It's All Coming Together...

Since we closed on our house on June 25, we have been working every weekend and nights during the week on the house. The prior owner had A LOT of stuff hanging on the walls so we have done patching and sanding to prep the walls for painting. So far we have painted our bedroom, the little man's bedroom, the living room, half of the dining room, and the front entry/hallway. I say half the dining room because there is a chair rail that goes along the wall and we decided to paint the wall above the rail one color and the wall below the rail another color. You can actually stand in the front foyer now and see color in the various rooms...it's a great feeling!


Today I called Becker Movers and scheduled our move for Saturday, August 11. We have a moving date! This pleases me because we will finally be in our new house and not having to travel between the two. Becker Movers is the service we used when we moved three years ago. They were great to work with and extremely fast! I also called and put in the work order to transfer our phone and cable service to the new house. These are all definite changes, positive changes, and I can see progress.


So everything seems to be falling into place. I am very excited to start our life in our new house!

Geneva or Bust! (or Busted)

Each morning I go to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle site to look at the morning headlines. You have the normal headlines about local politics, crime, the weather outlook, and entertainment news. Yesterday morning I was perusing the headlines and I came across..."Man on lawnmower stopped, charged with DWI". This I had to stop and read:


(July 26, 2007) — A Wayne County man accused of driving a lawnmower while intoxicated early today remained in the Wayne County Jail. About 2:30 this morning, a Wayne County Sheriff’s deputy stopped Floyd P. Sincerbeaux , 29, of Lyons, Wayne County, who was driving a Cub Cadet lawnmower south on Leach Road in Lyons. Sincerbeaux reportedly told deputies that he had been drinking and was driving the lawnmower to a relative’s house in Geneva, Ontario County. Sincerbeaux was charged with felony driving while intoxicated and first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor, deputies said. He was also ticketed for operating an unregistered motor vehicle, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and unlicensed operator. Sincerbeaux was arraigned in Lyons Town Court and remanded to the Wayne County Jail in lieu of $2,500 cash bail, according to jail records.


This was Grade A material! Pure entertainment! I could not stop laughing! Now I should state that I grew up in Wayne County, graduated from Newark Senior High School, left for college, and haven't looked back. I am proud that I have planted my family roots in Monroe County.


Now as funny as I found this article, there were also many questions that begged to be answered. Such as why was he ticketed for unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle? Do you need a license to drive a Cub Cadet lawn mower? Also why was he ticketed for operating an unregistered and uninsured motor vehicle? Last I knew a person didn't have to register their lawn tractor with New York State or insure it. Granted it was 2:30am and he was attempting to drive a lawn mower approximately 15 miles to Geneva, but these charges seem a bit over the top to me. Also what prompted the officer to pull over Mr. Sincerbeaux? Was he weaving or did the mower cross the double solid lines? Come on people....these questions need to be addressed.


Needless to say I will be following this case closely. If nothing else, it makes me laugh and makes me feel better about no longer residing in Wayne County.

Thinking is Overrated

*** To my family and friends who may read this: Please do not take offense to anything I may write in my entry. I am simply tired and feeling annoyed at the moment. This is my rant for the day...week...month. ***


Do you ever want everyone else to just disappear so you can be alone? I'm not talking about forever, but just a few minutes so you can clear your head and make sense of everything going on in your life. I've had that feeling lately. There just seems to be so much going on between work and family and I'm just mentally tired. My brain needs a vacation because lately it rarely rests and has been forced to process so much.


I'm at the point where I just don't want to talk about anything. I don't want to talk about what's for dinner, what part of the new house we will work on, if we need to buy more paint, if the little man has had enough milk or fruit that day, the drama with my parents, will I ever finish packing the apartment so we can actually move to the house, whether the bills have been paid, other's "midlife" crisis, or have others tell me what I should have done differently or better so their life would be an easier and happier place. I don't want to feel pressure to be a better daughter because I have my own life and family to care for or to be a better mother because I work full-time. Who cares if I choose not to give my son candy, cookies, or jelly on his bread at 2 years old. Don't ever accuse me of not caring because I didn't pick up the phone one week to call you. Did you ever think that maybe something happened in my life and you should call me? Does anyone ever stop to consider how your selfish acts effect me when I give so much of myself to you on a regular basis?


