Please just shoot me now...

I don't know if it's just a fluke or I am just noticing it more now (like when I got my Mustang...I never noticed them before, but now I notice them EVERYWHERE...it just made me more aware), but characters with heart problems like mine keep popping up whether it's on TV or in a book. Week before last, the entire episode of ER was about people with heart problems. They had a camp at the hospital for kids that have heart problems and the one girl had an ICD...and yes...even in fiction you could see the bloody thing clearly...I don't care how big my chest is...these babies ain't gonna cover that shit! Screw that. Oh yeah...and it shocked her (turns out it was a false alarm) and it sent her to the ground. Then I was reading this book that I figured was going to be fun light reading. Oh noooo...midway through the book the main character's sister got a heart condition and then she died in the end waiting on a transplant that she didn't want. Can't we put warnings on things?! Seriously! I won't say which book it is so as not to ruin it for people who want to read it. I'm glad I didn't suggest this one for book club...I almost did! It wasn't very well written either.

Change of subject...

So my mother wants the ENTIRE house painted and no one else wants to paint and since I am painting what is going to be my room then I am stuck doing the rest too. I painted my ceiling and T taped off my room and helped me take the trillion nails out of the walls and start readying the rest of the house for painting. I have a five gallon bucket of primer, but I have to find someone to take it out of the car for me. I'm not finished taping off or cleaning the windows and walls and I am already so flipping sore and exhausted!! I bought five or six rollers hoping for help, but none has come. My neighbor here is going to help me tomorrow. She's good at painting! But there are a lot of walls!!!! And they ALL have to be primed first!!

So...yesterday I was trying to take the verticals down in the office. I have the screw driver and I'm up in the window and I just glance at the actual window and there is something at the top staring in at me...at first I think it's a lizard, but then I freak out...it's a flipping snake staring in the window at me!!!! I scream like a girl and then go get my mother and T...it's still there when we get back. We knock on the window at it, tap the screw driver on the window at it, but nooooo it doesn't care...it just watches us and stays there watching and lurking for about another half an hour. I guess it finally got tired or hungry and left. Then I saw this ginormous lizard outside. It's HUGE!!!! It's reddish, and is as round as a half dollar, has a creepy head like a snake, but has feet. I have been told it is a skink, but dang...what the hell is up with all of these reptilian critters???!!! I am never going outside again!!!! The only reptilian critters that don't bother me much are Alligators...they aren't slithery and you can actually see them. Ewww.

So I am completely exhausted, sore as hell, still not looking forward to moving into this dump (I am working on my Jiffy Store feet for that full on redneck experience...still have to put the christmas lights on the front porch and pick up a pink flamingo for the front yard...and I even have the Ford now and rednecks love Mustangs, so I guess that's the next best thing to a big ole truck).

So...please just shoot me now and put me out of my misery!

I made a decion finally!

I picked paint colors! For the bathroom, I have chosen "Pineapple" which is a light yellow that will match the natural light wood of the sink cabinet and the bamboo flooring. I think I'm going to try to use bamboo for baseboards.

For the bedroom, I have chosen "Yacht Club Blue" (then I will go join the Cedar Key Yacht Club! Haha...for those of you not from here...there is no such thing...perhaps a redneck yacht club full of air boats!). It's a bright blue, but not dark or overly loud. I am going to put up some white crown moulding and then put white moulding around the windows. At Home Depot or Lowes I found non-expensive crown moulding that is made out of a PVC material instead of solid wood making it MUCH less expensive. It doesn't really look that much different either.

I hope it all comes together well. Ugh! So much work!!! Just the Wal-Mart trip to buy the paint and supplies wore me out! I have to go take a nap now before I have to go back out later for dinner. I NEED my energy and stamina back!! Grr!!

Happy Friday everyone!!

Decorating ideas?

Well, it's official...my mother signed the papers yesterday, so she bought the place. Ugh. I am so not excited, if you can't tell! It's fairly spacious (though I have nowhere near as much room as I have now...I'm going to be severely cramped!), but it's from the 70's and has ugly paneling and I hate hate hate paneling. It's one of my peeves...up there with slow drivers!

I'm having trouble deciding what to do with my room. I already have my bathroom planned. I have the second smaller bathroom, but I found a sink that I really love with a matching vanity. It's currently sitting in the living room because we are still cleaning the new place and getting all new flooring. I found a flooring for my bathroom that I LOVE! It is textured (it's from a spa line or something) and looks like bamboo!! It's great!! I'm going to paint the walls in the bathroom a light yellow (not pastel, but not bright in your face either).

Here's a picture of my sink cabinet:

I still don't know what to do with my room. It has the ugly dark paneling. I thought about making my own duvet cover and decorating around that, but by the time I buy all the fabric I may as well go buy a new comforter! It's a vicious cycle! I want something fresh and calming (I so need that!...along with some Grey Goose, but it's still in the cabinet...haven't read the restrictions of my new med yet, but I'm still supposed to "limit" whatever that means).

