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This past saturday was a beautiful day in North Texas and in the afternoon after stopping to pick up some plants to add to the landscape I went to an established flower bed and began to pull some pesky weeds.
I reached down to pull some weeds from around a clump of day lillies when i was...
As life in rural, bucolic texas countryside goes it is rather seldom one sees ones neighbors, however should something arise that one needs help with the neighbors are always happy to help.
such was the case yesterday. the previous day, my housemate awakened to a flat tire on his truck. he...
As we all know, it usually goes "Lost and Found".
in my case it could go lost and found but lost and found again.
on thursday one of my employees - an 18 year old girl, high school drop out with a 2 year old daughter told me her sister left a dog tied to a post in her yard with a zip tie...
Amdist the obvious stress of recent weeks including, but not limited to: out of state landlording, long distance house repairs, new renters, worke stress, dating stress, being mistaken for a rentboy and then an undercover cop - i really welcome a bit of stress free downtime and certainly...
Friday was an absolutely hellatious day and the week of accumulated stress had taken its toll and i decided i would head out for the night in ft. worth and see what i could see.
first stop: swanky, high end seafood place with an awesome bar. the usual black granite, very low lighting, a high...
It has been awhile since my last post.
So much has happened. While each new blow has come along it has been dreadful and so i figured i would be merciful and not bore to death anyone about it.
and so in re-cap you will have the short version....
the woman i had rented my cottage to turned...
I have this client for whom i am doing business development/marketing/PR.
while i call on accounts for him, i also pop in to maintain an 'in house' presence and see what can be done that way.
so while in his uniform store that sells scrubs and public safety (fireman, EMT and police) uniforms i...
As you may remember from a few posts back, i rented out my cottage in michigan to the 50 something forner neighbor italian lady and her 20 year old kid. known them for 10 years.
after but 2 days in the house, there seemed to be some sort of catastrophic plumbing problem, the likes of which...
to start out, there is this VERY hot, 32 year old woman i will call "june". i know her through work and my house mate also knows her through work and business.
she is similar in appearance to the girl pictured in the thread titled "huge natural tits on a thin woman" or something like that...
the other day in the course of usual business and popping in and out of the office while in the office/store, a girl came in to procure her nursing school scrubs. she arrived with her older sister and the older sister's 8 month old nephew.
the student was HOT. long, dark hair and green eyes...
i have not had the time to get to the gym so i figured i would get a multi-functional weight bench that could decline to work my abs while working my upper body with weights.
i looked on craigslist and found lots of things and didn't want to spend gobs of money and lo and behold - found the...
since its been awhile, i figured it was time for an update.
i was able to leave michigan, leave knowing my cottage was rented to the former neighbor lady and that it would be well cared for. WHAT a relief.
i stopped off to spend a couple of days with my 12 year old niece which was...
Now -
has that song from the 90s kicked in and started playing in your head over and over yet? LOL.
There are lots of one more times in this blog.
i was invited by a former co-worker (a very attractive woman) to a house party at her house for saturday night.
we met 10 years ago when she...
Today was the first day in two months since returning to michigan that i was able to take a day off. an actual, full day OFF. my phone was off, the t.v. was off, radio off, computer off, ansolute unadulterated day of rest.
this evening i had to go to the post officeto send thank you notes to...
I am staying at my friend's place while he is in ireland and iceland looking after his 3 year old german shepard. ok. that's all good. trying to wrap things up here in michigan to get out of here and back to texas.
friend is an international photographer and someone was at the door. it was...
Since I have been in michigan to eject the degenerate that destroyed my house and make it ready for new italian woman and her kid - i have been working my ass off on various contracting jobs.
i learned just today that i lost a several thousanf dollar job.
i was prepared to not win that bid in...
My friend returns from town in a couple of hours so i want his place in great shape. kitchen is gleaming, his bed has fresh linens on it, his dog has been brushed and had ice put in his water bowl, the decks, walk paths and driveway have been blown out. i have mopped the floors and the bathrooms...
This evening i had to be at a lake michigan beach house to go over a quote with the home owners for rebuilding their 75 steps to the bech from the top of the dune as well as 100 feet of boardwalk.
i spent hours today at the lumber yard with the owner of said lumber yard working up a quote for...
When i knew the italian renter lady, her 20 year old son and her 58 year old sister would be at the cottage late on friday night, i made dinner for them to have for when they arrived/for the next day/ or whenever.
i made smothered pork chops in golden mushroon soup with fresh portabellos...
So - as i was putting my house back together i figured it would be a good time to re-design the place.
the floors are the original yellow pine floors from 1934 and it was filled with anitques and paintings.
as i thought about it i figured i would ebonize the floors/stain them black, paint the...