Author: leilani

Found a cheap vacuum cleaner yesterday after a bunch of hemming and hawing at ye Wal Mart.  I am honestly not sure there’s all that much difference between a $50 vac and a $90 one, but we went with the $90-something one because it supposedly does better with pet hair.  Much as we love him,…

Gotta love it when I fall asleep almost as soon as I get home from work.  Which explains why I’m awake at O’mygoditsthemiddleofthenight.  I will undoubtedly return for another snooze-fest midday, which has become kind of my weekend pattern lately.  Meanwhile, back at the blog, here I am.  Iz.  Or whatever the latest bad grammar…

One VERY busy morning later, we’re ahead a few things for the house.  We went yard-sale-ing and hit SAS Fabrics.  SAS Fabrics is my friend.  While I couldn’t find anything for $1 a yard, I found some reversible, heavy drapery material for $3.99 a yard which will lend itself beautifully to Roman shades.  That’s my…

Whew…  What a week. I was supposed to sign papers on the house last Thursday.  Then Friday.  I ended up signing them Monday.  Then a technicality cropped up – not something that theoretically should stop us from getting the house, just one that could potentially push out our closing date.  I most assuredly don’t want…

And lo, the heavens opened and the angels cried: “Look out below!” We FINALLY got a house.  Smaller than we wanted, a whole heck of a lot more money than we wanted to spend, but this time both parties signed on the dotted line (and thank God for it.)  The upside is that while it’s…