...because it's such an exhausting story ( Read more... )

So I just got a call from Dan, who had apparently gone back to the house after I left for work (he wasn't there when I left, having already gone to the hospital). He says that a big dump truck came and dumped a full load of gravel right behind my garage door. The people who do the landscaping (my landlord's ex-sister-in-law and her daughter or ( Read more... )

I got up and took a shower today. I washed my hair and then put conditioner in to soak while I shaved. Halfway through shaving, the power went out. Oh shit. I kind of finished shaving in the mostly-dark and then I realized that I didn't know how long the water would keep going; we're on a well with a pump. I ditched the shaving in favor of getting ( Read more... )

Today at 3:30pm was the closing. Dan's mom went for me so I didn't have to make a trip to Atlanta. We just did a power of attorney and she signed all of the papers and stuff. Anyway--I NO LONGER HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT HOUSE*!!! WOOHOO ( Read more... )

First thing about my shower is the tub. It's got various chips and marks on it so I always think it's dirty when I first get in. Then I realize it's not. Ok fine I can live with that. But then there is the exercise in precision that is getting the temperature right. Just when I get it comfortable, it starts to get too hot (or too cold) and so I ( Read more... )

It's snowing! It's expected to snow for the next few days as well. Yay! I love snow. Yesterday we got a lot of our outside Christmas decorations up: colored net lights on the bushes, snowflake lights around the landscaped island thing... we didn't put out the ubiquitous light-up moving deer because we can't find the stakes that keep them from ( Read more... )

Countrywide gets five stars from me for customer service. They're the company we had our old mortgage through for the house in Virginia, and they hold the first mortgage of my 80/20 ARM on my house in Georgia. HSBC holds the 2nd (the 20 part), but only because Countrywide sold it to them. HSBC gets whatever the opposite of 5 stars is. Five black ( Read more... )