Posted by kim on December 8, 2008
My house was featured on the Holiday Parade of Homes this past weekend that raised funds for the Lied Pierce Public Library Foundation. The committee had asked me two years ago if I would open my home for the event, but this was before I had my furniture from Nebraska Furniture Mart. I promised I would the next time they held a tour, which was this year. The two year delay helped me acquire a lot of my Christmas decorations for 90% off after the holidays!
My Aunt Squeak did an awesome job of decorating the twelve Christmas trees and the rest of the house! Besides Squeak’s talent of remaking all of my wreaths with what I had on hand, I did borrow some decorations from her, my mother and my friend, Dustie.
I was going to hire out the cleaning, but the first gal I called was too busy with the holidays. My hands are extremely dried out and cracked from cleaning now that it almost hurts to type! And I have great friends, Chris and Tracy, that offered to help (my stovetop now looks brand new)!
Since I may never have my house this clean and this decorated again, I took a lot of pictures! Check them out on Flickr.com. Now we’ll see if we can keep the house clean for a couple more weeks as I’m hosting the Sutter Christmas!
P.S. I should have saved 400 of the Diet Mountain Dew cans I consumed to make a Mountain Dew Christmas Tree!
Posted by kim on October 25, 2008
Since I’ve decided to publicly endorse Obama, I’ve gotten the most criticism from my 10-year-old daughter. They are having mock elections at school, and she thinks McCain is the best choice.
In the middle of Wednesday night, said 10-year-old (aka Tatym) came into my room saying “I feel like I’m going to throw u…” and she proceeded to vomit all over my bedroom floor. I thought I was then going to gag cleaning it up. I figured I couldn’t send her school Thursday, and I didn’t want to leave her home alone all day, so she rode along to Omaha where I had yet another Lasik eye enhancement surgery. So I then had to defend Obama in a long political debate during the drive.
I honestly don’t think Sarah Palin is qualified enough for the VP position, and especially not suited for the Presidency should McCain kick the bucket (c’mon, you can admit he’s ancient old). The only good thing about McCain/Palin winning would be that I can continue to blog about Sarah Palin’s wardrobe and reap the profits. Gotta love it when major newspapers do stories on my blog posts. Someone told me this week that I have “the coolest job in the world” and it’s days like that, that I have to agree.
Anyway, Nebraska has not voted Democratic in a presidential election since 1964, but that’s not gonna stop me voting for Obama (I’m even registered as a Republican). What’s Joe the Plumber know? He’s not even a licensed plumber, but he is single…
Back to me (this is MY blog), I’m glad this was my last Lasik procedure because if the previous ones had been this painful, I never would have had more. First of all, I don’t think the Valium kicked in as I was in a panic mode, then the pain afterwards was atrocious, and I couldn’t see clear the next day. I went into the eye doctor, who said my cornea is swollen, thus the pain and blurriness. Hopefully these eye drops that I have to administer every two hours (and taste awful as they drip into the back of my throat) will cure the problem.
This weekend, I think I’ll lay low (due to my eyes, and I can’t wear makeup for a week). I should start to get my house ready for the city’s Christmas Tour of Homes. Tatym is trying to convince me to take her to the High School Musical 3 Movie, but she may have to swing her vote first.
Song stuck in my head “Chicken Fried” by the Zac Brown Band