I thought about painting the room a citrus green, but I'm not sure how that would be. I've never been a big green fan and my family has never been a big fan of color...our houses tend to resemble a psych ward...everything WHITE WHITE WHITE. My mother has no imagination whatsoever...she still thinks the velvet tassled lamp shades from the 70's are still pretty and cool...I apparently have no taste. Don't get me wrong, I am a big fan of retro, but there is a point where it's just plain tacky! I've always wanted to paint my room a bright blue, but wouldn't I get sick of it?! I don't know!! It's so hard!!!! I like the look of the tans and browns, but I'm trying to get away from the depressing colors that are already there. The carpet I am having put in is called "honey silk" so it's a tannish color...that way anything is going to work with it.

Anyone have any suggestions? I'm so at a loss. I thought about wallpaper, but it's expensive and there is so much to do that I want to try paint first...I can always wallpaper over it.

Anyone is free to come help fix up the place too! :) hehe So many people were, "oh! we'll come help" yadda yadda yadda...haven't seen them.

Packing has been very hard on me and I haven't done much yet. Getting tired so easily, sucks so very badly.

Moving cont'd...

I have started the packing. It hasn't been a whole lot. Yesterday I packed up my desk and a box of CD's and DVD's. Sadly, even taking a light box out to the living room to stack it made me short of breath. I don't know how I will get through it all and it doesn't help that I am not at all excited about it...it just depresses me more.

But, whatever...I'm not going to whine...I wouldn't want to bother someone by reminding them that I am not 100% and am still limited in what I can and can't do. I am getting really tired of people telling me how I should feel or act. I know it's not very healthy, but I'm getting to the point where I just don't want to talk to anyone and I would like to just pack up and move away from here. I can't take it anymore. I really need to just cut the negative, non-supportive, and bossy (that doesn't include my one friend who is bossy to everyone by nature) people out and not talk to them anymore. It's not good for me...I talk to them and then I am in a pissy mood for hours and get upset...which then leads to chest pains if I can't get control of it and calm down. I'm also getting to the point where I'm just so over everything that I don't care anymore and I just feel like getting rid of EVERYTHING. I am just so apathetic these days. I don't even care about shopping. I spent the entire day in Gainesville shopping on Sunday and all I bought was a CD that I didn't even know if I wanted to buy (I did want the CD...just didn't know if I wanted to buy it if that makes sense) with a gift card I got for my birthday.

Anyhow. I'm still not sure what to do with my room. I ordered a tan-ish carpet so it will go with whatever I choose. I think I want something cheerful (to help offset the oft-pissy mood). Something either slightly beachy/palm tree or with crisp, calming, and cheerful color. Those colors will also match my bathroom. My mother bought my sink/cabinet and vanity today. It's a light natural wood color and the doors are the slotted ones (think shutters)...it's very Tommy Bahama feel and I am getting a flooring for the bathroom that is slightly textured and looks like bamboo. I'm a little excited about the bathroom.

As I was looking at my apron fabric I got a good idea. I don't have the patience or a quilting machine to make myself a comforter, but what I can make in about an hour would be a duvet cover!! I could then have a couple of options that I could change out. I was actually thinking that my favorite apron fabric (the green paisley) would make a really pretty duvet and brighten up the room. I also found a pretty damask on Sunday that has a really pretty citrus green pattern on a white background. I don't know!!!!

Moving

It looks like it's going to happen after all. My mother is closing on her new place on Wednesday and they have already started cleaning up the place. I'm not looking forward to it...my new room is basically the size of my freakin' shoe closet now!!! Ugh!! I just finished the stupid shoe closet too!!! I'm not even going to go into it...it gave me chest pains for four days when I first saw the place. It's just so frustrating not being able to go back to work. I sure hope the cardiac rehab helps!!!

I'm really worried about my cat, though. He's never lived anywhere else and he is very finnicky! I guess as long as I am with him, he'll be ok though. Mom used to bring him to the high school my senior year (Mrs. Barnes begged for him) and Wal-Mart in her purse when he was a kitty, but that was a LONG time ago and he didn't stay that social and calm for long. He'll be 12 years old in August.

Cupcakes, Apples, Pears, and Sewing

My new sewing box and my cupcake pin cushion. I've had the pin cushion for a while, but the sewing box is new, but they are so cute that I had to post pictures.

The Spice Girls, Odd People, and junk...

Since we are moving and I have already discussed my "spring cleaning" and purging in great detail, we are all familiar with the fact that I had LOTS of stuff to get rid of. So being back on my Altace and not feeling like death warmed over, we set out for the flea market to rid ourselves of these lovely items that have been gathering dust for ages.

I have lots of lovely clothes from Gap, Old Navy, The Limited, Ann Taylor, Ralph Lauren, DKNY, and others as well. Sunglasses from Kenneth Cole, Ralph Lauren, Nine West, Calvin Klein, etc. I also have some other nice stuff as well. I figure this stuff will be what goes first and I will be stuck with all the junk. Imagine my shock when everyone starts buying the tacky crap that mom dragged home from some yard sale somewhere!!

"Oooh! Look!! A shadow box for my bathroom!!"

