Week In Review

Topics:  3 in the top 5 and 2 at #1 on SHX
             DJ Othius Returns
             The Goddess Returns
             A Task is Given
             Well-Wishes



We'll just go down the list as in the topics.    What a week at EXILE!!  Last week, we had 3 DJ's in the top 5 on the SHX Top 40, and 2 of those came in at #1!!  That's right - both myself and DJ Wingtips (Mav) came in at the coveted #1 position.  Mav came in first on Thursday, then I knocked him down to #2 on Friday with my 80s set.  About an hour later, I got bumped to #2, and Mav to #3.  Then on Saturday, Othius came in at #3 and bumped Mav down to #4.   So, a great week as far as that goes!!   Not only that, but we had several other DJs that hit the top 40 chart during the course of the week as well!! Congratulations to everyone on that awesome achievement!!

Saturday also saw the return of DJ Othius to Exile after a very long 6 months!   Everyone was really glad to see him back, and Sexy Saturday/Naked Saturday saw a lot of people coming in to hear him DJing again. He said he was a little bit nervous, but honestly, he did great, and its really great to have him back again.
One of the people who made a return appearance after a long time was the Goddess Athena!  THENA! We missed you too, and we were really happy to see you back again as well!

I also got a task .... I don't necessarily like it, but its something that has to be done, and so do it I shall. Master has tasked me with going through the boxes in the spare bedroom.  I am to do 2 boxes per day.  The reason for this is that I have been having a hard time getting it done, because I am overwhelmed by it, honestly.  Its one of those things where, things have gotten thrown in there for a while now in the process of working on the rest of the house, and every time I open the door, I just wince and close it again.  So, Master has stepped in and given me this task.  Yesterday, I got up late, and so I only did one box, but today, I was an over-achiever, and I did 4.  I think it evened out.

We also had a sad thing happen in our household this past week - Sydney decided to leave.  She said that she needed to be on her own for a while, and find herself again.  I hope she does! It always sucks when you lose yourself.  I lose myself quite often.  I think I lost myself in the spare bedroom for a bit earlier, but luckily, I found me again, and now I am working on my blog.  All humour aside, we both wish her well, and hope that everything works out for her.

As a result of that, I ended up taking down the house that we were living in, and putting up a different one. With it just being the two of us again, we really didn't need all of that space.  We now have an awesome beach house (we live on the beach - imagine that!) and I spent a whole afternoon decking it out and getting everything just perfect.  Our beach looks really good, though I do need to find some deck chairs or something, and put the Intan back out again so that we can dance.  I guess you could say, its a work in progress still.  :)

RL has been pretty quiet.  Its been raining here for several days, and supposed to rain until Wednesday night.  I'm really loving it.  I adore rain.  Especially the warm, summer rains.  And, we're getting thunderstorms as well! I like those even more!   Other than that, I've just been working on the house, and my task, and working on the blanket that I am crocheting.  Oh, and playing with my dogs, heh.  Can't forget them!  Its been rather peaceful, and I am enjoying it to the fullest that I am able to. :)


Thats about it for now!  I'll try to get another blog post up soon, but no promises, because yeah ... heh.


Peace and Love,


~R

I Did STUFF!!!

Let me start out this post by reminding you all that I am ADHD.  For those of you just now coming on board, I'll explain that I was ADHD before it was cool, waaaaaaay back in the 70's.  Its been an interesting, and sometimes not-so-fun thing to live with, but I (mostly) manage.  OK, I sometimes manage.  Sometimes, I just slide through and pretend not to notice, and hope that no one else does, either.

I've been living in the "new" house since September 2013.  And, there's just a lot of stuff that I haven't done yet - like unpacking.   That's not to say that I haven't unpacked ANYthing, because I have.  Just some things, well .... because you know, they are in the bedroom, and no one would possibly see that there are things that aren't unpacked in the bedroom, right?  But recently, those several boxes of unpacked, do-I-keep-them-or-not clothes have gotten scattered all over, and then thrown back into the boxes, and became a monstrous pile of disaster-waiting-to-happen in the corner of the bedroom, just inside the door.  Right in front of the closet, which was blissfully empty, because, you know, there were huge boxes of clothes stacked in front of it.

