It's my party

and I'll cry it I want to!!
I've been a good girl and haven't whined about this spring snow we've been having lately but I'm whining today!!!
It's April, it's suppose to be in the 60's, sunny and gorgeous, preparing us for the heat wave of summer. Instead we get crazy, December like storms.

A few weeks ago Van Bourgondien sent me my replacement flowers that didn't make it last year (shhh...dont tell them that cat pee killed them) and I was thinking, "What the crap!! dont they know it's March?!?" They're live plants and have to be planted right away so I was in a pickle with it still being a wee bit nippy outside.
I called them to complain and they said, "We ship to our zone 6 customers in March" and I said, "That would be all fine and dandy if it wasn't suppose to SNOW TOMORROW!!!!"
What to do, what to do? Nothing else to do but plant them inside and wait for warmer weather.
They're all doing really well for now, but they cant stay in their tiny pots for long, I need the weather to warm up and STOP SNOWING so they can move outdoors.

So this morning as I sit shivering and glaring out at the snow I curse living in Utah. I dont care if it's only 8:42 in the morning, I'm going to eat my Symphony bar because the toffeey goodness will make me feel better for a few minutes.

update to wet bar

The minute I showed John the pictures I drew up he wanted to start right away. So it looks like John would rather put most of the money to this project instead of the outside. I'm not too distraught over it though since this will be a nice addition to our home, we just wont be pouring concrete this year. He's the one that will have to park on gravel or the road for another year so really I dont care either way.

Funny story though, last night we went to lowes to measure mini fridges and look into small water heaters. I really didn't want John to run piping from the water heater to where the small sink will be because his "this wont be that much work" projects turn into a nightmare and I wanted to go the easy way out even if it meant spending more money. So we stood in the water heater section of Lowes arguing about it, but I must say it was a very civilized argument.

Me - let me tell you why I dont want you to run piping through the whole basement. I see this not going as smoothly as you think it will and I'll end up with more holes in my ceiling that will never get patched. Also I see a lot of swearing involved.

John - okay let me tell you why I want to run piping. Instead of paying $200+ for a water heater we'll spend $30. We really wont be using hot water in the faucet that often so getting a little water heater for just that sink is a waste of money.

Me - I dont care how much it will cost, I care about the repercussions this will ensue.

John - It wont I promise! (then he went on explaining how easy it would be, for the 20th time, and how there should be no problems)

Finally I agreed to his wishes but I told him that if this doesn't go as smoothly as he promises than I get to say "I told you so", I get a sweet prize and the minute he says we have to cut into the new ceiling of the hallway we're going to my plan. I haven't decided what this prize will be but it will be totally wicked awesome, I assure you of that! I hope I'm wrong and this will be a piece of cake but past projects are telling me otherwise.

Wet Bar

*UPDATE: I forgot to mention that the fish tank will be saltwater. We're no longer going custom, we're just going to buy a 150 gallon tank, a lot cheaper.*

John is eager to start his next project (might I add that the holes that were cut for the hallway work still aren't patched *insert upset face here*). He's collecting leftovers and scraps from work to build cabinets for the wet bar we'd like to put in our family room downstairs.

This will be a work in progress over the next while since it's not going to be the focus of our remodeling (we try to pick one "big project" for the year with this year being the outside/front of the house). Which means it will only be worked on when we have the money and time.

Out of sheer boredom and the fact that John needs to get an idea and measurements going so he can collect the correct size scraps, I drew up a rough drawing on excel (since I dont have AutoCad) to get an idea of what we'd like.

It will go on the opposite wall of the fireplace where our fish tank is now.
We'd like to get a custom built fish tank that is roughly 3 feet tall, 4 feet wide and 2 1/2 feet deep (if we can insert it into the wall) which would equal to 224 gallons of water (I think). Truthfully I dont know if that size can really be done to accommodate fish since I haven't talked to anyone about it, but that's the dream.

