And by here, I mean norcal. Thank. Freaking. God. And not a moment too soon, either. Another day in the So Cal deserts and I might, just might have gone insane.



And it’s Everything I Remembered
It’s nice here. The weather’s mild & doesn’t change much, the scenery’s green, and Round Table Pizza is just down the street. OK. We're good.



And in that Vein
NOT eating RTP everyday is going to be a real test of my willpower. Because it smells fantastic from about 6pm to 10pm daily. And while I’d say that for the most part my willpower is tops, in this particular department I have severe issues. Medium. Pepperoni. Thin Crust. Easy sauce. I’ll be there in 15 minutes. Thanks.



If You’re A) My Mother, or B) Married to Her, STOP READING
And now that my mother & stepfather are back in comfy (BLAZING HOT & BROWN) So Cal, we’ve managed to make our little place a home. It’s not that they weren’t a big help, but… we DID have to entertain them while they were here.

And it’s not that we didn’t ENJOY entertaining them – after all, we wanted to show them some of the things that really drew us to the area – it’s just that in betwixt doing all of that, we were not quite able to put things where we wanted them and arrange at will. Example being that the spare bedroom they stayed in will double as our office & “catch-all” room. And it’s hard to put all our junk in there when all their junk is in there. But in all fairness, I should note that after they left, I noticed quite a large pile of stuff still laying about, meaning that quite a large portion was in fact still our junk in the first place.

But now our bedroom is complete, the bathroom is complete, the laundry, kitchen, & dining rooms are all complete. There’s the matter of getting speaker stands & properly running wires for them in the living/family room still, And our office is minus a desk at the moment, and we could use a filing cabinet for our, um, files. I think we've accomplished more in the last 2 days than we could have in week with them here.

And all it took was the removal of family. I’ve been sayin’ it for years! :-D

Love you guys!



Need $$ Help? How I was Saved by the Club Card
Went to Safeway last night to do our stocking run. I new it was going to be expensive getting all this stuff we didn’t have, but needed, all at once. So we went cheap, and even though we’re all about the organic, I must admit I cheaped out for the club card savings.

Luckily. Took our bill down a whopping $40. Some 25% savings. And at this stage, we could use all the help we can. You have no idea how much money we have spent over the last couple of weeks getting this thing straight. So I’ll give you an idea

• Gas & lodging for the trip up here to find the place & sign the paperwork.

• Deposit & first month’s rent for the place.

• Gas & lodging for the trip back to pack our stuff.

• Gas for 2 Vehicles to get up back up to the area. Family helped with the gas on the 3rd. Yay!

• Miscellaneous costs to get things we didn’t have that we now needed. Think salt, pepper, spices, kitchen trash cans, bathroom supplies, Playboy subscription, blow-up dolls, & leather S&M attire. OK, I’m Joking. I bought salt & pepper shakers a long time ago.

• Food stocking. Yeah. Pricey.

• Utilities, all at once.