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Tuesday rant

Most of you know I had a plumbing mishap back in May and it ruined quit a bit. Here it is a month later and I still don't have a kitchen. My son went back to college a week early because he was done with the house being a wreck and not having food to eat whenever he wanted. I was told last week by my contractor my granite countertops, plumbing, electrical, and appliances would be installed and completed TODAY. Well it's 1 p.m. and nothing has been done. I even called him this morning and he assured me everything would go in as planned.

You want to know why I called him? Not to make sure everything was still on...that was my secondary reason for calling him.  Here it goes. I hope you're sitting down. It's been sweltering hot in OK. So on Sunday morning I went out into my garage and it smelled suspiciously like rotting garbage. I checked for garbage bags my lazy kids might have tossed out there. Nope. That wasn't the reason for the smell. I then noticed a gathering of  blow flies (you know the big ones) around my deep freezer. My eyes then darted to the wall where the freezer is plugged in. The plug-in was on the floor of the garage!! The carpenter had been here Friday and he unplugged my freezer to plug in his saw and he never plugged it back in! The rotten smell was coming from rotting food. I didn't even dare to open it. And that big bubba is filled to the top let me tell you.

So I called my contractor to tell him I wasn't about to clean that out myself! Not to mention the loss of ground buffalo meat my husband was so proud of...that's a whole other story. I think I'm going to need an intervention soon before I end up on an episode of "Snapped" or whatever that TV show is called that tells the stories of women who go into fits of rage and murder!

What do I write about?

Almost 15 years ago I wanted to get an email address. Everybody today HAS an email address--back in the day it was optional. Yes. For real. I wanted something that represented me, but wasn't my name. So I chose Ladeemelie@aol.com . I still use this emal address. Now I have a work email, but work is work and my time is my time and never shall the two meet. I went with this for the name of my blog because it was what I want to blog about--being a lady. Even though this isn't the 1800s in London, society still has expectations for us gals. We are expected to "present" a certain image and I certainly learned this the hard way so there's hope for the Snookies out there. I write about my life and how women should be positive forces for one another, instead of dragging each other down. I believe women are the only ones who can provide other women with what we need. Sure our husbands and men love us, but they just don't get it all. He's only going to listen so long to me about paint color choices for the hall bathroom and how those strappy sandals cut off the circulation in my left foot. So women, ladies, positivity...yeah that's Ladeemelie.

Books Books Books Ahhhhhhhh!

In about 20 days I've read 26 books (I'm reading 27 now). Before we go on vacation my husband and I get all of our books ready. I mentioned before he has and iPad now, so I got his old Kindle. I was reluctant at first to use it. I'm a "real-book-needa-turn-the pages" kinda of gal. After the first book I never thought of that again. In fact, I love the Kindle. I don't have to remember what page I'm on and I always had to remember because my kids can't keep their hands off my books and out slips the book marker. OH I am NOT a page bender. Nope no way. Kindle keeps track of what page I'm on and as soon as I turn it on, like magic, it's right on the page I stopped reading. I downloaded 8 books for our Cabo trip which was 8 days and on the plane back I finished the last book. Another nifty feature is all my books are in one place. I want to go back and re-read something from a book in a series all I need do is click a few times and there it is. I do sometimes miss the pages...but not that much. So 27 books! The summer is always a read-a-thon for me. Recently with all the demolition in the house I needed an escape. Walking on black tarred concrete and seeing my beautiful black granite countertops on my back patio has been quite disturbing. I haven't had a kitchen for over a month. The best place to go...into a book. I've been reading Lisa Kleypas. I haven't really been a romance novel fan, but she includes so much history into her plots. And turn your nose up if you want, but they're good books and they've saved my sanity. I teach literature and I refuse to be a book snob. So thank you Lisa Kleypas. I'm going to finish reading all the books she's written. I do go back to work Monday. My reading pace will slow down. Hopefully I'll remember this as the summer I discovered reading her instead of the summer that was ruined by a plumber.

Back to school

My girls went back to school today. One is in 5th grade and the other is a freshman in high school. I have a son who is moving back to college tomorrow also. I didn't even take pictures of my girls this morning. That is a first. I don't know what came over me. Maybe I'll do it this afternoon...won't be the same though. Maybe I'll take a picture of my son's car as he leaves tomorrow. Either way I'm sad for summer to evaporate away in this hot August heat and I'm looking forward to the routine and cooler weather of fall. I've never cried when my kids went to school. I'm not gonna start now.

This work is still going on!

No it's not done yet. And NO I don't have any pictures of it. I still don't have a kitchen to cook in and I'm darn tired of eating out. The wood floors are done. Everything is painted. The carpet still has to be done and the granite and appliances have to be put back in. Almost there. I just wish it could have happened before I went back to work on Monday. Yes. College is starting. My classes are full and I look forward to bending their little minds to my grammatical ways!