joy and shadows

Goddamn it, Verizon.

Leaving nasty messages on my machine asking for the bill to be paid would be slightly more justified if you had, oh I don't know, SENT ME A BILL IN THE FIRST PLACE?

Assholes.

Ain't this the truth.

I like book memes.

These are the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing's users (as of today). As usual, bold what you have read, italicize those you started but couldn't finish, and strike through what you couldn't stand. Add an asterisk to those you've read more than once. Underline those on your to-read list.

( here we go! )

Several dealers in cheap swords have been putting out Bleach replicas.

...Why is Shirayuki not one of them?

COME ON, BITCHES, SHOUT OUT FOR THE ICE PRINCESS, K?

I'm going to get my new Honda Fit this week. We looked at the Scion xD, and while it did make me think twice, I still like the Fit better.

So excited. It's adorable and fun, and it reminds me of my dear departed Red Rocket.

Now to get a big magnetic block "R" for the tailgate! :D

Madeleine L'Engle dies at 88

I loved her books. My mother read the "Wrinkle in Time" books to me, and all of my unicorn Breyer horses were named "Gaudior." Go in peace, Madeleine.

I ordered our new bed. Woo hoo! No more full size bed! Full size is such a pain in the ass - you can never find good sheets for them at the Marshall's.

Bought the first of two HDTVs yesterday at Costco.

Husband is throwing up his hands at my waffling over countertops, so I'm going off to All State Granite and Marble this afternoon if I can get there in time. They have such pretty things!

The house is a disaster area and will probably look that way for the short-term. Disassembled furniture is lying all over the place, and we don't even have trash cans.

I HAS A DISHWASHER

NO SRSLY

I have not had a dishwasher in seven years.

My in-laws have one, and they tend to use it as a drying rack, even during large dinner parties. This is the kind of thing that justifies large-scale massacre.

But we have our own now, and I just ran a load, and it makes me SO HAPPY I MUST CAPSLOCK ABOUT IT.

Almost ready to go.

Most of the painting is done. We still have a lot of trim to do, if we want to do it at all, but the walls are finished. The new hardwood floor is down in the guest room and the master bedroom, and that's about all the flooring we're going to do, at least right now. I'd love to put in wood floors downstairs, too, but it's expensive and time-consuming.

We shampooed the carpets last night - huge difference. I'm sure a professional cleaning would be even better, but even just a treatment with the rental unit made the carpets look much more sanitary. The water we poured out of the shampooer was absolutely disgusting. Amazing to think it had all come from the carpet.

Much of our stuff has already been moved over. Because the new house is not too far away, we have been loading up my car at night with boxes, and then we unload them into the basement after work. The amount of crap we have managed to accumulate is staggering, and that doesn't include the storage shelter.

Still to-do: disassemble furniture, pack up china, pack clothes.

Two more days until we move.