How to fix a bad day

So after a terrible day at the artist market (if you can even call it that) there was some progress made on our house! The footers were poured yesterday. Note to anyone who is building... after your mind makes it look huge on paper for about 5 months when you get to it actually starting it will look small.... much too small to live in actually... because of this I think I have decided to not go to the job site till the walls inside are up and the roof is on... haha I kid! I cant stay away from the compound for that long!!

I popped on my "construction boots" I keep in the back of my car and I headed out onto the land! 

This is the first round of block we have had delivered to the lot. Yes super exciting... I do need to take a min and talk about the "Cat Situation" 

I completely forgot to talk about this before hand but it is a serious issue going on here on the property... I think it will soon be upgraded to "The War on Cats". So the crazy neighbor who I previously mentioned ((the one who comes out every few days to talk about where all the wild animals are going to go and what is going on here)) has decided to feed the animals.... on our property. yep. In her coocoo for cocoapuff bird brain she thinks that if she places multiple bowls of cat food and water around our property it will keep the wild animals (raccoons) from eating the cat food on her porch for the strays. Hello! Earth to crazy pants!! If you place cat food around and they run out they will look for more cat food!!!! Derp!!!! So we found a few bowls and piles of cat food around and I decided enough was enough... I'm not even going to comment on the kind of danger she is putting herself, people, and other animals (mainly my dogs) in by feeding an animal that contracts rabies quite frequently! Anywho... I scooped up the cat food into the bowls and placed them all nicely back on her porch (where they still sit 2 weeks later) I also placed a note with them... my first draft was very passive aggressive (or maybe just heavy on the aggressive part) and The Hubs made me re-write it. Long story short, our trip out there last night we found some more... so I picked them up and walked them over to a house that is recently forsale and placed them over there. I dont think she ventures out that far so I doubt she will find them! Once we have a dumpster out there I will just start throwing them away. My next call will be to animal control and the police since feeding raccoons is a crime... haha 

Back to the more pressing issues... :) So since the house seemed a little small I grabbed my trusty tape measurer out of the car and got to work! ((Okay so I just walked around ordering The Hubs to go here or there)) when suddenly it exploded....

So truth be told I had "fixed" this thing a few times before and it had suffered a few soda spills while sitting in a cup holder for months but this guy has made it through and generally got the job done... sure he was only 10 feet long but when out furniture shopping it worked... but I think its time to lay him to rest... I will try and pass him on to Todd to see if he can cement him into the walls where he can measure life to his fullest. I know he will probably just be tossed but as long as I dont have to do it I dont care :)  Turns out the house is still big and we will go forward as planned haha! 

We washed the day down with some mexican food and called it a day...