Blatherskite

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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Tag: Good Clean House

  • on a lighter note

    We have been inspired by the movie Rent (which we just watched the other night for the first time) to write a musical based on our house buying nightmare. We already have a name for it. It’s called “A Good Clean House.” and we also have the beginings of some songs. We’ve been cracking ourselves…

  • I am losing my frigging mind

    the following may turn out to be a raving rant. Just so you know. So we went to look at the house on Monday to see if the electrical stuff had, indeed, been fixed. We took my stepdad with us because he has worked in construction and maintenance all of his life. Our realtor told…

  • An interesting turn of events

    Okay, so I told you about how the seller is in Mexico and stuff? And that this is just about the straw that breaks the camel’s back? Well, Raf and I have been discussing, even before the whole Mexico thing, how we should file a complaint with the Board of Realtors. We really, really feel…

  • Another house update.

    Ever the drama. Well, we’ve been waiting since monday for the seller to decide on fixing the electric stuff. We haven’t heard a thing about it all week. Actually, it was kind of nice not having to think about it all week. But we did get kind of worried when yesterday rolled around and we…

  • house update

    Well, we had our inspection and the house came out fairly okay. There are some electrical issues that we are going to ask her to fix before we move in. Will keep you posted. This whole thing has gotten me so stressed out. It’s so bad that I’m having panic attacks in my dreams. ugh.