This post was not on my list of backed up posts. And it's a very long list, so that's impressive all on its own. :P ( Read more... )

I learned lots tonight. Mostly about how it was just not my night. But in harmless ways that eventually led to me collapsed in a heap on the kitchen floor, tears streaming down my face, not sure whether I was laughing or crying anymore. Now come with me, as we explore just how that came to be! And as a warning--this is gonna be a long one, ( Read more... )

I picked up something else to bring with me to VVC yesterday! Bruises! Yay!

Never, never, never do stupid things with ladders. Like say lean them against your garage at a ridiculous angle to scrape paint, just because you don't feel like going upstairs and dragging down the ladder you know very well you should be using for the job.

( How not to use a ladder--illustrated! )

On Halloween, the day before Gerry and I were supposed to go to Toronto, a half-grown kitten showed up at in my dad's yard. We stopped over there that night to move some things for my brother, and of course the kitten came back home with us. He smelled like some sort of perfume, so I was sure that after posting a found add in the paper someone ( Read more... )

I am happy/excited/anxious to say that I signed the approved offer for the house, and now all I have left to do before the closing date (Oct. 7) is finish the loan process. I think we came out pretty well. The sellers came down from their asking price a few thousand, paid off the specials left from some street work, and agreed to pay some points ( Read more... )