Those of you who have bought houses before, why didn't you warn me what an utter pain in the ass it is? Closing day was Thursday. The day before, I had a friend visiting from out of town, so I took her over to the house just to show her where it was. When we walked around back, I discovered that the heat pump hadn't been replaced, which was added ( Read more... )

It's been ages again. I said I'd stop doing that. :P ( Read more... )

( Not really like that. :) )

( Cut for things that will make you want to clean your house right now! )

( More than you wanted to know about my house-hunting... )

I haven't posted anything anywhere since Christmas of 2010, so I suppose I'm past due with my annual "I'm not dead" post. So, I'm not dead ( Read more... )

I've just shoveled about seven inches of snow to and around the car, and then down the drive, and off the sidewalk. And it's still coming down like crazy. But I'm hoping that if I tackle it in six inch increments, it won't kill me later. *g ( Read more... )

Seriously! Everyone's in a good mood. Staff bring in enough food to put everyone working into a diabetic coma by afternoon. Visitors are happy and laid back, and generally a little slow to to show up first thing in the morning, so we have time to socialize with each other a bit. And we all like each other, so it's particularly nice. Today I'm in ( Read more... )

My computer at home has been dying a slow death for a while now, and I'd already been planning to get a new laptop after the first of the year, once I recover a bit from holiday bills. It never occurred to me that it wouldn't make it another two weeks, but the monitor died last night, so it's not good for much now. *sigh* So I'll be computerless, ( Read more... )

Snow! \o/ Lots of it, too! It's coming down hard and heavy here. I know we absolutely need every butt through the door we can get right now at work, so I feel a little guilty about wishing for a snow day tomorrow, but I have so much to do before Christmas. /o\