I have spent the afternoon lying in bed and reading a good book. It has been a long time since I’ve had the opportunity or the desire to do that, and I forgot how fantastic it feels to finish a very good book, especially when you have no other duties that HAVE to be done just then. It seems like my problems are a little more reasonable, when pitted against some hero figure who must save the world, the universe, or the woman he loves from the ravages of some evil. I wish I could hang on to the...
Ok, I'm going to relent just a little from my last blog. It seems like I write nothing but negative stuff these days. I'm relenting in that, while I still hate Michigan, I think I can find some humor in life. Heres a funny website for your enjoyment. Be sure to check out the "e-mails" section. Link
However, I am not to be deterred. Here is what I have recently learned: If you have $4,000 you can buy a giant Cthulu statue for your garden. Or bedroom, or place of worship whatever. Here is the link: Link Thsi was brought to my attention by good friend and blogger Sean at Strange Ink Link And the last one is just for me. I swear from now on I'm going to buy all my clothes and home decorations from here: Link There is something very alluring about dressing in clothes t...
Just so you all know, I am holding it together. Just barely, but I am.
At the moment I make my living by editing wedding videos. The weddings are usually of the 50 - 100 K varieties. Yes, that is exactly what I mean, someone - many someones - are spending $50 to $100 thousand on their weddings. In any event, I am working on a wedding this week and the bride - fresh from her honeymoon in Tahiti, or Rome, or the Moon for all I know calls up and talks to my boss. She asked if he got a particular shot, and he didn't, so now she's all mad. What was the shot, y...
Just found out from the Mormegil that the appraisal on our house still has not been turned in. And our agent went on vacation without even calling us. I have never been so mad and had so little recourse before. Can't even yell at our agent. Mormegil did call and yell at his boss, though. Now the boss is involved - although I'm sure he knew all about it. Oh man.
In the last episode of "Trying To Sell Our Home", the appraisal had been done and we were merely waiting for the paperwork to go through. Our Real Estate agent told us that we would close today at the earliest, next Wednesday at the latest. Paul called two days ago for an update (as I mentioned, we have to call him. He rarely calls us.). Upon calling him Paul learned that he has gone on vacation. Vacation. No doubt, tired out from not calling us to give us updates he had to go on va...
This is what I'm afraid my blog will turn into someday. This is (obviously) from Chuck Shepherd's "News of the Weird" Chuck Shepherd's News of the Weird (.860) WEEK OF AUGUST 1, 2004 (NOTE: Chuck Shepherd appeared to be getting too close to his subject matter and thus needs about three more weeks off. Before he left, he picked out some golden oldies to tide you over.) Lead Story Autobiography of the Least Interesting Man in America: According to a 1996 Seattle Times fea...
I wonder how much society is retarded by the laughing jackasses, and the empty-minded belittlers? -Robert A. Heinlein “Have Space Suit Will Travel” I have worked with, and work with now, people who could be described as empty-minded belittlers. I can tell you that these people do retard society, as suggested by Heinlein. This type of person is the kind who never has anything positive to say about anyone or anything, including themselves. They have no respect, they earn no respect, th...
I feel like Georgia 12 point today, so there. I have been neglecting my blog, so I thought I'd sum up my week for you. Totally stressed about the house. Managed to convince myself that the deal was going to fall through, so close to completion. We did hear back from our agent yesterday, finally, who told us that the appraiser was physically at our house yesterday and hopefully in a week to 10 days this hellish nightmare will all be over. Unless he's lying. I must say, very unhappy with thi...
Dear Daddy, Mommy ate all of your candy and left the half-chewed pieces ground into the carpet, all sticky and gross. Apparently she didn't know they were super sour candies and didn't like them. Now we feel sick - I mean, uh, MOMMY feels sick. Yeah, that's it. Anyway, we'll work off the $5 we - Mommy! - owes you by being cute. Love, The Dogs.
I told my friend I'd write a new blog when I have something new to say, and lo and behold I have something new to say. Or rather, I'm going to say something I've said before, just with new dates. Still on hold with the house. I was under the impression that we had already gotten the appraisal but we haven't. Why haven't we, an astute reader might ask? Because it's "hard". Apparently appraisers don't like to do hard jobs. From this statement, (made to me by my real estate agent) I dedu...
Today we got yet another call informing us of still more delays in the closing of our house. This house has caused us so much heartache; I really begin to wish I had burned it down when the notion first occurred to me. The closing was delayed last time because the buyer "forgot" to get an appraisal. Ok. This time it has been delayed because the appraiser went to the house, found out that he couldn’t appraise it properly because of some technicality, and so he simply went back to his offic...
Today is the 4th of July and it is raining like mad. Or at least it seems like mad to me, a person from California where it rains only once every three months until monsoon season and then it floods. Paul and I finally found the perfect house for us. It is a development on a lake where the homes are very unusual. They aren’t really THAT unusual I suppose, but there is an attention to detail that I have not seen in ANY other development. Ah, if only we had a million dollars. Or…two million....
Today our house was supposed to close Escrow (the one we are selling), but last night I got a call from our real estate agent. It seems they forgot to get an appraisal. How does one forget such a thing? Isn't that an integral part of buying or selling a home? At first it didn't bother me, but now it does. It may take up to two weeks longer. AND we have to pay this months house payment, which we were not counting on. AND I now have no one to take care of the lawn. I'd do it myself, but it's ...