Beautiful Weather

It's so nice out today. I sat outside while eating my lunch and watched the dogs and the birds play. While I was watching I decided that I really think that I need to do something about my lawn in the back yard. It's horrible. I put down weed and feed and now that the weeds are dying I notice all the spots that need to be fixed. Much of the yard needs to be reseeded. I don't know how I am going to do that with 3 dogs running around outside. I might have to start letting them out the front door for a while. The only thing that sucks about that is that our front yard doesn't have a fence and it won't be nearly as easy to just let them out and not have to watch them. In fact that would be impossible.

Being home all day I have become quite bored with the TV shows that are on. I am also bored with all my crafts and even the normal websites that I look at everyday are getting pretty boring and I am finding it difficult to get inspired or motivated to do things.
I finally got a call from a resume that I submitted, and it was a employement agency who wanted me to go and contract at the same place I was laid off from doing the exact same thing while one of the girls I used to work with goes on maternity leave with her 3rd child. I guess they were afraid that she won't come back after having her baby. I e-mailed her today and she said that she has every intent to go back after having her baby. Therefore, I don't think it's worth it to go back for 3 months. I didn't even like working for that company anyway, so I think that ones out. It sucks that my first call back has to be from them. ugh...

Today = Baby Shower and Sunburn

My niece's baby shower was today. This is the little girl that came to live with me when she was 12. She's all grown up and I feel so old. I guess I should keep in mind that she's almost 19, but that's 7 years ago. That's a long time.
Anyway, the shower was outside and I think I might have burned my eye balls from the glare off the table cloth from where we ate outside. They are terribly dry right now. On a side note, make sure you check out the cake in the photo above. My mother-in-law and grandmother-in-law made it. It took 4 boxes of cake mix. It's was even cuter in person.
Update: only 5 more days until our matching meeting!

Overdone

Yesterday, I got up the motivation to move everything out of our origional master bedroom. I then took up all the old carpet and patched the walls with insulation, vapor barrier, and sheet rock from where we had to take it out to fix the outside faucets. I then mudded and taped it. When Jerry got home after work last night we went to Home Depot and got the panelling needed to put on the lower half of the walls under the shelves.
This morning I put up all that panelling myself. I then sanded down the wall where I mudded and taped. I also bought some new screen to repair the sliding door and the window screen in the master bedroom. Our old cat Boo tore it up one night trying to get outside to prowl for rodents. I also made a screen to go onto the window in the room we stay in now. I didn't even know it was so easy to make a screen. They sell the kits at Home Depot for less then $10.00. I feel so silly that I didn't do it sooner because I thought it would be hard and expensive.
Andy said that I should go into business as a contractor until I can find another job.
Anyway, now as I sit here I wish I wouldn't have done so much in the past couple of days because my sholders, fingers, and wrists are now feeling sore. It's a nasty cycle with arthritis. If I don't do enough I am sore and if I do too much I am sore. I haven't mastered my activity level yet. I wonder if I ever will?

Today's weather is R-A-I-N-Y

We were supposed to get this rain yesterdsay, but we got it today instead. I guess that's better because Jerry had a softball tournament yesterday and it would have made for a cold, wet, uncomfortable day. They do have one game today, but at least it's only one.
Yesterday I went with a friend of mine to the place that she's having her wedding. It's going to be so much fun. It's at a casino. It's not as bad as it sounds. There's a marina there and they will have the ceremony on the beach, the reception will be on a large boat, and then it's off to the casino for bowling, dancing, and gambling. They are a pretty laid back, chill couple, and it's going to be a lot of fun! I am taking the pictures for their wedding and I can't wait. I already have a bunch of ideas for shots I want to take. I am really excited! Can't wait until September!

Great News!

I just receive a message from our new SW! She wants to setup time to go through the waiting kids that are out there and see if there's any we would be interested in. Because Jerry is pretty busy at work the first time he can clear 2 hours in his schedule isn't until next Friday or the week after. I am just happy that we're on the way. Also, I am really thrilled that it hasn't been a week that we are on our SW's caseload that we received contact and a request to meet with her.
It looks like we are on our way and I am really excited.

On another great note, Jerry won a 'People's Choice' award at work! He didn't even know that he had been nominated by his peers. That's really an honor for him. I am really proud of him. He's so smart and has a great work ethic. I knew he always had it in him. Now, I just need a job where I can shine like he does.

***UPDATE****
Our meeting is set for May 8th, at 9:30 AM!!!

I feel like Crap

A few days ago I had my Remicade infusion. It usually takes a few days to have the side effects and today's my day. I feel really achy and tired. Despite the way that I feel I managed to wash all my bedding, change the litter box, take out the garbage, put the screen door on my front door for summer, and move all the furniture in my living room so that I could wash the carpet. I am now done and I don't even want to move. Sure, there are things that I could be doing, but I think I have done a lot for today and should save some things for tomorrow. Right?

Braided Habit

This is my newest project. I have made 3 braided bags/purses. I think they are pretty fun so I put one up on www.etsy.com to see if I could sell them. Everyone that has seen them in my house has said they love them, but I haven't been able to sell one yet. I figure with all this free time I should see if I could make a couple of bucks. Maybe I will put it on ebay instead and see if it will sell there.
Today the weather is really ugly. There are storm clouds hanging in the air and make me want to crawl under the covers and hide. Weather like this is great. I just wish that I had a good book that I haven't read yet, but, instead I have to settle for movies. I have already watched two.