"Today is the day," I told myself when I got up, as I sat bleary-eyed over my first glass of Dr Pepper of the day.  "I am going to tackle those boxes."   I think Loki and Achilles laughed at me a little bit.   I think part of my brain laughed a little, too, but I silenced them all with my grim determination, and two glasses of Dr Pepper later, I was ready.  I remembered my Grandmother's words when she was trying to help my Mom encourage me to clean my room one afternoon.  "Start small."   So I grabbed the smallest box, and dragged it into the living room, sat down on the floor, and Loki and I went to work.  He was helping, you know, making sure those clothes that I folded into neat piles weren't going anywhere, by laying on them.  Its amazing how many piles of clothing one small dog can lay across at the same time.  Just sayin'.   Master was up by this time, and listening to the news, so I had the added incentive of listening to the Liberals talking about budgetary things and "Getting the house in order" - not that I really care for the Liberal party, but I clean better when I am angry.  Clothes were flying, let me tell you.

After I managed to remove Loki from the piles of folded laundry from the first box, I politely excused myself from Skype and Master for a few moments to put them away.  Next, I threw the dirty laundry into the washer, and tossed the throw away stuff into the now-empty box for the dumpster, later.  Here's where things started to get interesting.  Remember that whole ADHD thing?  Well, on the way to putting the dirty clothes in the washer, my brain decided to inform me that the laundry room really could use a good cleaning as well.  That floor was just begging to be swept and mopped, and oh my gosh, when was the last time the area around the holes where the detergent and bleach go, was wiped down?  

Cue Grandma.  "One thing at a time."  I listen to Grandma because I love her, and she makes a lot of sense. So, I ignored my brain and the floor and the detergent and bleach holes, dumped the laundry in, and closed the lid.  Yes, I started the machine.  :P  I even took the socks out of the dryer that had been in there for .. oh ... a week.  Deposited them right into the sock drawer, yes I did.

Several boxes later, I can now get into my closet, and the walkway through the bedroom to the bathroom is clear!  Oh, except for that little pile of whites that needs bleached.

To "normal" people, this might not seem like much.  Maybe a few hours.  But for me, I am proud that I got it all done.  HA! Take that, Liberal party! I am getting my house in order, thank you very much!  But ... I could use some help with my budget.  Heh.

~R

Playing Catch-Up

Wow, okay so ... I am a horrible blogger.  I think we have established this already.  For those of you still reading, thank you.  For those of you who aren't, well, you won't get this anyway, so really no need for me to say anything at all, heh.

Have you ever had times where, you wanted to do things, but you just couldn't find the motivation for it, no matter how large or small the thing was that you wanted to do?   That's been me for about the last month or so.  I start out with really good intentions, and then somewhere along the way, BAM! Motivation - dead. I wish that I knew what caused it, because I am really getting tired of it.  Maybe if I can manage to get motivated enough, I will check into that ... heh.

I've been taking a few SL pictures here and there.  Found some incredibly beautiful sims to work with for said pictures! I am always on the lookout for more, so if you know of any, please send me locations!  I've been working on my crochet a lot too.  I finished up a baby blanket for a friend of mine who is expecting a baby girl in June - her name will be Violet, and so she has a pale violet blanket coming.  Yes, I'm creative like that.  Currently, I am working on a lacy creation of a blanket that will go to my housemate's Mother when finished.  Its sort of my "in-between blankets" blanket.  I have another friend who is expecting his first child in September - a boy!  Just waiting to hear back from him on what colours the nursery will be.  June to September - that's plenty of time, yes?

I got a wonderful surprise via delivery the other day, from Master.  He had ordered me half a dozen long-stemmed red roses in a beautiful vase with a box of Whitman's chocolates to go along with them!  They smell absolutely beautiful, and I am planning on drying them when its time, so that I can keep the bouquet always. Here is a picture of them.  Oh, and the Hogwarts canvas in the background was painted for me by Jynxx! You can also see some of my Renaissance Festival mugs and nick-knacks, of which I have far too many.

I think thats about it for now, really.  I've got dinner in the oven, and I am going to go and see to getting the rest of dinner ready to go with it.

Peace and Love!


~R