whirlwind

monday~ just out of curiosity's sake call old property management company to see if there were any vacancies. there is. make appointment for wednesday (01.12.11) to see said vacancy. not 10 minutes after making appointment, they show up to post the notice that the bank now owns the unit. holy crap.

tuesday~ talk, talk and talk.....yeah we pretty much moved into the apartment in our heads lol....oh this would look good there....omg, the WINDOWS! (we currently have ONE FUCKING WINDOW....no air, no light, nothing, it's a cave)....is this really happening this quick? holy crap!

wednesday~ i wake up with a horrible headache, but fortunately it goes away quickly with motrin and coffee. mum wakes up with a horrible headache and ends up yakking multiple times.....hmmmm, morning isn't starting off very well. aunt flo comes for a visit, early mind you. now the morning simply sucks. mum gets a neck and hand massage, feels better. get in the car and drive to LB. see the apt., go talk to receptionist, call cash for keys lady, get approved for $2,300 to be gone by the 29th, hot damn. talk to the receptionist some more, she talks to big wig, he doesn't even hesitate, of course they can move in.....put deposit down, go to LYS, get celebratory Malabrigo, come home. we're moving next week HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!

now i must go pass out =) =) =)

ETA: did i mention it's only 2 blocks from the beach?!?!?!?!?!

boxes!!!

we need boxes, lots of boxes! why? because today was the best day EVER! the day we have been waiting for since July or August of last year finally happened. they came to put the notice on our door saying the bank owns this unit now =) =) =) =) =) most people might be really pissed that this happened to them, but not us! this means that we no longer have to pay rent to the former douchebag owner AND the bank will give us "cash for keys" to help us relocate.

i knew this month was different, that gut instinct to not pay rent right away...and it paid off. it makes me shudder to think that if we had paid rent that Tom wouldn't have said anything to us like "oh yeah hey, here's your rent back because the foreclosure on the unit is being finalized", he wouldn't have given it back, he would have just taken it like the greedy bastard that he is.

the day started off pretty well....mum decided that the blond was washing out her color too much so we went and got some beautiful red hair dye, came home and hooked her up. i've always wanted to see her with red hair and well i'll be damned if it doesn't look spectacular on her =)

then it just kept getting better. mum called Lavington, the people who manage the apartments that we moved out of to move here (oh how i wish we had never moved here)....they have a 1 bedroom available in the same building we moved out of! we set up an appointment to look at it this wednesday. mum is pretty confident that it's a "sure thing"....me being the ever pessimistic person that i am, have my reservations, but that's prolly just me not wanting to jinx it =)

not 10 minutes after we got off the phone to set up the appointment they came to post the notice. it was the icing on the cake, put everything into perspective, made everything feel right.

we're going home!

Palm Springs Bucket List

1~ Salton Sea  ~ Sunday January 9th, 2011
2~ Joshua Tree while it's snowing
3~ Arial Tram
4~ Walk downtown with my camera

short, sweet & to the point =)

1x1 ribbing

i am actually really enjoying the 1x1 ribbing for the brim of my cable beret....could be that it's on circs instead of dpns (kinda bored of them today) or it could be that it's Malabrigo.....yeah, that's prolly why =) yummiest yarn ever. single ply (love ALL single ply), soft, gorgeous colors *sigh* yarny heaven =)

i need one of these....

adorable little tape measure, every crafter needs one! i don't care what the cover is, although the snail is rather  precious hehe.

anyway, today has been a pretty good day. babygirl woke up in a good mood, no fits before school which is a blessing. it prolly has a LOT to do with the fact that we aren't taking MNS to school any more, that kid i tell you, has issues, but then again with a mother like his, who wouldn't? that's a rant for another day though. 

i've come to realize that my reigns on kiddo are a tad too tight and that is no bueno. she's at the age where she doesn't want to be alone yet wants her independence, wants to be a BIG GIRL. like she needs to grow up any faster? sheesh. so, i'm lightening up some, letting her take her showers after school all by her self, not nagging her as much, not saying no all the time, so far so good. i hugged/talked her out of what looked like could be a very nasty fit before bed tonight. she went to bed happy and with a smile on her face, that's always a damn good thing, needs to happen every night =) it's a win-win deal too, she goes to bed happy and so do mum & i =) =) =) being a mom is a never ending learning experience, trial and error, ups and downs, but never a dull moment.

so the Winter swap is up and running...everyone has their partners and addresses, good stuff. i'm pretty geeked about sending my package, i hope she loves it =) 

i miss my 3 kitties so much =( 

i want to go home =( i finally admitted (out loud that is) to mum the other day that i would have rather stayed in the place Poppa died then ever move here. i loath this place. this place sucks the life/energy/happiness out of me. i need the ocean again. I need to work on my PS Bucket List.

tomorrow is going to be filled with lots of little things that need to get done, should fill the time babygirl is at school with no problem:

~ bleach mums hair

~ dye my hair

~ make my light box

~ laundry

~ some light cleaning

~ paint finger & toe nails

....prolly won't have much time to knit (or crochet) but that's cool, i should have nothing but free time once kiddo gets home and her homework is done =)

back to my 1x1 ribbing before bed <3