Farm: November 2005 Archives

Where to start? Writing is going slow and I am behind on my predicted word count. I will try to post what I have written after I proof read and spell check and all that good stuff. Stay tuned. My doctors appointment went well. We had a nice long pow wow in the beginning. I told him how I was treated by my last doctor and how I expected to be treated this time. If he had a problem with me tell me now and I would find another doctor not wasting any more of his time or my money in his office. He was super interested in my having been a surrogate and had lots and lots of questions. In the end he said he felt we would be just fine together and he looked forward to seeing me again. A construction company that had been sub contracted by the pool builder came out to pour the concrete around the pool. The salesman and I measured out about another 125 feet of concrete area for a patio for my tables and chairs. When the foreman got here he started measuring and figuring and told me we had measured out 233 extra square feet and he needed a check for $3000+ before one stitch of concrete would be poured. I got on the phone showed my ass with the builder and salesman. I mean I was mad as hell. There is no way the extra was double what we measured. This is how people get ripped off! I paid not one red cent, the concrete was poured and the extra was more like $500. Honestly I wonder if people look at me and see 'fool' written across my forehead. This has been a pain in the ass experience with building a pool. However, it looks great and I can't wait until next spring and we get to actually use it. I'll take a photo and put it up tomorrow. I made fresh pumpkin pie this week. These people who live with me have eaten two pies. I will post the recipe on my recipe journal and get a photo up of it as well. If you haven't seen this -honestly can you read it and watch the film clip without laughing in some manner? I am behind on folding laundry. It is piled high in the laundry room. I am going to try and get that under control today. Steven's mother is coming to take the girls out to a movie and dinner tomorrow. If the weather continues to be lovely mid day maybe we will get to work in the yard and put out the rest of the mulch. I am thinking we should have ordered more. We'll see next week. Thank you all for the lovely comments on my Thanksgiving theme. I just like different looks and one look all the time bores me. And how will you spend your weekend? ***Updated*** Part 2 is posted. Find it under Nov. 2 or over in the sidebar under the NaNoWriMo participant logo.