Things are still plugging along

So much that I don't have any time to do any posts.

Things that have gotten accomplished since the last post...

Backyard got cleaned up...still have to do the garage...front yard still needs cleaning...house still needs painting...

So far today I am getting 2 loads of laundry done, and the dinner is in the crock pot for once!

I think I have gotten about 5 dishcloths done to sell, I now have another project of making dishcloths for Darrin's pastor who is retiring.

Got the birthday gift of handmade soaps and lotion done for Darrin's future brother in law...did I remember to bring it to the Memorial Day? NOOOOO!!!!

Mother Daughter banquet is at my church on Monday...Darrin's mom and sister are going with my mom and I.

Darrin's car got washed, claybarred, and 1 layer of wax...mine...hasn't even gotten washed since I got it.

I changed the spark plugs in my car with some help from the guys in our car club.

Wedding plans are still moving forward...working on guestlist and caterer.

Other than that, I guess there is nothing going on! LOL

Holy Lack of Posts, Batman!!

I haven't been on here in FOREVER!!! My fiance and I have been doing a lot of cleaning up in and around the house lately. It just became time to get rid of a lot of the crap in our lives, clear out things from our past that we no longer need and move on with our lives. It is still a work in progress, but we are getting there. We both go through phases of going at the mess gun ho, and then we both get fed up with everything and just give up for a while. We are at a give up for a while phase. The office went through a MAJOR purge, the attic has been going through a purge so we can put our stuff up there, and we have been working on the mess in our backyard and garage. One of my goals is to get the dining room clean. It really became a catch all for both of us. When I moved in, that was where everything got dumped and it was the same thing for him. We are finally getting stuff put where it needs to be or just getting rid of it. It has taken us quite a while to get to this point, and it is going to take a lot of work to get through it, but we will.

My fiance is still unemployed. He has had a couple of "helping out a friend" type jobs, but there aren't really any steady jobs out there. My business has been slow, but it is finally starting to pick up a little. I am still trying to get things knitted and crocheted so we have Christmas gifts to give out and so I can try to sell some things online. We shall see how that goes.

In other news, this past Saturday, I did most of the work and changed my spark plugs in my car. I know, knits, photographs, works on her car, and she's a girl??? It is just something I always wanted to do. Yeah, it isn't a typical "girl" thing...but so what? I want to do it, I am going to do it. Yeah, I got picked on a litte, but who cares? It isn't going to stop me.

So...Ummm...yeah...

I never got those videos of the flooding to post...I still have to post up a bunch of knitting projects...I can't keep up with my projects on Ravelry...OH WELL!! Yes, the basement is fixed..washer is working questionably...........

Then the Waters Came....

Well, for me and Darrin, 2008 didn't really go out with a bang...it more or less went out with a kersplash. Now, I know what some of you may be thinking...we did not do the polar bear thing. Darrin decided that Monday, December 29th would be a good time to install the dishwasher...he told me that it was going to get done, it was going to get done. He installed it ok, it ran kinda ok. The next day, our water pressure throughout the house just seemed a little low. Darrin went into the basement to double check everything and make sure that the water was turned up completely and that the pipes were flowing ok. He came back upstairs and I had him check the upstairs kitchen faucet...the water was trickling out of the faucet. Darrin was really perplexed at this. He went back to the basement and found that the water was coming in through our stone and sand basement walls. This is photos of the aftermath of it all. I was so panicked while it was happening that I didn't even think to get photos of the water actually coming in through the walls or the 2-3 inches of water that was on the floor.

Darrin had to call the city to get them to turn off the water to the house. December 31, the plummer came to work on the water main so we could get water to the house. Those of you that live in Upstate NY, you know how lovely the weather was that day.....

But even the snow couldn't stop that plummer from doing his job.

More photos of the flood can be found here.....

http://s53.photobucket.com/albums/g43/photogirl3886/basement%20flood/