Okay, I'll start with the fire update. Things are going reasonably well now, if glacially slow. I have a great new light fixture for my room which I will put up as soon as someone buys a step-ladder. I'm broke, so if it's going to be me, that won't be until mid-September at the earliest unless I manage to find a job. I also still need to get my ( Read more... )

I don't know, and I'm too lazy to go back and look, if I've mentioned much about the wacky hijinks of our one remaining kitty since the fire. Star has always been a little different, which actually means that she is in need of psychiatric help, but I never expected her to do what she has done since the fire ( Read more... )

A lot has happened since my last post. We've got color on about half of the walls now. The living room color is a wee bit brighter than I would have liked and my bedroom color is a lot paler than the paint chip. Maybe it will be better once I get the second coat up. I can only hope. Even if it's not, the color isn't awful, just a little more washed ( Read more... )

While life pretty much still sucks, things are starting to look up. The lady at church who is coordinating our clean-up and repair effort is making Mom nuts. Mom is, in turn, making sure that everyone else is at least as unhappy as she is. Dad is being a complete moron which is never helpful at reducing the stress levels. At least he's back at work ( Read more... )

I really just didn't even think that much more badness could happen, but it has. This past week, our house which we thought we had pretty securely locked up while we try to repair it, was broken into, twice. The first time, just some aluminum ladders were taken. About a $500 loss. I had never realized ladders were so expensive ( Read more... )

In many ways, life is getting back to normal. I spend most days wanting to kill my mother. That's normal. I'm cooking 2 meals a day, and getting essentially no help or recognition, and I spend a good portion of my time entertaining my nieces, not because there isn't anyone else available, but because nobody else can be bothered to do it ( Read more... )

I'm kind of at a loss for what to say. Everything is going so much slower than I would have thought ( Read more... )

Here's a fun little thing I stole from warhol65. I filled it out yesterday, and only just now got around to posting it, so the Status thing is old news.

( Alphabet Meme )