Soccer Saturday

Well yesterday Toby got to have a sleep over at Grandma Debi's and Grandpa Joe's house while Troy and i went over to Seattle to catch the second home game of the season for the new MLS team the Seattle Sounders. I have never been to a major soccer event and I had a blast. The crowd was crazy loud and our seats were awesome we could see everything. I don't think that we sat down at all in the 90 plus minutes of the game. What a rush! The Sounders won 2-0 making them so far undefeated. We were looking into getting partial season tickets but i looked today and they are all sold out with the exception of the really expensive sets. When i looked last week they still had all different packages, I should have bought them then. Anyway I will still try and get a few sets of tickets but i am not going to wait like I did with the partial season tickets or I know I will not be able to get them.

I Hate the Cable Company, VENT

Well last night I turned on the T.V. to find that my on demand was not working and neither was the guide for my cable. So I call Comcast yet again and complain. I spent an hour on the line with the lady until finally she set another appointment for someone to come out and fix things. The appointment time frame was to be sometime between 2:00 and 6:00 PM. Well at 10:00 AM the guy calls and asks to come early. I was actually surprised, EARLY! Well of course when the guy got here the problem was gone. So he just checked a few things I signed off that he had been here and that everything was working fine when he left. I don't usually watch T.V. during the day so I turned it off and went about my day.

I did some work on the computer then I went out to Bainbridge Island to take some pictures of houses. I then decided to go to Silver City to see some old friends over a beer. After a short visit I then went to the gym for an hour. I know it is a bit backwards but I needed to go since i skipped yesterday. Well anyway after the gym I returned home and just wanted to veg for a little while and watch T.V. Needless to say the problem from last night has returned. So I again have another appointment between 8:00 AM and 12 PM tomorrow. What an inconvenience this has really become. At least the last two times I have called I have explained to the operator that I work from home by using the Internet and every time that their tech has to come out here and shut my cable down to work on it I lose business. Well they gave me some credit but I still am T'd off about the whole ordeal.

Ahh, much better....

Chicken Coop!

Well I have enjoyed my day away from the boys, however it is really boring and i do not know what to do with myself without running around after Toby all day. It really goes to show you how accustom you get to the lifestyle of being a mom and you never really realize it until you are alone.

Well today I started out by doing the usual Saturday morning trip to Costco with my mom and lunch afterwards. Once back at home I worked a little on filling out online forms for work. I put out a small fire with my client who are trying to buy a house right now, the reason I felt that I needed to stay home this weekend. The cable guy finally came to fix our cable even though he was supposed to come on Tuesday between 8:00 and 12:00, I guess that means anytime during and there after. Well anyway I had to stop working at that time because I had no Internet or cable so i went outside to enjoy the beautiful weather. That is when I decided that I had, had enough of looking at this strange structure under the gobs of berry bushes in the back yard. Well needless to say I concurred the berry bush jungle and found a fully intact chicken coop with fencing and nice wooded fence posts. The fence had been knocked down but the posts are still in really good condition.I posted a picture below. Anyway the last thing for today is that I need to do the dishes and then I am off to T.V. land for the evening.

I hope you all have a good evening..

What Was That? Oh, Silence.

Well I have a weekend alone for the first time in over 19 months or so. The boys went over the mountains to eastern Washington to go see Stan and Beaver. Today they are going to the big sportsman show in Spokane. I hope they have a lot of fun.

I had to stay home for the weekend because i am in the middle of this really crazy deal right now and I knew that if I left things would just fall apart. It is weird to be alone in the house with just me the dog, cats, and fish. Leonard is driving me crazy I think he misses his playmate (Toby). The dogs are so quiet I don't even realize that they are here.

Any how we are finally getting some decent weather on this glorious second day of spring. So I finally took the pictures of the fully finished patio, plants and all.

What the @$#*!%....?

Well for once the weather reporter was correct. We went to bed last night thinking that there was no possible way that we would wake up to snow. However at 8:00 this morning i woke up to find almost an inch of snow on the ground. It has now just stopped snowing and at the end we had just over 2 inches. Toby, Troy and i had a good time playing outside for a little while. The trees seemed to hate me, they were tossing snow balls at me the hole time. Troy thought that it was funny so snapped a few pictures of my astonished looks.

Well I know I told you that we would post pictures of the home improvements that we have made. But those are going to have to wait until the snow subsides. I have included some in this post but the patio photos do not show its true glory as the landscaping was not yet complete. i will post pictures of the finished product at a different time...preferably on a more sunny day

The patio.

The patio from a different angle

The corner I completed last year... I just thought I would put this one in.

This is the front of our hose when we bought it 3.5 years ago.

Here is the front with last years improvements.

The front with last years improvements from a different angle.

The front recently without siding.

Again from a different angle

The front now.....Wow what a difference

The front again from a different angle

The fire pit....... Gotta have it.

Well for those of you who are only interested in cute photos of Toby here are a few.

He is soooooo cute he thinks that he is working

TOBY: "BUY! BUY! BUY! SELL! SELL! SELL!"

Cute little bruiser.

Home Improvement!!!

Well i know it has been a wile since the last update..... I know it has been more than just while.

Well anyway there has been a lot of improvements around our house since the Christmas season. We have re-sided the front of the house and I have taken on the chore of leveling out the yard to seed for grass. We have also re-graveled the driveway and parking area. We are now building the patio area so that we can enjoy our time outside in the summer months.


The last few months have been super busy for myself. Toby has decided that it is mommy's playtime is during the day and that night time is for daddy. so I don't get to work until late. In my some-what spare time I have been going to the gym. I have a goal to get to a comfortable weight. I am so close to getting there. I have Troy to thank for the support. he has been great in taking care of Toby in the evenings while I am away. Also it has helped a lot with Toby's separation anxiety.


Well enough about life around here, here are some pics for you to enjoy.

My new stove!

Toby's first blanket fort!




Toby's first Road Rash!

TROY IS SUPPOSED TO GET THE PHOTOS DONE OF THE IMPROVMENTS.......THEY SHOULD BE POSTED TOMOROW...............IF YOU DON'T SEE THEM YOU KNOW WHO TO PESTER!!!!!!!!!