If you're renting why do you have to do yard work? Doesn't she have to give you notice? What if you were having a week where you were working 16 hour days, but totally intended to have it clean the next week?

I think my cranky is being redirected at your landlady. My house is crap right now, but the maid comes tomorrow. I imagine our landlady would be all, WTF? if she saw it, but she lives next door and knows it gets messy, but also knows it will be cleaned up.

::smooches juliana back::

The painters who were supposed to come Monday, then Tuesday, then Wednesday are finally here. I get to find out whether Vulcan Gray with a Mediterranean Blue door is really a good idea.

It's in the lease that yard work is my repsonsibility, it was my grandomther's when she lived here (she had someone come in and do the raking and mowing).

I'll be honest and say the clutter is really bad in my house, not collector bad but not great either. Maybe if it weren't cluttered she would have overlooked the state of the kitchen but since it was all that combined she got pissed at me treating the house badly.

I'm pretty sure she has to give notice, her mother actually owns the property and she only took over responsiblity when her mother went into a care facility so she doesn't have much experience being a landlady and at one point said she was thinking of hiring a management company.

A co worker said I should send a note with my rent saying she's free to drop by anytime to inspect the house as long as she gives me 24 notice.

The other thing is my rent is very low. It's $450/mth and they could easily get $700 or $800. So she may start thinking not renewing the lease is a good idea, or raising the rent on me is a good idea.

A co worker said I should send a note with my rent saying she's free to drop by anytime to inspect the house as long as she gives me 24 notice.

That's a good idea.

I'm glad it's a good deal. I just get a little pissy when it feels like I'm back living with my parents. I had a landlady at my first apartment who wanted to dictate whether or not I had boys over.

askye, I'm sorry your landlord is being a PITA.

In totally unrelated news, Christopher is on the mend, but still home sick. Right now, he's in the living room singing, "I love you. I love you. I love you you you. You love I love you."

I am slain.

Catching up ...

Plei's hair is wonderful, Jilli and Cass are splendid, Em is adorable. Not news, but repeating what's been said.

And, considering Em's parents, she may well create a zombie army ... PINK zombies, possibly with tiaras.

And, considering Em's parents, she may well create a zombie army ... PINK zombies, possibly with tiaras.

The problem is keeping them pink...even if the paint doesn't flake, the skin it's on does.

The tiaras, however, are no problem. Staple gun.

sometimes I feel like I need to be more bold with my makeup. I don't wear a lot generally (most days, it's moisturizer, eyeliner and powder and I'm done) Eyeshadows are dark and or muted. Maybe someone will help me with make up for the F2F.

Are you willing to do gold liquid liner? Because, damn, you'd look good with gold liquid liner.

Cass looks gorgeous all gothed up! (And a little like Jennifer Tilley which I don't think I'd noticed before.)

I saw a certain recent picture of the latter, and my first thought was, "Huh. She looks like Cass there."

Vampire pictures! Yay!

Nose at the point where tasting doesn't happen.

Need more decongestants. Suspect pollen warring with cold for Nasal Domination.

But my hair is cute.

So, there is that.

No more germs are allowed in Cindy's house or anywhere near the Topic! family.

Sweet little boy you got there Cindy.