I can see the weekend!!

You all ROCK.MY.SOCKS. Thank you so much for your support and encouraging comments for my last post. I needed them every bit as much as I needed to vent about the whole thing. You guys are awesome. :) I'm out of town next week, but decided I'll talk to a lender when I get back and hopefully figure it out! I'm not going to rush into buying a house just to move, but still... The thought of Gracie having a yard...and having more space...and..and.. yeah, I'm trying so hard not to get my hopes up yet...

Some Funnies.. So.. In all my stress I didnt mention that (1) I asked to paint my bathroom and change out the shelf, etc.. Mind you, I put up the shelf. And I think a new one would look better b/c it's not very big, etc... My LL actually told me no! hah! He has NO idea I'm the one who put it up. Fine. Keep the stupid shelf, weirdo. (2) AND I went to get a bowl of cereal today and noticed my woolite furniture scrubber thing was in the sink. And my Dawn Lemon Scent (mmmm...lemons...) was UNDER the sink. I was like "Um.. huh?" I smelled my three dishes she washed...and they smelled like it! LOL!! I had dish soap right.there. and she got under the sink and used..um.. woolite? (granted it doesnt look like woolite, but it's comical). She also put took some tupperware containers I had under the sink for cleaning supplies (sponges, etc) and washed them..put them WITH my dishes. Sooo.. basically I had to rewash everything near them bc my LL is an idiot. But I still laughed. Not so perfect, are we, LL? ha! (3) Finally, they left the stove on.. like three burners were on. Way to go...Burn down your own building. Sheez. ha!

Today was so.much.better. I had your comments which made me smile.. and Gracie was feeling better...and I got tons done at work...But most importantly, I got some Jackie-time tonight!! I feel very lucky to have stuff going on and be involved in things and have a great job that is pretty darn busy during the summer...but man alive, I've needed some quality Jackie time...I scanned in some high school photos for my reunion (see fbook-haha), went to the gym and took out some aggression, and did a load of laundry! *happy sigh* :)

Sooo...Saturday night, I'll be sitting near these....

...while sitting on these....

...and sipping some of these...

...at Eric's! He's hosting a bbq for his friend, Chris' bday! It's going to be a small thing, but I LOVE bbqs! And I love being able to help since it's at Eric's!! (Another reason I want a house.. so I can have people OVER more!!). I'm so excited!!! If anyone has any fun drink recipes, send my way! I was also thinking of making cookies or something else fun to bring so your thoughts are welcome on a tasty treat I could bring to the bbq! :)

Okay, and in reference to the benches above, I have to give kudos to my Bob the Builder boyfriend here! He made those benches! He had some wood left from another project (wait for it) and so he got to planning, cutting, hammering...and after some stain today, ta-da!!! They look pretty good, right?! Mine would have turned out looking less like benches and more like...well..not benches.

Anyway, while I'm bragging on him, here's where the other wood came from.. The shed. Okay..he's got this shed in his backyard..and it was nothing to write home about. So, Eric decided to re-frame inside the entire shed and make new doors. Right. (You're seeing why we get along so well...he has a lot of patience..haha). Anyway, it took quite a hunk of time for the whole thing, but now, I'm fairly certain his shed might be safer than his house if a storm comes through...haha.. kidding.. er...kinda...

Eric is awesome. He builds things. I like that my boyfriend builds things. For real! haha! :)

On a completely and totally random note, have you guys seen the new vibrating mascara? Um.. I dont know about this.. Just sayin. Hope you have plans for a fabulous and/or relaxing weekend!