Utter Chaos, and a dose of Melodramatasism

I think the title sums everything up properly. The PT House has entered that stage where everything is utter chaos.

I have been working extremely long hours at work, and have actually had very little time to pack. Yesterday we had a music festival at school so I was gone all day and lost that precious Saturday of would-have-been productivity.

The animals have become privy to what all these boxes mean. The cats have been doing crazy things like nocking over my jewerly box (so I get to spend my time picking earings out of the carpet and saving them from a dusty death under the radiator). My day started when I awoke to find cloe hanging from the curtains in my bed room. Kona is whining all the time and glued to your side. He has also ripped up a bunch of cardboard, which the cats have pleasantly spread all over the house.

I think the cats will be banished to the basement for atleast 4 hours today, so I can re-group from the destruction they have caused! (I never banish the cats, but desperate times cause for desperate measures!)

So today is my one preacous weekend day, and while there are many things that need done for the move I will instead be doing laundry and grocery shopping, because we need to be able to function.

Functioning is something that I am quite worried about this comming week. I do not work well in chaos... my brain gets all scrambled and I say crazy things and maybe even stutter a little...? My synapeses stop firing or something like that. I can just see it now, me standing in front of my class and having a brain wiring meltdown from the lack of order.

Plus, I think I'm coming down with something... a sinus infection? I actually feel okay, except from the constant aching in my sinuses, and that I think I actually look like death.

Why can't I be like Samantha from Bewitched and just wiggle my nose and make things happen, just like that!

The move- Status update

Random old pic for you guys!

It is now Sunday morning, and I am currently cuddled up in my palpizon chair next to the steaming hot wood stove. Today I am feeling exhausted, and the motivation to waltz around the house packing up all the belongings is really quite lacking.

This is what we have accomplished so far:

We have almost all the books packed, all my antique dishes and glass ware, picture frames/wall decorations. It is slowly getting there.

The move is in two weeks from tomorrow!

Today I will focus on laundry and groceries. If I get anything accomplished after that I will be very happy!

Right now I am dreaming of my Kitchen Island that I will soon purchase for our new house!

There are many things that I love about the new house, but the Kitchen is not one of them and here is why:

1. There is no dishwasher

How did humans live without these, wait, how did I life with out one? Hubs seems to think that this is no big deal however when paired with what I am going to tell you next you will see why I am freaking out!

2. There is about 1 foot of counter space! What!?!

Where is the drying rack going to go?! I'd understand no dishwasher if there was tons of counter space... but there is NO place to even put a drying rack, and the sink doesn't even have a divider in it!

3. There is one cabinet in which to store things.

Count it... one. That lonely number!!

So this Kitchen Island is really needed... and so is this:

We can put the Microwave on it, and cook books on the top shelf instead of the wicker basket, and then dog treats in the bottom shelf in the wicker basket. Do you see the vision that I have?!

I see a kitchen makeover in our future.

Let me dust off some cobwebs around here!

Hello, my poor neglected blog. I know I haven't shown it recently, but I really love you, and miss you. :-(

You see, several big things are going on around here... but my computer has decided to DIE on me! ACK! So I am forced to share with HUBS and we sometimes are not good sharers. There have been fights about sharing his computer.

Now I know I've made these promises before, but I PROMISE to write again soon. This particular month will be hectic because...

1. WE'VE BOUGHT OUR FIRST HOUSE!! YAY!
2. We are moving in 2 weeks (omg, omg, omg, how?!)
3. I have 2 concerts at school coming up
4. My car is slowly dying and has spent several nights sleeping over at the garage with other broken cars; while I get toted around by my colleagues.
5. We are looking at buying a new car (in the same month that we bought a house mind you...)

So my stress level is a bit high. AND when I am stressed, my favorite thing to do is sleep. AND last night when I wanted to go to sleep, a certian Hubs would NOT stop talking. So I threatened him with this lovely Haiku.

