June 2007

Got home today to find the first pieces of flooring in place. It looks great! I’ll have to post before and after pictures. Purty purty stuff. Can’t wait to see what the new vanity and faucet look like when they’re installed. Not home for long… heading out to dance practise. Related Images:

Okay, first the good news. The package I thought had been Banff’ed was actually sent to the dead letter center in Atlanta. That was one MAJOR screw up on the part of the post office. I went to the post office when the letter was supposedly still in the building. I was told (at the time) that the letter had been shipped back to Canada. Apparently, it was still in the building and...

I think it’s lost and not coming back. I’m going to go to the post office today and make a claim. This is crazy. I should have gotten the package back long ago. For them to not have it and to not know where it is after this amount of time is insane. I called the Banff hotel. They said that they would send the package back. The lady on the phone couldn’t...

I must have had a strange dream last night: I woke up singing a song I learned in elementary school (“Senior Don Gato”–yup, song about a cat). Very bizarre. I haven’t thought about that song in years. Funny what you remember. Oh Senior Don Gato was a cat On a high red roof Don Gato sat He was there to read a letter meow meow meow where the reading light was better meow...

I am not a morning person. Never have been, never will be. I have missed two hours’ worth of sleep this morning to meet the cleaning people at my house. Sigh. Really tired. I know, it’s not technically that early, but when it’s two hours earlier than what you are used to getting up, that’s early. Related Images:

Ever feel like a deer in headlights? You get caught up in doing some activity, trying to correct some error, and you spend all day on it. It’s like some bizarre fascination that you just can stop once you’ve started it. Wasted the entire friggin’ evening looking for information on MacJournal and WordPress. That really annoys me (see earlier note). I should have been reading other material and doing some writing. Not piddling...

My stepfather is in town helping me fix up some things on the house. So far, we’ve installed a deadbolt in the back door and have attempted to fix the side door lock (talk about a messy door). The doorknob and lock is an antique mortise lock made by Yale. Surprisingly, Yale still makes mortise locks and has one that looks like it would fit! We’re going to see if we can find...

My stepfather is flying in this weekend to help me with home repairs. I’m feeling really blessed to have supportive parents — and someone knowledgable to ask questions. Boy is my knowledge lacking when it comes to home repairs. He is flying in tonight and will be here until Sunday. Yay! Related Images:

My front yard looks like a playground for a giant prairie dog. For the past two days the plumbers have been digging up the sewer lines to replace them. The old line turned out to be PVC, but a very thin type that can’t stand up to the requirements of a sewer line buried up to 12 feet deep. My sewer line is 115 feet long. Yup, you heard me correctly. No, I...

The good news is that my insurance will pay for the damage inside the house from the sewer water. The bad news is that none of the work to replace the sewer line is covered. Sigh. Related Images: