Jim’s Pic A Day May: 31 – The Finale

Published May 31, 2012 by Sassybear

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This is a picture of the last place we will (hopefully) ever rent: The Hamlet.

It was the House we moved into last summer, May 2011, when our life kind of fell apart:

We had to move out of the house we were renting (Chez Breen) that we had lived in for 2.5 years, grown to love and actually hoped to buy one day.

My best friend, child and companion, Clyde, was put to sleep due to untreatable health complications.

I turned 40.

I came down with a mysterious fevered illness that lasted nearly 2 months.

Today is the end of our one year lease and, although we moved out in the beginning of February, over 3 months ago (into Breen Acres), we have been responsible for the Hamlet’s continual upkeep, rent, lawn, snow removal, utilities and security.

We were (as we always have been) perfect tenants. The place is spotless, the lawn is mowed, the rent was paid early up to and including our final month.

I am glad to be done with this place after today.

Anyhoo, it seems fitting that this be the final picture of this Month’s Blog Challenge. It marks closure on the time BBA and BHMB (Before Breen Acres and before Harvey Milk Breen). It ends our financial and legal responsibility to the property and allows us to move completely forward with our new life in our new home with our new dog.

I want to thank Jim from Jim’s Stuff for starting this blog challenge. It has been fun.

Don’t forget to check out the final day of those bloggers who participated:

Jim at Jim’s Stuff

http://jima828.blogspot.com/

Sean at Just a Jeep Guy

http://justajeepguydc.blogspot.com/

Kelly at Rambling Along in Life

http://www.ramblingalong.com/

Erik at Gambrinous with Griffonage

http://erikrubright.com/blog/

Buddy at One Step at a Time

http://onestepatatime92.blogspot.com/

Jim’s Pic A Day May: 30

Published May 30, 2012 by Sassybear

Uncorking the Bitch…

We were hit with a pretty severe rainstorm last night and decided to uncork a bottle of bubbly Bitch, sit back and enjoy the show through our living room bay window.  Unfortunately, the storm was short lived (20 minutes?). Although the rain stopped pouring outside, we did not stop pouring inside.

*This post is part of a blogger challenge started over at Jim’s Stuff.
Check out his blog, as well as the following Bloggers who have joined in:

Jim at Jim’s Stuff
http://jima828.blogspot.com/

Sean at Just a Jeep Guy
http://justajeepguydc.blogspot.com/

Kelly at Rambling Along in Life
http://www.ramblingalong.com/

Erik at Gambrinous with Griffonage
http://erikrubright.com/blog/

Buddy at One Step at a Time
http://onestepatatime92.blogspot.com/

Postabilities

Published May 29, 2012 by Sassybear

I have to thank Jim from Jim’s Stuff for helping me get back into the habit of blogging every day. His “Pic a Day in May” challenge has been just the thing I needed to get motivated. To be fair, there has been very little actual content to my posts, and the pics I have posted have been rather unexciting, but it did get me back in the habit of posting every day, so there’s that.

With only 2 more days to post pics for May, I will need to find new and interesting things to write about. Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done. My life is pretty rut-like and redundant these days, and still pretty much centered around our puppy, Harvey. I go to work. I come home. We have puppy time. We have dinner. We watch TV or movies. We go to bed. Repeat. There have been no trips. No big purchases. No epiphanies. No major events, changes, struggles or quandaries to share or digest here publicly. That may be a good thing, life-wise, but it does not make for interesting blog fodder.

In the meantime, you’ll just have to suffer through some pretty lame posts until I’m inspired to write something truly entertaining. For example, these are the things I am looking forward to in the future:

Ending our lease at, and responsibility for, our apartment on May 31st. True Blood Season 5 with Chris Meloni in June.
The Amazing Spider-Man movie in July.
Paying off my car in September.

That’s what the rest of my year looks like so far. As you can imagine, it will be hard to stretch that into another 206 posts to carry me through 2012.

Eek!

Jim’s Pic A Day May: 29

Published May 29, 2012 by Sassybear

Out back at Breen Acres.
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Taken this morning while I was waiting for Harvey to do his business and the bugs were feasting on my flesh and blood.

*This post is part of a blogger challenge started over at Jim’s Stuff. Check out his blog, as well as the following Bloggers who have joined in:

Jim at Jim’s Stuff

http://jima828.blogspot.com/

Sean at Just a Jeep Guy

http://justajeepguydc.blogspot.com/

Kelly at Rambling Along in Life

http://www.ramblingalong.com/

Erik at Gambrinous with Griffonage

http://erikrubright.com/blog/

Buddy at One Step at a Time

http://onestepatatime92.blogspot.com/

Jim’s Pic A Day May: 28

Published May 28, 2012 by Sassybear

Hot Dog

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*This post is part of a blogger challenge started over at Jim’s Stuff. Check out his blog, as well as the following Bloggers who have joined in:

Jim at Jim’s Stuff

http://jima828.blogspot.com/

Sean at Just a Jeep Guy

http://justajeepguydc.blogspot.com/

Kelly at Rambling Along in Life

http://www.ramblingalong.com/

Erik at Gambrinous with Griffonage

http://erikrubright.com/blog/

Buddy at One Step at a Time

http://onestepatatime92.blogspot.com/

Jim’s Pic A Day May: 27

Published May 27, 2012 by Sassybear

It’s been a while since I’ve mentioned my weight or exercise. Honestly, I’ve been in full avoidance mode and denial for so long now I can no longer say I’m just off the wagon; I’ve actually been run over by it several times and I’m now living in the dust cloud it left in it’s wake.

