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The boyfriend and I had a few friends over last night for a Cabernet Franc tasting. We had a 2002, 2003, and a 2005 from Waterford Vineyards in Virginia. Our friends came over to tastet the wines and give us their impressions of the wines. We then had a wonderful dinner. We had a great time trying the wines and catching up.

Here's a picture from the photo shoot I had this morning with one of my favorite models. He needed some new photos taken so of course I volunteered to have him get naked for me. This photo is just a tease. Someday I'll update my photo libraries with some of the pics.

The boyfriend has been home from his vacation since Tuesday and we've been very busy, if you know what I mean. Today we went to two wineries and got to taste some new wines. It was very warm but we had a nice time, enjoyed the wines, and the views. Of course the boyfriend was back at it...creating his famous face while tasting some wines. I told him when I took this picture today that I'd be posting it on the blog. He tried to make me believe that this pose was completely different from all the other poses. I beg to differ.

Tonight the boyfriend and I went to Wolf Trap to hear Natalie Cole. She was very good! We both thought this was probably the best concert we've heard this summer so far. She played a big mix of music. I really enjoyed the smooth jazz type songs and the one or two she sang from Unforgetable. She did some from her latest album and some from many years ago. We definitely enjoyed them all though.

For someone who is 57, she sings really well and looks amazing. We actually thought she was a bit skinny! The crowd was great too. It wasn't too crowded at all and the weather was really nice once the sun went down.

We have a few more concerts this summer that I'm sure we'll enjoy but maybe not as much as this one.

What concerts have you been to so far this summer?

Click on play to see the future of the republican party. Surprisingly, it will be much like it is today...full of narrow minded hypocrites. Thanks to the boyfriend for finding this for me. Love ya, honey!

I'm not a fan of the Simpsons and could really care less about the movie that's coming out but I just had to find out what I would look like if I was Simpsonized. So here it is. This is me Simpsonized. I think they took out the fat because I used a recent picture of me that clearly shows me as a fat guy.

I finally finished all the painting I'm going to do for the time being. I finished painting the living room yesterday but only go to put all the things back in the room today. I've hung pictures, moved furniture, and hung the curtains. Everything is done! I think painting the living room, hallway, and dining room took me twice as long this time as it did when I first painted them 9 years ago. I know the bathrooms need to be renovated and I need to paint and replace the carpeting in the bedrooms, but I don't want to do another thing on this place. I am so tired. I'll wait until next summer to take on anymore jobs like this. Plus, I have no money left to do anything. I'm broke. Maybe I'll win the lottery and then I can have someone else do the painting and renovating for me. Cross your fingers!

Here's the finished living room. It's actually hard to tell the difference except for the pictures on the wall in a different configuration. Maybe the walls are a little brighter. Oh well.

After the painting.

Before the painting.

Besides Big Brother 8, all the new shows this summer suck big time. Nuff said.

I finished painting the dining room on Friday, put it back together on Saturday and took this picture this morning.



Today I have taken my living room apart. I have taken down all the pictures and at this point I've filled all the holes in the walls. Now I'm waiting for it to dry so I can sand them. I've also taped off the baseboard so I can start painting that white. Tomorrow I'll begin painting the walls. I'm dead tired.

I put the boyfriend on the plane this morning at 6:30 AM. Once he got to Louisiana he e-mailed me to let me know he had arrived safely. I was glad of that. Of course now that he's gone I'm already missing him. We snuggle a lot and I know I'll have a tough time sleeping for several nights until he returns.

The boyfriend making another one of those silly faces at a winery.

Until he does return, I'll be painting. I got the dining room finished today. The color I picked, Grape Vine, is a little more green than I thought it was but I still think it looks good. I have to put the room all back together tomorrow. Once I get it all done I'll post a picture.

I haven't painted my place for about 8 years. I decided since I got the kitchen renovated in November, and the floors done in June, it was time to paint the living room, dining room, and hallway. So this week I went to Home Depot and got several samples to pick from. I've decided on Grape Vine for the dining room, and Rafia Cream for the hallway and living room. I would show you samples but the Behr website was acting up and I couldn't get them.

The boyfriend is leaving on Thursday for his vacation so I'll be painting while he's gone. He'll be gone for 12 days so that should be plenty of time to get it all done. I probably won't paint again for another 8 to 10 years.

John Ong from Ongline Podcast happened to be in DC this weekend. I could not pass up the chance to meet him. Of course we had to have him, his boyfriend, and their friend over for dinner. The boyfriend cooked cuban chicken. It was delicious. We had a wonderful time. If you don't listen to his podcast, check it out.

I must have at least 100 pictures of the boyfriend like this. We travel to lots of wineries and he always strikes this pose when I go to take his picture. He sometimes alters what side of his face he places the glass but for the most part he looks like this. We went to three wineries on Monday and he made this pose several times but I refused to take his picture because I already have so many like this. He still make the pose though.