Jessi

day in tweets

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:34:16 GMT

22:51 home from Biltmore Estate by way of the outlet stores. Had a good time, but tired!
08:18 @thebratqueen feel better soon!
11:48 is ordering DSL service. Assuming I keep it it'll be AT LEAST $10 cheaper than I'm paying now! Hopefully it meets expectations
16:04 wants to go outside. its warmer out there than in my house!
16:30 @Cholie same thing in the midlands!

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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:34:14 GMT

08:19 ready to head to Biltmore Estate! Its decorated for Christmas! Woo hoo!

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day in tweets

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:33:05 GMT

11:38 @Cholie how did you rate a 3 day weekend? I'm jealous! big plans?
12:13 @Cholie Ah! I know how that is! taking the 10th off to go to Biltmore Estate just cause its less crowds on weekdays and need to use PTO!
13:08 @Cholie we are actually going again beginning of Dec. We got season passes so we are trying to hit all seasons! :-)
13:08 says "Declare Yourself...Vote." ping.fm/UHulu

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day in tweets

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:31:56 GMT

21:43 is tired from Biltmore Estate, but we had a great time! :-)
08:53 is working on getting on task.
09:01 asks if it is a holiday I don't know about. There are a lot more people than usual walking around my neighborhood this morning!
10:54 has gotten pretty much nothing done. But she has tried and tried! Nothing is cooperating...
11:14 thinks Tami has set a new record of sleeping in since she's been here. She's still going!
12:44 is glad Tami has joined the land of the living! Love ya Tami! ;-)

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day in tweets

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:31:53 GMT

06:55 Workout time AGAIN?!
09:25 Have worked out and showered, now working and seriously contemplating FOOD!
11:07 feels proud that she remembered vitamins. And is glad to hear signs that Tami has joined the land of the living.
12:56 is ready to go for lunch!
15:20 had a lovely lunch and fit an errand in. We'll do some more errands before dinner. We're so productive!
16:32 is quitting for the weekend!!!

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HOUSE IS SOLD!!!

Fri, 30 May 2008 21:22:09 GMT

Thanks to all who sent positive thoughts!! Now to cancel all the expenses related to the old house!

Ack!!

Wed, 14 May 2008 20:53:17 GMT

Just got an email from the president of our HOA saying they had shot and killed a POISONOUS snake in another pond in our neighborhood. There are 3 ponds and my property borders one. The snake in the pictures has wandered off, but I'm sure he hasn't gone far. *shudder*

All Knowing Flist

Wed, 14 May 2008 19:48:12 GMT

Being new to the South (at least living here fulltime) I am not up on my various snakes. What kind of snake is this? Its currently in my back yard. Is it a friendly snake? Or a danger to me and my animals? Sorry for the quality it was hard to get a good picture

Pictures from Biltmore Estate

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:28:12 GMT

I've uploaded pictures from moyawyvern and my trip to Biltmore Estate yesterday, warning there are a LOT of them, but they are GORGEOUS! Beautiful Pictures of Beautiful House and Gardens

Road Trip!!!

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:22:48 GMT

Just got back from a road trip to the Biltmore Estate with moyawyvern. We had a great time, took a billion pictures, and talked ourselves into year round passes. If we go just once more the passes are paid for. We're thinking maybe end of May? Will have to check the schedules... the flowers were beautiful but would have been better if we'd gotten there maybe a week or two ago, the season for them is just ending. Too tired to upload the pictures now (we walked forEVER! SO wish we had had a pedometer to measure how far we walked!), will try to address the pictures tomorrow if my work schedule accommodates. :-)

SEKRIT message to moyawyvern. Got any John Barrowman pictures you could make into some icons for me?

In other news...

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:07:59 GMT

So good news and bad news on the sale of the old house. FINALLY got the back. Details behind the cut:

cracking noted on mortar caps on roof in various areas

Flashing on the vent pipe on the NE corner of the roof is installed incorrectly. Suggest repair to prevent water from dripping down the vent pipe into the structure. The counter flashing at the roof/home/garage roof connection is incomplete

The main condensate drain line for the attic section of the a/c unit should be checked for proper flow as there is evidence of past water collecting in the secondary catch pan under the attic unit

Window at the SW corner of the living room area was noted to have a hole in the exterior window pane

The W. Window in the master bedroom was noted to have a hold in it

The dish spray-gun at the kitchen sink down not appear to function properly. Some minor moisture was noted at the handle of the kitchen sink faucet when tested.

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It sounds like a lot, but they are pretty minor things. I think the windows are the only thing that will really cost money. The great thing is that they also said they want to move the closing date up. Haven't received the paperwork with the new date yet, but end of May was mentioned. That is 2 weeks sooner than before! Woo hoo!

I didn't mention it before the squirrel in the attic finally fell for the trap Sunday morning. Everyone came over here after the ceremony to bury my grandmother's ashes so they all had a good time watching the squirrel before he was taken to the park and let go. Supposedly Daddy has blocked the place he got in from. So far so good!

Pictures!

