Posts filed under 'Pookey'

Sweetness…

Sleep’s caress withdraws
I don’t mind, I have better
I wake in your arms

More sweetness from Pookey here…

Add comment April 14th, 2008 Posted by: Ash

Once in a Lifetime…

Happy 14th anniversary my beloved Pookey Bear…

1 comment December 18th, 2006 Posted by: Ash

Trick-Or-Treat…

Halloween went very well at our house. We got more trick-or-treaters last night than we ever got in the entire 5 years at our apartment… I am NOT kidding. The 3 flights of stairs you had to climb to get to our apartment might have something to do with that, but I always made sure I posted a sign down at the bottom of the stairs, every year, just to let them know we were giving out candy. Still, for such a decently sized apartment complex they didn’t have a lot of people handing out candy anyway, especially last year. Stingy bastards. I am so glad not to still be living there! *happy sigh*

I was amazed that there are still people who do not go out with their elementary school aged children while they trick-or-treat. In this day, and age, kids need the protection an adult gives. It’s too easy for some sicko to grab a kid in the chaos that halloween generates. Too true. Though, thankfully there weren’t any reports of any abductions.

Morgan had a good time going out with Pookey, though Pookey got a little alarmed when Morgan was giving him a hard time about walking back home, and a cop stopped her car near them. He thought she was going to accuse him of kidnapping Morgan, or something, but all she wanted to do was give Morgan some candy. *lol* Morgan asked her to turn on her lights and siren, and she was nice enough to do so. I think Morgan was surprised by how loud it was, because he was talking about how it hurt his ears when Pookey was telling me about how Morgan’s trick-or-treating experience went. Of course Morgan wanted to go inside everyone’s house, and they all thought it was so cute. It had quickly ceased to be amusing for Pookey by the 3rd, or 4th, time. Soon enough, they came back, and Morgan had a decent haul of candy, though it seems like more people were handing out hard candy, instead of the chocolate kind. Oh well, at least we have some of our chocolate candy left over. Yum!

Add comment November 1st, 2006 Posted by: Ash

A Day of Sighs…

Moving always sucks, but our move on Saturday seemed to rise to a level of suckiness that I haven’t seen in over 15 (or is it 16 or 17?) years. *sigh* To begin with, the day dawned hot & humid, with temperatures reaching the mid to upper 90’s by early afternoon. Then the movers first job was rescheduled to a different day, and their boss took it upon himself to send them 2+ hours ahead of time. *sigh* Anyone familiar with moving knows there are always last minute items that need to be packed, and other stuff that needs doing. Like taking apart beds, getting in the shower, etc. Plus, we had run out of boxes the night before, and Pookey was planning to get some more before the movers were scheduled to arrive. No dice. He had to go get them while the movers began the move. *sigh* So, for most of the morning, while the three movers loaded our stuff into the moving van, we feverishly packed up the remaining items. It was a hot, sweaty, and tiring time. Unfortunately we had too much stuff for the mid-sized (about the size of a medium u-haul) moving van they brought, so it took two trips, instead of the one we were all expecting, to move all of our things. Thankfully we were paying them a flat rate, instead of an hourly one, otherwise it would have cost us double the price we ended up paying. To make a loooooong story short, it took the majority of the day to get us all moved, and by the time it was done everyone was tired to the bone.

As soon as the movers took their leave, I shucked my clothes, and headed for the pool. It was pure heaven!!! That 9′ privacy fence we have around our backyard is a godsend! Morgan joined me in the pool, but got scared, decided he wanted out of the pool, and kept his distance from it for a few days. He hasn’t actually gotten into it again, but then we had a cold front come through the area on Monday, and it hasn’t been warm enough to swim most of the week. Today was the first day this week that the temperature has finally gotten warm enough to even contemplate swimming. Tomorrow should be even better. Morgan has once again decided he wants to get into the pool, so we’ll see what tomorrow (he has a day off from school) brings.

We spent our first night in our new home surrounded by boxes, and woke to aching muscles Sunday morning. It felt like someone had beaten the bottoms of my feet, and the backs of my calves with a bamboo cane, or something. Pookey wasn’t in much better shape than me either. We hobbled around the house like two elderly people, and managed to visit the apartment to pick up a few odds and ends that were left there. This week has been an endless procession of full boxes that need to be emptied, and figuring out where to put everything. Still, we are so happy to finally be in our own home, and that makes all the pain we went through worth it.

We still need to clean the apartment… *sigh* And have planned to do so this coming weekend. Hopefully it won’t take us too long, and then we can close that chapter of our lives, and begin a new one here.

Add comment September 21st, 2006 Posted by: Ash

Our House…

Well, we did it!!! We are now officially the proud owners of our first home. I can hardly believe it. No more landlords, bland white walls, or throwing away our hard earned money on rent any longer. Now all the money we pay on housing will go towards paying off our mortgage, so we are ultimately paying ourselves. One of the great things about all this is that we had the mortgage, home & mortgage insurances, and property tax all rolled into one monthly payment that is less than what we were paying for rent. Plus, the fact that we now have a backyard to enjoy again is wonderful. We’ve been without a real backyard since we left Kittery for Plano, so it’s been almost 5 years now. Far too long, in my opinion. Now there’s plently of room for Morgan to play, for us to BBQ, and just be outdoors enjoying nature once again. I can hardly wait until we move in this coming Saturday!!! *deep sigh of happiness*

Add comment September 13th, 2006 Posted by: Ash