Friday, August 29, 2014

July Instagram

Day 67: What's not to be happy about when you're eating Dick's for dinner?! #100HappyDays
I'm 10 months old today!! I have 1 tooth on the bottom and one tooth on top. Another on top is just now breaking through. I'm growing like a weed! Still not crawling, cause I'm taking after my mommy, who didn't start crawling til after she turned 1! 
Day 68: Having fun while being distracted during her 10 month photo shoot. Lol #100HappyDays 
Day 69: Someone is prefunkin' for her first 4th of July tomorrow. She's very excited, can't you tell? 😀 #100HappyDays 
Day 70: Happy 4th of July 'Merica!! I'm celebrating my first 4th in style! #100HappyDays 
Day 71: So excited to start taking pictures with my very own brand new DSLR camera. I've been wanting one of these for over a decade. So happy :-) #100HappyDays 
Day 72: The view from Brad's parents house makes me happy. Growing up in that house has sooooooooo many good memories.  #100HappyDays
Day 73: Adriana seems to have the Chandler Bing smile down. Hahahaha #100HappyDays
Day 74: Just playing with her cousins!! She just loves them!  #100HappyDays
Day 75: Just having fun in the pool with her doggy on this super warm day!! #100HappyDays 
Day 76: My three girls make me so happy!  #100HappyDays
Day 77: Only in Everett... HAHA #100HappyDays
Day 78: Our little whomper is whompefied  #100HappyDays
Day 79: Not my highest scoring word ever, but definitely a good one!! :-) #100HappyDays
Day 80: Hooray, it has arrived!! Why I waited so long in life to get a star shaped cake pan is beyond me! Lol Baby girls 1st birthday is gonna ROCK!  #100HappyDays
Day 81: Cousins enjoying some swim time on this super hot day. Adriana loved her inflatable floater. #100HappyDays
Day 82: What's not to be happy about when there is such beauty on this planet??? #100HappyDays
Day 83: So this is what it would be like to have twins. HAHA. So far, so good. Little cutie pies! 😉 #100HappyDays
Perhaps this should have been my happy day post today... Babies = Passed out!! My house is eerily quiet right now for there being two 10 month old babies in it! Now, what to do with this quiet time... Hahahaha
Day 84: First time having toast. It was a major hit! She ate the whole piece! #100HappyDays
Day 85: Cupcakes should make everyone happy! Especially cupcakes from my fave cupcake shop, New York Cupcakes in Bellevue! This Boston Cream Pie cupcake is to die for! #100HappyDays
Day 86: Had a fun time at a mommy meet up today!! The babies had a glorious time as well 😃 #100HappyDays
Day 87: Yup, this is happening right now. And I love it! But more importantly, so does she :-D
I can't wait until she can learn all the dances and do them with me, like my nieces used to. I miss that! Lol #100HappyDays 
Day 88: My poor little whomper had to go to the doctor today because she broke out in huge hives all over, due to what they are calling an allergic reaction. Luckily, she was in good spirits and daddy gave her a pants hat. Haha! She's seriously the best little human in the world and I'm privileged to be her mommy. Happy she is being so good! #100HappyDays
Day 89: This actually makes me very happy! As much as the sunshine has been fantastic, this all day downpour is much needed!! It has felt very refreshing AND the wildfires on the other side of the mountain can use it very much! A win-win if you ask me! #100HappyDays
Day 90: What's not to be happy about??? ;-) #100HappyDays
Day 91: Everything tastes better with bacon  #100HappyDays
Adriana has her very own cell phone! She says, "thanks cousin Hailey for giving me your old Cinderella flip phone! I love it!" 
Day 92: Moms night out!! Greasy food, booze and great conversation. Love this girl!! #100HappyDays
Day 93: Adriana's first trip to Chuck E. Cheese's, her first ride on a mechanical ride and her first taste of pizza!! All in all, a successful time at her cousin Max's 5th birthday party  #100HappyDays
Day 94: My tired little princess. I could stare at this face forever!! I have so much love in my heart for her I'm surprised it hasn't exploded yet. #100HappyDays
Day 95: Ummmmmmmmmm. Cuteness overload for sure! My little Piper is so sweet! #100HappyDays 
Day 96: Every time I walk into my kitchen, I see this. One of 4 whiskey bottles purchased at the Duty Free store at the Canadian border. It was part of a 4 bottle bag bundle that my dad purchased, which happens to be the last thing he ever bought at that Duty Free store. It was a family tradition for us to shop there every time we went to Canada. Each of us 4 kids got one of the bottles when he passed away. I have never been able to open it. Just doesn't feel right. I'm happy to still have this bottle. Might seem silly, but I like having this memory around. Miss you daddy!!  #100HappyDays
Day 97: Yeah, it's one of these kind of evenings... LOL #100HappyDays

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Townhome communities drive me bonkers!

They say everything happens for a reason.. well I'm finding it very difficult to believe that right now. Normally I do, but I'm failing to see how staying in this damned townhouse is good for us as it looks like we won't be moving any time soon... My HOA is full of douchebags and denied my hardship rental request of my townhouse (since we can't sell it due to the piece of shit economy/my remodified loan). We're probably going to be stuck here for 5 more years at this rate. I may have to start playing the lottery if I ever want out of this hell hole!!! Worst decision of my life buying into a fucking town home community 8 years ago! This stupid rental cap wasn't even in place when I bought it and I voted no for the rental cap amendment. Assholes!! 

I've been on the damned waiting list for over 2 years now and my place in line hasn't changed. I'm tired of it. I want out. NOW. My next door neighbor sucks and my husband and I are tired of dealing with his crap and having to live next to it. I never intended on having kids in this place. This place is too small and we've severely outgrown it. As long as we are here, we won't be able to have any more kids (so the board is basically in control of when we have our next child). At this rate, I would rather foreclose on this place, just so we can get out! Excuse me while I go cry my eyeballs out now...