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Sunday, October 29, 2006

just some pics

Just some pics to start off the vacation. This was taken the other day...just enjoying the nice fall day.

For the hell of it, took his pic this morning. He HATES it when his hair looks like this.

til next time...=)

Saturday, October 28, 2006

Did I mention as of 7pm today, I'm officially on vacation? I didn't? Well now I did...lol. Until next Monday. What am I doing for said vacation? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Well, not all week...Halloween's on Tuesday, so trick-or-treating's on the roster that night. Also that day, we have a meeting with the school principal regarding Bum's lack of homework skills, but more on that when I get the details. And Saturday is Joey's birthday, and I hope (hope being the keyword) to take him out for lunch or dinner that day. Then next Monday is parent-teacher conferences. YAY. But other than those things, it's veg time for me. Catch up on the movies I TiVo'd. Spend some time with the terrors--um, I mean kids. Give some love to da man when the terrors aren't here...ooh baby. And I promise to comment somewhere, some day this week...lol.

til next time...=)

house stuff

First of all, some good news and bad news. The good news--the pigeons are gone and the house is sold. The bad news--they raised the rent, and they're not fixing the majority of what's wrong with the house.

The details...
The new owners signed the deed to the house this morning, and already they were here this evening with the new lease. They upped our rent about $100 (figures--just in time for the holidays). Fair market value, I guess. They also wanted $50 security for each pet we had. HA! We already had them, you can't do that. And I told them that. They said ok--new tenants will have to do that. They said they wouldn't replace most of the stuff around the house (like our bathroom sink that we can't turn on because it'll leak into the apartment downstairs), but will fix it. They were here for a while, basically hearing me bitch about the price and negotiating. They wanted to charge more. I told them no, and that we were going to be looking for somewhere else to live. All the while, the real estate agent (who will also be building manager) was here, sticking up for us and trying to get it lowered too. From what I hear, he's STILL trying...lol. Good--someone on our side.

Bottom line...we're looking in the paper tomorrow. I'll keep you posted.

halloween

I know Halloween's a few days away, but the kids had their parade and party at school yesterday (it was actually their 2nd party--we went to one the other day). So of course, I took pics before they went.