It was just the door lock. Ten minutes and I had a working washer again. So now I'm spending the day catching up on about 2 weeks worth of washing, less what I did by hand. (Which would be all the underwear and socks and which is NOT recommended unless you absolutely must ( Read more... )

Actually getting the bees exterminated has, so far, been the simplest thing that happened in the past five days. The most difficult part was popping the screen out of one of the living room windows to run the cord in for the pump thing. (There isn't an outlet on the outside of the house.) Guy showed up, checked the places we'd seen bees, treated ( Read more... )

So there are bees in the basement now ( Read more... )

Fridge: My seal's going to fail and I'm going to fill up with condensation, alright ( Read more... )

We had to replace the fridge. Getting the new one in the house and the old one out was less of an adventure than doing so with the washer and dryer; no interior doors, doorframes, or banisters needed to be removed although the delivery guys did need to take the doors and hinges off the fridge to get it in ( Read more... )

Apparently, when able to spend my own money and buy things to my taste, I go for shiny/sparkly and embroidered. My bedroom curtains are satin-y, my office curtains  have a touch of shimmer to some of the panels plus embroidery with sparkles, and the cushions I just bought for the new couch/bed/thingy in the office (officially it's called a Klik- ( Read more... )

I'm convinced of it, because I live in a house that dates from '47. Had a new futon/sofabed/thing delivered today and the delivery guys gave up getting it up the stairs after twenty minutes and taking everything off my hallway walls. Fortunately, the mattress was attached to the box only with bolts, and Steve and I were able to take it apart, bring ( Read more... )

Found this gem in an old post re: my previous job: "But at least the new job has never laid anyone off, or reduced their hours."

Well. We all know how that turned out, don't we? I look back over posts from that timeframe and I'm just amazed I was ever happy about getting that job, considering how it turned out. (All those mentions of booze in the ( Read more... )

In my office/den there is a small door that leads into the under-eave storage. Normally I have things in front of it both because I don't use it and there's no point in keeping it clear, but also because, quite honestly, it creeps me out. This isn't helped by the time I stayed up ridiculously late discussing horror on the phone with a friend, only ( Read more... )

It's May, for God's sake. Why do I still have to have the heat on in order to not freeze in the house? Bad enough I freeze all day at work with the air conditioning pouring down on me ( Read more... )