the subject title is just a false idol to the true body of the matter

I am still trying to figure out the subject line myself. but while you think it over here is a picture of our nice scroll that I got from me dear mum. no I have not taken on a british accent though with the amount of work I have been doing I might be and not even notice it.

well houses are work and we had our first "incident" a couple nights ago we went upstairs to go to bed only to find a dripping coming from the ceiling. I know what your thinking, not good. well it turns out that the pan underneath the AC was not supported and it kinked in the middle due to the water weight and it all spilled over the sides onto our nice ceiling. No worries thanks to our home warranty it was fixed up and good to go till the next haphazardly, "handyman" construction that this whole house seems to be filled with breaks.

the days are going quickly and soon I will be underway to new lands. I hope to update with pictures and stories as I see them. hopefully I will come back to everyone still happy and healthy..... or else!

bleh

I just had one heck of a day and am just barely able to type this.... ugh. too much stuff to do and not enough time. I am looking forward to deployment but not all the lack of sleep and overwork. but sometimes you have to go through the muck to find something nice.

zzzzzz.......

It's official he is a 65 pound lapdog

He loves to do this.

who likes center pieces? well too bad!

we have found a nice runner and center piece for out new table and here it is.

and here is a pic of sarah and the dog enjoying the comforts of the new house. Notice how the dog is still watching me. I think he is plotting something, I dont know what but I will find out sooner or later.

new shiny furniture

just a couple pics to prove that I can now eat at a dinner table of sit on a sofa instead of the popular impression of sitting on milk crates and eating from a garbage can lid. as you can see Cody has already found this table appealing towards his list of things to get yelled at for. and the dog already has taken to the sofa like a duck to water.

So it seems everything is falling in place with the house just in time for me to leave it for 8 months. figures.

THIS SHALL NOT REMAIN EMPTY!!!!

Today we took one of the last few steps to making this house a home. Yes, we finally bought a snuggy, NO! a dinner table. And since we have no concept of money decided that it is right time to get a couch as well. All you people that want to visit and get a marginal night of sleep your in luck. This couch is a sleeper. Surprisingly, sleeper technology has not changed much over the years since it looked exactly the same as when I was a kid and no doubt probably provides the same wonderful support I grew up to, well, tolerated at best. The couch and table will arrive friday afternoon and I might even cook a real dinner for such an occasion. hmmm who likes mac and cheese?

Spring is in the air and the flowers have come around to show off their wears. This year is a building year and seeing what works well. Next year when I have a summer in town I look forward to getting it filled in and making the neighbors jealous. Cardinals and blue jays visit our house on occasion but mostly it a gang of robins shaking down the locals but thankfully we have put out our daily offering of bird food and have been spared their wrath.

As always more silly pictures for you to oogle at.

who wants a mud pie?

well as promised the front yard got a little love this morning. We are still new to the whole planning out a yard thing so we are starting slow and seeing how it goes. I think one more row of cover flowers will just about do it and then we let it grow it. should be pretty when it filles in. Not much else to say so just look and the pictures and enjoy the purty flowers.

green with........envy?

today was a busy day, painting, yard work, ummm... eating? we put up the athenian green on the hallway walls and all thats left is to do the trim work. then we dug up a bunch of useless bushes to make room for some pretty flowers. I will take some pics of the yard tommorrow. the poor animals were locked in the bedroom for much of the day so as to not get paint all over them. One cat in particular also know as the cody would probably jump in it then run around the house while we chase it "painting" everything in his path.

the days are closing in till the end of leave and yet there is still so much to do. well I guess when I get back from deployment it will be winter and I can do alot of inside work. then when spring hits...... gardening bonanza.

here are a couple pics of how the green room looks now.

it always feels like someone is watching me.......

hey you want to get high? help me paint.

so far we are half way through the hallway painting project. I think I am going to request a TARP funding cause there are so many projects!! anyways we put up some primer and tommorrow are heading onward toward athenian green hallway. Not much else to report, kind of a lazy day besides the painting. I think I am going to start to go a little stir crazy soon. only so long of sitting in the house before I start getting that wierd twitch to start working.

pictures show the before, 1st coat of primer, and 2nd coat then the final inspection by the boss man himself Mick the dog. My only hope is that when we get the green up Mick doesn't get it confused with grass...... think about it.

walkway done, next up painting!

Yes, after much dirt in my fingernails, my pants, hair, insert random object, the walkway is done. Que the trumpets! I am starting to think I might have a pretty nice lawn by the time the cows come home or pigs fly whichever comes first. If you have not noticed so far all the flowers have been purple or gold. It is purely coincidence that it also happens to be my beloved Huskies colors and it will also be a total coincidence that I will mow a big U of W in the lawn........ but I digress

next on the list is some painting cause that way I can get my wife to work as well. though I assume this will end up like in turner and hooch where I am clean with alittle paint and she will be covered in it. when we finish painting we will finally rid ourselves of the woodpaneling that was once abundant about the house. for those of those asking "wasn't woodpaneling outlawed?" yes it was, but this was before the prohibition and therefore is grandfathered in.

pics are of course the product of hours apon hours of thinking about doing it and about 3 hours of actual work. I think it will look good when they bloom. Now I can sit on my porch and, with pride, yell at the kids as they roll by to get off the lawn.

oh what to do on vacation..... work of course!

Well as some of you may know I am about to leave for deployment soon and as is custom in the navy you take some leave(vacation) before you go and when you come back. I like doing nothing as much as the next guy but after awhile I get restless so I planned a few projects for our new house. the current project is the front yard. so far I have planted a few border plants and made a nice little border as well as put up a bird feeder but now I am busting out the shovel and getting dirty. The plan is to dig up the grass by the side walk and line the walkway to the house with some flowers. Sarah liked marigolds. once it is finished I think I will call it the yellow brick road. dont worry I will not hire any winged flying monkeys to harrass people traveling down it. maybe a talking scare crow but do to poaching laws in viriginia no cowardly lions *shake fist* damn you and your common laws!!

above are a couple pics it is still a work in progress....

Tada

well I figured I should probably post something since it is a blog and all. not much new, life in the navy is pretty standard stuff and routine is the name of the game. On the home front though I am looking forward to getting my hands dirty with the front yard. during my vacation time I will be doing some planting and weeding. Mom would be so proud, I have managed to keep a plant alive for a whole 2 weeks now! sorry no photos of the plant you will just have to take my word for it.

I will post some before and after pics of the garden adventure. but in the mean time here are a couple pet pics, the ones of the cats sarah took this morning.