I got "tagged!"
The rules:
1. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
2. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
3.At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
4. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.
Here we go:
1. I used to Rock Climb regularly, but I haven't in a long long time.
2. I hate spiders. I'm scared of them. They are creepy and have lots of legs and they scurry. Scurrying is creepy and gross.
3. I hate avocados. I don't get what people like about then so much.
4. I think I'm allergic to talking on the phone. I don't do it, even with my BFF. I'm just not a long phone conversation person.
5. I was a hooker. Don't get excited, Hooker is a position in Rugby. I played Rugby in College.
6. I own the condo I lived in with my parents when I was in High School. My Senior year, we all moved out, and ten years later, my DH bought that same exact condo.
7. I have a scar on my forehead you can only see when I cry. I got it when I was two when I fell on my Fisher Price Farm.
8. I had 51 Cabbage Patch Kids when I was little.
Those are my facts. I haven't tagged anyone yet...I have to think about that one ....
Friday, June 22, 2007
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
How many people does it take?
I swear to you, DH and I must have been really horrible, slimy, and dishonest contractors in a previous life. We get screwed over every single time we attempt to improve our home. Yesterday, workers were supposed to come out to install new closet doors in our bedroom and in the coat closet in our living room. I was home in the morning to take care of sending my broken Sirius radio back to Sirius (another story), and to deal with the closet guys when they got there. I was hoping to then leave them to their business, and get my ass to work.
So, I take care of going to the UPS store, and then go home to let the guys in. They come in, and all seems well. Then the dude installing the track in the living room (mind you, there were doors here before, we just hated them and wanted nicer ones), anyway the dude in there drills a nail right into a water pipe. So now my living room is flooding. we gather buckets and save the floors. The closet guy calls his boss, and then says, we're really sorry, but now we have to go to our other appointments for today. And they leave. I have water coming out of my ceiling, but whatever - they are gone.
Because the pipes are communal and affect the whole building, we have to call the HOA. HOA sends a guy out to asses what the situation is. Meanwhile, the owner of Interior Doors, Inc calls me. He says that they are not responsible and are not going to pay for repairs. WTF?!?!?!? I say, well, I have a pipe with a hole in it and I didn't poke it, so who is responsible? He says, there isn't usually a pipe there. So the #%^& what? Seriously. I don't give a flying fig newton! Have you guys ever heard of a STUD FINDER? It beeps and tells you were to put a nail in so you don't hit things like pipes. HE says, well, you're going to have to pay for it, and we'll have to argue about it later, because you're the one with water in your house. Oh. My. Frigging. Goodness. He's basically telling me I'm the one who's screwed here and I don't have a choice. I'm so furious at that point, I can't even speak. Then he says he's sending out his plumber, but we'd have to pay if we wanted it fixed.
Meanwhile, the HOA guy explains that technically it isn't their responsibility either, because we had independent contractors out, and they damaged the property. I tell him how the owner is being an ass and is refusing to pay, so HOA guy calls the owner of our management company, who also happens to be lawyer, and that guy takes pity on us, and tries calling the owner of the door company. After talking to HIM, he feels even more sorry for us, so he calls the HOA's plumbers.
Now we have two plumbers coming out and the guy from HOA out front, waiting to tell the door company's plumbers to go home.
HOA plumber shows up and begins working on pipe - meaning - cutting holes in our ceiling.
Door Plumber never shows. Finally Door Company owner calls and says, never mind, our plumber is busy, he can't help you. I say I figured you weren't going to be much help, I already have someone here taking care of it, and I still expect your company to be responsible. He says, I have somewhere to be, I'm not arguing with you right now, I'll call you tomorrow, and we can argue all you want then.
Okay, whatever. It gets worse.
Plumber is soldering a pipe. He burns through an electrical wire. Poof! Out goes electricity. Oh no - I think we need an electrician, he says. Now we have no water, and no power. I laughed at this point. Hee, Hee, Hee. HOA guy laughed with me. He said, Ma'am - you've got a black cloud over your head. I said, no, I've got a damn hurricane.
The sun did peek through - HOA people said to go ahead and send all bills to them, they'd pay them and deal with the Door company. Thank goodness. Also, water and electricity are fixed, but I have a hole in the ceiling still (Painting, plasterer have to come out and fix that), and no, closet doors still. They took the old ones AND the new ones away.
Oh, I never made it to work, obviously.
So, we are the only people on Earth who need:
Contractors
Plumbers
Electricians
Painters
Plasterers
Managers
and Lawyers
just to replace a closet door. ALL IN ONE DAY.
So, I take care of going to the UPS store, and then go home to let the guys in. They come in, and all seems well. Then the dude installing the track in the living room (mind you, there were doors here before, we just hated them and wanted nicer ones), anyway the dude in there drills a nail right into a water pipe. So now my living room is flooding. we gather buckets and save the floors. The closet guy calls his boss, and then says, we're really sorry, but now we have to go to our other appointments for today. And they leave. I have water coming out of my ceiling, but whatever - they are gone.
Because the pipes are communal and affect the whole building, we have to call the HOA. HOA sends a guy out to asses what the situation is. Meanwhile, the owner of Interior Doors, Inc calls me. He says that they are not responsible and are not going to pay for repairs. WTF?!?!?!? I say, well, I have a pipe with a hole in it and I didn't poke it, so who is responsible? He says, there isn't usually a pipe there. So the #%^& what? Seriously. I don't give a flying fig newton! Have you guys ever heard of a STUD FINDER? It beeps and tells you were to put a nail in so you don't hit things like pipes. HE says, well, you're going to have to pay for it, and we'll have to argue about it later, because you're the one with water in your house. Oh. My. Frigging. Goodness. He's basically telling me I'm the one who's screwed here and I don't have a choice. I'm so furious at that point, I can't even speak. Then he says he's sending out his plumber, but we'd have to pay if we wanted it fixed.
Meanwhile, the HOA guy explains that technically it isn't their responsibility either, because we had independent contractors out, and they damaged the property. I tell him how the owner is being an ass and is refusing to pay, so HOA guy calls the owner of our management company, who also happens to be lawyer, and that guy takes pity on us, and tries calling the owner of the door company. After talking to HIM, he feels even more sorry for us, so he calls the HOA's plumbers.
Now we have two plumbers coming out and the guy from HOA out front, waiting to tell the door company's plumbers to go home.
HOA plumber shows up and begins working on pipe - meaning - cutting holes in our ceiling.
Door Plumber never shows. Finally Door Company owner calls and says, never mind, our plumber is busy, he can't help you. I say I figured you weren't going to be much help, I already have someone here taking care of it, and I still expect your company to be responsible. He says, I have somewhere to be, I'm not arguing with you right now, I'll call you tomorrow, and we can argue all you want then.
Okay, whatever. It gets worse.
Plumber is soldering a pipe. He burns through an electrical wire. Poof! Out goes electricity. Oh no - I think we need an electrician, he says. Now we have no water, and no power. I laughed at this point. Hee, Hee, Hee. HOA guy laughed with me. He said, Ma'am - you've got a black cloud over your head. I said, no, I've got a damn hurricane.
The sun did peek through - HOA people said to go ahead and send all bills to them, they'd pay them and deal with the Door company. Thank goodness. Also, water and electricity are fixed, but I have a hole in the ceiling still (Painting, plasterer have to come out and fix that), and no, closet doors still. They took the old ones AND the new ones away.
Oh, I never made it to work, obviously.
So, we are the only people on Earth who need:
Contractors
Plumbers
Electricians
Painters
Plasterers
Managers
and Lawyers
just to replace a closet door. ALL IN ONE DAY.
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