Quit dippin' in the mustard

So I just caught up on the nearly month of this blog that I've missed. HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRAME!!!!

Good choice of vehicle for Reggae Bear. She'll always be happy with a Jeep..

Howie I can't even BELIEVE those people are suing YOU. UNREAL!!!

Glad Seany Boy got his cast off. Phew!! Hope AZ was nice and that you're feeling better.

Now for me...

Well I'm totally in for girls weekend for sure except I work on Saturdays and Mondays so there I go screwing everything up again. And I'm down with the spouses and kids coming too, doesn't just have to be us. Just can't swing a whole week. I could take a Saturday or Monday off towards the end of the year. It was like pulling teeth to get the days off for the Mother's Day cruise. I never say no when they call me to come in but the one time I ask for 2 days off all hell breaks loose. Anyway, the guy I fill in for got it done for me.

Since this Monday is a holiday Elena and I were trying to plan a little getaway for Valentine's Day because we haven't been able to go anywhere since I work every weekend.

In other news...another reason we couldn't afford to go away for a whole week, etc. was cause we are having a barn/shed built in the backyard to house our book inventory and then I can get more rent for my house cause it'll come with garage. Well boy was I in for a shock when I got a few estimates for this "barn". They ranged from $18,000 to $24,000, I was thinking more along the lines of like $2,000 But it really needs to be done because we run ourselves ragged moving our inventory back and forth and all over town. So the other day we decided to go with a prebuilt shed like thingy, smaller than we hoped for which is still in the $10,000 range plus $3,000 for a concrete slab to put it on.

Anyway, the next day(2 days ago), Elena and I were driving and here is how the conversation went:

EJ: Are we sure we wantto spend $10,000 on the barn? What if we move sometime soon?
CS: Yea, I was thinking that too. And imagine the vacation we could take with the money we don't spend.
EJ: YEAAAAHHH
CS: Think we could get a good deal on a last minute cruise somewhere? Anywhere?
EJ: (eyes lighting up)

So the bottom line is we just booked a cruise to the Western Caribbean and we leave Monday. And boy can you get a great deal if you are flexible enough to just leave on a whim like this. It's 4 days and we're so very excited. It's already so close, we leave in less than a week. We'll take lots of photos and "post the good ones" as Turner says. :-) Now I just have to pray that I don't get called into work next week while we're gone. I already made it sound like I was starting a huge yardwork project. But that'll only work for so long because my boss passes our house on his way into work(he lives on our street). :-)

We're leaving the cats to fend for themselves and hopefully Oreo kills all 4 boys and we come home to just 1 sweet precious kitty cat.

Anyway, that's about all that's happening here, which is A LOT for me.