Day #16 & 17

6.16.2009 - not a lot going on at the shively residence. lee worked. bri shopped. seems to be a pretty recurring scene. i did get my drivers license renewed. it is THE worst picture i've ever taken. seriously. we had the opportunity to see the formerly slingshot 9, formerly asking autumn, revera perform last night. quite an entertaining evening.

6.17.2009 - lee worked hard again today; i did not. we did, however, treat ourselves to a pool. that's right, we bought a pool. look at this beaut...

you'll more than likely find me sitting in this msot days. we found out that buck likes it, too. :)

Day #15

Pretty simple day.

I worked. Brianne lazed.

We did have a sweetass dinner of spaghetti with homemade meatballs. Brianne says I am getting better at meatballs all the time (hi-ohhhh).

She did have a stroke of decorating genius and created the items below from leftover frames, "Memory" game tiles, and Alphabet flashcards:

Day #14

Brianne's cousin the electrician (not his real name) came over today to check and see if it was possible for us to get electrical hook-ups on the outside of our house for things like Christmas lights, outdoor movies, etc. It seems that this has a very good chance of happening. I also spent some time in the attic cleaning out the dryer vents and installing a light up there. Previouse to this, any time I was in the attic I had to hold a flashlight in my teeth as I worked.

Brianne went to see the musical Wicked. It seems that she had a tremendous time and thoroughly enjoyed the performance. She enjoyed it so much that she decided to reward the cast with a cell phone. By this I mean that she lost it at some point during the performance. The evening did have two upsides: (1) Brianne has a new admirer. At the pre-musical dinner, the creeper of a waiter she and her group had took a very specific liking to my Norweigan temptress. (2) Being that I declined attendance at said musical, I was able to watch two films that Brianne would most likely not have watched, Valkyrie and Defiance.

Day #13

we visited the Talbot Street Art Fair. it was lovely. very warm, very crowded, but very lovely. we could have easily spent $500. instead, we bought this adorable steel flower for the garden for a steal of $30. i really loved it!

we also decided to move some of our plants around in the front garden. it's growing so much this year. our hydrangea has doubled in size and the blooms are BEAUTIFUL!

this beauty is called a "Dwarf Papyrus" Cyperus. it's the coolest green flowering plant i've ever seen. thanks to Beth (our greenhous friend) for her donation. i can't wait to see what it looks like as it grows!

Days #11 & 12

MUMS.

family friend, Beth, has a greenhouse. she asks for help planting sometimes. lee and i went to help her out Thurs and Fri and planted about 1,200 mums! quite an accomplishment. this is sort of what it looked like when we were done....

Friday night we went to the drive-in. we saw hangover (again and still LOVED it) and land of the lost (not so great....just okay). the drive-in always makes for a good time. we saw several puppies, so next time we're definitely bringing buck. he would love snugglin in the back of the hatchback with us watching a movie. :) sounds like another summer date coming soon!

Day #10

I made the mistake of waking up, making waffles, and eating them without waking up Brianne and making her waffles. I won't be doing that again.

After that it was a pretty uneventful day. I worked all day in the rain and made enough to take a bombastic trip to the grocery store. When I got home Brianne was making the new banner for our blog. It's pretty awesome. She is really good with these "computers". I think they're a passing fad.

Now we are watching SYTYCD. If you don't know what that is then you'll never know *makes as-if face*.

P.S. Contrary to what you may have heard and how it seems, I am not gay.

(I did a google image search for "guy with waffles" and Kid Rock's mugshot came up. Awesome.)

Day #9

after researching and visiting scooter shops and then researching and visiting more scooter shops, i think we've found the right scooter for me.

drumroll please .........................

it's the Genuine Motor Sports Buddy 125CC in Seafoam. :) now i just need to make sure i can pass the "motorcycle endorsement" written test so i can get my permit to drive one of these....then i'll be scootin' 'round town like it's my business!

Day #8

lee started working with matt (of Barrick Heating and Cooling) today. poor guy has to keep working even though he's still getting paid from school. next summer, i'll be making money, too. so, Lee, you don't have to do this ANY more ever again after this summer! :) thanks for supporting us.

on a brighter note, after we've had a 2nd car totalled this spring, we've decided to perhaps purchase a scooter for me instead of a 2nd car. since my job is a total of .25 mile from home, we really wouldn't need 2 cars. these are the scooters i REALLY want:

The Lance Charming 50

The Metro Retro 4 Stroke

Day #7

You know that SNL skit Lazy Sunday? I am pretty sure Brianne hates that skit as we had anything but a lazy Sunday. We spent a good 3-4 hours deep cleaning the house (which was about 4 weeks overdue). We then made valances for our bedroom windows using the old curtains and particleboard. In case you don't know, because I sure as hell didn't, a valance is a decorative piece that you put at the top of your windows.

The results of our beast mode day:

The only lazy part so far was taking an hour and a half lunch break to eat (Brianne had leftover Carrabba's and I had 4 hotdogs) and watch the movie Me and You and Everyone We Know. It was an independent film but to say this movie was artsy was a definite stretch. It was weird. We are going to make up for this creeper of a film by seeing The Hangover later tonight. Hopefully it makes up for the waste of our time earlier.

Day #6

Saturday. garage saling. wasn't very impressed.