issues all around
Thank y'all for all the concerns about my health. I must say that the past few days have been pretty good, with only a smidge of headache. I think I'm getting better, but my stomach still feels a little weird. Makes me not want to eat much, so I can't tell if it's because I'm hungry or because of being sick. I dunno.
My parents have been moving their things into the new house all this week. Haven't asked me for a lick of help, which I found weird. Not that I could have helped them too much, with working a lot of overtime and all, and them not telling me this was the week until the last minute. =P We don't talk too much because of our wacky work schedules. They've moved most of the little things and clothing, and the big truck supposedly came Thursday. All of this, and they still don't have an occupancy permit yet, so they're gonna be living there illegally for anywhere from a few days to a week. Crazy.
They decided to take the pool table and the table tennis with them and they're in the bonus room. I was hoping they'd let me put it in my basement next to my movie theater. Oh well. Mom doesn't want our big dark angelfish (claims she has no room in the new house... what BS) so she said I get angelfish or she'll be sold to the pet shop. I can't let mom do that! We've had her so long! So I dunno where I'll put her (maybe in the 20 gal tank with stand I was gonna use for new firebellied toads). I guess I'm starting up a cool fish tank in my living room, cause fishy needs some friends. I will be making my way over to the house for one last goodbye and some photos maybe, because it will no longer be our family's as of Nov. 3. How sad. The only house I knew for 25 years!
Thurs. night was a meeting for the condo complex at Ray's. We invited all the residents to attend in our meeting minutes from 1 1/2 months ago, thinking that people would want to be there when we talk about raising the monthly maintenance fee. As a board we can make the choice to raise it without the residents, but we wanted everyone's input. Well, only 5 homeowners showed up... that's all! AND the estranged member on our board, Dave B., whom we kinda kicked off the board. He was the former board president. The whole damn system was corrupt under him because he didn't care and nobody wanted the job before this new board which I am a member of took over. We are losing money on dumb rework repairs and are by law below what $$$ we have to have in reserve for emergencies. Dave doesn't have old meeting minutes for the past few years (his wife was secretary). Dave can't recall discussions with our property management company. Dave has few records of work authorizations. We got a bit verbal with him and he was sweating. He was sitting so close to me and I wanted to smack him. YOU ARE DEALING WITH PEOPLE'S MONEY AND YOU HAVE NO PAPER TRAIL? And the property management company is being an ass... not returning calls promptly, not able to supply copies of lawn maintenance contracts, etc. And we have no snow removal contract! ARRGH.
Between them both, the board is ready to clean house. Hopefully the property management company will let us get out of our contract with them and we can hire this new one we're eying. We are getting a collection agency to go after the one delinquent unit, and if we can, go after the people who once owned my unit... they owe about $1000 to the association. A fine kettle of fish, but I'm glad to be on the board and help straighten this crap out. If someone's unit needs a major repair, we might be in trouble, so we have to stop bleeding money and get rid of the corruptors.
Friday's the costume contest at work. First place is a $50 gift certificate (hopefully ritzy Somerset Mall) and I'm sure I'll win it. I always win something. I completely disinfected my costume with multiple products, repaired and replaced some things. However, because of the night I had when I last wore it, it kinda turns my stomach to be around it. It's a mind thing.
The Victoria's Secret holiday catalog came in the mail yesterday. They have some schweet stuff in there. OMG I want a cool bustier or cute panties! Somebody buy me that stuff, will you? I'll let you see what I look like in it... ;) Nah, looking at my flab wouldn't be too sexy. =P
I just got my Mastercard bill. I stopped using this card a few months ago and have been trying to pay it off because the interest rate was higher than my other ones. Well, to my surprise, it shows that I have used one of those dumb "cash advance" checks for $17 or $20 (it's confusing) and it was returned, so I owe them like $50 in fees! WTF? I don't use those check things... I usually shred them because I think there's too many fees to use them. The only thing I can think is if somehow they put someone else's crap on my account OR... my brother (or a stranger) could have swiped a sheet of those checks out of my "to shred" pile in my office and tried to use one. But it bounced. That's weird too because my account is in good standing. I really hope it wasn't my brother but I dunno if I can get him to confess, yanno? Jesus. I need this like a hole in the head. So guess I'll be calling the credit card company to ask for details tomorrow... GRRRR...
Here's something to REALLY make you laugh... the Presidential Time Warp!
http://davechase.net/presidential_horror_show.swf
Or how about Fahrenheit 2004?
http://www.flowgo.com/funpages/view.cfm/5031
Rush Limbaugh as the pig in the barnyard rocks!
