2008-11-04

vote or buy a new house?


oh yes why not get a new house right?
i mean at this point time is completely made up concept that controls robot people into moving from point a to point b
no one really needs to sleep that is just made up like valentines day
just a gimmick that corporations want you to believe in so you buy A LOT of consumer goods to boast the economy
well it is election day so get out and vote!!!!
i will step off my soap box for the moment and tell you the story of our weekend
of course we changed the clocks another thing i have not gotten.....but believe it is another way for the government to control us
which meant sadie got up at her usual weekend hour making it about 5:30 real time
so we got an early start on our sunday
we decided to head out to perry township which is just outside of painesville.....(yup a one way ticket to painesville)
i have been looking at vacation homes granted my idea of a vacation home is a trailer in the middle of 40 acres in PA but why not a 3,000 square foot estate over looking the nuclear power plant
the house is SOOOOO cool
i say this in the day dreaming we feel in love with all the broken windows sort of way
but let me explain before i hear gasps of panic arise out of new england
the house was built in 1931 by an artist/sculptor he built the house so the facade is all mosaic stone with faces inlaid above the windows
the roof is spanish tile, the gutters are cooper and surrounded by hand molded ceramic
the entry way (from what we could see peeking in) is inlaid marble and granite with a spiral staircase in red granite
the entire house is painted in murals and there are sculptures thrown about everywhere
the person that lived there before sculpted religious icons so his molds are scattered throughout 2.4 acres
you peek behind a pine tree and you a saint praying at the sky
there are little out buildings everywhere with welding masks, plaster molds, a ceramic wheel it is non stop fun
sadie ran around the fields picking up pine cones...she felt right at home
so yes we have fallen in love with this house and yes it has been abounded for what i can tell 25 years if not more but the potential....
mimi and bumpa could move in and have an entire floor to themselves! (there are 4 stories and a door/window in the chimney)
so whats the deal?
even though the house is wonderful there is a lot of work...so what does a librarian do she tries to find a way to get if for free.....
after our adventures in home day dreaming we took sadie to chuck e cheese....(okay so this was a suburban dream day) and she LOVED IT!
she got to ride the rides and eat pizza and pet the big mouse
she pointed at everything "what's that?" "what's that?"
she was a little upset that we left but we was happy to see we went for a walk so she could nap
omen #2 is happy doing his thing making it harder and harder for me to bend down
yes this is belly is real and no i am not stashing any pillows
hard to believe i still have three more months and i will actually get bigger
but i still have ankles though i can not see them.....
this weekend we are headed to PA to visit our favorite place IKEA
time to get organized
please do not forget to vote today or even vote for the best baby names:
to more to add that are not on the list:
  • north
  • west
why not offer direction at an early age right?
think that is all for now getting ready for the holidays and enjoying the last days of warm weather before the snow falls

2008-11-01

happy hallllooowwweeennnn!























sadie's first trick or treat!
(no worries all candy went to omen #2)
she had fun and got lots of candy i think the best part was having all her adults around reading her stories and playing games
sadie LOVES glow sticks
i think for x-mas she would be happy with baskets and baskets of glow sticks
i got some extras to take care of those "elmo" moments
will write more later just wanted to share this video of sadie being a princess
thanks aunt mel and family for the card sadie loves it and preforms wonderfully in front of crowds
she has the blowing of the kiss down just right

















2008-10-28

one class down.....


okay it is all about me me me right now!!!
i just finished my final exam for one of my classes
and I AM SO SO HAPPY
this means i only have one class to deal with right now which makes us all happy
still my weekends will consist of homework but not nearly as much which means maybe more walks
this past weekend was good and bad
good because we got sadie two new goldfish and two snails
bad because it was rainy and cold
guess what?
yes it snowed well more like a sleet thing but still
YUCK!
but this weekend we are suppose to get back up into 60 so that makes me happy but still snow?
the trip to the pet store went well it was when we thought oh lets just pop over to toys-r-us...that realized bad idea
and why is this a bad idea?
well if you do not follow your elmo new toy updates this is why.....
elmo live


elmo was everywhere
and sadie was so so happy
she screamed with delight
"ELMO" but than when we tried to walk past elmo the tears started
big huge wet lonely tears started flowing
and the would not stop
no book with elmo would distract no markers or crayons nothing
but we were good and we stood by our initial decision
elmo live is for x-mas no sooner than that
so we ended up going home with a very sad sadie but an elmo free shopping cart.....
we did get paint and some more crayons...we all love art supplies....even i have a hard time saying no to art supplies
so whats up?
well omen #2 is still swimming around and he has found my bladder with much happiness
we are now starting to think okay small house two kids, two kid like adults? how are we going to pull this off.....
which it really is rather easy but any excuse to go to IKEA......
so we are planning a trip to IKEA to get ourselves even more organized
which of course means more bookshelves
we went to the local library book sale and bought three HUGE bags full of board books
these kids have a little library...i told the librarian i will teach them how to catalog and classify their books in a few years why not?
going to IKEA of course means doing a little work on the house
painting a few things, cleaning, throwing things out you know the usual which for us is always a very large task that involves dumpsters and mechanics
nothing else happin' just quiet trying to stay warm and finishing one class at a time
hope all is going well
please do not forget to vote...believe it or not the clock is ticking and i only have three more months
UGH!!!