Lucky Life

There’s an App for this?

Yay! I can blog on the move now! Got myself a Tumblr App for Android. Woot!

New home. OBTAINED!

We completed our application process and signed the lease last night!!!!!

Corey and I will be moving into 1201 Tinnin Ford Rd. #13 on June 1st! 

I can’t believe it’s actually happening, after all our day dreaming…we’re shacking up!  No vows or babies…just a sweet ass condo.  Finally, we can both live in the same house as our tempur-pedic!    

We’ve lived with room mates for so long…using other people’s stuff…we’re now pooling our housewares and hoping we’ve got enough!  He’s got a lot more stuff than me, but it’s still not much.  We’ll slowly get where we need to be in that department (IKEA is calling) but for now we’re just thrilled to have each other and a lot more SPACE that’s ours and ours alone. 

#13

Corey and I have fallen in love with a condo for rent on Town Lake er…Lady Bird Lake (WTF, it’s a RIVER anyway!)

It’s just the right size and it’s on the dang trails! It’s an old 60’s apartment building but it’s been remodeled and is super cool now.  The back doors of all 72 units open up to the pool/courtyard area.  It’s pretty flippin’ sweet.

We were shown our favorite unit last night (#13).  It’s the most bad-ass because the owner has customized it…so cute!  There was a couple who applied before us, but they can’t move in until June 10th.  The owner needs/wants someone there (and paying) by June 1st.  So…if the other couple can’t do it by the 1st then it’s ours. 

CROSS YOUR FINGERS!  Here’s a peek:

Flip-Flop Side

I’ve decided…again…not to go to Flipside this year.  I’ve changed my mind several times, but I think not spending the money right now is where it’s at. 

Corey and I have decided we’re moving in together.  We want it sooner than later and our collective financial situation leaves something to be desired right now.  SO, just the $170 on tickets is stretching it.  

Also, his health is suffering right now.  I was going to go whether or not his “situation” allowed…but I’m just not feeling it after doing the books.  

I’m ready to hear, “Welcome HOME!” and it actually be a house, and that voice will be my love standing in the kitchen with dinner waiting.   

Guess who’s back!?

I’ve not posted in a long long time. I’m picking this back up…spurred by Brettany’s latest blog creation. Lot’s of new stuff going on with me…I have realized my power and ability.  There’s no stopping me now, so long as I keep remembering these things.

I got a great job as a Special Fraud Investigator for this big beautiful state.  I am using said power and ability to become more and more self-expressed.  It’s not easy to look fear in the face and act in opposition to it…but I’m doing it.

That is all for now, since I need to get back to the jobby job. 

I love you all.  Thanks to you, who have stood by me.

EMPLOYED, I am.

I’m at work and truely can only be online during my allotted 15 minutes twice per day breaks.  So, short and sweet…I’m employed again.  I started Monday.  I love it so far.  I am back at what used to be called CCMS when I last worked here over 4 years ago.  Now called Child Care Services, they are a subcontractor of the State of Texas and assist low income families with child care while they work and go to school.  I used to be a client services representative on the phone with angry clients all day and crying at the end of each of those days.  I left to go work for the state and audit these subcontractors all over this great fried state. 

I did that for 3 years before my awesome boss left and I got a brand spankin’ new multi-personality bitch whore of a boss.  I left there and followed my old awesome boss to a similar job with the housing department.  There I did the same kind of thing but with a different grossly disorganized idiot of a boss whore.  I missed a lot of work because I hated it.  Eventually they gave me the “option” to resign one beautiful June day at 10am.  I got the rest of that day off…and the two and a half beautiful weeks following that day. 

I had been approached a few months ago by my now new awesome boss who wanted me to come work here.  So, I took a shot at calling her and they had just reposted the position.  I interviewed twice and here I am!  The building is new and clean and full of really nice people.  There are other people here who left and came back and some that never left.  My boss is rad.  I start actual work work tomorrow.  I’ll be monitoring the program here, getting them ready to be audited by the state.  I’ll be busy and this pleases me.  The morale of the workers is high and people aren’t grossly overweight and old and ugly and sad like many of the state workers. 

It’s less pay and I’m real broke and will be for a while.  I just need to make some adjustments in the way I live.  If you know me, and you do…you know I needed to make some adjustments anyway. 

Also, I do not have access to myspace, facebook or flickr while I’m here.  This is probably a good thing.  Still, I’m a little sad. 

Thank you all for your continued support.  I think you’re pretty wonderful.

Mah Figs.

Ok, so last year, no figs.  So So SAD.

Uh…lookie here!

Look at ‘em all!  They’re hard little nubbins now, but they’ll be full blown nut sacks by August.  Yes, FULL BLOWN NUT SACKS. 

From the inside of gargantuan fig tree:

Here’s some perspective…tree is BIG.

That’s a 6 foot fence back there and a nerdy trampoline dog up front.

Can’t wait for fig pickin’ time (even though it will be excruciatingly hot and sticky!)

Look at THIS nerd!

Oh jeez, I love her.

I has comments!

Thanks to Nicole…AGAIN! You can now comment on my blog! Sheesh!

She’s always got my back…

No BITING!

So, I am a chronic nail-biter.  It’s gross, I hate it, and haven’t ever been able to quit it.  I got some fake nails for Louisa’s wedding (hilarious ghetto nails color coordinated with my bridesmaid outfit).  Here they are, featuring: sandwich.

The nail lady said they’d last a week.  So, a week passes and the damn things aren’t budging.  AND my nails are growing out under there, so they’re extra weird looking.  They’re annoying as hell and now even longer from my growth.  WTF to do? I’m thinking “they’ll last a week” meant they’ll look good for a week then they’ll look like total shit and you won’t be able to do anything about it. 

Finally, this weekend I started filing and clipping and yanking at them until they all started popping off.  This took 2 days of bothered Brandi complaining and filing away. 

So now, my nails are longer than they’ve been in a really really long time (since I couldn’t get to them to bite).  But they’re like baby nails, all sharp and thin.  So far I’ve been able to NOT bite them but they’re all marred and weak so it’s real hard.  I’ve been filing when a sharp edge comes up and cleaning them out with a tool instead of my teeth.  It’s SO gross, I KNOW!

So here they are, in all their glory.  I put some of that shiny nail hardening stuff on ‘em.

That red stuff is still some of the polish from the fakeies and some of the acrylic is still on there.  I’ll never do that again.  They were fun while they lasted though.