The weekend......

Started the weekend with SHOPPING!! Went to my fav store, The Gap, and bought a couple of outfits then headed over to Target for some cleaning supplies.

Jacq and Bucky are moving into their house soon and it still needs lots of work. So they drove up from King Wm and we headed over to the house. We did a little bit of cleaning and made list of everything we still needed. Hooked up with Johnny boy and went over to Lowes to buy paint and some other supplies.

Then we spent Sunday cleaning and painting. We did get one of the bedrooms painted and some of the kitchen. I'm posting "before" pictures and hopefully in a couple of weeks I'll have some "after" pictures.

Note the great big ole oak tree in the front yard...........this tree is massive! and a picture of me worn slam out.

later........

Love vacation days......

On Thursday I decided I wanted a vacation day.........I needed a vacation day. Especially since it was going to be close to 80 degrees on Friday. So thank goodness I have a wonderful manager who is used to my spur of the moment vacation request.

So yee haw........I started the day by sleeping in. Everyone else was at work so I had the house to myself. Then spent the morning getting the laundry done and cleaning up. After eating some lunch, I went outside and did my most favorite......worked in my flower garden. And then....then.........damn it, I got into some poison ivy!!!

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End of the 2 piece.....

End of the 2 piece bathing suit. That's it........it lasted a long time but no more. Can you believe that I have worn a 2 piece bathing suit up until last year! hope that doesn't gross you out but you know, I could always gage by what my Jacquelyn would tell me. If my daughter would walk down the beach with me wearing a 2 piece and not be embarrased then I always thought it was probably ok. One year I told her I was going to buy a one piece and she said NO.......don't do that! But now, well, it's different. Different because I quit smoking and gained way too much weight so the 2 piece has run it's course. I went shopping after work to buy 2 new bathing suits and low and behold, I found 2. AND........I even tried them on and felt ok with them. So, guess I'm really the grandma now.....with the grandma bathing suits!

here's a pic of the suits......pic of Maddox out to dinner Monday night.....and note the long drool hanging from his mouth, a pic of a flower from my yard..oh yeah, here comes spring! And a pic of my baby girl Chrissy.

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Easter

We made cupcakes, carrot cake and breakfast bread to take to mom's house on Sunday.

here's pics of the beautiful cupcakes that Jacquelyn and Jake decorated, the bread to take to mom's for my sister's, mom and neice and the Easter baskets that the bunny brought......

we had so much fun at mom's house. All of my siblings live in the area and we all just have so much fun when together. There are 23 of us now and it gets crowded but we love it!

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Easter eggs...

I love to dye Easter eggs! And I was really excited about doing the eggs this year because of the really cool kit I had bought. But the damn kit lied....they did not turn out the way the picture looked. So I have no pics.......

the kids were kind of laughing at me for doing eggs........they thought I had bought the kit for Maddox but he was out of town. So when I started working on the eggs guess who joined me.......that's right, Jacquelyn and Jake. Never too old to dye Easter eggs.

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Eating out......

Eating out in Richmond is not always easy! We had plans to eat at Maggiano's for my birthday with reservations for 2 for 6:30. Then a week prior, I decided I really wanted all of the kids to join us.......I know, I'm nuts. So I tried to add to my reservation and boom.......the time now became 9:00. No can do........so I cancel. I wanted Italian so I decided on the Olive Garden. I know, I know......it's a chain but what the heck, it's still good.

So off we go........HA! 2 hour wait. Can't do that......so we headed over to Roma's and was seated right away. And I had probably the BEST shrimp scampi I have ever had.

here's some pics of us at dinner

later......

Another year.........

older.......but wiser!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!

I am a blog snob.......

I have so many favorite blogs that I check every single day. My list on the sidebar in no way indicates how many I check. And if my favorites are not updated every single day.........well, I'm just not happy! and look at me.....I've gotten to where I only post one or two times a week. I think that's just a bit snobbish of me! I'm going to try and do better. so here's what has been going on all week............

• Went to Target and spent WHAT on Easter candy??? hehe.......I not only STILL fix baskets for my 3 grown children but I also fix them for Bucky (Jacq's boyfriend) and Kayla (Jake's girlfriend) and Maddox....and this year for my nephew Tommy. And what?? you don't fill your grandson's basket with all new summer clothes!! So Johnny suffered a little cash register shock while checking out but it's all good.........
  
• Roofer came and fixed all of the loose shingles.....and that was my sticker shock!


• 1st round of the NCAA tournament so far..........I have missed two! I was about to have a heart attack watching Duke last night. But in the end, they pulled it out and won by 1 point....whew!


• Lost last night.....OMGosh.......I just couldn't even believe it and then the previews blew me away. That is probably the best TV writing ever!


• Johnny boy and I are going to see Blue Man Group tonight........looking forward to it. Jake saw them when in New York and has told us a lot about them but still, I'm not quite sure what to expect.
  
• We grilled hamburgers and hot dogs last night........WOO HOO to the grilling season!!


• Tomorrow is my birthday.....WOO HOO to birthdays! I'm not going to lie and act all reserved just because I'm turning freakin 52....I love birthdays. I want presents!
  
