Ruts are for losers

...and I'm a big L-7 weenie.

I don't know what's wrong with me. The sun is shining, birds are singing and all I want to do is nothing. I'm depressed. Blah.

My hubby is a security officer at the nuclear power plant in Plymouth (as is the "Rock") and they are having there annual outage. I'm not too sure what all that entails, but I do know that it means him working 6 12hr. days a week. Double blah. His one day off is now spent sleeping and working on installing new windows, one by one, himself. I also know that this now means I have to work (from home, but it's still WORK and I'm swamped right now), take care of my little wen, laundry, cook, dishes, work on invites/decorations/favors for his 1st birthday, try to get our house in non-renovation order in time for PEOPLE to see it (argh!) and clean. Not to mention, there's no going out that one night a week where we'd do date night.

Needless to say, I'm not handling it like a trooper.

I want to crawl up in a ball and pound my fists.

Or maybe just sleep.cry.sleep.cry.

I'm in a rut. The worst part is I'm taking it out on my hubby and I know it's not his fault. He's working. I mean, he's not boozing it up or playing with his friends all day...err, night. (did I mention he works graveyard shift? triple blah) But he's not being compassionate either. All I want is, well I don't know exactly what I want, but I want him to figure it out and do it.

I want to get out of this rut because I'm not a rut type-a gal. I'm constantly trying to lose weight (who isn't?) and I know what I need to do, but when I get depressed, all I want to do is eat.crap. We bought a Total Gym (Chuck Norris made me do it) and it's sitting in our bedroom. in pieces. and it has been for a week. Not helping matters any. Now that the weather has perked up, I've been trying to get Wen out of the house and go for walks on our beautiful street. EVERYONE goes for walks on our beautiful street. You always know the weathers good because you'll see a day-long parade of folks/dogs/kids on bikes/wagons trekking along. I love it. Maybe that will get me de-rutted.

I'm off to McDonalds...I'll drown my sorrow in fries and diet coke.

Stop raining on my parade!

Not too much has been happening on our homefront...well I can't say that, Owen got his 1st tooth-yippee! Two days before his 10mth. birthday. He's been a toofless wonder and teething like it's going outta style for the last, oh I dunno, 7 1/2 months!!! It was sad because all of his friends in our baby group were popping them out for months (6 teeth here, molars there...dang it,why do you spite me toothfairy?). So neddless to say, this has been a major relief for him (ok, ok, for me). I was really bummed that my mother-in-law was the one to find it (boo) not me or my hubby, but it's in and hopefully there are more to follow.

So onto my parade being poo'd on...

We've been renovating/remodeling/redoing our house since me moved in nearly 2yrs. ago and there's really no end in sight. But with Owen's 1st birthday fastly approaching and our superhero themed bash well in the works, we've stepped it up a notch. We have a 'honey-do' list about a mile long (no, seriously) and we're frantically crossing things off left and right in preparation. This includes finishing our bathroom remodel (2 yrs. in the works), painting, yard maintenance (we have an acre of land and the touchholes before us didn't do a lick of yardwork for 3yrs. before they sold it to us schmucks), painting (did I say that already?), finish babyproofing (check!), get new patio furniture (we're having a bbq!)...

So we bought a GREAT patio set online at walmart.com. I've been scouring for over a year to find a beautiful set that's not an arm and a leg. And I found this one (minus the umbrella, we don't need it):



I'm still kicking myself that my hubby didn't give the go-ahead when I found this beauty last year because it was $130 cheaper...but I still couldn't find a bigger bang for my buck than this (even with it being more $$$). So the hubby gave the green light (oh and don't think I didn't RUB it in that it would've been cheaper if he just let me buy it last season {dig-dig}. So after me guilting him, the hubby spent the better part of his weekend off picking it up from walmart (in-store pick up is FABULOUS!) and putting it together (not so fabulous). He gets it all done Sunday night and just as we're about to kick back and enjoy the fruits of his labor (ta-hee-hee), it starts raining. And let me tell you it hasn't stopped since then. So as I bitterly type this, know I'd rather be sitting on my deck with my butt firmly planted in new patio furniture goodness, enjoying our view (sorry folks, I love you, but it's been a LONG winter here in MA and I'm anxiously awaiting Spring). This is what I will be looking forward too this weekend, it's supposed to get in the 70's!!!!!!



(this is the view of the cranberry bog behind our property from our loverly deck)

I hope you all of something great to look forward too this weekend too!

Hugs from MA...Michelle