Behind on Blogging

The last month has been a busy one and has yet again kept me from blogging. I don't know why I essentially apologize every time I let so much time go by in my blog, but I usually feel compelled to do so since I'm probably neglecting other things too. Truth is, I've been pretty busy getting my laptop running again after it stopped working (and still isn't running very smoothly) and my continuing issues getting painting done around the house. On the first issue, I accidentally knocked the cord out while the system was accessing the registry, which I now know is really bad. I ended up having to reinstall everything and with the move I can't find many of my software disks.

Not good.

On the second issue, the woman who owned the house before us didn't know what primer is used for when painting, so I've had to sand just about everything, everywhere! It's been a pain in my ass and I haven't even touched my zendo yet. Hopefully that will come soon, but I'm pretty much through with making predictions. The good news is that I have a good portion of the kitchen painted and it looks pretty damn good. I think anything besides the bland white walls in every room would be an improvement, but I think the wife and I did well picking colors.

In a weird last piece of news, we have a neighbor with lots of lawn equipment and time on his hands. I've been pretty clear with him when we've chatted that I want to do the lawn work myself so I learn how it's done, but he seems to keep ignoring that and mowing my lawn anyway. He's a nice guy and doesn't mean any harm, but I was planning to use the leaves and grass clippings he removed for compost. I just wish when I asked someone not to do something, they listen...actually, doing what I ask to be done would be nice too, but I won't get greedy.