eyesthatslay: (Supernatural Dean Coffee Proud Sponsor)
2009-05-17 10:22 pm

Yeah.

So, here's the thing. I had a wonderful birthday. Sending out more birthday thanks to [livejournal.com profile] sandy_s and [livejournal.com profile] rikki_oko for lovely, and generous gifts! I love you girls!

There I was basking in the afterglow of birthday happiness, and my car decides to have a massive breakdown. A very expensive, massive, breakdown involving exhaust manifolds, and catalytic converters. *headdesk* Both Hubby and I nearly had a stroke when we received the repair quote from the dealership. Planning on getting a couple of more quotes from other mechanics tomorrow. So since Tues. afternoon, I've pretty much been a big ball of WAH over my car. I've even scolded it for not warning me with at least some small sign. A check engine light before disaster struck would have been nice, ya know? Bad, naughty, car. Did I mention WAH?

Also, my work place suffered some pretty intense water damage a couple of weeks ago. Enough to soak the carpets in two offices. That's been a barrel of fun. NOT. We had to wait a week for an adjuster to come out. We couldn't clean, or move anything. All of our computers, printers, fax machine, etc. are in that awful humid enviroment! There was condensation on everything! By the time the adjuster showed, both offices were majorly gross and funky smelling. I even saw mold growing on one of my wood file cabinets! Adjuster notifed us that the type of damage we had wasn't covered. The water came through a faulty door, blown ajar during a pouring thunderstorm, and apparently it has to be a leak from a damaged roof or wall. Oh joy. Second adjuster was requested by our insurance salesman. We had to wait another week for him. As you can imagine, we still couldn't clean anything. *headdesk, headdesk, headdesk* So now the offices are unbearable. The walls are warped, and according to the flooring guy - the mold is toxic when the odor becomes sickly sweet. Well, we've reached that stage now. The only good? The second adjuster seemed to think the damage would be covered. Still. I, and my new office assistant, have missed work days because we weren't able to do anything. We worked 3 days last week, trying to stay out of the offices as much as possible. That was before the "sweet" smell started. Now that it has, I've decided that we are not going to work in that building until it's cleaned. Tomorrow we'll be working in another building, and we'll just have to make due without access to our computers, files, or anything we'd generally need. Looks like it will be phone duty only for us. *sigh*

So yeah. Looks like the universe decided to balance out the fabulous-ness of my birthday with car and work drama. *glares at universe*

Other than that...

- I missed the Supernatural finale. I can, however, catch it on Hulu now that I've got broadband. woot!

- I was pleasantly surprised to hear Dollhouse was renewed. Now let's hope FOX will stay out of Joss' way in S2.

- The Lost finale was all kinds of awesome. I love my freaky show!

- Managed to post a set of Supernatural icons, and work on some other graphics projects too.

- Enjoyed gorgeous weather today, which was a nice treat.


Soooo. Here's to hoping that I'll be able to get a more reasonable repair rate, and have some progress made on restoring our offices to an inhabitable state. *prays liek woah*





eyesthatslay: (Spring Sleeping Bunny)
2009-04-22 11:22 pm

My Peeps!

I've been missing you, so here I am. :)

I've gotten tons of house/yard stuff accomplished, but of course there's always more to do. HGTV is a dangerous thing. It keeps giving me ideas, and stuff!!! Hubby and I planted grass (yes, AGAIN), landscaped the baby dog's yard, painted the shutters a nice taupe (they were hunter green), planted azaleas, roses, and laid a flagstone path. Whew! Oh, and I also planted some hollyhock rootings for the first time, and look forward to seeing how those turn out. So far the grass seems to be doing fairly well - we're kind of cursed with grass issues for some reason. (grow dammit!!!)

Entertainment (spoilers for 24) & Other Stuff )

I hope everyone's having a good week out there! *hugs flist*
eyesthatslay: (Puppy Pom *Peek*)
2009-03-20 07:23 pm

*peeks in*

Quick drive-by-type update...

- Thank you to [livejournal.com profile] angstchic  for the paid LJ time! You're the best bff, like ever. :D

- Have been super busy along with Hubby tackling spring outdoor projects. Must strike when the iron is hot, translation: Work his buns off before turkey hunting season obsession kicks in. Oh yes, with age comes wisdom *nods sagely*

- Have finished watching S1 of 24 with hubby, and have begun watching S2. All hail the power of Bauer. :P

- Still watching Dollhouse. Excited about tonight's episode, as [livejournal.com profile] angstchic  said this was the first one that should be Joss-flavored.

- Missed the first episode of Castle. Recorded the second episode, but haven't watched it yet. Even so, yay for Nathan Fillion.

- I miss LJ. I miss all of you. I miss making icons. I'm hoping that once projects are wrapped up, and Hubby falls into hunting vortex...I'll be able to get back into the swing of things.

- *hugs [livejournal.com profile] sunbrae , and [livejournal.com profile] danaid_luv *. What the heck, *hugs everyone*
eyesthatslay: (Happy Bunny Let's Get Back To Me)
2009-02-18 01:45 pm

So, About Me....


Well, lookie here. A bona fide update. I can tell you're impressed. :P


Go Me! )