Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Guess what today is?

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! No More 4AM wake up calls!Pool parties, here we come!


No more homework!
If you can't get a hold of us, come on over. We're probably out back in the pool! Yippie, SUMMER IS HERE!

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Big 31.... wish it was 26!

It's been awhile since I last posted. I'll give you a quick update then on to the best blog post EVER!
So Mother's day came and went. I had a really good Mother's Day. The girls were so sweet and their gifts were a lot of fun. We went to my Moms and hung out with her and Dad and Uncle Will. We played Minute to win it. Have you seen that T.V. show? Well if not, you need to watch it. Now imagine the Stanley bunch playing it. Hilarious right. I'll try to get Clay to make a video of it. Wow, do Stanley's know how to have fun!
After Mothers Day it was back to work. I worked Monday and Tuesday and took Wednesday and Thursday off as personal days. No work and still getting paid is AWESOME!
Ok now for the best blog post ever!! My Birthday was on May 12th, I turned 31. This was by far the best birthday in the history of my world! I'll start by saying, I married an AMAZING guy! Heck, I probably didn't even fully appreciate that fact until now. Ever watch one of those chick flicks and think to yourself, man if only marriage and life could be like that, I'd have everything I ever wanted. It would be perfect. That was my birthday in a nut shell.
Clay took the day off to help me celebrate my birthday! I know!! A whole day with my hubby doing fun things, already a good start huh? I took the girls to school while he slept in (it's his day off it was the least I could do). Then when he woke up we went to Douglas to Walmart. Normally that wouldn't be exciting BUT today it was. Walmart in Douglas was having a huge sale on fabric because they are no longer carrying it. All fabric was 75% off. I know, I almost died too!! I had bought a few prints when it was 50% off. Then my friend called and told me it had moved to 75% off. I had a horrible time sleeping the night before we went. I wanted a good deal too. I told Clay there probably wasn't anything left so we didn't have to go if he didn't want too. Well, he knew me better than that. When we got to Walmart I was a nervous wreck. Did they have any left, was I gonna get some?? We parked and I walked super fast to the material section. Clay turned his back for a second and I had a stack of material by the time he turned back around. He decided we needed a cart. He guarded my treasures while I shopped. After 10 minutes or so he said, Uh Wife, I'm going to have to cut you off now. There were ladies looking through MY stacks. One lady even asked, You're buying all of that? YES!!
I was one happy lady walking out of Walmart with all my goodies for 75% off. Lots of the ladies were discussing (they were in line behind me and my thousands of bolts of fabric, they had nothing else to do) how they were going to hide all this from their husbands. Not me, I left smiling WITH my husband!
I also got a new pool for the summer. We have 6 days of school left. Come May 26th this baby is gonna be set up in our backyard and summer vacation can officially start!! I CAN"T WAIT!! I also got a movie, some jewelry, we went and watched Iron Man 2, had steak for dinner (YUMMY), a super good cake with ice cream, and lots of cards. I loved everything I got but most of all I loved spending the day with Clay. It's not often we get to do that. I felt like a princess the whole day. After almost 12 years of marriage, I'm proud to say I have the best best friend a girl could ask for (glad I married him)! We raced to Douglas, then to Sierra Vista to watch the movie, the home to get the girls, then barbecued beef, had cake, my mom stayed the night. What a day, and he didn't complain once! A full day of doing ONLY what wife wants to do couldn't have been easy. Thanks Clay!!We were all in bed early that night because we had a field trip to the Tucson zoo the next morning. I'll have another birthday and day of the week if you can promise me it will be as good as this one!!


Monday, May 3, 2010

Holy Mold Batman!

We had a LITTLE plumbing problem over the weekend that resulted in a minor remodel under our sink. It all started on Sunday. I was rinsing breakfast dishes while Clay was getting ready for church. Well, the sink wasn't draining very well (and hadn't been for some time). Saturday we had tried Drain-o and nothing was helping. So, Me, trying to be the handy man herself, decides to plunge the sink. I'm plunging away and all the sudden the sink plug thing pops off and all the water drains really fast. Well it all went under the sink and down on the floor.This must have happened a lot before we bought this house because since we have moved in we have needed to replace the board under the sink. You know where you put all the cleaning supplies, that shelf. Anyways we ripped the old one out after we finally got the drain fixed. It took my dad coming, water blowing out the laundry room and out the top of the roof and a 25ft. snake but we got it fixed. There was the most vile black sludge looking junk coming out of the drain. It was all over Clay's hand as he was pulling the snake out. It smelled like sewer. What a nightmare.
Then comes the MOLD. Yeah this house has some issues. Good to see these boards go. It looks like the sink may have had major problems since the house was built in 1960. Instead of fixing it properly, whoever just covered it up with a band aid. Not Clay, He fixed EVERYTHING that was wrong, and fixed it correctly! We're good to go for years to come now.
This is what the sink looked like after we ripped out all the moldy, disgusting boards that were rotten. It stunk, and it was very gross!
The new board, the nice all fixed up plumbing, and the plumbers arm (not crack) that did all the work. Way to go Handyman Dozier!!
P.S. I'll be posting pictures of Farmer Dozier next :)