• I'm dyeing Easter eggs tomorrow and I will post pics because they are going to look so cool. The kids are grown but I just love dyeing eggs. One year, I took the eggs and wrapped them in cheese cloth. You boil onion skins........and let it cool. Then you put the wrapped eggs in the onion skin water.....they come out looking like they are wooden. It's so cool. The longer you leave them in, the darker the "wood". So this year is something different and I promise, I will post pics.


• So glad to FINALLY hear from Paula!


• I made that Apple dessert from Pioneer Woman's blog......the one with Mountain Dew and OMGosh.......it's absoutley wonderful. You seriously need to try it


• I start my photography class on April 8th...


• So here's one for ya.......I needed to take my Chrissy girl for her shots (my dog) and get her teeth cleaned. I knew they would need to do the bloodwork first and then I would schedule a few days later for the cleaning. So I called to ask them how much they were going to rip me off for.......ummm, how much it would cost. And she starts giving me the run down and I say.......SO, that's around $350 for everything. And she says yes. I took Chrissy on Tuesday and you know the drill, you meet with the vet and then they take your dog to do everything but bring you the "estimate" for today's work. Well, that "estimate" said $414.....WTFF.......and that was just for Tuesday. There would be an addt'll $327 for the cleaning.......making the total well over $700 bucks versus what they had told me!! I told them no thanks..........they had $184 just for bloodwork. 2 years ago when she got her teeth cleaned, the bloodwork was $40! They have been bought by another company who is obviously out to become millionaires right from the start gate. I told them forget it.....give her her shots and bring her to me!! Now I need to find another vet......



• Do you know that Jake is 19 years old.........will be 20 in May and can't stand the fact that I won't let him look in the Target bags at the Easter candy. And do you know that Johnny boy is almost 55 years old and wanted his Easter candy last night........and he said......but it's mine! What does that say.........that Delaney boys don't grow up!
  
• I didn't win that HGTV Dream home.........maybe next year!

So I think that's it for now........I will post pics tomorrow of my beautiful Easter eggs and maybe the Easter Baskets if I have them done! oh yeah.....one more thing......I can't stand Easter grass and I usually use the shredded colored paper. Well this year, I took some of my scrapbooking paper that I no longer like (you know, from the big packs) and I ran them through my shredder so that's what I'm using.

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Happy St Patrick's Day!

May your glass be ever full

May the roof over your head be always strong

And may you be in heaven half an hour

before the devil knows you're dead

I could be a winner........

They surprise the winner of the HGTV Dream Home this Sunday. It could be me! well sure, it could be.......I could be sitting in my den on Sunday and my doorbell ring. I better make sure I'm not in an "all day pj wearing mode" on Sunday......it could be me!

Sucky weekend update......

• Roofer called to repair shingles situation - CHECK


• Washing machine repair guy coming on Friday - CHECK


• Computer virus, chunk it.....we bought a new one - CHECK
  
• Toliet mystery leak....has stopped but still need to check out


• Expedition all repaired - CHECK


• Refrigerator - seems there is some sort of "design flaw"......WHAT? ever so often she will freeze up and we just unplug?? WHAT? not sure what we're doing on this one!

Getting things done, one disaster at a time!
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A sucky weekend.....

the first part was good.........my dad and I went to the CAA Tournament and it was lots of fun! VCU beat Towson and W&M beat ODU....fun!

and here's what happened the rest of the weekend............the wild winds on Sat blew a bunch of shingles off/loose on the roof, the washing machine broke, there is no fixing the horrible virus that has attacked our computer, one of the toliets upstairs starting leaking, something's wrong with the Expedition and the frig froze up!! Yep, the frig that is brand new! I mean did I do something wrong, is karma pissed at me or something, did I forget to say my prayers one night.......arghhhhhhh!!!

here's hoping the week is better
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The beach....

I think I need a weekend at the beach. really, I know I need a weekend at the beach. I need to sit on the beach and watch the ocean and feel the warm sun.

but we have so much to do around the house that I don't think it's going to happen.....damn it!

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Our little buddy.....

Johnny boy and I took Maddox to the mall last night to get his new "walking shoes"......you know the ones, those hard white ones! The physical therapist believes he needs them so since Nicole was working, we took the little fellow to get his new shoes.

As soon as he got them on, he cruised all around the store. Then of course, we had to do the little kiddy rides. When my kids were little, those rides were 25 cents.......they are 75 now! And he loved them.

I was so hoping to get to bed early but that didn't happen. And then not long after falling asleep a wild storm hit and I swear I thought the rain was going to bust the windows. The wind was so crazy the rain was coming in sideways and hard! Johnny popped out of bed......."whats that"

It was pretty wild.

I'm going to try and get to bed early tonight....boy do I need it

here's a pic of Maddox with his new cups.....and that last picture of Johnny boy....haha, check out his mouth. I think he's holding it "just right" to make sure Maddox won't fall.

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A bunch of numbers.....

3...the number of rawhide bones that Ziggy has hidden from Chrissy

6...the number of laundry loads i have done today

7...the number of days until the CAA Tournament that I am going to

8....the number of new towels I bought this morning at Kohls

21...the number of days until spring.......let's see if the saying is true, in like a lamb and out like a lion. Today is beautiful so maybe.......

21...the number of days until we go see Blue Man Group

22...the number of days until my birthday

and 1 hour..........and we're going to the Home Show.

later.........