Had some action on the house in the Hat recently. It's been shown several times, and one shopper in particular has now seen it twice, and wants to know a bit more about getting any hail damage fixed, about how much the utilities are, etc, so there is some interest. Oh, please, let them make a reasonable offer...
Been doing some shopping for Halloween costume supplies. Had three potential suits on the go, one that I have done beforre (but had plenty of room for improvement). I kind of wanted to do something I hadn't done before, but of course, I always pick things that are pretty nearly beyond my ability or finances to construct, and do a good job. I found some appropriate goodies for the "been done" suit, so I figure, barring a last-minute brainwave, I will be going that route.
Work is going great, still. It's busy, but not overwhelming, and I am learning and being challenged. Who'da thunkit?
I hope we end up with a house deal soon. I want to have a housewarming party and see some of the friends I've been too damn tired to meet up with yet.
According to Dog Age, Buzz is 40.2 years old. Sounds about right. Haven't done Molly yet. She's probably 23.
I feel like communicating, but I have no earthly idea what to keep typing about, as I'm having a hard time keeping my eyes open. Bleah. Gotta join a gym or something and try to boost the energy levels.
Yes, browsing for baby stuff has begun. The Bay has creepy baby dolls in the cribs. I picked one up by the shoulders and gave it a quick shake, for practice, telling Allie "You can get away with shaking babies just a little bit." I am surprised she talks to me at all.
I want this, come April. Or later, but at least for the baby to wear in the first year.
Of course it is in bad taste, this is me you're talking about, and this is a webiste that currently sells shirts that say "I looted New Orleans and all I got were 30 of these lousy T-Shirts".
Talked to the realtor yesterday, I guess there were a few showings of the house last week, but no takers. Another showing today, hopefully this is the one..I have a good feeling. If the price is too high, make us an offer..I know how low we'll go, but they won't until they offer. Hope it sells fast.
Random thoughts.
I miss the people at the RCMP a bit, but not the job.
I liked one or two people at London Drugs, but don't miss the job at all.
Don't really miss Medicine Hat at all. Our few friends, obviously a bit, but now I just wish our stuff would magically appear, our house would be sold, and we wouldn't have to go back, except maybe to camp and visit next year.
The Honda barely got me home tonight..took a new way home, and it indicated its displeasure by leaking coolant all over and damn near overheating. Had to stop three separate times to let it cool off enough to get it home. I was afraid it was going to seize up. Made it home though..a look under the hood showed a cracked radiator hose. Wonder when that happened? Glad it was now, not last week coming back from Medicine Hat. With the other things wrong with it that we were planning to fix, I wonder if it is time to drag it behind the barn and put a bullet in its head?
I wonder how I am going to get to work tomorrow.
It's raining. Buzz is hyperventilating. He hates rain.
I have to get used to barely seeing Allie. I work days..she works everything but.
This year's Big Brother is almost over. Am I just getting used to it, or was it really boring this year? Was it always this boring, and I just never noticed? C'mon, my one reality show vice, and it bailed on me. Oh wait, I guess there's the Amazing Race. It is OK. I still refuse to do Survivor, though.
I think I said it last year, but they should do a Big Brother Canada. Houseguests from every province, maybe two from Newfoundland, and a couple of Natives for good measure. And it would have to take place in winter, so the outdoor competitions would be distinctly Canadian.
I should produce my own reality show, where instead of people being voted out, everyone acts so obnoxious that people leave voluntarily, just to get away. I'd call it "Get the f*** out my house!"
What a weekend. 90 percent of our boxes and assorted loose crap is now sitting in a garage in Edmonton, our furniture and appliances still sitting in the house in the Hat. The house is for sale, officially. Almost had a private offer before it hit the market, but it didn't happen. It started out OK, but it started to feel a little shady, especially when they said that before they'd make an offer, we had to file an insurance claim for hail damage that didn't exist. Better off without offers like that.
So, we'll probably go back next weekend too, blitz the last of the packing and be totally ready for either ourselves or movers to take the rest of the junk. We brought enough this past weekend to save many hours of mover's labour, if we choose to go that route.
The house we liked has sold, unfortunately, to someone who is not us. But, I knew it would happen, so this just means we can sort of know what to expoect to get in our budget, how fast we have to act when we find one, and it must be a better one out there that we are meant to have.
Anne, Les and Graham, members of Allie's Scottish family, were up visiting, spending time in the Hat, Edmonton and the Rockies. They flew off for home yesterday. They are so awesome..I wish they'd move here so we'd see them more than every two years or so. Miss'em already.
Work is busy, but I am constantly learning, juggling responsobilites, and time is flying by. I get there at 7AM or so, and before I know it, it's 12, 12:30, or even 1PM. Between that and the move, I am pretty wiped out. Hopefully it will all be over soon..the move, not the job.
What a couple of weeks. Back and forth to Medicine Hat, jumping headfirst into the new duties at the college, living for a week at my mom's, now staying with my mother-in-law (and wife and cats and dogs). Back to the Hat to begin moving this weekend. I forsee being very tired next week.
We found a house we really like here in town, but we're handicapped by the fact the house in the Hat isn't even on the market yet. We're debating making an offer anyways, just to kinda-sorta try to tie it up until we can get our shit together, and sell the other one. I know if this one goes to someone else, there will be others, but we really do like this one.
It will all work out...
