Gypsy Design :: The Stew

except actually, i was trapped in my room for like a day and a half with two schnauzers while the professionals installed the floor. they did a great job as you can see and there is no way i would have been able to do this by myself. I recognize my limitations and i work to pay for those things that i can't get for myself. the place looks bigger and the toilets even flush better...the idiot who owned this place before me tried to fix the toilet with electrical parts...didn't see that on the home report. i'm constantly amazed at the stupidity of the former owners and how people around here don't take care of thier property. yet they expect to get top dollar for it...*sigh* I'm just very happy i did this even though it cost a little bit more than i had budgeted... my kitchen floor is now level too (hence the added expense) and the floor is providing entertainment when the girls try to run across it with no traction. the tile turned out beautiful too. so much better than the crap i put in there.

 

oh and the living room got rearranged fter the fact...see it's much bigger and it doesn't remind me of an embarrassing evening i had not too long ago...change is good. 

my furntiure actually matches the room now.. 

see the laundry? I painted it before the floor guys came...it's MUCH prettier now...for a laundry area anyway. 

 

ooooo....this made it worth while...very happy with this. 

 

Mia and maisy are not quite sure what to make of the new very cold tile. 

 

 

the huge big ass crate i got the girls. maisy is attempting to rescue her "man" a big furry teddy bear she tends to have way with while chewing on his nose. well, at least she has someone. bet he says what he means and doesn't lead her on. not that maisy gives hima word in edgewise. 

 

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Bonus points if you get the reference. I can't believe I'm classifying this as fun work but yes...I have successfully installed Ruby and MySQL on my laptop. My WONDERFUL external 500gb hard drive arrived yesterday and I am taking full advantage of it.   I have a learning Ruby book and will be going through it while the floor is being installed....the headaches have stopped from the invisalign...i guess my teeth have shifted for this round. new things may be happening this coming year i can't say much but i hope it will be a good thing as I'm really working on just trying to be happy and creative....while minimizing the ick that inevitably occurs in life. *sigh* cool thing is my house is looking cool and i know i;ll be getting an over the range microwave for christmas so i'll have more counterspace in the kitchen.

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My friend Karthik who works for Reel FX in Dallas sent me their latest project called "The VERY FIRST NOEL".

I think the sheep are my favorite. Click the image to purchase your very own copy from AMAZON. I'm so excited that I know these people who get to work on this kind of stuff. Awesome work guys, keep it up!

 

UPDATE: Here's the director's blog. Also Karthik was the LEAD character guy...GO man, GO! I also noticed a few other viz people involved, Jeff Alcantera, and Jinnah Yu....I am definitely a credit watcher...so people be kind and see how many people it really takes to pull something like this off.

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man, the last few days have been just crazy... I'm not just referring to the dogs either. they were SO bad on Friday and Saturday, but I think I've discovered why. I haven't exactly been treating the girls equally. Maisy is a very responsible little girl NORMALLY. and I've always let her stay out of the crate while Mia who is still too little must stay in her crate during the day. at least I thought I was being nice to Maisy. apparently she didn't see that way as Mia LOVES the crate. so I think Maisy was feeling slighted. so this week, both girls are now in the crate during the day. I even went so far as to buy them a large deluxe crate so they won't be too cramped and can share their room. This way they can be together all day and I think Maisy is finally happy about the crate where she used to HATE it. 

In otther news...I donated my one piece of furntiure I ever bought new to Goodwill. yes folks, the marshmallow chair blob is gone. my living room has never looked bigger. It will look really good once I have new flooring in there. getting very excited about that. I'm thinking I'll touch up my crapp paint job in the living room and utility closet since the floor doesn't matter at the moment. I'm seriously considering just staying here for the holidays though as they usually depress me and keeping busy so far has been at least a cure for that. Other than that..just trying to get through numerous projects so everyone feels like they've accomplished Something this year...why is it that everything falls on me to finish it when they took forever to just make a decision? *sigh* comes with the territory I guess. anyhoo...just got my second molds for my teeth and they always feel kinda tight the first few days and I get headaches. but at least my clothes are fitting better since i don't have the urge to snack because of the maintenance of these things...bonus.

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Here are the floor samples..the tile isn't the exact one but it's close. 