As an act of pure willpower, I pulled the scale out and stepped on it, for the first time in *mumblemumblemumble* months, this morning and discovered this lovely number staring back at me:

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Ouch

My “ideal” weight (the one at which my clothes fit best and I can realistically maintain) is 174 pounds. My highest allowable weight before I have to start seriously kicking my own ass is 185. As you can see, I’m 12 lbs over ideal, 1 lb over highest acceptable weight. I actually thought it would be worse, but I knew my clothes were a familiar snug once again so I knew I was out of my comfort range. I have set some plans in motion to get back on track: recommitting to healthier eating and daily calorie counts, and returning to daily exercise, both returning to the gym and walking more besides, so I’m hoping to have these 12 lbs off by the end of July. As always, I’ll try to get down to 165/170, but experience tells me 174 is what I can realistically hope to expect.

And so, the battle of the bulge rages on…

*This post is part of a blogger challenge started over at Jim’s Stuff.
Check out his blog, as well as the following Bloggers who have joined
in:the

Jim at Jim’s Stuff

http://jima828.blogspot.com/

Sean at Just a Jeep Guy

http://justajeepguydc.blogspot.com/

Kelly at Rambling Along in Life

http://www.ramblingalong.com/

Erik at Gambrinous with Griffonage

http://erikrubright.com/blog/

Buddy at One Step at a Time

http://onestepatatime92.blogspot.com/

Jim’s Pic A Day May: 26

Published May 26, 2012 by Sassybear

Gay Pride David

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*This post is part of a blogger challenge started over at Jim’s Stuff. Check out his blog, as well as the following Bloggers who have joined in:

Jim at Jim’s Stuff

http://jima828.blogspot.com/

Sean at Just a Jeep Guy

http://justajeepguydc.blogspot.com/

Kelly at Rambling Along in Life

http://www.ramblingalong.com/

Erik at Gambrinous with Griffonage

http://erikrubright.com/blog/

Buddy at One Step at a Time

http://onestepatatime92.blogspot.com/

Jim’s Pic A Day May: 25

Published May 25, 2012 by Sassybear

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I’m not feeling well and have camped out on the sofa for the evening, under blanket. Harvey is making sure I stay put.

*This post is part of a blogger challenge started over at Jim’s Stuff. Check out his blog, as well as the following Bloggers who have joined in:

Jim at Jim’s Stuff

http://jima828.blogspot.com/

Sean at Just a Jeep Guy

http://justajeepguydc.blogspot.com/

Kelly at Rambling Along in Life

http://www.ramblingalong.com/

Erik at Gambrinous with Griffonage

http://erikrubright.com/blog/

Buddy at One Step at a Time

http://onestepatatime92.blogspot.com/

Jim’s Pic A Day May: 24

Published May 24, 2012 by Sassybear

When Puppy Love Goes Wrong

This is Harvey’s Favorite toy: his squeaky puppy. He has it in his crate all day and sleeps with it at a night. It’s the first toy he looks for when he wants to play.

Tonight, I discovered him chewing on a little ball of fabric and it took me a few minutes to realize what it was and where it came from. Harvey got himself a little tail!

*This post is part of a blogger challenge started over at Jim’s Stuff.
Check out his blog, as well as the following Bloggers who have joined
in:

Jim at Jim’s Stuff
http://jima828.blogspot.com/

Sean at Just a Jeep Guy
http://justajeepguydc.blogspot.com/

Kelly at Rambling Along in Life
http://www.ramblingalong.com/

Erik at Gambrinous with Griffonage
http://erikrubright.com/blog/

Buddy at One Step at a Time
http://onestepatatime92.blogspot.com/

 

Jim’s Pic A Day May: 23

Published May 23, 2012 by Sassybear

The hubby and I received a set of superhero undies as a gift Monday night so, last night, we donned them and cooked and ate dinner superhero style:

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*This post is part of a blogger challenge started over at Jim’s Stuff. Check out his blog, as well as the following Bloggers who have joined in:

Jim at Jim’s Stuff

http://jima828.blogspot.com/

Sean at Just a Jeep Guy

http://justajeepguydc.blogspot.com/

Kelly at Rambling Along in Life

http://www.ramblingalong.com/

Erik at Gambrinous with Griffonage

http://erikrubright.com/blog/

Buddy at One Step at a Time

http://onestepatatime92.blogspot.com/

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