my mom is an enabler

she has so generously, with her blockbuster rewards card, rented THE WHOLE SECOND SEASON of desperate housewives, so that i can catch up with her, and we can watch them together! i mean, if that's not being an enabler, what is, right?? i have been joyously indulging in them for days on end, watching all day and long into the night - during which time i've been busy consuming the entire contents of our fridge. any progress i made in the working-out-since-january thing is now gone, but i feel much happier and better rested, so i'm ok with it... sort of... ok i feel totally guilty, but that's why, come hell or high water, i'm working out tonight! maybe...

andrew and i have also decided that we live on wisteria lane. you would agree if you saw the two houses next to us! our next-door neighbors (907):
the people next to them (909): (i didn't get any closer, cause i didn't want them to think i was weird for taking pictures of their houses... though i guess that does sound weird)

oh yeah, but then there's our house (905), the one that we actually got a letter from some neighborhood improvement agency saying that we'd been pre-approved for updates like new siding and pretty shutters or something. yeah, it's that bad! oh well, we like our little falling down rental house. i mean, i discovered something cool just yesterday; i can throw, with accuracy, a towel from one side of the house to the other, lengthwise. i mean, how many of you can say that for your dwelling?

on the house news, we've been looking into homes and trying to find out where we want to live. it has to be a place (that we can afford) with at least an acre, though preferably more, obviously, structurally sound, and within 30-40 mins of zebulon (for my work) and 30 mins of raleigh for andrew. so far, we have found nothing appealing, but we have almost 6 months before our lease is up, so we're optimistic this home can be found. so far, the most appealing place has actually been clayton, as it's relatively close to raleigh and zebulon and still has lots of undeveloped land. who knows though, the way these things work out, we'll probably end up in a condo in chapel hill or something.

anyway, plans for the remainder of my time off include... virtually nothing! let me know if you feel like doing anything.

orchid update: the little orchid that could now has 8 blooms at once and looks beautiful!
until you look up close and see what those nasty mealy-bugs have done to it.
so, this week i'm cutting off all the blooms and working diligently to kill those pesky little buggers. sad, but hopefully life-saving for the little orchid.