It's a scientific fact that mosquitoes prefer some people over others. I am one of those people. Hubby and Kidzilla are not. Of course. I wondered when it would start this year (the mosquito attack) and it started Saturday. Oh, goody. I only got a couple of bites (I wasn't wearing any Off!-type stuff), but they found me, and I was bitten.
As I live across the street from a river the critters are quite a bit worse here than most of BG. I went out yesterday to spray my rose bush that has been completely denuded by some sort of bug eating the leaves. I'll be lucky if it blooms at all this year, doggone bug. Anyway, I was just out long enough to spray the rose bush and dump the remainder in the pots in front of the front porch on the ground just to make sure I didn't have any ant colonies in them. And got one heck of a bite. Of course.
Mosquito bites (on me) usually itch like mad, I put Lanacane on them, and then they go down to little red bumps that don't usually bother me again. The one I got yesterday? A huge, itchy Lump. I woke up to a knot on my forearm that itched like Mad and was as big around as a half-dollar, and as tall as a stack of 3 or 4 of them. I put some Lanacane on it and now it's just as big as a stack of 2 or 3 quarters and only somewhat itchy.
This is my official notice that summer is nigh in BG.
22 May 2006
15 May 2006
It is That Day of the month
The first day of Those Days where all women everywhere sing the praises of Eve.
Or not.
At least it's be over on Thursday, and I'll be back to my normal self tomorrow. I haven't been Me since Saturday evening. I think that's the part I dislike the most. Not being me for almost three days out of every 28. I really don't like being crabby and fussy and migraine-y. At least when it's "just" a migraine I can take meds (Huzzah for Modern Pharmaceuticals!) and be me again, but for now meds don't help the migraine enough to make it worth a hoot and even if they did I'd still be grumpy.
*grumps*
Or not.
At least it's be over on Thursday, and I'll be back to my normal self tomorrow. I haven't been Me since Saturday evening. I think that's the part I dislike the most. Not being me for almost three days out of every 28. I really don't like being crabby and fussy and migraine-y. At least when it's "just" a migraine I can take meds (Huzzah for Modern Pharmaceuticals!) and be me again, but for now meds don't help the migraine enough to make it worth a hoot and even if they did I'd still be grumpy.
*grumps*
11 May 2006
Maybe I'm the only one
But surely I'm Not the only one that thinks that Simply Orange is God's Gift to Juice Drinkers Everywhere?
After all, we can't be arsed to squeeze the oranges ourselves! Can you imagine how many oranges I'd have to keep on hand to have my daily 12 to 16 oz glass of OJ?
Oh, the INSANITY!!!
After all, we can't be arsed to squeeze the oranges ourselves! Can you imagine how many oranges I'd have to keep on hand to have my daily 12 to 16 oz glass of OJ?
Oh, the INSANITY!!!
10 May 2006
Beauregard
This Man is Full of Crap
How about we put him behind a fence and shot at him with a 9 mil?
Not Guilty my left big toe.
How about we put him behind a fence and shot at him with a 9 mil?
Not Guilty my left big toe.
04 May 2006
*squees, flails, wibbles*
THEY ACCEPTED OUR BID!!!!!
We go tomorrow morning at 9:30 to sign the paperwork, and then it's up to the mortgage people how quickly we can get this through.
I can't believe it! They took the bid! At $3500 below asking!
*bouncing in seat*
We got it! We're homeowners!
Ahhhhhh!
(I think I'm gonna need a tissue)
Our realtor called me not 10 minutes after I got home and let me know. She was all indifferent sounding so I thought she was about to tell me they didn't take it, but they did! So then I call Hubby! He's more nervous than excited, lol, but he said, "They did? They DID? Our first offer? They DID?!?" lol And then I called Sis B., who was on the phone with Sis K., so I told she could tell her! :-D Then I called my Mom! She's so excited for us, "The first of my girls to own a home! How exciting!" And then I called Sis M.! She was finally home from her appointments this afternoon, and so I babbled at her for a while. And now I'm posting! :-D
We go tomorrow morning at 9:30 to sign the paperwork, and then it's up to the mortgage people how quickly we can get this through.
I can't believe it! They took the bid! At $3500 below asking!
