Yuuuuuummmmm

Looks like a new appeal by the Chick-filet cown. Only you won't believe what they want you to eat this time. At least the jingle is pretty.

Here's a hint:

House Update

I found the owners manual for my dryer on the internet and got directions to hook up the plug. seems to be working, but I haven't put it through the final test of running a load for the full cycle.

But...the whirlpool bath has stopped working. Maybe the house can't handle having a dryer and a bathtup at the same time in the same room.

Plumbers coming over tomorrow about my leaky potty. I have been advised by a friend in the news group I am in not to watch "the Money Pit" for at least a month. Probably best... We'll see.

By the way, I didn't mean in my lastr post to make my father-in-law sound like a clod. My wife read it and I know he is a regular reader too so I hope it didn't come across wrong. The intention was for his battle with my house to add to the tragi-comedy of my home ownership experience not to make it sound like he's a dastardly person. Upon reading it again, it kinda sounds wrong to me. I hope he didn't read it and take it wrong.

So to him:
If you read it, I hope it didn't offend you, wasn't meant to. You're still my favorite father-in-law and I have many.

Welcome Home

Well, we're in the new house. Most of our stuff is too, though all of it is in boxes. Moving day was Thursday, which was the hottest day we've had so far this year (naturally, it has been unseasonably cool every day since then). Please keep in mind that our house was built in 1946 because I'm fixing to give you a rundown of all the problems.

The day we closed, I came over to do some yard work and tried to turn on the living room light. It didn't come on. Lo' and behold, the whole eastern half of the house had no power. I thought I had a major crises on my hand. I messed with the fuses, turning them off and on again several times, each time to no avail. I called the realtor who called the electrician who called me and told me that it sounded like OG&E had a "leg down." He came over to check and found taht OG&E had all legs up. He also found that I had all the fuses off. Turns out, on this old house, up is not on in the fuse box. Out is on...that is, away from center. The top row must be up to have power, the bottom row down. So I had an elecrician come over to turn on a fuse. He didn't charge me!

Then my father-in-law decided to be helpful and replace the plug on my dryer. He was only succesful in cussing a lot, and throwing some things.

The honey suckle was so over grown that I spend about three hours trimming it and all the new growth was so far from the plant, that now I don't have any flowers on my honey suckle. I spent several more hours pullinh English Ivy out fron under my siding so taht it doesn't knock my siding off.

Also, the biggest problem, tonight we discovered that the water line leading away from the upstairs toilet is leaking into our kitchen ceiling. Gotta call the warranty company and realtor tomorrow so that we can get that taken care of.

At the end of the day though, we love the house. It's very big and very nice and very charming. We live in the Mayfair Heights district, which is an urban conservation district, which means we have about 20 pages of by-laws we have to follow to live here. That also means that the whole neighborhood is full of old two story houses which are very nicely kept. I love our neighborhood!

Okay, This Definetally Isn't Art

From Reuters:

BERLIN (Reuters) - A Berlin couple plan to have their first baby at an art gallery, the gallery owner said on Saturday, confirming a newspaper report.
"It's a gift to humanity, a once in a lifetime thing," Bild newspaper quoted Winfried Witt, partner of mother-to-be Ramune Gele, as saying.

Johann Novak, manager of the DNA-Galerie in central Berlin, said the artistic couple wanted to challenge conventional norms.

"It's a bit of test to see if society can cope," he said in a telephone interview.

About 30 people are expected to attend the birth, scheduled for April 24. They would be told to come to the gallery as soon as the 27-year-old Gele's contractions became regular, Witt was quoted as saying.

Novak said the gallery, which usually shows installations and video art, would be closed during the birth. "The private aspect will be maintained," he said.

Another gallery owner in the street said: "I find it mad."

What the !@#$%

Bring It On!

The month from you know where has begun. I start Drug Recognition Expert school on Monday (the day after opening day of baseball.) I have the inspection on the new house on Wednesday. Beginning Monday the 11th, I am on call for a jury trial. Pluse I'm in DRE school, plus I have traffic court on the 12th (which I am going to try to get out of.) The day after DRE school ends (the 19th) I close on the house (the 20th) and moving on the 21st. Oh yeah. That week I am on call for prelims on another trail. Then I have firearms requalification on the 27th.

All that to say, if my posts get a little boring for the next few weeks, now you know why. I am still going to devote some time to the three blogs, since they are my creative outlet. But if the comments are kind of terse, now you know why.So long and keep checking in, cause I'll be here, frazzled and shaking.