Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Update To “Our House……..”
Hubby read my entry and told me that I left out a few key things.
1) Our house was sided with pretty light blue siding in January of this year.
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2) The house on the left is the house that neighbor lady had me drive by to see if I liked the colors that they used as she was thinking of the same color scheme. This house was done in March or early April. I put her house next to it so that you can compare them. (yup, her house sure matches that one)
3) The neighbors finally got the plans from the architect in the beginning of May and building started the end of June.
4) When we arrived home near the end of July our neighbor greeted us with a cheery “What do you think?” I told him he was a stupid idiot for picking blue. He said his blue was more gray than mine. I told him he was a f***ing moron if he thought that made a difference when we were trying to sell a house and get someone to buy it.
5) Neighbor lady said that she finally got the blue house that she always wanted. (Yeah, wanted it after she previewed it next door.)
6) I hardly speak to them anymore - especially her
Monday, September 11, 2006
Our House………..
This year we have really been working to make our house a stand-out house so that when it goes on the market next year it will attract a buyer quickly.
So this is what our house looks like after re-doing the roof a pretty blue, adding new windows, new blue siding with white trim, new windows, new gutters and a new red front door.
This is also the year that our neighbors decided to build onto their house; he needed a garage (a previous owner had turned it into a family room) they needed more storage, and baby needed a place to play. We didn’t have a problem with it so didn’t protest when notified by the town that they needed a variance to build it. (We do try to get along with the neighbors after all.) All last fall she talked about the colors they were thinking about for their house. She even had me drive by a couple of newly sided ones in the neighborhood that she liked, all were beigeish or light yellow. I told her I thought that they were pretty and would look good.
Well, we got our house the new roof, windows, siding and beautiful red door and it looked amazing. Our house really popped. Before we got the front door on neighbor lady told me that she didn’t think that she would like a red door, it might be ‘weird’. Oh well, her problem not mine. When the whole house was done she kept telling us how nice it looked; she liked our red, white and blue theme.
This summer when we journeyed to Michigan for our annual trip, next door started construction of their house. (Thank God we didn’t have to listen to the pounding of the hammers all day.) Nightly College Girl would give us an update on the progress of it. She made it sound HUGE. We didn’t think that it would be HUGE because they were only adding a garage and a room above it. (Actually they also made a portion of the upstairs different than it was before construction.)
When it was sided I should have known something was up because College Girl wouldn’t tell us the color of it.
Here is a picture of the almost completed house next door; I think you will understand why I barely speak to them now.
And to add further salt to the wound they are staining their front door (drum roll please) CHERRY!! Also today they added a new storm door and dang if it doesn’t match our’s exactly.
Whatcha’ think, should I ask for donations now to re-side our house?? I sure can’t afford to do it and who is going to want to buy our house when it is dwarfed by it’s bigger, blue brother??? Any suggestions?? Go ahead, try to make me laugh about this one.
Sunday, September 10, 2006
In Remembrance
Here we are again on the eve of 9/11.
Hard to believe that it has already been five years.
Not much to talk about, just a couple of websites to look at and listen to and a couple of pictures of that day so that we don’t forget what we went through.
This picture is often looked at because some say that they can see the head of a demon below the flames.
This is one of the few I could find of the Pentagon. Living here on Long Island we didn’t get that many in-depth stories about the Pentagon or the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania.
I never went in the World Trade Center. We (hubby, both girls, my niece & her friend) were under it almost 3 weeks to the day it collapsed. We were on the subway on our way to catch the boat to the Statue of Liberty and I looked at the one stop we were at and said ‘Oh, we’re under the Trade Center’. Hubby was quick to ask if we wanted to get off and go up to the observation deck but my niece and her friend declined saying that we could go when they came back in the spring. 3 weeks later it was gone.
Two websites memorials you can visit: WTC Family Memorial and Heroes You will need to have your speakers on for both sites.
To Ronald George Hoerner you will forever be in our hearts. Memorial Article
Saturday, September 09, 2006
And we’re back online…………….
Well, we’re back online again. Did ya miss us?? Yeah, I bet.
I haven’t been the best blogger - could be by the time I get time to use the computer it is already part way into another day; ah but that hasn’t been my excuse. Mostly it is because I can think of a million things to blog about as I drive around Long Island, but unfortunately the island isn’t totally wireless and I can’t type and drive at the same time.
I am being lazy tonight and not changing the quote or the worst driver of the day (I have loads of those license plate numbers tho) basically that is because I really need to get to bed at a decent time. (Like before 4 a.m.)
Early this evening we had movie watching. Rented “Friends with Money” boring, snooze, snooze. The absolute worst I have ever seen Jennifer Aniston and the most strangest that I have seen Jane Cusack. Usually I love the movies that these two women do, but this was one I could do without watching. I understood what they were trying to say and all - but it was still pretty boring.
Next up was “Take the Lead” headed by Antonio Banderas with support from Alfre Woodard, Rob Brown, Dante Brasco (Raffel in Hook) and Yaya DaCosta to name a few. (Yaya DaCosta was a runner-up on America’s Next Top Model - which explains why I kept saying “I know her face. Who is she?” Of course I knew her face High School Girl has me watch that show with her) (Talking during any movie is forbidden because HS Girl likes silence.) “Take the Lead” is based on the true story of Pierre Dulane who is still teaching ballroom dancing to NYC kids - there are over 1200 kids involved in 120 schools. Ok, so the movie was a bit slow in places and a little cheesy in others, but overall it wasn’t bad. Me, I like to watch dance movies. “Save the Last Dance” (already in my collection) and “Shall We Dance?” are two of my favorites.
Ok, so now I’m tired and have to go to bed - if I hurry I could be asleep before 2 a.m.
PS the time posted on these entries is screwy - all my clocks say it is 1:20 a.m.