A Haiku for my Husband
because he WOULDN'T STOP TALKING
last night when I wanted to sleep:

If you keep talking
Violence will soon occur
When sleep is needed


I will try to keep you posted while the PT HOUSE is on the move!!

Veridian Lifestyle

Last night I was at a Birthday party for one of my friend's big 3-0. We went to see a 80s cover band play, and in my opinion the band was good but needed a new lead female. With an 80s band you need a lady that channels Madonna or Cyndi Laupher, and not goth like this particular lady, am I right?!

Anyways I met one of my friend's boyfriends for the first time, and among other good attributes he decided to buy all my drinks for me. (Wow!) Which really equals about 1.5 drinks because I'm small. And so we got to chatting and he tells me that he subscribes to the "Veridain Lifestyle" which means, in short, that you spend your money on things that make you happy. (Isn't that what American's are really good at anyway?) So he says that he likes to spend more money on the things that he uses most, like shoes and bed. Buy a $200 pair of shoes that are great and wear them everyday for 2 years or something like that.

So it got me to thinking, do I subscribe to a lifestyle? I sure would like to subscribe to the "Veridian Lifestyle." I thought instantly of my Grandpa's mattress that is God knows how old that I have been sleeping on for 3 years now, but the "Veridian Lifestyle" is sorta about spending money... I'm trying not to spend money at all, so... problem?

So what is my lifestyle then?

I guess my recent lifestyle would be the "Conservative Lifestyle": Spend no money, use everything sparingly and in moderation. AKA the "Poor Lifestyle" or the "Put 75% of your monthly income into your student loans Lifestyle" but "Conservative Lifestyle" sounds much better, doesn't it?

What's your lifestyle?

VIA Google Image search for "Lifestyle"

PS: Google Image search "Lifestyle" and look at the options, notice that there are no pictures that show overweight people, or lifestyle choices that are unhealthy like smoking, or fast food. It seems like the actual American lifestyle is not displayed through those images, but a rather we see a facade of what American culture ought to be? Interesting.

The back to school life...

Myself teaching!

The best part of my job is.... that I don't have to work all summer long, and still get money!! (I know I'm suppose to say touching lives and yada yada yada...) The fact of it all is that being a school teacher is really quite hard, and no one ever tells you quite how hard it is because it is "such a wonderful profession to sculpt the future of our society...(and yada yada yada)". You see what I mean?

I am into my second week of school now and for the first time (ever) I feel like I know what I'm doing. Deep down I know that I really do know what I'm doing, but now I feel like it too! Something about being in that 3rd year. 3rd times a charm, or something like that?

So yes, I am enjoying my job for once... perhaps I'll start blogging about my job more often now. You see, this blog is my happy place, and school does not necessarily equal happy.

Now this is the hardest part, and really I guess it doesn't sound all that hard, but it feels hard. I don't have much time for myself. I'm up at 5:30, out the door by 7:00 at the very very latest, and home at 4:00. At which point I am either walking the dog or cooking dinner, then cleaning dinner. THEN 8:00 is the magic hour when Hubs and I crash on the couch to watch a few mindless episodes of South Park on the Netflix before crashing in the bed promptly at 9:00 to sleep. Wash, Rinse, Repeat. It just seems like Hubs and I are always tired, and THAT is hard.

This is when I hear my Mom's voice in my head telling me to take Vitamin B Complex supplement pills.

(And yes, I am writing this post at school.... shhhhh)


Now I am wondering how people with kids manage all this!? You people are amazing!

Ballerinas

In another life, I would be a NYC Ballerina. Ballet is so beautiful and artistic! Maybe I'll be one of their musicians instead. ;-)

I think I found Love!

This tiered table is just screaming to jump out of my computer screen and into my dinning room, don't you think? It would be the perfect fit, sigh. If only I could haggle Wisteria to give it to me for only $100! Ha!

Tiered Marble Top Console | Wisteria