Music

I love music. Its an integral part of my life.

Growing up I remember riding in the car with my mom, listening to the radio or the Dirty Dancing Soundtrack. I loved the Dirty Dancing soundtracks. Then riding with Dad to school in the mornings listening to FM 100 with Ron and Karen in the mornings.

As I grew older I developed my own tastes. The Dirty Dancing soundtracks were a few of the first CDs I owned. They're still an old fall back I adore. Over the years I've established quite the collection of music and rarely have a quiet time without some kind of music going on.

At work, we listen to the mainstream radio. It drives me absolutely crazy listening to the same popular songs multiple times a day. I've grown to hate them all actually. Listening to my iPod in the car ride home is always a refreshing break.

My current tastes are for alternative, indie music, with some classic rock thrown in for good measure.

But on the weekends, I have a strong only oldies stance. I don't know why. But we only listen to oldies in the car on Saturdays and Sundays. Riding in the car with the car with the windows down, shades on, and singing to the top of our lungs our favorite oldies just makes me smile. Its what weekends are supposed to feel like.

Good Husband

The Baddass is sooooo good to me. Two recent items of proof:

Item A) I couldn't sleep the other night and I woke him up to tell him that I couldn't sleep because I had a country music song stuck in my head. And he lovingly agreed that it was terrible.

Item B) I wasn't feeling well the past day or so and he took me to get ice cream and a sun dress to make me feel better. He sure knows how to perk a girl up!

Leaning

One of the things I loved right away about our house is the back extra room. It was part of an addition later on and is a small room attached to the laundry room and guest bedroom. Its too small to really be a bedroom, but its the perfect size for a large walk in closet or study. The previous owner had a clothing rack in there when we toured it. I claimed the room as my own before we even put an offer on the house.

The day we closed on the house we bought two cheap garment racks at Bed, Bath and Beyond. And my mom gave us another to make three. Her's was the metal, study kind, but didn't have a shelf on top. The two we purchased were mostly plastic with metal rods. We ran into problems right away. One of them leaned and the other fell over a day after we put it up. One held only shirts, so we lowered that and haven't had any problems since. The other held dresses and an organizer, so we just let it lean. The leaning got progressively worse. So we broke down and purchased a replacement, this time springing for the more expensive variety.

Check it out:


Leaning


Tigger approved stable clothing rack.

This change also prompted some cleaning, straightening, and giving away, furthuring sprucing up my closet space.

I need to decide what to do with the walls. They seem a bit blank over the racks. Maybe I will frame my Chanel calendar after all this time. Any thoughts?

A morning with Bosco

Since the Baddass and I both work full time, we usually leave Bosco outside while we're gone. On Saturday, I was off but the husband was working. So Bosco and I chilled at the house in the morning.

Bosco has developed a fascination with the bathroom. She knows how to open the door if we close it. She is constantly pulling things out of the trash can. I've found a couple of her toys in the shower.

But Saturday she had the worst bathroom obsession yet. I was in the kitchen reading and she wondered off for a few minutes. I call for her to stop whatever she's gotten into and she runs out with the husband's tooth brush in her mouth. Since it wasn't mine, I was amused.

Later she pulled the entire roll of the toilet paper off.



Even though she can get into mischief pretty easily, you can't look at her face without loving her.

Shower Curtain

Our shower is a bit funky. It requires basically a shower curtain and a half. The previous owner had one custom made and then left it for us. I am very grateful to have it while I figure out what I want to replace the last remaining evidence of purple in my house. I've narrowed it down to a few options (but that doesn't mean that I'm not still open to more choices)



What do you think?

Summer is here!!!

Its officially summer in my books. Weather is almost oppressive. I'm starting to sweat more than I am comfortable with. Dresses and skirts are worn in favor of my beloved jeans. Flip flops are necessary with ALL outfits. And I fixed this meal:



Grilled corn, fresh corn on the cob, fresh peas, salad, bread, beer. There's absolutely nothing better.

Things that make me happy

A bill being $20 less than normal. Put that savings directly into additional principal on the mortgage.

I love little surprises like that.