Businesslike Morning Thought
I woke up wondering, when you go to sell a house, is there a form you have to use to disclose the presence of a dead pet in your garden?I'm all heart.
[spurious link via Dave Barry's blog]
posted by lisa schamess @ 00:21
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How come we haven't heard anything about this house you're building? Sounds interesting, we feel left out.
But do you mean to say you missed this?
Building is a stretch in terminology (though one I didn't hesitate to indulge in on my latest ebay sales post, in case that's what you're referring to). It's more like, rebuilding from the inside out, on no budget, with three children and two pets (ohhhhh, sniff sniff, one pet).
It's a long story, and not pretty, is why I haven't said much here.
Stuart did the demolition and a lot of the framing, but with a fulltime job and kid commitments, that had taken virtually all of our three years so far. So we hired contractors at Thanksgiving and they did what contractors sometimes do: made a hash of it. We asked them to go and not return, they threatened us, we threatened back, then we heard nothing, fingers crossed, and then we hired Hristos and Elena Bellos, proud owners of Greek Art Construction, and the rest is...a kitchen waiting to happen.
We eat out every night. And in case you think that's paradise, we invite you to join us for coffee in the morning. We keep a steaming pot on the back of the toilet just in case guests like you drop by.
P.S. I am only commenting again so I can share that my WV would be yoppb this time.
This post cracked me up. I just went through an hour of signing my name in order to refinance my house to pay for kitchen and back porch renovations which began the week before Thanksgiving and was supposed to last for 30 days. The halfway mark has not been reached.
Ahh. About the first part. The alphabet soup, I assume, is not for me-- b/c I don't get it.
But: selling the wedding ring? Don't you think that's just bad karma?
not to tempt fate, but by age 36 I was already all about bad karma.
the alphabet soup is an ongoing gag among some of us, who get a kick out of what our "word" verifications come to, sometimes.
as in, "esheu"!
Gesundheit!
Ok, well mine this time is "boded." What can you make of that?
As to karma: If you're in a "great" marriage, yours can't be that bad. We make our own happiness. And vice-versa, largely.
Whoops-- I don't mean vice-versa (though I suppose we could say our happiness makes us). I mean we make our own existential unhappiness, great losses that should never, ever have happened not withstanding.
ps: Now I'm "uoalug." You into any loansharks?
isn't WV Watch an addictive activity once you get started?
nqdzuuha: a deep throaty menacing laugh offered while rubbing one's hands together.
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