*bouncing in seat*
We got it! We're homeowners!
Ahhhhhh!
(I think I'm gonna need a tissue)
Our realtor called me not 10 minutes after I got home and let me know. She was all indifferent sounding so I thought she was about to tell me they didn't take it, but they did! So then I call Hubby! He's more nervous than excited, lol, but he said, "They did? They DID? Our first offer? They DID?!?" lol And then I called Sis B., who was on the phone with Sis K., so I told she could tell her! :-D Then I called my Mom! She's so excited for us, "The first of my girls to own a home! How exciting!" And then I called Sis M.! She was finally home from her appointments this afternoon, and so I babbled at her for a while. And now I'm posting! :-D
A House!
This morning Hubby and I went to look at a house.
This House, in fact:
The owners weren't there, just us, the real estate agent, and their super cute Boston Terrier. His name is Chopper. Isn't that a great name for a dog?
It's small (no bigger in square footage than where we are now, really, and the yard is soverysmall), but we really like the layout (very well set up, great space utilization), and it's in a really Great location (walking distance to Kidzilla's new school, not far from town, nice neighborhood, we're on a cul-de-sac...Kidzilla can finally go bike riding! I can take the dogs on walks! YAY!). So, we put in a bid. Yes, on the first house we looked at the interior, lol. We both realize what a great deal this is because of its location. Houses sell like hotcakes in this subdivision (this one has only been on the market for four days). We really like Where it is. Yes, it's smaller than we were orginally thinking, but the houses in our range with the size we want are older houses that obviously need work (and that's just from what we can see from the outside, scary), and are on scarily narrow roads. We almost got hit driving on the road one of the houses we went to look at yesterday is on. *shudder* Anyway, so we put in a bid, and hopefully we'll hear something this afternoon! Yes, that early! I can hope!
This House, in fact:
The owners weren't there, just us, the real estate agent, and their super cute Boston Terrier. His name is Chopper. Isn't that a great name for a dog?
It's small (no bigger in square footage than where we are now, really, and the yard is soverysmall), but we really like the layout (very well set up, great space utilization), and it's in a really Great location (walking distance to Kidzilla's new school, not far from town, nice neighborhood, we're on a cul-de-sac...Kidzilla can finally go bike riding! I can take the dogs on walks! YAY!). So, we put in a bid. Yes, on the first house we looked at the interior, lol. We both realize what a great deal this is because of its location. Houses sell like hotcakes in this subdivision (this one has only been on the market for four days). We really like Where it is. Yes, it's smaller than we were orginally thinking, but the houses in our range with the size we want are older houses that obviously need work (and that's just from what we can see from the outside, scary), and are on scarily narrow roads. We almost got hit driving on the road one of the houses we went to look at yesterday is on. *shudder* Anyway, so we put in a bid, and hopefully we'll hear something this afternoon! Yes, that early! I can hope!
03 May 2006
A Bad Sign
Greg: How much is gas runnin' here in BG?
Me: Oh, dunno, last night it was two eighty-three. Why?
Greg: It's only two seventy-two in O'boro. I wonder why it's so different?
Me: Good Grief! I have no idea.
I heard him tell a guy in the store later about it and the guy said, "Wow, that's a great price!"
NO, IT IS NOT.
See, this were people get suckered in! Gas prices are so high that when they do go down it feels like a good price because of how high it was before, BUT IT'S NOT!
Sure, $2.72 is cheaper than $2.83, but it's still Not A Good Price!
Gah! The masses are easily brainwashed!
Me: Oh, dunno, last night it was two eighty-three. Why?
Greg: It's only two seventy-two in O'boro. I wonder why it's so different?
Me: Good Grief! I have no idea.
I heard him tell a guy in the store later about it and the guy said, "Wow, that's a great price!"
NO, IT IS NOT.
See, this were people get suckered in! Gas prices are so high that when they do go down it feels like a good price because of how high it was before, BUT IT'S NOT!
Sure, $2.72 is cheaper than $2.83, but it's still Not A Good Price!
Gah! The masses are easily brainwashed!
