I was chatting with my former supervisor Monday, she's found a job and she suggested I try the employment agency she signed up with. So I did. Now, on Friday, they have a job they want me to start on Monday (!) Except at the same time, the car dealership 500 feet from my house also called me back, interested in having me there. That one is part- ( Read more... )

Our extra freezer died last November, costing us a ton of meat and a lot of aggravation (and stink). Now it appears that at the very least, the freezer part of our refrigerator has quit. Half the stuff in there has thawed, mostly the things on the top shelf or in the door. The basket seems to be OK so far. The fridge itself isn't too cold either. ( Read more... )

The heater died sometime Thursday, and none of the small fixes suggested to me worked, so we had to have a repair guy come in and fix it. His company forgot to call before he came over, so I had to rescue him from CJ. Turned out a part in the heater had called it a career, fortunately he was able to fix it and we finally got heat back ( Read more... )

The TV volume has behaved the last 48 hours. I don't know what was up with that. But that beeping noise is back, just a few hours after my latest fix. I can't even figure out WHAT is beeping, dangit. Meanwhile CJ needed just 12 hours to bust the newly reattched latches off the crate.

No wonder I'm watching Dr. Horrible.

That is, we looked at 6 houses in the last two days, would be interested in buying 4 of them, and 3 of them are financially feasible. Which leads to the fun parts...keep looking or stick with those 3? Which one of those 3? It's a booger, they all have different plusses and minuses with location, yards, fencing and price, and one house - the one ( Read more... )

In my house browsing, I discovered there is a road in the area called 'Nuthatch Court'. Really. And I suppose it would be appropos if we were to live on it ( Read more... )

We saw ( this house )

For some odd reason there were some open houses today, rather than Sunday, so we stopped by one of them. The house is 101 years old and officially part of a historic district. And I find it hard to believe - well, except for the unfinished part of the basement, which smells like old house. The rest? Outside looks post-WWII; inside looks less than ( Read more... )