"Ooh! Beat up Adidas sneakers!" (I feel bad that someone probably needed them that badly)

This one pair of shoes that I thought for sure I would have to throw out...sold for ten cents! The Adidas sneakers went for fifty cents.

On Friday this British guy came through and bought a bunch of VHS tapes I had. He didn't have his glasses, so I had to read the back of the box of some of them to him. The awesome Spice Girls movie, Spice World, was in the mix of these fifty tapes or so (yes...please keep your "what the heck are you doing with the Spice Girls movie" to yourself), so we had a discussion of the Spice Girls and each of them separately as well. This guy was at least in his fifties. It was very strange.

Some Indian guy came and bought all of my perfume and Bath and Body Works stuff...I hope it was for a girl friend or wife...

At the end of the day, I started giving away the stuff I REALLY DID NOT WANT TO TAKE HOME! Then I gave a bunch of it to another vendor that I have known for years!

It was an interesting weekend and I made about $200, so not too shabby for getting rid of junk.

I now have aprons to make and lunch to go to.

Is this really necessary?

Ok, so I won't go into the Dr. visit stuff, but I was on the website for one of my meds tonight and saw this warning that I couldn't believe. I'm really glad they told me this because I would have NEVER known this otherwise!!

"Do NOT take ALTACE if you are allergic to ALTACE."

Yes...it does say this as the warning on www.altace.com. Do people really need to be told this??!! Caution: Coffee is hot!

See...I told you they were stupid...

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20090306/ARTICLES/903060916/1034?Title=NCAA-gives-Florida-State-4-years-probation


NCAA gives Florida State 4 years' probation
The Associated Press
Published: Friday, March 6, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, March 6, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State may have to forfeit some of coach Bobby Bowden's 382 wins and will be on probation for the next four years as part of its punishment for a widespread academic cheating scandal.

The Seminoles will have to give up two scholarships this recruiting season and one the following year. Other sports will lose scholarships and have victories — including three NCAA national championships in track and field — threatened.

The NCAA said 61 Florida State athletes cheated on an online test from the fall of 2006 through summer 2007 or received improper help from staffers who provided them with answers to the exam and typed papers for them.

The NCAA said the school must vacate all wins in contests in which athletes involved in the cheating participated. That could involve up to 14 football victories.

Florida State President T.K. Wetherell said the university would consider appealing any efforts to strip it of wins or titles.

"We did not allow anyone who we knew was ineligible to compete," Wetherell said in a statement from the school. "Our position throughout the inquiry was that as soon as we knew of a problem, they didn't play."

The 79-year-old Bowden, who has often stated he wanted to reach 400 wins before calling it a career, was not available to comment on the NCAA report.

The men's basketball program will lose one scholarship for two years and the women's program will be down two for two years. Other programs were hit with fractional reductions.
The cheating took place in football, baseball, softball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's track and field and men's golf.

The committee called the Florida State case "extremely serious" because of the large number of athletes involved, and cited unethical conduct by three former staff members and a failure to monitor by the university.

The cheating occurred mainly through online testing for a single music history course in the fall of 2006 and the spring and summer semesters of 2007. It included staffers helping students on the test and, in one case, asking one athlete to take it for another.
Florida State played in the 2007 Music City Bowl without two dozen players, including several starters. The Seminoles were defeated by Kentucky. Many of the same athletes were held out of the first three games last fall as part of their punishment.

Dennis Thomas, commissioner of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, said the infractions committee didn't consider the venerable Florida State coach when contemplating penalties.
"The committee does not get into whether or not you have a famous athlete or a famous coach or if a record is involved," Thomas said. "The committee adjudicates the facts."
Thomas said the school would decide which athletes were ineligible in which games, in effect determining what games it might have to forfeit.

Hippies have come to town...

OK, so if I had been alive in the sixties I would like to say I would have been a hippie, but that's probably not true...I like being clean among other things. Anyhow, my mother had to take something to the laudromat today and as I am waiting for her to come back out this yellow VW Van pulls up (I love them...and this one was in really good shape!!). Anyhow, out of the driver's seat gets this guy with the necessary hippy beard and pony tail wearing...I kid you not...a tie dye Allman Brothers Band t-shirt and tosses his flip flops onto the ground to put back on (I think shoes are necessary for going inside). His girl gets out of the other side and has a Beatles tote bag (I love the Beatles!!). They are clean!! And her bag is new!! They are imposter hippies!!! When I back up, I am able to see the back of the passenger side front seat...she has a Burt (from Sesame Street) seat cover!!! These aren't Ann Arbor hippies...they were too clean and normal. :) Haha If I had been in Gainesville they would not have even gotten a second look or if I hadn't been so bored they probably wouldn't have either. It's kind of like my purple hair. I have these awesome purple clip in hair pieces. When I wear them in Gainesville I don't get a second look, but in Chiefland you would think I had a full head of purple hair!! They really aren't that noticeable and they are very tasteful. It's just funny. Of course, I always have like to do stuff like that to screw with people. :-P So, that's the end of my hippy encounter for the day. Happy Tuesday.