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We got a very interesting phone call at work today.  One of our homeowners paid up on their home last week so they could start moving.  Well we didn’t have all of the invoices in at the time, and it was understood that they could move, but this bill would be outstanding and when it came in, if it was over the allowance they would need to pay the difference.  Well, we got the bill yesterday, and they were over the allowance.  I sent them an email with the updated numbers, and am about to send them copies of the invoices for the outstanding item, and told them that they would need to talk to the supplier if the overage wasn’t what they were expecting.

This morning we got a call from their neighbor chewing us out for their overages.  Excuse me?  You their neighbor?  Well, first off, I am bound by a contract that I can not discus the particulars of any home under contract with anyone other than the homeowner, so I don’t care if you’re the Pope, you aren’t getting anything out of me.  Second, yes we do our houses with a contract amount and have allowances built into the contract amount, but when you go over an allowance you us the difference, and when you are under an allowance we owe you the difference.  It isn’t my fault that they picked out things that put them over their allowances, their the ones who just had to have this and had to have that, not me.

When I talked to the husband, he did apologize for his neighbor and expressed how sorry he was that they did that.  Then came the part that told me what hadn’t happened.  He asked if we had gotten that last of the invoices in.  Translation, his wife didn’t show him the email!  Like she can hide it from him.  He’ll figure it out when we don’t file a release of lien on their property.  Obviously some people don’t think about stuff like that.

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halijani:

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jgrolol:

If you’re a Grobie reblog with your twitter username! I’m creating a listing and want to add you to the JGroArmy! Also a fun way to meet new tweety Grobies.

Mine: SherryBayBay

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You really need to watch it to the end!  He plays Yankee Doodle and it’s a very unique interpretation of it.

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Well, it is official, we are starting our house.  We’ve already done the dirt work, but I haven’t taken a picture of it yet.  This is what it looked like pre-dirt work.  I can’t wait to get started building.  I want to get out of the apartment and stop renting!  I feel like I’m just throwing money away.  It is going to be interesting, there are going to be somethings that Mike and I agree on, but then there are going to be somethings that we’ll just have to compromise on.  The appliances are going to be one.  I don’t want stainless, and he does.  That is going to be interesting to say the least.

I’m also going back to school.  Yeah, I know, I’m nuts.  Building a house and going back to school at the same time, I may end up in the nut house.  Hopefully I wont and everything will go smoothly.

The next few months are going to be an interesting ride!

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(via blimpsandwindmills)

I thought this was the view of an ocean, but then I looked closer to the bottom left corner and realized it was clouds.  You know that what’s going on below can’t be good with as dark as the clouds are, but up there, it’s as calm and peaceful as can be.

The wonders of our world will never cease to amaze me.

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One thing that Ron White was correct in stating was, “You can’t fix stupid.” Why do people throw away owner manuals? Why do people not read their owner manuals? I know I am guilty of not reading the owner manuals on some items, but there are some that I will read before I touch the item in question. Such as the owners manual for a wood burning stove. I would read it from cover to cover before I put one stick of wood in it. I have a homeowner who is not only burning “green” wood in their stove, but they don’t know what temp they’re burning it at because they don’t have a thermostat on it like they are supposed to, like the owner manual says. From what we can tell, they are burning the fire so hot that they have cracked flue tile in the chimney! WTF!? How do you get a fire so hot that you crack flue tile? That would be to hot to stay in the house! These people could burn their house down! Their house that is only five years old! I’m sure that some of you are wondering why “green” wood is such a big deal, well, it creates creosote. Creosote is a substance that builds up in a chimney that is highly flammable and can cause a chimney fire. The company that produced the stove has even put a suggested maintenance regimen in the owners manual. It tells them to check it once a month to make sure that there is no creosote build up in the chimney, and that if they can’t see it to do it to hire a professional to do it for them. I’d hire a professional for something like that no mater what. I could just see myself messing something up and burning my house down! I’m not stupid when it comes to fire! Let the professionals deal with all of that. These people spent all this money on a brand new house, and through their own stupidity, they could burn it down. Some people are just so stupid.

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Thanks, Julia

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jordini:

Jordini performing magic for Joshua Bell!

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Coffee  filters …… Who knew!   And you can buy 1,000 at the Dollar Tree for almost nothing even the large ones.

1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the  microwave.  Coffee filters make excellent covers.

2. Clean windows, mirrors, and chrome.  Coffee filters are lint-free so they’ll leave windows sparkling.

3.  Protect China by separating your good dishes with a coffee filter between each dish.

4.  Filter broken cork from wine.  If you break the cork when opening a wine bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter.

5.  Protect a cast-iron skillet.  Place a coffee filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.

6.  Apply shoe polish.  Ball up a lint-free coffee filter.  

7.  Recycle frying oil.  After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a coffee filter.

8.  Weigh chopped foods.  Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a  kitchen scale.

9.  Hold tacos.  Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods.

10.  Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot.  Line a plant  pot with a coffee filter to prevent the soil from going through  the drainage holes.

11.  Prevent a Popsicle from dripping.  Poke one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter.

12.  Do you think we used expensive strips to wax eyebrows?  Use strips of coffee filters.

13.  Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, French fries, chicken  fingers, etc on them.  It soaks out all the grease.  

14.  Keep in the bathroom.  They make great “razor nick fixers.”

15.   As a sewing backing.  Use a filter as an easy-to-tear backing for embroidering or appliqueing soft fabrics.

16.  Put baking soda into a coffee filter and insert into shoes or a closet to absorb or prevent odors.

17.  Use them to strain soup stock and to tie fresh herbs in to put in soups and stews.

18.  Use a coffee filter to prevent spilling when you add fluids to your car.

19.  Use them as a spoon rest while cooking and clean up small counter spills. 

 20.  Can use to hold dry ingredients when baking or when cutting a piece of fruit or veggies.  Saves on having extra bowls to wash.

21.  Use them to wrap Christmas ornaments for storage.

22.  Use them to remove fingernail polish when out of cotton balls.

23.  Use them to sprout seeds.  Simply dampen the coffee filter, place seeds inside, fold it and place it into a plastic baggie until they sprout.

24. Use coffee filters as blotting paper for pressed flowers. Place the flowers between two coffee filters and put the coffee filters in  phone book.

25.  Use as a disposable “snack bowl” for popcorn, chips, etc. 

OH YEAH THEY ARE GREAT TO USE IN YOUR COFFEE MAKERS TOO.

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Posted 2 years ago Comments

Lately many things have hit home with me.

Today music lost DJ AM, Adam Goldstein, to an apparent drug over dose.  I’ve had many friends get lost in the dark world of drugs, some have found their way out, and some haven’t.  Drugs are never a way to make things better.  I know that for many of you I am, as we say here in the South, “preaching to the choir” but you may know someone who has lost their way and who needs to be shown the light.  Please be that light for them, show them what life can be like if they just try.

My Boss, Jimmy Stanley, also passed away today.  He was the only person willing to give me a job after college and I will always remember the opportunity that he gave me.  He wasn’t always the greatest person or best boss in the world, but he was one of those people who was always there to lend an ear, and could make the business side of things something that any one could understand.

We never know when our last day here on Earth will be, and we never know how we will meet that end.  Please remember to tell those close to you what they mean to you, and never let the opportunity to talk to them or see them pass.  You don’t know what tomorrow will hold, or if it will even come.  Don’t leave home mad, don’t let the last words you say to someone be in anger, and don’t forget to take a chance every now and then.

Live for today, dream for tomorrow, and always remember that you are loved.

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LOL!!!!

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Beautiful song + Josh Groban = Perfect Combination.

Thank you Lexxa!

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