3 posts tagged “home”
I have been so negligent in posting. I know I know. I suck.
I try. Some days I wonder if I really need to share my day to day stuff. Other days I think of cute things to write down. Then completely forget as the coffee wears off. Pleh.
Our washer broke. Finally, after about 9years, the thing just finally gave. Lee and I bought it when we first moved in together. Not an expense we needed right now. We're making enough to cover a month's of bills, but I still have a tiny bit of taxes to pay, and cards to pay down. So, determined not to have to spend more money, Lee spent some time with google. Apparently it's a common problem with Kenmore washers as they get older. This little coupler broke, which makes the thing in the center of the washer agitate, and because it broke, it wasn't turning, and making an AWFUL sound. So I drove around town monday morning and found a little used appliance store / repair shop and showed the old fella there the part. He knew what it was immediately (Note: Canadian Tire, Rona and Sears did NOT know what it was or where to get it). Cost us 25$ for the part, but Lee got the thing running again after work!!! Better than 1000$ for a new washer/dryer combo. (If we're gonna get a new washer, might as well get the new dryer, lol)
But then tonight I noticed that we have a headlight out. Sigh... Well, the car needs a servicing anyway. The thing will be paid off in February of 2010 too! Pretty soon we will have no more car payments. YAY!
Business is great. Lee and his partner are very very busy. We're having several web sites go pretty soon here. I spent most of today polishing one. And we have a few more nibbles. I have a couple more that we are waiting on feedback, and content. I can only make up so much crap to type in there.
I'm still mad at the douche who whined about my coding.
I made an awesome pumpkin pie tonight... from pumpkin! Not a can of brown goop. Actually quite easy to do. Even the dough. If you have a pasta roller, it makes pastry dough so much easier. Even the kids like it!
We might... repeat... might... be moving next year. Lee's business partner, and long time friend, might be moving into his father in laws old house, because the father in law is building a new house across the street from that one. Since his partner owns his house, he doesn't want to have to sell, or attempt to sell, so we may rent it from him. It will offer us more space, and we might turn the basement into our home office, setting it up to make some remote work easier. Not sure when this will happen. Probably next year. Will keep you posted.
Ok, all for now. Try to post before too long.
I leave you with a lol cat , or 2.
This picture I posted a few days ago... which represents our immediate front yard as of 4 days ago.
The snow is melting wicked fast. Every morning, I can see that bit of snow up there by the dead truck recede.
It's like one of those puzzles where you have to spot the minor differences between 2 almost identical images. HA HA
Show us the view from your bedroom window.
3 Years ago it was this:
Today its t
