Visitation

So, my oldest sister Amanda is coming to visit me next week and I'm trying to think of things to do while she is here. Luckily she likes the outdoors and things that involve nature and my house is right next to the national forest. Nice! I knew that I picked my house for a reason. I figure we can go hiking and riding somewhere, go to a movie . . . . I'm hoping that she's easy to please as far as entertainment. When the rest of my family came to visit I had an entire itenerary. I am unprepared. And I need to clean my house. It's not that bad, but not that good either. Re-wash the sheets on the guest bed, clean the bathtub (it was last used to wash the dog), put the guns somewhere other than everywhere . . . there's a long list.

My last post was in August of 2010. How very sad for all you out there, breathe bated, waiting for my next outpouring of genius. I feel for you and am now going to give you something to read. I'm sure that the people who read my blog (read that read as past tense. Ha! fun with language) already know that I left the Navy and moved to Arkansas to pursue a more enjoyable lifestyle. I bought a house, have horses, a dog, a temporary cat, and am much happier now then I was when I last posted. Well, happier in my sistuation. Apparently I was quite enamored with a beautiful girl last time I wrote on here and now I'm single. That was a fun reminder. Thanks blog. New to my family (the only people that read this) I have purchased a motorcycle to replace the one that I sold before leaving CT. Very pretty, very nice. My good friend Kathryn was helping me to pick out names and love her idea. I'm going to name her after a famous pin-up artist. She's a genius! Betty, Rita, Dorothy, Jane . . . so many! You can see what she looks like here. The review from the associated article was not that great but the pictures are good. I don't agree with his appraisal at all, but he is allowed to be wrong. Name suggestions are welcome. It is also my recommendation that if you choose to tell my mother about this that you do so when she is not driving or involved in any other activity that could cause bodily harm. She might have a severely negative reaction, as she hates the idea of me riding a motorcycle. I won't point out that I also shoot guns all of the time, go horseback riding, and work in an industrial power plant every day. I'll take the risk.

What else is new with me? Not much. I need to work on decorating my house more and getting some more furniture so that I take some things out of the boxes in my spare bedrooms. I'm not in much of a hurry since these are things that I don't really use and don't need to display. I feel like I should have a more permanent storage solution since I don't plan on moving anytime in the next 50 years or so. Decor is the more important issue. My house is out in the country and I have horses so some people would think that I would have horsey, hunting, or woodland pictures EVERYwhere, but I don't like that style at all. My wonderful sisters and my mother have posted some excellent ideas on pinterest. I really do like the firelog wall decor idea. I will almost definitely put some shelves in to duplicate it. Evetually. I also love the wine-cask bath/jacuzzi. Awesome. When I remodel my bathroom I might knock out the wall to the closet just to put one in. You can view them here. I'm very happy that I figured out how to make a word a link. I'm so techno-savvy! I was trying to find a custom mailbox that looks like a fast-attack submarine but all I could find were ones that look like the yellow beatles submarine. Poo. I might have to make one. Ideas are more than welcome and can be either emailed to me or "pinned" to what is apparently my pinterest page. I have no idea how that works, I just like it! Enjoy. Much love to everyone. I'll be back in another year or two.