Spring is here, which in Colorado means snow, apparently. N hates it, but I'm breathing a sigh of relief because that means I can put off fixing the sprinklers which we had to shut off last July. The yard died, and again, N hates it. Additionally, I can put off picking up after the dogs - two enthusiastic thumbs up!
The job is going quite well - although since we have volunteers we can't use pneumatic tools which means we're hammering fools - and my arm gets tired - so I found a way to fix that and my cool tool jones at the same time - a Stiletto "Muscle Head" 16oz titanium framing hammer -
retail price $106 - I know for a hammer, right? Titanium head, hickory shaft - all the weight in the head means a smaller hammer can drive nails just as well as the big boys and save an arm too - and again, N hates it.I have to stop here and add that N doesn't actually hate anything I've written about so far, except for the snow, and the yard dying, and buying a 100 dollar hammer.
The start of ultimate season for me will be delayed until June since Sports Monster can't figure their crap out - which means I'll be home every Thursday night instead of hucking and running and sweating out whatever angst builds up over the duration of my procrastination. Poor N - doesn't seem to be looking up for her.
Murphy has gas, and a skin condition which compels him to lick himself continuously - we all hate it.
Gas has risen to prices we've never seen, and here we have two SUVs - hate.
We keep getting gifts for the kids from my deadbeat parents that are either addressed to K1 and Skyler (not K2s name), or they're for kids much younger than ours, or they're just crap - hate, hate, hate.
So with all the hating going on it's easy to lose sight of what we love - we love each other , first of all. We love our family - in-laws, surrogates, Martha Stewart aunts and gun-nut uncles. We love our home. I love my hammer. We even love Murphy,
although I can't figure out why. We're better off than (what's the statistic?) 95% of the rest of the people on the planet. We can vote - although in this election what's the point? Really. We have damn good friends. We love The Office, and the fact that we when we watch it we forget about everything else - even the dogs outside in the rain. My job is awesome. N is awesome with her work, and just about everything else she does, and she can work from home (extremely fortunate in that respect). We truly are living the dream. Why is it sometimes we just want to wake up? Anyone?My DVR froze up again - hate.
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Hey - there are things I *like* too you know ;). Such as your writing, and your blog, and your chest that is my personal pillow, and the way K2's head barely reaches above the table as she eats her dinner (looking so little and yet so grown up at the same time), and how K1 has recently developed this incredibly fast and excited way of talking about things that truly fascinate him (and me too for that matter). But probably the thing I like the most is kvetching with you about all the things we "hate".
If you ever find out why Murphy's gas is so lethal, let me know. Yikes. As for entry ideas you could do a review of all your favorite teen/dance movies :) Come on bring it on. Btw I know I'll pay for this comment later, but I'll be either far or not far away.
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