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:51:08 GMT

Took some pictures of flowers around my neighborhood as I took Savannah for her walk... enjoy! http://picasaweb.google.com/jessifanfic/NeighborhoodFlowers

Text Messaging

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:32:48 GMT

Went ahead and bought a Permanent Account at IJ since it is cheapest I've seen it and he's talking about possibly going with a host that costs more. Also set up properly so that I can get text messages through both LJ and IJ. Apparently the LJ one has been set up wrong for several months... I guess I should have tested that!! Have been productive on Job #2 today so I shall now try to continue that trend...

House Update

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:32:13 GMT

So my realtor called the buyer's realtor and asked about the inspection. It was on Wednesday and we still haven't heard the results. the answer was "they were still discussing it...." WTF? What does that mean? The house is only 7 years old. And yes, there a couple of MINOR things that we are aware of, but nothing big. Now I'm freaked out they are going to use this as an out to get out of the contract. *beats head in*

ETA: They have until Sunday to give us the results of the inspection. I think I might be batshit insane by then. I have the same bad feeling I had when the rental fell through.... *cries*

Con.txt

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:12:16 GMT

I'm registered! Wish I'd made the decision a few weeks ago when it was cheaper... oh well... such is life. :-)

ITS FRIDAY! Yay! Now if only that meant I didn't have to do anymore work. Hmmph.

ARGH!

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:08:59 GMT

Hating my *bleep* job and my *bleep* useless co-workers and my *bleep* customer at the moment. Not that they are always useless, but with this project they are, and I just want to throw them all of the *bleep* *bleep* tallest cliff I can find.

Con.txt

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:05:07 GMT

So who on my friends list is going to Con.txt? I might be able to go after all. Will miss the first day, but could be there for Sat and Sun possibly. Who would I get to meet? *grin*

Critter in the Attic

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:03:29 GMT

So I've suspected for a while there is a critter in the attic. There was only so many times could tell myself that they were on the roof when the attic was right above my head, not the roof. So being the brave, resourceful woman I am... I called Daddy to come investigate. ;-) So Saturday he came over and looked in the attic and said he did think there was a critter but he hadn't seen it. He also thought he knew how they were getting in. So we set up a trap (doesn't hurt them just catches them) with a piece of bread with peanut butter. I waited a couple of days, didn't hear the critter (yay!). Then heard stuff and thought maybe its caught!... yeah no. I locked the animals away (cause they'd run into the attic if I opened the door with them out) and went up to investigate. I opened the door and a squirrel stopped on dime to turn and stare at me. We eyed each other a little while and then I closed the door ( I am so not chasing a squirrel around my attic, especially when he has a way out). He apparently was not interested in the peanut butter bread, it doesn't look like its been touched... So time to come up with a new plan...

IJ Question

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:47:22 GMT

Is there a place to find any known issues with IJ? I can't delete my notifications... I don't want to report it to squeaky if its already a known issue...

So...

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:16:01 GMT

So IJ is back. The issues were with the old host (thank goodness), he hasn't moved yet. So the question is this: do I pay for a permanent account to support the move to the new host and pray issues like these don't happen again? I'm really glad he didn't lose any data in the snafu, for awhile it sounded like he had lost one month's worth... Don't really have a lot of money right now, but its the cheapest I've seen a permanent account before.... oh dilemnas!

Issues with InsaneJournal inbox

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:00:31 GMT

I am unable to delete any of the items in my notifications inbox... is anyone else having this issue?

Offer on House

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:54:39 GMT

Probably jinxing everything by even mentioning it... but got an offer on the old house! It of course sucks, cause its a sucky market, but beggars can't be choosers. So barring any unforeseen complications with the offer I'll probably take it. At least then I'll stop spending money on it... I don't mind paying the mortgage, cause hey, building equity, ya know? But paying for electricity, water, sewer/garbage, HOA... THAT bothers me. A LOT. Its pretty good timing too, just arranged for regular landscaping service to start up again (at a whopping $150/month) and the insurance went up as they realized its vacant now. So money is really really tight now. Was thrilled this morning when my boss agreed to let me expense my internet bill. That's $45 I can put towards the landscaping bill for the old house...

Please please please let this deal go through. Everyone think good thoughts for it. What's more nerve-wracking than usual about it is that they don't want to close until June 13th. 2 months to stress about it possibly falling through. The other sale fell through one week from closing..so I won't be feeling good until the money is in the bank.

*bites nails*

Cold case music

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:41:53 GMT

Did anyone watch Cold Case this week? I'm wondering what the song was that they played at the end of the episode.

Slowness

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:50:24 GMT

Wow is InsaneJournal as slow for everyone else as it is for me?

New Communities

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:48:13 GMT

I went ahead and created my communities sentinelficfind, ncisficfind, wwficfind, ghficfinder and mag7ficfind. I figure there is no reason they can't go ahead and use it now.

Thinking about finding a way to move over the posts from the LJ communities so we have some history and users can find fics that have been searched for before. Not sure how best to go about that though. A lot of the searchers didn't update the actual post with a link to the found fic and since you can't move over comments or edit the posts after they are moved over (at least I don't think you can) that doesn't seem very helpful. Maybe just move over the ones where the searcher updated the post appropriately?