I couldn't afford to live here alone if my parents hadn't bought the house in 1979 or whatever.
Yep, I'd be lucky to rent a room in my house if it hadn't been purchased in the 70s.
As soon as he paused for breath, I said, "I wouldn't work with anyone who cold called me", and hung up.
Jilli's my hero.
Also, if your father happens to answer with a gun he got for xmas and tells them very politely no thanks and please don't knock again, they never will? (The gun was happenstance - he didn't take it to the door on purpose. There's always a gun for xmas, right hippocampus?)
Bwahahahaha!
This going to work five days in a row thing, I don't like it.
SERIOUSLY.
Wow, Brenda, that's awesome! Fingers crossed!
I went to an author event at the local indie book store and told the author she owed her niece (my friend) a toaster for recruiting me to her books, she told me she has a friend who lives in Utah who, whenever her doorbell is rung by Nice Young Mormon types, grabs a copy of HER book and proceeds to tell the NYMs about this book that changed her life. I told her she owed the friend a radar range. (Are those still a thing even?)