Hooah!

I would be lying if I said I didn't enjoy the melodramatic episodes of Army Wives...  Everything on there seems to be way out played and some of the actors seem to be overacting their parts, but I can't help but love the show!  My husband is a Reservist in the Army, and I couldn't be prouder of him and the commitment he's made to our country.  We are so lucky as a nation to have individuals out there willing to give up their lives for the rest of us. 

On another note.  The weekend was pretty uneventful as far as weekends go.  I feel much older than I am when I think of how our weekends used to be just two years ago.  The partying with friends has almost come to a standstill.  Everyones lives are getting busier and busier, and we just seem to be getting more and more adult responsibilities.  We're not the young and hip crowd anymore...   As I sat in my comfy chair at 8:30am on a Saturday morning I realized just two years ago you wouldn't catch me awake that early in the morning!  While I sat there I started to take a life inventory.  I thought about all the crazy antics we got ourselves into, and how we managed to skate by partying almost every night of the Summer with little to no sleep!  Some days I wish I could go back to that time and relive it all over again.  Then I just have to realize that there will be more exciting adventures of another kind to come.  I know there will be days when I just want to go back to those days, but the future has to hold some kind of excitement too.

This weekend we found out that our plumbing is crap!  It looks as though my kitchen sink that was suppose to be fixed 3 months ago has again started to leak again...  This will be the third time we've had the plumber come out to "fix" the sink.  I swear to all that is holy if it's not fixed again I'm going to throw a fit.  I should not have to keep a pan underneath my sink to catch the excess water that may or may not spill out from the pipes!  Now on top of that our water heater is beginning to leak from the bottom.  Which means we will be buying a new hot water heater!  They better hurry up and get their happy butts out to our house soon, because it's starting to leak a lot more than it did when we first called over a week ago!  I'm really not happy with A&D plumbing, and our home warranty company.  I'm glad we have the warranty but it seems as though American Home Shield should be doing more to get the problem solved than they have.

We finally went to Star lumber over the weekend to get started on our bathroom renovation.  I can foresee the process getting very frustrating on my part.  Not only do they have about a million different tiles for you to choose from, but you have to figure out how you want them to tile it.  If you want a pattern or want a decorative piece put in that will cost you extra.  The flooring isn't any easier to make a decision on.  You can either do laminate, tile, or vinyl.  We have some pretty crappy quality vinyl in one of our rooms that you can just pull up without much effort.  But now I'm confused on where to start.  They say start with the largest object in the room and go from there.  I just don't know what all we can afford and what is necessary.  Right now we have enough room in our bathroom to have double sinks, but we only have plumbing for one sink in there.  Plumbing is expensive, and a plumber would have to rip out part of our ceiling in our basement to get it done.  Truthfully I'm already frustrated.  I just want to pick my colors out and I want it done.  I don't want to go through all the in between!  

Quote of the day:
"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly." - Buddha

Amen Buddha!