyard feeders. Always aiming to please, I present to you, Mama Grackle:
And of course, Mama with the kids:
A peek at my current home improvement project - paint. Today I got the hallways painted...though, the ceilings will wait until everything else is done. They are going to take some time as there is quite a bit of detailed edging to be done which means a lot of up and down off the ladder. I was debating whether to do the ceiling now or to wait, hence the air intake being taped off.
You can also see the teal that I put in the dining room which will match the kitchen (that is through the doorway on the left side of the hall) and a patch of the gold-brown that will be my bedroom and bathroom color (straight ahead).
As far as my consistency with the Project365 stuff...life has been getting in the way of a lot of things for me lately, I am shooting when I can and will be plugging photos into their correct days. So expect some jumps like this one from day 20 to day 24. I am hoping in another week or so that things will settle out again and I can get back into a routine that will allow for some photography too.
Yes, another bird at another feeder in my backyard. I have been so busy with work and home improvement projects that I haven't had the opportunity to get out lately and shoot. So, things close to home are what you can expect for a while...sorry! I'd take photos of the projects themselves, but mostly they are just paint colors...nothing too terribly exciting (going from beige to tan mostly with some deep turquoise in the kitchen and dining room).
Also, another day missed (Day 19)...que sera sera.
Today there were only two...usually there is a flock of up to fifteen of them that come to feed. Normally, they wander under the feeder area, but on occasion they will come up to get the seed directly out of the feeder if they aren't finding what they like on the ground. I believe this is the female...there is a shot of her mate on my Flickr page.
