12/19/03

We started out the day early, again. We got up early yesterday to beat the grocery store crowd. Today we had to be at hubbys dads by 8am to meet with the guy that’s going to be doing our roof. I honestly don’t see why we had to be there, we participated very little in the ten minute discussion about our house then we had to sit while the guy and hubbys father shot the shit for another 20 minutes. It was terribly boring. On the upside we got to see the windows we’ll be getting. They’re okay windows, it does seem somewhat quieter in the house, I hope we have the same result in our house. Hubbys father mentioned that our windows still seemed awful nice, hubby had to explain that you can see daylight around many and feel a breeze from a few feet away, they may look nice, but they’re well past their prime. Windows are really only supposed to last about 20 years anyway, these have been here for around 23. The guy that will be doing our roof seems nice, a little weird, but nice, honest, he seems to possess all the qualities a good contractor should. His estimate is reasonable, although we don’t have a final estimate his original estimate based on hearing about the job is around 5k. Considering the job, that’s pretty good, we were expecting double that. We’ll have a final estimate by Christmas.

I received a Christmas card from my ex-stepmom’s parents. It surprised me at first that they wanted to stay in touch with me, and every time we lose touch I think “Well, maybe they’ve finally given up”. I figured they’d eventually give up on me, they seemed to be holding on to the hope that I’d be able to forgive my ex-stepmom. After all that she has done, I simply cannot. Abuse is a hard thing to forgive. I do not judge them by her actions, and if they want to stay in touch with me that makes me happy. They still even sign their letters grandmom and grandad. I’m happy to see that they don’t judge me by the things I’m sure my ex-stepmother has said about me. So despite the lack of relationship with her I shall hang on to the one with her parents. I’ve always liked them, they’re the sweetest people. I’ll have to write them back tomorrow.

We took Sara to the groomer today. That was an expensive idea, lol. She looks great though, her hair is trimmed, she smells lovely, she got her teeth brushed, a massage, her coat washed and conditioned. Nails trimmed, breath spray and they put a bandana on her. She’s soft and she smells much better than she does after we wash her. I’m sure we’ll be enjoying that for as long as it lasts, which I doubt will be long. I took some pictures as soon as we got home, before hubby took the bandana off her, she kept trying to pull at it, so we had to take it off her.

Here’s the pics I took:

And that’s it for now, we’re going out for dinner tonight. Chucks and Margarita’s. mmmmmm, I don’t think it’s a very big chain but anyone who lives close to one that has never been should go!! Well, if you like steakhouses or mexican food. I like mexican food and they have plenty of choices for vegetarians and meat-eaters alike. And spicy, they’ve got that too!! 🙂 Tomorrow we install a dishwasher, *cringes at word install*. It looked easy until we bought the book that shows how to do it, lol. Now it looks like it’ll probably be a pain in the butt, not too awful hard, but a pain nonetheless. I’m reminded, we’re supposed to get a call by 5:30 today to be told when our dishwasher will be delivered. 3:30 now and we haven’t heard anything. hmm…