a wolf angel is not a good angel

I think I hear chirping.
In my fireplace.

It might be freezing cold here, and it might be only September, but I have a fireplace!

Found out why dishonest contractor never got back in touch with me — he’s trying to sue the old owner. I assume I’ll get more info later. When he gets back in touch with me, I have a written estimate for one thing (where he charged TWO TIMES the estimate), so that should work. The […]

The house next door to my parents’ house — priced *at least* 50% more than it is worth (and about 2.5 times what they paid for it, a few years ago — they didn’t do major renovations, but they did fix up a lot of it — and most people figure it’s priced more like […]

Since someone is coming to drop off art, and then other people are coming to look at it with me, I need to clean up. I started around 8:15 this morning, and I take more breaks than I do work. My bathroom is clean (including the toilet), and my kitchen is cleanish, but I have […]

I decided to look at an open house near my place today, just out of curiosity.
A comparison, for the features I remember offhand.

my place

other place

size

950 sq feet

822 sq feet

condo fees

X

.4X

taxes

X

1.1X

appliances

all included

none included

balcony

1 small in front, 1 large and sunny in back

none

heating costs

previous owner: 80/month, me, under 40 in the winter

current tenant: 120/month

street

more or less […]

Condo meeting next week! This should be exciting. We’re finishing the nasty argument discussion about last year’s work, and discussing sealing the balconies. I’d like to add “meeting scheduling” to the meeting. And I am sure there are a huge list of other things on the agenda. And I will get a sneak peak this […]

Now that the leaves grew in, during a very brief respite from the three weeks of near constant rain.

My herbs and flowers bucket. I actually also want to grow some herbs separately, but I can’t decide which ones: basil, of course, and cilantro, but I have something which will hold *three* sets of herbs, so […]

Best wishes to Moebius Stripper, who has had her offer accepted on a condo. Since she almost certainly is in a building with more co-owners than I am, I wish her great joy at the condo meetings. With luck, her first annual meeting will not end with someone leaving the meeting crying; if it does, […]

That made *total sense*. Gah. It was *horrible*.
I have to work out what sorts of air conditioning can be done, and what it would or would not imply for holes in the walls and stuff — there’s that ductless thing, which I think is supposed to make sense? Because if I don’t really need […]