Blazing Saddles

I caved.........

And bought a new bike. It has been a long time coming, but I just had such sticker shock when I went to go look that I never thought I could bring myself to do it. Now, don't get me wrong, I bought the base model road/racing bike...nothing fancy and had to have it special ordered since I am so damn short. Story of my life. But I bought it nonetheless.

Honestly, the bike purchase came to be... thanks to good old customer loyalty. Who knew it still existed. So, it went like this....

We find the bike that finally fits me and it is, of course, a budget buster. No Good. However, when the owner (who happens to be friends and old racing partners with my next door neighbor...hee hee hee) learns that we purchased Jay's bike there last year, ski exquipment, bike racks, ski rack, and other sports paraphernalia all from their store... he gets to thinkin'. How can we get this girl on this bike? When I tell him that I am presently training for the Tri on a 13 year old mountain bike, he almost flipped.

Next thing I know there are loyalty discounts, model discounts, "pretend this is last years model" dicounts, it finally feels like spring discounts, hey your short but cute discounts....you get the picture. When all was said and done, the bike price was almost half. NICE. So I said "Sold to the lady in the long black dress." I even got a pair of bike shorts too...intersting things those bike shorts. We'll save that for another post.

In Memory of Lukas

All, 

It is with deep sadness and heartache that I ask for your thoughts and prayers for Michael, Natascha, and Ian Ledford.  Their son, and brother, Lukas Henry has passed away suddenly at the age of 3 months.  

There are no words that I can say that can express how I feel for them at this moment. 

Although I never had a chance to meet Lukas, I know that his short time in this world was not without purpose.  

Please keep him and his family in your hearts.

 

If this is Superior Service...

....Then I am very concerned to see what their poor service is like. All I hear, all day long, are the commercials for "John Doe" Automotive and how they pride themselves on their award winning service. Ummm, what award might that be? Worst Service Ever? This is becoming almost comical now. Really. I can do nothing more but laugh at this silly silly situation.

I buy a new car and all they have to do is add the features that I asked for. When they were making the sale all I heard was. "No Problem, Absolutely, Piece of Cake, Be Done Before You Know it". Yeah Right!

I thought maybe third time would be the charm. However it is now 10:45 and they have still not come to pick up the car. Since the last time they picked it up at 10:00 (and left me no loaner car) and barely got it back by 3:30 I am concerned to say the least.

Looks like I will be dealing with these stupid running boards for yet another day. Oh, for those of you who don't know....dealing with the running boards for another day means not being able to open my back doors since they were installed too high and block the doors from opening.

Yeah. I know.

Updates...nothing more

Yay: I now have a new bathroom floor.

Nay: Never tile or lay vinyl on an angle in a small space...every piece has cuts...not good.

Yay: I have new pipes for my beautiful new laundry room.

Nay: I now have no running water to fill the pipes. Thank You BD for Starwood Points and SPG. (Although you have to call the Philippines (literally) in order to make a reservation in the next town over. Interesting. But I had all the free water in the world at my disposal as I spent the night at the club level at the Sheraton. Might be two nights. We shall see.

Yay: I finally got my new car! The good thing about our tanking economy...no one wants to buy giant SUVS. I do I do. Yay for me.

Nay: New Car came with giant dent in the door. New Car going back, getting a new new car.

Yay: Neighbors put up a nice new tall fence along the side of my house so I have a little more privacy.

Nay: Neighbors changed all but one panel of the fence, so I have my new fence connected to a piece of their old fence, connected to their new fence. None of which are the same fence. Interesting.

OH....TRULY GROSS..

I can't even believe I am posting this, but I have to...to get it out there and then I don't have to think about it anymore.

So, for those who have been in my house you know I have a bathroom in my basement. for those who have not been in my house, now you know I have a bathroom in my basement. I rarely use it because it is one of the few places in my house I did not "yet" remodel. It felt funky to me, and yucky. There has always been something about it that didn't sit right with me, but then again, I am a little crazy. (Phil...don't even say it.)

Anyway, I finally decided that it was time to build a laundry room in the basement now that the oil tank and beastly boiler are gone. Dad and I set out on this new building adventure and decided that now might be the best time to redo the bathroom so that it is home-owener friendly. Fresh coat of paint, new floor, blah blah blah. A quick fix to make it finally a place I would want to bath in. Ahhhhhhh, quick fix, not so much.

So, we start to take the floor moulding up and I notice that the drywall just crumbles. First issue, they did not use Green board in a basement bathroom. Not Good. Dad gets that look in his eye and realizes that there will be a moisture issue. We just had no idea how much of a moisture issue there would be. As we start to pull the floor up I immediately gag because I know that the concrete floor was never black. Oh yes, you guessed it...the entire floor was a layer of MOLD! I almost died. The world's biggest neat freak has mold. Aggggggggggggggggg. Kill me now. Evidently, the previous homeowners did not seal the concrete floor or waterproof it before laying the vinyl tile. Therein lies the problem.

After 6 hours of solving the wall issue and "bathing" my bathroom in bleach, I can say that the mold abatement was successful. Now I don't feel so crazy...I KNEW there was something not right about that bathroom. However, I now have a big empty room where my bathroom once stood. Looks like Dad and I will be laying some floor this week and putting back vanity, toilet, and the such. Fabulous. As Always.

Funkady dunk dunk

Oh this rain and fog is just killing me. I can't take it anymore. I need sunshine and flowers, birds chirping, people running and biking, grass growing. I can not take this cloudy, yucky, humdrum weather anymore. It is making me entirely unmotivated and grouchy. Never a good combination.

Mr. Sun, Mr. Sun come out and play. PLEASE..you are ruining my Chi.

Hum Dum Dee Dum, Hum Dee Dum Dumm

I am unmotivated. Not Good