 

 

 

 

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I'm going to actually do it people...the yellow oak "country" crap laminate is coming out including the downstairs yellow ish-beige patterned burber crap...wheee!!! What's going in you ask? pretty reddish/warm cherry laminate all over and real slate looking tile in the both bathrooms...*sigh* can't wait. the carpet upstairs that Mia has claimed (over and over again) ironically is staying for the time being (phase 2 will be happening in a couple of months as I was told carpet should always be last). I think linking the kitchen and living room will help make the place look bigger and the red will definitely make the place look less shabby. i'm also considering a new external hard drive for the computers as the work is getting full. :) at least it helps keeps my mind off of things that are once again beyond my control.

the big event will be happening over Christmas i'll post pics then. oh and my friend Karthik has informed me that  he's a gettin' hitched soon.....whoo hoo!! Congratulations, man!

 

 

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I am Harold. Harold is me... *sigh* methinks I'm too open and honest for my own good, but dammit the world needs more direct people as most of them pretty much are confused people who can't seem to say what they mean. or maybe they just have no follow through. decidedly, I am a goal oriented individual. Granted not the most organized pocket protecting nerd, but I get there at least. Some things shouldn't be categorized as that would be extremely boring but eventually nature of humans take control and we must make order out of chaos. For instance, how do you classify people you know, like, dislike, love?  Moving categories is a fairly easy thing for me as long as people are somewhat consistent in their intent. it's when people confuse me on purpose that's makes me frustrated and then depressed because i feel completely without any say in the relationship and that they have all of the control. 

 

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 Ah my little girls. they've been so patient this week...until tonight. they've had to many guilt treats and are bouncing off the walls. *sigh* I'm very tired...so much that this entry will be rather short and boring but at least they're are cute dogs in it right?

 

 

 

 

 

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well i got my first set of invisalign moldings for my teeth...it's only the top actually. I think having both would've been hard but these are totally awesome. I hardly feel them. the only downside is having to brush every time you take them out...so I guess this will also be a diet for me. i have to drink everything through a straw now. i got a huge box of straws at sams tonight to get me through the 9 months of wearing them. not bad i was expecting it to be a year. after that i will be getting the whitening....i shall be stunning. pfffttt... i almost got through that with a straight face. I also bought my first pair of real hiking boots... hopefully i'll get to hiking soon. I've been looking at hiking trails in Bastrop, Texas for like a day trip. I'd like to take the girls, but i think i'll see if I can get through it first without getting lost.

I have to say Hilary Duff is getting on my nerves. this stupid movie where she's a total goody goody...makes me sick because they make all the secondary characters so crappy in comparison. oscar winning this ain't.

mia is getting used to the baby gate on the stairs although Maisy is a little pissed. I take it down during the day though.  

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Well, I got all the stuff I needed to get done this weekend despite the setbacks with said evildoers in previous post. I was able to update the brochure in question and actually got a comp to the people in record time...I hope this individual has learned their lesson about fraud and omission of information. and the skank incident has now been placed in a positive light in that...I'm glad I stood up for myself and walked away even though I was unprepared. My mom was stunned I was rude which goes to show you how much she's never been one to stand up for me or herself for that matter...(I see where I got that bad habit from now). no more though, I'm tired of being walked on and I no longer have patience for people who can't appreciate what I have to offer. It makes me tired to work that hard and it's manipulative for people to expect that much from someone when they give nothing but pain in return...stupid egos. so anger is helping me for now to walk away from those who treat me badly. go pissyness. and skank, you horrible person, bite me.

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lord today was just a day of pure evil. first,I had someone claim my work as their own. Luckily, I think it will all work out in the end, but I can't believe the level some people will sink to. but then again I have witnessed first hand pure maliciousness before and unfortunately i ran into it at walmart this evening. I was stunned and then instantly sick to my stomach and it was all I could do to stop the bile from reaching my throat. The absolute nerve of crappy people to still desparately cling to the illusion that they're decent is beyond me. If people are decent they don't conciously betray you and then have the gaul to tell you you're being inappropriate and lamely try to "handle the situation" by thinking they're in control. ugh. despicable behavior is despicable no matter how you try to pathetically rationalize it...and what's worse is trying to hide it behind superficial spewing hypocritical moral crap without a moral intent behind it. pure evil. that's the same kind of mentality of serial killers...people without conscience and don't even have the moral compass to know they're bad. i know now to listen to my intuition and just stay the hell away from individuls such as this. Truly, they are to be pitied but it's hardto when they're allowed to continue to be the way they are without anyone clling them to the carpet about their actions. what good would it do though when it falls on deaf ears....i'm much better off protecting myself. just ew.

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