I just want quiet. I don't want to think about details and I don't want to be expected to have answers. I want to feel appreciated for what I do and loved for who I am, but maybe that's too much to ask for right now.

One for you and one for me?

My best friend, who I have been friends with since childhood, is pregnant. She is due to give birth to a little girl on or about October 7. I am so excited for her and her husband and it will be fun to have a new little one in our "family".


Since finding out she was pregnant, she has frequently called, emailed, and sent instant messages asking for advice and with questions that expentant mothers have. And I have to admit, while I don't consider myself to be a wealth of knowledge when it comes to pregnancy/childcare, it has been nice to be the one who has already been through it. I usually preface what I tell her with "now this is what I did, but by all means do what feels right to you". I don't ever want to seem pushy or seem that I know it all because I am still learning each day with my own little man. Every day is a new experience when you have a little one!


My friend's shower is coming up on July 21. She is registered at Babies 'R Us, the mother ship of all things baby. Shopping is always fun, but shopping for a baby is the best. I believe in keeping to a person's registry. If they register for it, then they feel they need it and that item is what they prefer. I totally respect that. Plenty of people will give her cute little outfits, but they won't buy her what she needs. One day she will be sitting in her living room looking at this beautiful baby girl in a cute pink outfit and thinking "how I am supposed to feed this child, but damn she looks adorable in that outfit!" So I have bought many items for her off the registry and supplemented with some of my own baby "wonders" that my husband and I have found to be helpful in our quest to be great parents. I made my initial shopping trip a few weeks ago, but I am excited to make another one soon. She has since added some new items to her registry and some of these items are similar to items I "supplemented" with. So I will return my items and get her what she asked for.


Since I have been shopping for her, I have been having my own thoughts about adding to our family. It's a hard decision to make or at least it is for me. We went through the fertility process with our first and I just don't feel mentally and physically ready to go through that again. I find myself very content with what we have now, but know that I may always feel differently in the future. I just wish I knew. Another friend of mind knew she wanted another and she just did it. Now she has two beautiful children, one girl and one boy. And yet another friend has two and they are talking about adding a third to the mix. How do they know? Do they have some baby sensor that I don't? Is my sensor malfunctioning? Can I get it tuned up so I can just make a decision and move on?!


So I will keep thinking about it and enjoy the time I have with my little man. Besides, my friend's baby girl will be here soon enough and that will probably be the reality check I need.

A Fresh Start

I've decided to start my own blog! Why, you ask? I feel like I am starting a new chapter in my life...one that is positive and good and I want to be able to share this. You can see that I named my blog, Life on the Ledger. I am very much a finance oriented and organized person so it only seemed fitting to have my blog reflect this.

Much has changed in the last six months...

In February I started a new job at SUNY Brockport as the Assistant Budget Director. I love my job and the people are wonderful. Brockport has a very nice campus and I am truly happy to be part of such a great community. Don't get me wrong, I certainly have my days where I would rather stay in bed, but coming to work is certainly more rewarding these days. My boss will be retiring within the next five years and I am in line to get his job as Director of Budgeting. This is very exciting to me and it feels good to know that I have something to work towards.


In other big news, My husband and I bought a house in Perinton, a nice little suburb of Rochester. The house is a Cape with three bedrooms, two full baths, tons of closet space, central air, two car garage, and a great yard. Scott and I are very excited! If someone had told me at the beginning of 2007 that we would own a house, I never would have believed them. It seemed like a far off dream that has now become a reality. We have started cleaning and painting, but that is for another post.


Another big part of my life is my son or as I call him my "little man". My little man will be two years old next week on July 10. I can't believe how fast the last two years have gone by. He is a very happy little boy. He is thriving and can't get enough of Sesame Street right now. He is my bright spot and no matter what is going on in my life, he can put everything in perspective and make it all seem ok. Becoming a mother was something that was always hard for me to imagine, but now that I have Brady in my life, I can't imagine my life without him.