A Loan, and a (possible) House
We were approved for a loan yesterday! We can't afford what we want (yet), but we got approved for what we could. We both know this is just going to be a starter house for us, but I'm very okay with that. I want to get out of the renting game and start building equity. It's so cool to be able to start looking (if a little bit scary).
Though I spent so much time yesterday online and looking at this thick real estate book the lady at the mortgage place gave me I gave myself a headache. :-P There is just So Much out there to look at and investigate! So, last night while we were driving around looking I asked Hubby if he wanted for me to call one of the people I know that sells real estate and he said, "YES." lol
I know several people at church that do, but this morning I decided to use my friend Susie's real estate lady instead (no worries, Brett, she's CB, lol). I'd hate to offend anyone I know personally by using them over someone else, and besides, Susie told me that Lesli is no nonsense and will tell me like it is, and that's exactly what I want. No beating around the bush. So I talked to her this morning and the first thing I asked her, I asked straight up, "Can we afford a house in the area where we want to live?" She said she would look around for me and not even half an hour after I got to work (I talked to her on my way in) she emailed me with a small starter list to look at. And I really like two of them! Woot!
I'm hoping to look at one of them this afternoon and if it doesn't work for me, I'll see about looking at the other. Even though my first choice is in a subdivision (which we didn't really want), it's in a nice neighborhood, not too far out (which, with gas prices being the way they are, is a good thing), and is less than 10 years old. My only worry is that it'll be too small, and I have to say that the lot is teeny, but that might be okay. I'll just have to look at it to know for sure. :-) Wish me luck!
Though I spent so much time yesterday online and looking at this thick real estate book the lady at the mortgage place gave me I gave myself a headache. :-P There is just So Much out there to look at and investigate! So, last night while we were driving around looking I asked Hubby if he wanted for me to call one of the people I know that sells real estate and he said, "YES." lol
I know several people at church that do, but this morning I decided to use my friend Susie's real estate lady instead (no worries, Brett, she's CB, lol). I'd hate to offend anyone I know personally by using them over someone else, and besides, Susie told me that Lesli is no nonsense and will tell me like it is, and that's exactly what I want. No beating around the bush. So I talked to her this morning and the first thing I asked her, I asked straight up, "Can we afford a house in the area where we want to live?" She said she would look around for me and not even half an hour after I got to work (I talked to her on my way in) she emailed me with a small starter list to look at. And I really like two of them! Woot!
I'm hoping to look at one of them this afternoon and if it doesn't work for me, I'll see about looking at the other. Even though my first choice is in a subdivision (which we didn't really want), it's in a nice neighborhood, not too far out (which, with gas prices being the way they are, is a good thing), and is less than 10 years old. My only worry is that it'll be too small, and I have to say that the lot is teeny, but that might be okay. I'll just have to look at it to know for sure. :-) Wish me luck!
01 May 2006
ERK
Our dream house is up for sale!!!!!
We've both loved this house since we first saw it 5 years ago.
We went driving Friday night down the road it's on just for kicks to see if anything is for sale our there (it's the area of town we really want to live in) and, lo and behold, THE house is for sale!
Hubby said, "It's kizmet-y, the house being for sale the exact same time we're looking to buy."
It's listed on the website for $49,000 more than we were planning on spending, but both of us want to at least try and see if we can get it.
Everytime I think about it, I offer up two prayers: one that we can get it, and another that I'll relax 'cause I'm stressing and my ulcer is doing the watoosie.
A very bad, unrealistic part of me keeps thinking of it as "our" house. Oh, but wouldn't that be so awesome?!?
We've both loved this house since we first saw it 5 years ago.
We went driving Friday night down the road it's on just for kicks to see if anything is for sale our there (it's the area of town we really want to live in) and, lo and behold, THE house is for sale!
Hubby said, "It's kizmet-y, the house being for sale the exact same time we're looking to buy."
It's listed on the website for $49,000 more than we were planning on spending, but both of us want to at least try and see if we can get it.
Everytime I think about it, I offer up two prayers: one that we can get it, and another that I'll relax 'cause I'm stressing and my ulcer is doing the watoosie.
A very bad, unrealistic part of me keeps thinking of it as "our" house. Oh, but wouldn't that be so awesome?!?
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