We dont want to do upper cabinets because the ceilings in the basement are only about 7 feet tall and putting uppers would make the space look squished (along with just goofy since they'd be really small uppers) so open shelving will be a better way to go. These are just ideas and things are really subject to change.

A top view

Like I said, we really dont know when this will get under way or if it really ever will. Right now it's just a pipe dream.

night of fools

101.5 THE EAGLE PRESENTS THE 2ND ANNUAL STUBBS' NIGHT OF FOOLS

IT IS ALL HAPPENING THURSDAY, APRIL 1ST AT WISEGUYS TROLLEY SQUARE IN THE OLD HARD ROCK CAFE LOCATION IN TROLLEY SQUARE.
WWW.WISEGUYSCOMEDY.COM

SHOWTIME IS 7PM AND DOORS OPEN AT 5PM. ALL SEATING IS FIRST COME FIRST SERVED! ARRIVE EARLY FOR BEST SEATS.

COME ON OUT FOR A GREAT NIGHT OF LIVE STAND-UP COMEDY FEATURING 10 LOCAL AND NATIONALLY TOURING COMEDIANS!

BRING A BAG OFF NON-PERISHABLE FOOD FOR THE UTAH FOOD BANK AND GET IN FOR FREE!!

DOORS OPEN AT 5PM, SHOW STARTS AT 7PM!

John and I are going and would like some company! Let me know if you want to come and remember ITS FREEEEE!!!!! We'll probably head over around 5:30 to get good seats and get some food from Pound Cakes (it's apart of Wiseguys).
*Just a heads up, last year when we went there were some comedians that were a little dirty, nothing too bad since kids were in the audience but it might make some uncomfortable.*

free roam

well at least in the bedroom at night.
Enna has been sleeping with her crate door open for a few months now but Makoa has still been locked up until last night.
Makoa was still having accidents in the night if outside his crate so we were waiting until he got a little older to try it again.

To start off we put all our shoes away so Makoa wouldn't be distracted by the intoxicating smell of leather and just sleep.
I think he was loving his new freedom because he encouraged Enna to wrestle with him while I was reading. After about 5 minutes of that I was tired of hearing the squawking to I told them both to go to their beds. Enna slide right into hers and laid down but he decided he wasn't ready to sleep yet so he wouldn't stay in his.
I figured that he wouldn't settle down until the lights were off so I cut my reading short. The minute my lamp turned off he jumped on the foot of the bed and started to curl up. "No, no, no little buddy, dogs dont sleep on the bed" so he was gently pushed off. 5 minutes passed and up on the bed he jumped again. Only one more correction showed him that puppies sleep in their own beds.

When I woke up at 5:30 both pups were sound asleep in their crates (with crate doors wide open) and quietly got up when I told them it was time to go outside.
Hopefully this one night of perfection will add up to many, the real test will be the weekends.

Enna always starts rustling around 7:00 AM on the weekends but if ignored she'll curl back up in her bed, we'll see if Makoa follows suit.
Cross your fingers for success! The next step would be letting them have free roam of a room while we're at work...I dont know if I'm there trust wise...

kitchen faucet

Dear Mr. Old Kitchen Faucet,

You have overstayed your welcome. From the moment you started to just dribble instead of actually working I knew it was just a matter of time before we'd say goodbye. Then you just gave up and stopped working all together. Your sprayer tried to prolong your stay by still working, but it was getting annoying to have to use it for everything.

So this weekend John had to replace you.
The new guy is fabulous, very sleek and stylish. He also brings along a soap dispenser and a sprayer built in the faucet to the party.
I think this new guy and I will be getting along just fine.

*update: I have to say it is pure heaven to turn on the water and not have to use the sprayer to fill the dogs' water bowl. All weekend I was thinking of things that needed to be filled with water just so I could use it. Who knew that you could love a faucet as much as this?

Ever heard of personal space?

My cuddle bugs ~ Makoa looks like he's on crack ~ heaven forbid if they're not RIGHT next to me! Hmmmm....I dont think I can even remember what it was like lying on the couch comfortably.