Busy!!

It dawned on me late last night that I better get as much done today as I can because I am starting my riding class after work tomorrow.

Crud!

I mean, I am excited to take the class again. I am not a good rider yet. I already have my license but I sure could use the refresher. No, I mean that  I will be busy every night right after work until probably 9 o’clock or so. That means no time to dink around and clean and work on boxes and sorting and whatever.

So, yeah. Poop.

Today I literally started in the farthest corner of the kitchen, pulled EVERYTHING out, wiped EVERYTHING down and started working my way from there. Because, kids, that stuff needs to be done now and then.

Turkey is roasting away and smells oh-so-good. Broth is canned. Pretty new dishes and glasses and flatware is washed and put away, old stuff sorted out into boxes. I am not so fond of the Corelle but they would definitely be worth keeping for the patio kitchen we are building (eventually). I love beautiful dishes and glasses but I also HATE cleaning up broken glass. Plastic may not be as pretty but for cooking and partying outside??

Abso-friggin-lutely MUST have plastic!

I am so excited about the plans for the patio. It already looks so pretty with all the plants and flowers and tomatoes and peppers and….

M calls it “The Naked Room.”

It really is like a a nice extra room for the house. And since the fence is away from the property line? It’s an 8-footer, baby!

Oh, the things that go on on The Naked Room…

So why on earth am I sitting on my ever-widening ass and wasting time blogging? Anyone who blogs knows you HAVE to make time to write. No matter how mundane the topic. Sometimes it is really nice to sit, relax, sip some wine and purge a little bit.

OK then, the next task is to prune the sadly sun-damaged Spathiphyllum, water the plants outside, plant the one remaining tomato starter, and… well, I don’t know what “and…” Cuz the Good Lord knows there is plenty more “and…” around here to do!

I do think that a ride later is in order. It is SPECTACULARLY beautiful here today. PERFECT for a short ride to clear the head.

Until next time, kids… Keep the shiny side up!

Home Alone

Home alone for the weekend. Blah. Missing M a lot. Been a long week.

So I guess that means I have no excuses for not getting things done. Weather is kinda crummy so I won’t be out on the bike. Maybe on Sunday…

For now, beef bones and veggie scraps from the freezer are now simmering away. Ham bone from Easter is cooking with some white beans for soup. Hauled a turkey out of the chest freezer, too. Making raspberry lemon muffins tomorrow. And whatever else strikes my fancy when I go to the store for muffin ingredients…

The rain is very gentle, very peaceful and relaxing. Much nicer than a gully-washer thunderstorm. It has been so dry. This is the perfect chance for the moisture to sink in and actually do some good instead of just running off quickly and going down the gutter.

While I would so love to hop on the bike and air out my head after the last few hell weeks at work, staying home tonight isn’t a bad option. Call me weird but I love dark rainy days.

Tomorrow’s agenda includes a little grocery shopping, cooking, baking, cleaning, sorting out some of the boxes still in the garage from when I moved in nearly a year ago and possibly starting to strip the nasty-ass wallpaper in the living room.

Sounds like fun!!

Goodnight, kids **muah**

A Year And A Day

Yesterday was one year since Dumbass dumped me on my oh-so-very-sorry ass. It has turned out to be the ONLY good thing he has ever done for me. I haven’t even seen his oh-so-very-sorry ass since that day.

Awesome

I hear he looks like shit.

Even more awesome

I can’t begin to describe HOW fabulous life is. How things have turned around. How happy I am.

Unfortunately, my Rockstar BFF is not so fortunate at the moment. Long story short, she’s surrounded by complete dickwads who make HER feel like SHE has done something wrong. While my heart hurts for her and for what she is going through, I want her to understand that it is not her fault that others choose to act like complete assholes. Yes, their poor choices and actions do hurt her and impact her life but it is still THEIR choice to behave in such fashion. Assholes never change. They are masters of pretty words but once a girl learns to see through their crap? A girl sees through EVERY ONE of them.

I hate that it took me nearly 50 years to figure this out but I thank the Good Lord above that he finally bitch slapped some sense into me.

I can only hope for the same for my Rockstar. She deserves the absolute best. She’s the only one of us that doesn’t see that.

 

Happy Mother’s Day :)

My mom things Mother’s Day is just cheesy and when I was about 10 years old she told us she loved us a lot but just not to bother any more.

So I’m off the hook!

However, M’s family does Mother’s Day. And yanno? It was kinda fun. Really impromptu and last minute but he and I both realized we REALLY didn’t want to fight the raging throngs at the restaurants, so we called his mom to come over for lunch after church. She lives all of 1/4 mile away so she walks over often.

We called all of his brothers and his niece and nephew, too. About half the crew showed up and it was really cool to see everyone. Sis-In-Law is doing really well. She is still beat up from her MC accident but she can’t wait to get back on her Hog and head out with me

More later, tired for now. Sorry I have not kept up on sharing my oh-so-mundane life. Means I’m busy

Happy Mother’s Day, kids!

Big Girl

Today I am going to officially slap on the Biker Chick tag.

Yup.

M is out of town. Killed me not to ride last night, it was SOO nice. So tonight I said f*** it. Fired the old girl up, backed her out on my own (kinda heavy), took off. I needed gas so got that taken care of. Rode, oh, maybe 5 miles round trip but HEY. No one to babysit me. Just a grrrl and her bike.

Pretty Stinkin’ Happy!

Trains…

… at 4-freakin-30 in the morning. Unfortunately we live kinda close to the train yard.  Most of the time it does not bother me because we have pretty good windows to keep the noise out.

However, it’s rather warm so I left the bedroom window open for some air. So at 4:30 in the morning I am woken up by the train going through town. I mean I was sleeping HARD and woke up to this.

WOOOOOOO-WOOOOOOOO-WOO-WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooo………..

Most of the conductors keep it reasonably short and sweet (as much as possible) at that time of the morning, but NOT this guy.

No! My only thought is that he’s either new or he was pissed off and taking it out on the world. He blasted that damn horn excessively. Over and over and over and over and…..

Thanks a lot, asshole. I hope you sleep as “well” tonight as I did last night.

My Black Hills…

Pictures of the Badlands ride last summer. I can’t wait to do it on my own bike

Scenic, SD

Scenic, SD

On the road…