Breakfast at Charly’s

Comments (0)

Let this not be an omen

Let me begin by stating that I understand it’s stressful to be a landlord. Let me state that I understand lease provisions that protect the property owner. Let me add that I realize after a bad experience one tends to be more cautious.
However . . .
I hope this doesn’t mean that we will bear the [...]

Comments (0)

links for 2008-05-14

Tumblr

To make a simple analogy: If blogs are journals, tumblelogs are scrapbooks.
You can also look at tumblelogs as slightly more structured blogs that make it easier, faster, and more fun to post and share stuff you find or create.
(tags: blogs.platforms)

Comments (1)

Now, where did I leave the tape?

We went to meet the woman who owns the house (and who I think is her husband) and let her check us out. Apparently we cut the mustard because the Realtor called shortly after we left and it seems we’ll be getting the keys on June 1st. What’s nice is that there’s a possibility we [...]

Comments (0)

America’s Next Top Renters

Tomorrow we meet with the landlord to get the once-over to see if she likes us. I guess we’re auditioning for the home and while I understand she wants to make sure she gets a good vibe, I still am not looking forward to it. I guess she’s nervous about the wear-and-tear on the carpet [...]

Comments (0)

Rest In Peace Irena Sendler

Back some time ago I saw the story of Irena Sendler on The Today Show. Her story touched me so much that I wrote her name on my kitchen white board, fully intending on looking her up when I got a chance. Months went by but her name remained until one day last month I [...]

Comments (0)

Kind of a busy week

This week has been a busy one. Jeff’s hours have picked up so it’s been all me all the time. I’m not complaining in the least, though. Extra hours mean extra money in the bank to offset the weeks when OT is scarce.
Wednesday Izzie’s class had an adorable Mother’s Day party for the moms. Nothing [...]

Comments (0)

Madame Buttoner

Today is a very special day in our household. This morning my youngest child became a buttoner. Oh yes, she buttoned her sweater all by herself and she was damn proud. She insisted on high-fives until they hurt. Of course it was a play hurt but that girl wanted to plant some palm.
Our first day [...]

Comments (0)

Lazy Sunday

Nothing of note was found in the classified section today in the local paper. I called on a home this morning but it’s a home we nixed a couple weeks ago. I wish I had realized it before I threw clothes on the kids and loaded them in the car but not a big deal.
The [...]

Comments (0)

Don’t kill me, dear Kelly

I know. I was horrible about posting last month. By the time I got five minutes of quiet time to myself, I was usually too tired to write anything at all. Too much has happened for me to catch up on so I’ll have to wipe April clean and move on. It will be like [...]