Tim's new hobby...

Lately I've been feeling I needed a creative outlet. This all started after I volunteered myself for a project at work. The project turned into a 10 ft mural! Long story and many hours later I was actually quite pleased with the result. Especially since this was my first time painting! :-) I'll see if I can get a pic with my phone. Ok, so back to the new hobby... here's the highlights as to not bore you to death... saw a new toy at the Log Home Show... it's a pnuematice high speed engraver (aka: wicked fast (420,000 rpm) cool knew toy)... toy was very expensive... waited for months saving up the money... got the money up... tenant called, the furnace broke... called furnace guy... paid $1,400 to furnace guy... no more toy for Timmy! Waited a few more months, did some internet research... found similar toy for 20% the money... said yippe and but said new toy! :-) This tool can engrave almost any surface. (glass, metal, wood, egg shells, etc, etc) The pictures below is of a dried gourd I carved and then painted. this is only about the 4th piece I have experimented with. I was quite pleased. The goal is to be able to sell my art and have a paying hobby. The gourds are only $1 each and there is an endless supply out here in the sticks! LOL I think I may put my next one on E-Bay just to see what I could get for one. Feel free to leave coments with any feedback or ideas of other scenes or items to engrave.

Rambling

Well here it is March 24, 2006. Officially it is the 4th day of spring. We had better weather before spring got here. It will be high 40's maybe low 50s today. Chemlawn is coming out today to start treatment on our lawn. There really isn't any grass...its a bunch of weeds in the fall they will plant seed so that we can get grass in the dead spots. Sarah will have to stay in the fence today. The recommend not having your dog on the grass till it drys which is a couple of hours.
this is my last week of school for this block of classes. I still have to do my report and the power point presentation. It will be a long weekend. I was going to do some of it yesterday while i was off, however i was just too sick. I changed my associates degree. I was taking associates in buisness arts. They just came out with a new program called associates in IT. Since i am going to get my bachlors in IT , it made sense to get the associates in that as well. I am hoping that once i get this schooling under my belt i can move somewhere in bellsouth to start doing networking.
Speaking of bellsouth...things are going pretty good. I really like being a team lead. Carole has done so much to teach me. depending how things do after my yr as a team lead i might just go for a coach position. I was always looking at the money aspect at bellsouth before i went to a different position. Being a team lead i dont get bonuses anymore like i used to, so thats a 1500 paycut a month. :O( I am happier though and that is what counts. Tim still likes being a team lead. In fact he put in for a coach position. I cant wait to see who he gets on his team.
We bought a new table 2 wks ago. It seats 6 and has two leaves in it. Its very rustic which goes great in our house. Its made out of oak and hickory, the thing cost 2500 too bad we wont have anyone to pass it down to when we die. well time to get ready to go to work.
Peace and love
sabrina

The first signs of spring

I love spring!! I took friday off as a vacation day and i did nothing!!! That was fun. I really needed a mental health day. I only had to reschedule it 3 times. I did some scrapbooking for a couple of hours and then I watched some TV, I sat on the swing on the porch and read my book. The peach tree is in bloom so I took some pictures of that and the yellow southern bell looked pretty so I took some pictures of that. I will post them once I pull them off the camera. I made dinner and thats all I did on friday. It felt great! On Sunday Tim and I went for a motorcycle ride. We went up to lake lure and had lunch. On the way up there we saw a bunch of other people riding so we joined in with them. They were pretty nice. It was awesome being on the bike again. When we came home I had this paper I had to write for class and when I first read the assignment I thought it wouldn't take me that long. I was wrong it took me 6 hrs because of all the research I had to do. Next I will make sure I read the assignment better. I did get a 90/100 on it. So I am happy about that. Time to get ready for work.

Spring Cleaning

I am off today. I love having days off during the week but hate working the saturday to make up for it. What can ya do? So I woke up this morning thinking I will be home all by myself so I want to do stuff that I cant do with Tim around. What do I do? I clean. LOL I rented a rug dr and cleaned the living room rug and I realized that our couch is way to heavy to move by myself. I think I pulled something. The rug looks a little better I still can't wait to just replace it. We are still going to put hardwood floors in. I bought an spring green area rug to put down. It has different shades of green and white. Very pretty. I got two compliments on it as I was leaving the store. If I can get those same compliments when it is in the house that would be super. I also bought a new shade to go on the living room door. On there now is a shear curtin and I hate it. I bought a dark cilantro colored pull up shade. It looks just like a curtin but gives much more privacy. Now I am off to take a power nap so I can get back up and clean the bedroom and put the laundry away. That has been driving me crazy for a week. I just hate putting it away.
Till next time...

The good and the bad

With my last post there was a little sadness, there is a little more with this post. Things are not going to pan out the way we thought they were going to with our move to GA. He would have to take a paycut of about 10-15k and we just can not afford that at this time. It looks like we will not be moving to ATL anytime soon. Really who needs friends close by,... its highly overated. LOL On the good side I have a new position at work. I have become a team lead for my currant team and carole's team. I am excited about the position and the new opportunities it will bring me. Tim is applying for a coach position. He said he is ready for his own team, so great things are happening at work for us. Its about time. LOL My nephew Quinn will be 1 yr on the 18th. I miss all my nephews and niece. :O(
Peace and Love
Sabrina