Category Archives: Everyday Stuff

Just an area for what I’m doing on an everyday basis.

Sunny Day

Posted on Saturday April 4th, 2009 by | Comments Off on Sunny Day

Today was a beautiful day out.  It was in the 30s this am, so it took forever to get the chill out of the house.  But the sun was out and we hit about 63 and are suppose to hit 70 tomorrow.  So looking forward to it.  I would love it to be warm enough to have all our windows open.

We didn’t want to go anywhere, but with the weather I was restless.  I didn’t really feel like a walk, I wanted to get some things done around the house.  Hubby racked up what can be called a back yard for lack of a better description…lol  I swept up all the down branches, leaves and tree needles that were on the side of house.  We filled up our yard waste container to the rim.  We have about 2 more containers worth in the back once they empty this one Wednesday.

We need to pick up some more walk way rock and flowers for the front patch and bedroom balcony.  Not sure what we are doing in the back yard.  We get a lot of shade, so we can’t plant roses and don’t think grass would work, besides it is too small and not worth getting a lawn mower for it.  The good thing is that we have a very nice size deck.  =)  Once the leaves grow out and we get a little bit more work done, I’ll take some pictures to show our families.

I didn’t do any internet work………grin  It felt good.  That will change tomorrow evening when I start worrying about what I need to get done on Monday, especially if we are heading up to Canada on Tues I need to get things done.  But today we watched the Sarah Connor Chronicles and Mich St beat UConn downstairs away from the pcs and in the sunlight.  It was nice.  =)

Then I attacked the house on vacuuming.  Got it all but the stairs, I can’t handle the vacuum for that, that is something for hubby.  =)

Then I took some pictures of our town house.  They are posted on this page : http://www.paulineantoinette.com/bio/

Here is the link to the actual gallery : http://paulineantoinette.com/PNH/house/2009_Apr/index.htm

There is no pictures of our office, it is a mess.  If we get cleaned up, I will take a few pictures.  But there is some work that we want to do in there first.

Like I stated farther up, once all the greens come in and we do a little bit more work, I’ll take some pictures of the outside.

We hope to get to the garage tomorrow, if not, I’ll go for a walk.

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New Galleries

Posted on Friday April 3rd, 2009 by | Comments Off on New Galleries

Found a bunch of pictures that Harold had on his pc that I didn’t have.  Most of them of the cats in Florida.  =)

Finally got them done up and uploaded to the server.

Here is the page that they are one :  http://www.paulineantoinette.com/our-cats/

http://paulineantoinette.com/PNH/cats/2005_Aurora_fl/index.htm

http://paulineantoinette.com/PNH/cats/2006_Mar/index.htm

http://paulineantoinette.com/PNH/cats/2007_Jan_Reggie/index.htm

http://paulineantoinette.com/PNH/cats/2007_Jan_Feb/index.htm

http://paulineantoinette.com/PNH/cats/2007_Sept/index.htm

http://paulineantoinette.com/PNH/cats/2009_March/index.htm

And I found a bunch of misc ones that Harold took around the house in Florida.  They are posted on this page : http://www.paulineantoinette.com/landscapes-nature/

http://www.paulineantoinette.com/PNH/nature/2006_misc_FL/index.htm

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Work, Work

Posted on Friday April 3rd, 2009 by | Comments Off on Work, Work

This has been a rough week work wise.  I had payroll on the 1st, so that means a day or so before I start prepping it.  No big deal.  But processing them this time around seemed like a cluster frak….getting out all the email notices was just rougher then normal.  Then I discovered while getting emails out that I missed about 10 people to pay….some how skipped over them while totaling.  Which made it much more annoying.

It didn’t help that I was just irritated as heck….it is that time again.  =(  Damn, I was so happy to have all the company books done last night and then I actually had time to do ours.  =)

Today was one were I did some work, but not very much.  Mainly because I had a bunch of errands to do and that just makes it pain to try and start something.  So this evening I’ve been chilling and working on some personal things.  Feels nice to be doing that for once after the last few days.  =)

We are suppose to get a stunning weekend weather wise.  I’m so looking forward to it, not that we are going anywhere.  But I’m looking forward to some sunshine and not being chilled. I would like for us to get some things done outside and we are thinking of attacking the garage.  Maybe do one on Saturday and other on Sunday.

I did good at the gym treadmill wise, I’m up to 3.37mile in 30min.  We only really did 1 day of 90min.  Some of the other days went over 60, but not by much.  I have been trying to increase my number of reps.  But I can’t seem to get the soreness that you want to get this week.  Which is disappointing.  I’m tired and feel like I can’t do much more while at the gym, but give me a few hours and I don’t have the soreness.  =(  Need to figure that out next week.

We will be more then likely missing a few days of the gym next week.  Debating on going for a hike Monday and then heading up to Canada to visit Tues.  Can’t wait to see everyone, just not looking forward to the drive up.

