Never been so happy to go home

[cornerofmadness]

Even with my parents fighting. Maybe someone here will be jailed or whatever it is that's going to happen by the time I get back. Sigh. Actually called a realtor and he turns out to be my friend's grandad. I knew he worked for the realtor but his name was on none of the things on the website. I was trying to get an idea about the website as is this ALL they had? What makes me cry is of the three websites for the main 3 realtors is there are the 60K and below shit boxes then it jumps up to about 115-120K and there are houses there I could live in but unless I get better financing and some help with the downpayment, the mortage is @ 200$ too much. That kills. Like this one: Victorian near my library It's a bit too in town but gorgeous enough to ignore that but you and I both know what will happen? I'll kill myself on that spiral staircase. Bedroom #3 would be mine (but how does anything get UP those stairs??)

But right now this is calling my name. Yeah it's small but I get 6 acres. I'll put up a shed for my shit. log cabin No damn neighbors. I might love you tiny cabin.

I cleaned some but mostly laid around beind depressed. I gave up revamping one of my older stories. I just don't have time now. Thanks for the valiant effort though evil_little_dog

Dinner was a bust. It was a really simple meal chile-lime shrimp over a bed of raw jicama. The shrimp was horrible. Fishy and old. even the cats wouldn't eat it. And I burnt my soup (don't laugh, got distracted by packing and cooked all the water out)

I did find some stuff while cleaning, including health records i thought were lost. about several volumes of the cauldron I'll need to copy and send to ELD if she wants them.

I got my strawberries planted (with neighbors STARING at me but this crew has always done that. they make me uncomfortable) in a pot. I figure if they lasted a week in the container they were in, they can last 4 days while I'm gone inside the house.

I won some ebook on writing emotional characters or some such. I don't remember the contest but I've entered many with this blog hop stuff. That's fun

Comments

[havocmangawip.livejournal.com]

I love both properties... as for that spiral staircase? It gives me vertigo just thinking about it. It probably only hits me thigh high! Yoinks!

Your neighbors sound awful. Hopefully they do their blow up while you are away... if they do blow up.

[rahirah]

Six acres is nothing to sneeze at...

[helliongoddess.livejournal.com]

One of the "must haves" when we were looking at houses was a first floor master bedroom - I just know I am in for knee surgery and other treats like that in the future, and don't want to end up sleeping on a couch downstairs, or confined to a room upstairs. So it ruled out some properties that I might have otherwise liked, but it was just a dealbreaker. I love that little log cabin. One of the things we didn't get with this house that I wanted was more privacy. Eventually we hope to compensate for it with a privacy fence and landscaping, and fortunately our neighbors are nicer than yours (mostly, that is - we do have one creepy guy next door that is pretty scary.)

Everyone seems to be in a draggy, down mood right now. A friend who is into astrology said something about the position of everything now is very intense and oppressive - normally I don't put much stock in that stuff, but something sure seems stuck in everyone's craw, to be rubbing everyone the wrong way.

And if it makes you feel better about your dinner:fail, I had a lean cuisine thing that was tiny and terrible. I didn't even share it with the cat, there wouldn't have been anything left for me. And now I'm starving. Yogurt before bed tonight, for sure....

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

*grabby hands at the Victorian and the Cauldron stuff*

Think like Abby. Surely you can destroy these people and make it look natural/like an accident.

[sillymagpie.livejournal.com]

Darn, I get a 404 error for the log cabin.

I can't afford a house, which is why I joke about retreating to my dream house in my mind. :-)

Sorry to hear about the parental drama.

[medelle.livejournal.com]

I think I missed something re: your parents, but I hope things settle soon.

The log cabin doesn't want to load, but damn that Victorian is gorgeous!! I'm with you though, I'd wind up killing myself by tripping down those stairs....

[sp23.livejournal.com]

That Victorian is totally gorgeous, but yeah, while lovely the stairs look like an accident waiting to happen. I don't know the cost of propane heat but, yeah, fuel oil would be a definite no for me too.

[0-mother-0.livejournal.com]

Can I just offer: From my experience, you do NOT want to be on a septic system. They are a pain - and expensive to maintain (esp repairs/replacements). Try to get on city sewer if at all possible.