back to some normality

I have synced my phone with my Blog. I can send pics too. So at least i have some way to keep this thing updated until i can find a fast and affordable internet service.

Me and Corbin

My past weekend

This past weekend here was the Texaqs Frightmare Weekend, it is a horror movie convention.
You get to meet your favorite stars, watch cool movies and hang out with other horror movie freaks like yourself.
This was my second year to go and it was a blast.
This time we spent the weekend at the hotel that was hosting it.
And I have to admit it is kinda cool stepping in the elevator with an actor you admire.
Any way this year they had loads of great people there, the ones that really stick out in my mind(the ones I met) was William Forsythe(The Rock, Devils Rejects, Stone Cold), super cool guy. Karen Black(Triology of Terror, Burnt Offerings, Airport 74), she still gives me the creeps! Marylin Burns(the lone survivor of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre) she is SO tiny. Terri McMinn(meat hook girl from the original Tesas Chainsaw Massacre), Corbin Bernson(L.A. Law, The Dentist, Psyche)very down to earth and real sweet heart and last but not least Linda Blair(The Excoersist)She is really cool talked a long time with us about our dogs, she runs a dog sanctuary in Northern California.
We saw some cool movies Laid To Rest a gory slasher flick, highly recomend it if you like that type, Pathogen, written and directed by a 12 year old girl from Austin, great campy B-movie, can't wait to see her newwst one The Retelling,she is now 16. iMurders is a pretty good who done it with a bit of blood, not much. More of a murder mystery than a horror flick.
Any way that is how I spent my past weekend.

Time for the monthly update...

Ok we have our dumpster, as of last week! YIPPEE!!!
And we got them most awesome kitchen island. It was on sale $300 off. Now we just have to put the money back into our floor fund! LOL
But this sucker is MASSIVE!! 52" X 57" and then it has a kids table that pulls out and then the measurement is 57"X 89" and it has six barstools that go with it.
Three tall ones and three short ones for the kids table.
My little wren family moved off. I SO have to post pics of the nest. Wrens crack me up when it comes to nesting sites.
My iris are blooming, they came with the house.
The wild blackberries are coming along good, looks like quite bit of berries if I can keep them from the birds. Oh and we have mulberry trees!! So it looks like I get to attempt some mulberry jam.
Thats it for now just a quick post.
I should beable to do more since I have now set up to post via my phone.
Until then ... have a great spring.

Quick update

I am still alive!!!
For those who may have thought different... as you can tell by my lack of posting
I still have no internet at my house.
Hopefully with in a month or two I can get wireless service.
But first we need a trash dumpster!
And more privacy fence since a 6 foot tall privacy fence isn't tall enough for a coon hound.
Mojo showed us his athletic abilities this past weekend when he sailed over it without a running start.
So we need to add another three feet to the top. How I love my dog!
Anyway, since my last post we had a flood in the kitchen when the water line to the new fridge decided to rupture. So we get to get a new floor for our kitchen.
The fun part being that we have to move all the furniture out and rip out the old floor ourselves, or pay an extra $1400. We DON'T think so. Demolition is the fun part of home repair!
That should be done in the next couple of weeks.
My car has a recall on it. If I hit something hard enough with my front end my seat belts can catch on fire! Only I would have a car with a problem like that.
And on the craftier side of things, I bought a Domestic treadle sewing machine. It has a casket cabinet. The only thing wrong with the cabinet is that it is missing one drawer pull.
It is beautiful! All I have to do now is figure out to use it! LOL
Anyway that is what I have been up to the past few months.
Until the next time I can get some time on a borrowed computer.
Take care.

Quick peek...

This is my Tiger bamboo floor!!
Was put in yesterday. Along with the new carpet.
But I love this floor!!!
The guys who installed it freaking hated it.
When the went to put the stair cap on they had it glued in place and got the nail gun so shoot brads in to old it and it just wadded them up and spit them back out.
The stuff is so hard and dense that it won't let them penetrate.
So they ended up have to get inventive.
They drilled holes thru it, pulled it up, then got the big hammer drill out to drill in to the other piece, then cut dowls to fit those holes, then placed it all back and put screws in.
Hard work but it was worth it, even they said so.
Then again they may have just been glad to leave since it took 11 hours with a crew of 4 to do this room.

How Smurfy!

To say my dinning room is blue is an understatement!
I liked the color, can't stand white walls so this was the result!
Now do can you imagine when the cabinets are open and that chili pepper orange slaps you in the face!
But with the big off white fireplace and all my cabinets it really isn't so bad.
And specially since we have moved the furniture in there, and hung some things on the wall it really is a nice background color.