DumboOrBust
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 14, 2000
<font face="comic sans ms"> it to make you offer me some cheese. OOOH! Bad Pun! Bad Pun!
WARNING: THIS POST IS LONG!
I probably won't be at Dis-Con because I will have had a breakdown by then.
Hi, all.
I've missed everyone around here, but I've been going from dawn until dark every day for the last couple of weeks. As some of you know, my sister, Lisa, graduated from college last December. Well, she and her husband and their 3 cats, a dog, and a parrot have been living in a 700 square foot house while she attended college. It's not in the best neighborhood. 
Alan (DH) and I were watching television one night, and they were doing a news story on a guy who had done some horrible things. I said, "Isn't that the house across the street from Lisa?" 
So, I've wanted them to be able to afford a little bit nicer house for a long time. So, we decided that we would start selling off some of her extra stuff on eBay, and then we decided we could have a garage sale (even though I don't love having one ) to sell off some of the larger items. We then decided we needed to start preparing her house for sale, and then we decided to start looking for a house.
So, they found a house last week, and they made an offer on it and it was accepted.
I leave to go to Barb-Con in about 17 days.
Here's our status right now:
1. My computer room has stuff stacked up all over the place that we need to put on eBay or sell in the garage sale.
2. My formal living room has stacks and stacks of Hallmark Ornaments that we are keeping.
3. My newly cleaned out (in preparation for the garage sale) garage has stacks and stacks of stuff to sell.
4. Lisa's house is completely torn up. We painted the living room yesterday, and today we are going to haul all of the stuff from her living room to my garage so we can play "Musical Rooms" with all of the furniture to paint the rest of the house. When Alan was painting yesterday, we just moved the stuff out on the front porch and we thought that was such a good plan. Guess what happened? Yep. It started raining cats and dogs. I freaked out. We definitely don't need more cats and dogs around here.
5. Lisa's parrot is staying with me because of the paint.
6. Eventually, I will need to house all of the animals. I will have 5 cats, a dog, a snake, and a parrot.
7. After we get the inside of her house painted, we have to paint the outside, put the house on the market, take possession of the other house, fix it up, and then move Lisa and Bob and all of their animals.
Alan was going to come with me to Barb-Con, but he's going to stay home and help Lisa and Bob. He's such a wonderful husband.
Okay. I think that's enough whining for now.
BARB-CON, TAKE ME AWAY <--Showing my age there, huh?
I will be at Dis-Con for anyone who actually got this far in the post. I'm just joking (as usual). </font>
WARNING: THIS POST IS LONG!
I probably won't be at Dis-Con because I will have had a breakdown by then.
Hi, all.
I've missed everyone around here, but I've been going from dawn until dark every day for the last couple of weeks. As some of you know, my sister, Lisa, graduated from college last December. Well, she and her husband and their 3 cats, a dog, and a parrot have been living in a 700 square foot house while she attended college. It's not in the best neighborhood. Alan (DH) and I were watching television one night, and they were doing a news story on a guy who had done some horrible things. I said, "Isn't that the house across the street from Lisa?" So, I've wanted them to be able to afford a little bit nicer house for a long time. So, we decided that we would start selling off some of her extra stuff on eBay, and then we decided we could have a garage sale (even though I don't love having one ) to sell off some of the larger items. We then decided we needed to start preparing her house for sale, and then we decided to start looking for a house. So, they found a house last week, and they made an offer on it and it was accepted.
I leave to go to Barb-Con in about 17 days.
Here's our status right now:
1. My computer room has stuff stacked up all over the place that we need to put on eBay or sell in the garage sale.
2. My formal living room has stacks and stacks of Hallmark Ornaments that we are keeping.
3. My newly cleaned out (in preparation for the garage sale) garage has stacks and stacks of stuff to sell.
4. Lisa's house is completely torn up. We painted the living room yesterday, and today we are going to haul all of the stuff from her living room to my garage so we can play "Musical Rooms" with all of the furniture to paint the rest of the house. When Alan was painting yesterday, we just moved the stuff out on the front porch and we thought that was such a good plan. Guess what happened? Yep. It started raining cats and dogs. I freaked out. We definitely don't need more cats and dogs around here.
5. Lisa's parrot is staying with me because of the paint.
6. Eventually, I will need to house all of the animals. I will have 5 cats, a dog, a snake, and a parrot.
7. After we get the inside of her house painted, we have to paint the outside, put the house on the market, take possession of the other house, fix it up, and then move Lisa and Bob and all of their animals.
Alan was going to come with me to Barb-Con, but he's going to stay home and help Lisa and Bob. He's such a wonderful husband.
Okay. I think that's enough whining for now.
BARB-CON, TAKE ME AWAY <--Showing my age there, huh?
I will be at Dis-Con for anyone who actually got this far in the post. I'm just joking (as usual). </font>
You are working so so hard with helping your sister. You are a great sister! She's lucky to have you. 
</font>
