The delayed progress picture I promised

Well as I recall I said that I would post progress of the new guest room.  It was supposed to happen on Monday, but hey -- give me a break.....I've got lots of things going on.

So here is the progress that I got done in about a day and a half:

I know it doesn't look like much to you, but notice the beautiful teal colored walls (actual color Raindrop according to Sherwin Williams).  The walls are painted, the night stand got painted black and the entertainment center got painted black.

Due to having to do payroll this week and other important Pizza Zone matters to attend to, progress on the room will continue on Saturday.  Supposedly.....the eldest child is going to come over and paint the ceilings for me (hope he shows -- I hate painting ceilings).  He also plans on replacing that crappy white ceiling fan that's been there since we moved in to a brand new one.  My plan is to finish touch up on the entertainment center, paint the doors and the baseboards a gleaming new white, and shampoo the carpet.

If the plan goes according to schedule, we should be ready to load and decorate by Monday morning.

Here's a before and after picture of the nightstand that I transformed.

Looks like another busy weekend is planned!

It was a glorious day!

Well, not really.

It was a day off.  A day off with no plan.  A day off that was meant to be just that......A DAY OFF!

So our day off began with dropping off the Mustang.  She needed new brakes and needed some maitenance service.  So once Paul picked me up from the dealership, we were off for our adventure.

We just headed down the highway.  No destination in mind, and just some light discussion about where we could go or what we could do.

Mostly it was just time for the two of us to be together with NOTHING work related happening. 

This blog will chronicle the exciting adventures that happened on Tuesday, October 9th.

First place found us driving down the interstate and found us at a restaurant supply store.  No day off can ever be complete without visiting a restaurant supply store!  I'm serious, it evens happen if we are out of town!

Our next journey took us on a highway we'd never been on before in Pasadena, Texas.  Pasadena is really a chemical plant city.....so of course there was nothing to take a picture of except.....tanks!

Next we decided we needed to check out the pizza place that is in 2nd place in the Houston A-list contest.  We wanted to see what we were up against.  It happened to be in Pearland, TX (which also happened to be about 1/2 hour from where Aaron lives). 

We enjoyed a pizza with roasted garlic, salami, pepperoni, and canadian bacon.  It was actually pretty good....but we walked out of there confident that we ARE the best pizza in Houston!

As we were driving down the highway, we spotted a very unique sign at one of the malls in Pearland.  Of course we had to get a picture of it!  I've heard that Pearland is named after it's abundance of pears.....so this sign was very fitting.

Sorry.....no more pictures from the rest of the day....I guess it was just so exciting that I didn't even take the time to pull out my camera (ha! ha!).  So I'll just give you a brief synopsis of the rest of the day.

1.  Stopped at Kirland's to try and find some beautiful artwork for the new guest room.

2.  Stopped at Fry's Electronics to find a MP3 player docking station for Paul.

3.  Stopped at Garden Ridge to once again try and find some beautiful artwork for the new guest room.

4.  Stopped at the Grant Rd. store to drop off and pick up stuff.

5.  Home for a nap and some quiet time reading.....ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!  (Actually, we were going to go to IKEA....but decided that a nap and reading sounded way better at the moment!)

6.  Paul went and dropped of the bank deposits.....he was gone for 2 hours (gee I wonder where he REALLY went?????)

7.  Off to the Richey Rd. Movie Tavern for dinner, beer, and a movie.  It was awesome.....we just sat in the movie theater and they brought us beer, food, and whatever we needed and we never have to get up (except to go to the bathroom because of all the beer!).  The movie we saw:  End of Watch with Jake Gyllenhal....good movie!

8.  Off to bed to read some more and talk about how restful our day was.....but way too short! 

We look forward to the next one!

P.S.  I would just like to add that Houston is so ENORMOUS that it's possible for us to venture in parts of the area that we've never seen before.  It's like taking a vacation to a different city sometimes!

Shhhh.....don't tell anyone...it's a secret!

We are actually taking a day off tomorrow.

The first one in almost 2 months!

We are thinking about driving to a nearby town just to get "out of town".

But no destination is planned yet.

Just crossing our fingers and hoping that everything gets taken care of while we are gone!

Please don't call the Hoarders show!

When you are completely demolishing a room and changing it from floor to ceiling.....you need to clear the whole space.

So where do you store the stuff temporarily while you are working on the room?

In the extra bathroom that really doesn't get any use anymore.....of course!

I would also like to point out that all this "crap" is the stuff that my children didn't take with them when they moved out. 

Thank you very much!

I think I'm back

Today is the first day in a whole week where I actually think I am better emotionally.

It's been a difficult week and I've had a hard time dealing with all the crap that's been flung at us lately.

No....there isn't much light at the end of the tunnel.....yet, but at least I've found some interest and motivation in things again.

This weekend I am planning on finally getting that empty bedroom upstairs (the one that's been empty for two years now and is just filling up with crap) turned into a beautiful guest room.

So my plans for this weekend are to get all that stuff put away in there, paint, shampoo carpets, paint nightstand and entertainment center, and buy all the decorating stuff I need to transform it into a room of beauty.

I think that's my first step to motivating myself.  I actually need to tear through this entire house and get it back in shape......because it looks really sorry right now.

But right now....I am happy just being able to take baby steps.

Here's the before shot:

It won't be totally completed by the end of the weekend......but I'll post a progress shot on Monday morning!

Improving

Things are much better today. 

Thankfully, because yesterday was just plain horrible.

You have those days.  You know......the ones where everything just crashes down on you.  You just have to let it crash, release it all, and then move on.

Yesterday was my cleansing day.

I've moved on.

Thankfully.

It's my pity party and no you're not invited

No life is not great.....in fact it sucks.

But I'm the one that it supposed to keep it all together.  To keep everyone organized and on-track.  The one who is supposed to continually perpetuate the idea that everything is great. 

Well guess what?  I'm human and it's not great all the time and trying to make everyone believe it all the time is emotionally taxing.  So today I broke down and it's my pity party.

Maybe if I put all the bottled up things inside me down on "paper", I can relieve some of this pressure.

First of all, don't call me and don't try to talk to me about it.  I don't want to talk.  I just want to cry and get it all out of me. 

I am just so tired of trying to be perfect all the time.  My house is a disaster.  My body is a disaster.  Our staff is a disaster.  And lately everything I try to do perfectly comes out like a disaster.  No matter how much I look at stuff -- it seems like there's something wrong with it.  There is NO TIME to do the important stuff that we need to get done.  Every day is filled up with trying to get the most important stuff done.

There is too much to do ALWAYS.  There is never any free time.  We get up early and go to bed late and try to cram in as much stuff as we possibly can into 24 hours. 

I've lost myself.  I have no identity anymore.  I'm just the Pizza Zone back up person.  The person that always has to sit on pins and needles waiting for that phone call to come in and cover because some idiot can't do their job correctly or because someone decided that they wanted a day off....so to hell with Pizza Zone.  We have no life........we are the slaves of our employees, our business, and our customers.  What little tiny morsel that might be left at the end of the day is ours.

So if this sounds like a pity party......well it is.  And I sure as heck deserve one.  There's so many things that I need and want to get done......but NOPE -- Pizza Zone comes first.  Pizza Zone always comes first.

But what about me?  I have needs too!

P.S.  This blog no way reflects what my husband is doing.  He has a very full plate and no time whatsoever.  In fact, if he was a girl -- he'd probably sit down and cry with me all day today too!  Oh wait.....there's no time to sit and feel sorry for ourselves......we have work to do!