Our oldest cat has been worrying me on and off.  Alexis has always been a “talker”, but she has been louder then usual and doing it in the middle of the night for no reason that we can see.  Her fur seemed a little off to me also.  Well, she was due for her follow up on her thyroid so we addressed that at the vet.  So far none of the tests show anything, her thyroid is back to normal, no urinary tract infection….but she was dehydrated, which seems odd because she has a fetish for water.  But the vet said that the water may not be getting absorbed.  So they gave her an IV of fluids and she seems a little better.  They want to see her in a few months.

But that is what has been going on in my world.  =)  Since I’m currently waiting on things to upload to the server, I’m going to put away some laundry.

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Is Oregon anti-doorbell?

Posted on Friday April 3rd, 2009 by | Comments Off on Is Oregon anti-doorbell?
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I know this is a really odd question, but since we moved to Oregon 18 months or so ago we have missed deliveries, neighbors and friends who have told us “We stopped by, but you didn’t answer when we knocked” and my first question is always “Did you ring the doorbell?” and so far 100% have said no.

WHY?

This is something that happens very often, so often that we are stunned that no one has used our doorbell even though it works and is lit up at night so there is no way anyone can miss it and yet, I can count on one hand the number of times our doorbell has been rung in the 18+ months we lived in the area both here and our first home.

We have a good sized house and we spend the vast majority of time in the office which is on the other side of the house so even when we don’t have the TV or music on, it is still impossible to hear someone knocking on a door.

So can someone give us an idea of why Oregonian’s have a phobia of doorbells?

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This Week’s Summary

Posted on Saturday March 28th, 2009 by | Comments Off on This Week’s Summary

I did ok at the gym this week. I did improve by a .06mile on the treadmill for a total of 3.32mile in 30min. My lower abs have been sore the last 2days. I have increase the weight on the abdominal to 82# for 2 sets of 20 & 81# for the last 2 sets. I’ve also been trying to increase my floor ab workout.

My pedometer says I got in over 33miles in steps this week, which is more then the last 2 weeks, so that is cool. Once the weather is better on the weekend (non-gym days) I can start getting my walks in and increase that.

Hubby asked if I would like to increase our gym time from 60min to 90min. I would love that, I know that I can do a much better and an intense workout in with that extra 30. I will just need to think of what I want to add to each day. I have few ideas. But I think I will do my normal and then after my floor abs (I normally do last) I will then add all different exercises to my routine. So if we decide not to do the 90, I still have my normal in. Fingers crossed that we handle getting in that extra 30min. Because I’m getting tired of being stuck at the same weight.

Been having a few days were I just want to smack people. I’m very happy that I don’t have to work face-to-face with most of the people that I have to deal with. It sucks, because most of what I do isn’t that hard, just mentally intense and time consuming. But when I get stuck with some of these people, I just go into avoidance mode and I hate that mode. So I end up working on everything else but them and then go back to them last.

I’ve also been working on a few things for my folks. Bought mom a domain (helpinghandswithann.com) and got a blog set up on it.  Mom wants to move her cleaning business up to the next level and dad is thinking of offering minor repairs.   Need to figure out a time to get on the phone with my folks so I can walk them through the admin of the blog.  It isn’t going to have a bunch of posts.  Just a general one of who they are and their business….so I need to delete all the test posts….lol.   But since I can’t design and they offer free designs for word press that are easier to change out, this is perfect for them.  Now I need to figure out how to add the logo that mom got made up, once I get it….it will be interesting.  =)

I have been playing around with my widgets on this blog. Which I’m really enjoying. I really like that WP has that option now, makes it so easy to change things up.

Been trying to update plugins and then screwing something up…..ggrrr I lost my photopress…icks.. I love scaring myself that way. I was able to reinstall it, but now I can’t use my random picture widget. So I had to do another ticket with my host to see if they can replace my new photopress file with one made from the backups they make. I hate pestering them for my goofs.

Now, while trying to learn how to change file permissions so I can edit wp themes I totally lost access to my theme file. I can’t even delete the damn thing and re-upload it….lol LUCKILY I was able to rename it and upload a new file named themes. Now waiting on the FTPing. Good thing that I try to back up everything, because I lost my blog completely since it had no design to attach itself to….DOH!

Which reminds…that should be my big project, backing up everything, which also means cleaning/reorganizing my externals….that is going to be exhausting.

So I started doing blog work and screwing things up……..lol Tomorrow I have to finalize our taxes and get them paid…icks Not something I’m looking forward to, but very happy to have it done with for now. Then back to the health insurance search….which sucks big time here in the US.

That is the only two things that I miss from working outside of the house, getting health insurance (but that requires full time work & more stress) and having taxes taken care of. Things that taken for granted, well the tax part anyway. Insurance is something everyone gets screwed on.

Hot damn, just had a thought to check something out and fixed my photopress! Now need to figure out the permissions thing. I would like to change out headers and fonts. There is one theme I like, but I can’t stand the font……lol

I think I’m going to close and play around with my widgets and plugins. =)

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