April - 2005

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Best wishes to Kat

Wednesday, 20 April 2005

Figured I’d fire off this lil’ note before I start my day:

I read over some posts on Kat’s blog today, which I can’t post here because it’s one of those “friends only” LJ blogs. Kat’s awesome. She’s got a great spirit, I’ve known her for years. But anyway, I read the post she wrote about her in-laws and how they’re really bugging the shit out of her directly or indirectly or bugging-her-without-knowing-it or whatever you call it. Kat, you gotta know that in-laws are like that. I’m sure for whatever they throw at you, you can handle it and thensome. Keep the chin up and the bad feelings out. You can definitely do that. As one friend to another you know this is true. (grin)

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I’m switching to gecko!

Wednesday, 20 April 2005

Up until last week my car insurance was on my pop’s plan - not by choice. Here was the reason: I called Geico several months ago. Unfortunately I had no working history with them, so they instructed me to do the following: Sign on to my pop’s plan (who already has a Geico account), stick with it for at least 6 months, then call back - the rate will be lower than if you get it right now. So I said “okay whatever” and played the waiting game.

Six months went by. I totally forgot about it.

Another few months went by. I finally remembered to do it.

I called Geico back and got my own policy. While I was getting my policy with the Geico dude on the phone, I told him how they told me to wait and get to policy later and whatever and the guy completely agreed. He said it was a very smart move to get a working history first before applying for the policy. What Geico said was true before, it did save me a few bucks.

My savings was close to 100 bucks per cycle (as in every 6 months). Not too bad. It’s cheaper than I had it previously. That’s almost 200 bucks a year I don’t have to spend.

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Fear ghosts and UFO’s no more!

Wednesday, 20 April 2005

You know, if I only had a way to detect ghosts and UFO’s life would be so cool…

But wait, you can!

Yee-haw. Now I can buy a van, paint it green and put the big words “Mystery Machine” on the side.. and buy a box of Scooby snacks.. for the cat, of course.

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Do the hustle

Thursday, 21 April 2005

My friends and work and I have hatched a plan. We’re all going to band together and go see Kung-Fu Hustle. Pretty much the majority of us are Kung-Fu movie geeks anyway.

I’ll write more about this later if it’s actually going to happen. Hope it does. Should be a blast.

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Clean, dammit

Friday, 22 April 2005

I’m writing this as reminder to myself to clean out the home office and the bedroom. Both are disaster areas and really need to be reorg’d, recleaned or whatever you call it. I’ll probably be filling several trash bags this weekend.. eesh.

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Frazzed

Friday, 22 April 2005

Today has been a very, very “trying” day at werk. My nerves are absolutely fried. It will be very nice to go home, lay down and relax. The morning wasn’t good at all, but I’m hoping the afternoon will be easier. As I write this, my back is stiff which is typical when I get agitated. Right now I just want to go home…

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Do the hustle part 2

Friday, 22 April 2005

Even though today at werk was on the bad side (we all have our bad days,) a theater was picked for all of us to go see Kung-Fu Hustle. It’s near were I werk so we all should be able to go. I’m not sure how many of us are going yet.. that’s yet to be determined. The planning will continue on Monday.

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Renovations

Saturday, 23 April 2005

Today will be the first of many days of renovations here at the household. The reason for the renovations is because we’re going to try to sell the house again. Last time around it didn’t work because of two reasons. 1) The realtors we dealt with weren’t really that good at all (they didn’t seem to put forth a good effort) and 2) The house really wasn’t ready for sale. It was decided to “let’s give it a try and see what happens”.

This time around things will be different because the house is being prepared for sale. All the carpets are being yanked for new ones. The kitchen floor and bathroom floor are being replaced. Finally, the entire home is going to be cleaned top to bottom, including the basement.

Many months ago the cleaning process began with all the upstairs rooms. Most people who visit the house now are like “whoa” because a lot of stuff was cleaned out. A lot of stuff. Previously, several rooms (including the living room) were a disaster area. Not anymore, and hasn’t been for some time. All that’s left now is just minor things and then it’s pretty much taken care of.

The first order of business is paint. A painter will be coming by today to start that. We’re doing something called “whiting out” the house. This is standard practice. What it basically means is that you paint all walls in white. It allows the new homeowners to customize the house in whatever way they wish. If you have a bunch of colors all over your walls (which we don’t), it doesn’t look as attractive as a “blank canvas” so to speak, hence the reason for doing it in the first place.

The second order of business is going to be carpets and flooring. Pop has already called a few places. Measurements are going to be taken next week. The color chosen is a standard medium blue which is just slightly darker than sky blue. I think that will work out fine. It will look good and will complement the house nicely.

The third order of business is cleaning. While the upstairs is mostly done, the downstairs still needs major cleaning and the garage needs to be cleaned out. The entire area can be cleaned out in about two to three days. Then again, it can be cleaned out in one day if I hire someone to do it (that hasn’t been decided yet). We will be renting a dumpster for that because the cleaning process more or less involves a lot of stuff that needs to be thrown out.

It will be nice to have all this stuff done. Whether it gets the house sold or not, it will still be nice to have.

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USPS rides again

Saturday, 23 April 2005

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Photo Gallery going away

Saturday, 23 April 2005

Before anyone freaks out: No, this doesn’t mean the images are going away. I don’t like the fact that the photo gallery is separate from the rest of the blog.. that’s something that has always bothered me.

I will now be posting photos directly into the blog instead. All photos will be under the category photos (duh) and this will also be linked at the top.

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