WHAT IS IT with nutbar landladies??? I'm WORKING, madame, which is why I am not answering my cell phone. I am SPEAKING WITH A CLIENT, madame. There is absolutely no need to track down Chris's sister, rant at HER about me not picking up my phone, tell HER that you heard from your son who heard from a friend who heard from someone else that the daughter of our back alley neighbour said that we're not moving out on the 31st, then tell HER that if we're not out by 2:30 on the 31st you "might as well call your lawyer now and declare bankruptcy" for crying out LOUD.
1. Becci's amazing - but she does not follow our every move - and even if she did, what right do you have to call her to try to track us down DURING WORK HOURS???
2. Bankruptcy? Okay, well, you're nuts... but here it is - you do not declare bankruptcy by calling your lawyer.
3. DO NOT use - what? 5th party information to disrupt all of our lives! Lady - your son, who heard it from someone who heard it from someone who heard it from someone else is WRONG.
How on EARTH do you function in everyday life? Try picking up the phone IN THE EVENING - or leave us a message rather than sending a terse fax to my place of business.
Lady, I will be glad to be done here.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
... one week and counting
I hate packing - have I mentioned that?
Moving itself isn't so bad... particularly the last 3, 'cause I put out for movers. This time though, we're using PODS in an effort to save a little $$, so we're packing and moving ourselves. The GREAT thing about this is that we'll have 3 days to load (not a couple of hours), won't be charged for mileage, get free storage at their facility (okay, maybe not FREE, but certainly included in the price) and then, 15 days later, like magic, our stuff shows up and we'll have 3 days to UNpack! (the 3-day thing is completely arbitrary and self-imposed... we're wonderful people, but DO tend a bit toward procrastination). I like the break in-between: not the "where are we going to stay"-ness; rather the "we don't have to move everything we own twice in the same day"-ness. That said, if you're around next week (tues-thurs) and want to throw things in boxes, or possibly into the PODS, PLEASE help :)
Ah, but back to packing. I don't know why it's such a difficult thing to put one's things into boxes. I spend time worrying about it, wondering which object should go into which box with what... time looking at everything, cleaning everything ('cause the box cares, y'know), wrapping it... for what, really? I don't have issues packing other people's stuff - just mine/ours. Here we find the root of my procrastination. I don't WANT to look at everything, clean everything, worry about everything - it's ridiculous! I can't even count the number of times I've nearly wished for a house to burn down JUST so that I don't have to pack! *sigh*
All of that said, we're nearly done with this house. Not even close to being done moving and packing - but there's just over a week left and then we WILL be done. Thank goodness.
Moving itself isn't so bad... particularly the last 3, 'cause I put out for movers. This time though, we're using PODS in an effort to save a little $$, so we're packing and moving ourselves. The GREAT thing about this is that we'll have 3 days to load (not a couple of hours), won't be charged for mileage, get free storage at their facility (okay, maybe not FREE, but certainly included in the price) and then, 15 days later, like magic, our stuff shows up and we'll have 3 days to UNpack! (the 3-day thing is completely arbitrary and self-imposed... we're wonderful people, but DO tend a bit toward procrastination). I like the break in-between: not the "where are we going to stay"-ness; rather the "we don't have to move everything we own twice in the same day"-ness. That said, if you're around next week (tues-thurs) and want to throw things in boxes, or possibly into the PODS, PLEASE help :)
Ah, but back to packing. I don't know why it's such a difficult thing to put one's things into boxes. I spend time worrying about it, wondering which object should go into which box with what... time looking at everything, cleaning everything ('cause the box cares, y'know), wrapping it... for what, really? I don't have issues packing other people's stuff - just mine/ours. Here we find the root of my procrastination. I don't WANT to look at everything, clean everything, worry about everything - it's ridiculous! I can't even count the number of times I've nearly wished for a house to burn down JUST so that I don't have to pack! *sigh*
All of that said, we're nearly done with this house. Not even close to being done moving and packing - but there's just over a week left and then we WILL be done. Thank goodness.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
And.... Jazz Hands....
Well, it took some doing... and we ARE going to be homeless for 2 weeks - but we've finally found a place to live. It's in Langley, of all places (guess I'm spawning) - but it's only 12 years old, big enough for all of us (3 stories and 2200 sq. ft), has a hot tub and a heat pump (AIR CONDITIONING!!! WOOT!!!) and room enough for us to get away from one another when needs be.
We need to finish the basement: it will be the girl's space; complete with THEIR bedrooms, THEIR bathroom, a playroom and some storage, of course. We also need to fence in the back yard on day 1 - but YAY US! We DID it!
We need to finish the basement: it will be the girl's space; complete with THEIR bedrooms, THEIR bathroom, a playroom and some storage, of course. We also need to fence in the back yard on day 1 - but YAY US! We DID it!
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