Fan Forum - View Single Post - OTOs #607: We Are Always On Spring Break!

jero · 05-02-2009, 11:24 AM

Happy Birthday to those I've missed.

In case I don't get back here before then...

Happy Birthday to Nana on the 5th!

Shade!!! How's it going? Aren't you a grandma now?

OCF I was briefly thinking of paying you a visit... The Morels are done for the year here (I didn't find many.

)... But they should be at peak in your area.

... Hubby would think I'm

if I took a trip up there for Shrooms.

LTL the auction went OK.

Lots of bargains were had... I got an almost complete 12 pc place setting of Mikasa Kutani Bird china for $50!

... On the other hand 'bargains' aren't good for our company because we never get enough $$$ to cover what's owed us.

At almost the last minute, my boss pulled the best lot from the auction. It's full of antique china, paintings, oriential rugs, silver, etc. and would not have brought near it's true value being auctioned at our warehouse. I got to hold a silver Tiffany and Co. martini shaker from 1896! The reason he gave is that there's an 'urn' (worth about $300) of cremains. He said that was too personal.

So now I'm trying (mostly on my own time and at my own expense) to find the woman this stuff belongs to. There are so many historical and irreplaceable things that should be in a museum! Her gr-grandfather was the engineer that designed the layout of St. Louis! Instead of a stranger buying these things at auction, I'd rather she sell a couple of pieces to pay her bill and give the rest to relatives or historical societies.

Did you know that if you file bankruptcy, the documents are put online? They're Public Records and anyone can get all the info in them... SS#, bank accounts, employment history, etc.

My washing machine is half dead. The top of the agitator broke again.

Hubby has repaired it before, but I think the electronics are going out. It pauses at strange times.

So I was researching front loading machines online and they seem to have a problem with mold and mildew!

I also discovered that you're not supposed to use regular laundry detergent in High Efficiency machines. AND the regular top-loaders may not clean as well as they used to because of new gov't standards on how much water can be used. So now I don't know what to buy!

Boy1's house is progressing slowly... All the electrical wiring, plumbling and insulation is done... The drywall is screwed to the ceiling, but the seams aren't done and we haven't started on the walls... Some of the floor still needs replaced... Most of the siding is up... Later this month we're taking a week's vacation to replace the roof...

Last Thursday we had a Board of Review hearing on the RE tax assessment for Boy1's house... We just showed him my pics of our progress on the house... The guy was very nice and understood what we're going through... He said he'd recommend the assessed value be lowered to $5,000!

And gradually raised until we get it finished.

Boy2 was suspended 3 days in March for fighting... He was also sent to the 'alternative school' for 6 days because he poked another student with an ink pen and it broke the skin.

Last week he wanted a Nintendo DSI (hand-held video game system) and went looking for money in the house. He found $100 of mine and hid it in his room.

He says he realized just how much $100 really is and decided to not use it for a selfish reason. So he put the $100 bill in a collection jar at school. (They were collecting to send clean water to kids in Mexico.) He also says that it never occurred to him to put it back where he found it.

I say it dawned on him that we'd question where he got a $100 bill when it came time to buy the DSI and he didn't want to get caught with it.

He paid me back (and got almost enough money for the DSI) by selling his Play Station 3 to his brother. (Now it's Boy2's $100 in the collection.

)

I gave him these choices:

1. His $100 stays in the collection.
2. I'd ask for the $100 back on the condition that he donate $20 (of his money) to the collection AND he would have to go 100 days without acquiring different video games and/or equipment.

He chose option #1.

Well that's been my life the last month... I need to get some work done over at the house.

Later,