VOTE-BUSTERS!
http://www.flowgo.com/funpages/view.cfm/6281
My parents have been moving their things into the new house all this week. Haven't asked me for a lick of help, which I found weird. Not that I could have helped them too much, with working a lot of overtime and all, and them not telling me this was the week until the last minute. =P We don't talk too much because of our wacky work schedules. They've moved most of the little things and clothing, and the big truck supposedly came Thursday. All of this, and they still don't have an occupancy permit yet, so they're gonna be living there illegally for anywhere from a few days to a week. Crazy.
They decided to take the pool table and the table tennis with them and they're in the bonus room. I was hoping they'd let me put it in my basement next to my movie theater. Oh well. Mom doesn't want our big dark angelfish (claims she has no room in the new house... what BS) so she said I get angelfish or she'll be sold to the pet shop. I can't let mom do that! We've had her so long! So I dunno where I'll put her (maybe in the 20 gal tank with stand I was gonna use for new firebellied toads). I guess I'm starting up a cool fish tank in my living room, cause fishy needs some friends. I will be making my way over to the house for one last goodbye and some photos maybe, because it will no longer be our family's as of Nov. 3. How sad. The only house I knew for 25 years!
Thurs. night was a meeting for the condo complex at Ray's. We invited all the residents to attend in our meeting minutes from 1 1/2 months ago, thinking that people would want to be there when we talk about raising the monthly maintenance fee. As a board we can make the choice to raise it without the residents, but we wanted everyone's input. Well, only 5 homeowners showed up... that's all! AND the estranged member on our board, Dave B., whom we kinda kicked off the board. He was the former board president. The whole damn system was corrupt under him because he didn't care and nobody wanted the job before this new board which I am a member of took over. We are losing money on dumb rework repairs and are by law below what $$$ we have to have in reserve for emergencies. Dave doesn't have old meeting minutes for the past few years (his wife was secretary). Dave can't recall discussions with our property management company. Dave has few records of work authorizations. We got a bit verbal with him and he was sweating. He was sitting so close to me and I wanted to smack him. YOU ARE DEALING WITH PEOPLE'S MONEY AND YOU HAVE NO PAPER TRAIL? And the property management company is being an ass... not returning calls promptly, not able to supply copies of lawn maintenance contracts, etc. And we have no snow removal contract! ARRGH.
Between them both, the board is ready to clean house. Hopefully the property management company will let us get out of our contract with them and we can hire this new one we're eying. We are getting a collection agency to go after the one delinquent unit, and if we can, go after the people who once owned my unit... they owe about $1000 to the association. A fine kettle of fish, but I'm glad to be on the board and help straighten this crap out. If someone's unit needs a major repair, we might be in trouble, so we have to stop bleeding money and get rid of the corruptors.
Friday's the costume contest at work. First place is a $50 gift certificate (hopefully ritzy Somerset Mall) and I'm sure I'll win it. I always win something. I completely disinfected my costume with multiple products, repaired and replaced some things. However, because of the night I had when I last wore it, it kinda turns my stomach to be around it. It's a mind thing.
The Victoria's Secret holiday catalog came in the mail yesterday. They have some schweet stuff in there. OMG I want a cool bustier or cute panties! Somebody buy me that stuff, will you? I'll let you see what I look like in it... ;) Nah, looking at my flab wouldn't be too sexy. =P
I just got my Mastercard bill. I stopped using this card a few months ago and have been trying to pay it off because the interest rate was higher than my other ones. Well, to my surprise, it shows that I have used one of those dumb "cash advance" checks for $17 or $20 (it's confusing) and it was returned, so I owe them like $50 in fees! WTF? I don't use those check things... I usually shred them because I think there's too many fees to use them. The only thing I can think is if somehow they put someone else's crap on my account OR... my brother (or a stranger) could have swiped a sheet of those checks out of my "to shred" pile in my office and tried to use one. But it bounced. That's weird too because my account is in good standing. I really hope it wasn't my brother but I dunno if I can get him to confess, yanno? Jesus. I need this like a hole in the head. So guess I'll be calling the credit card company to ask for details tomorrow... GRRRR...
Here's something to REALLY make you laugh... the Presidential Time Warp!
http://davechase.net/presidential_horror_show.swf
Or how about Fahrenheit 2004?
http://www.flowgo.com/funpages/view.cfm/5031
Rush Limbaugh as the pig in the barnyard rocks!
VOTE-BUSTERS!
http://www.flowgo.com/funpages/view.cfm/6281