Wow, so much has happened since I mentioned Thanksgiving. Christmas has come and past, and was wonderful. My birthday has also come and past, which was interesting. I saw Repo! the Genetic Opera in Cincinnati with TechBear, as his birthday is a mere two days after mine. We had a wonderful time and had dinner at Dave and Busters beforehand, I had never been so that was a cool experience. My steak was still raw, though, much to the shock of our very new waitress. She had it fixed and all was well. The games were fun too... :)
Christmas meal was phenominal, we really outdid ourselves. But realistically I will not make the full post any time soon, because things are too hectic around here.
To explain...let me tell you a story.
Back in Febuary 2008 water came in through the roof of our side room upstairs. The insurance company sent someone out who quoted us $800 to essentially repaint the room, and specifically stated in all caps that no roof damage was found. We elected to make the repairs ourselves (and by ourselves I mean, the Kitteh) and so the room was patched. All was well until we fast forward to September 14, 2008. Some of you may recall our old friend Ike...as in Hurricane Ike. See, Ike mistook my house for Tina, and beat on a bitch some. The roof over the side room and our upstairs bathroom was torn completely off, leaving only exposed plywood as a surface. This would not have been so bad, but unfortunately we didn't find out until it rained on September 29, 2008. And then it was messed up. So the insurance tells me to pay out of pocket for a tarp to be put on the flat dormor roof, which I do. Then they send a person out to look at it, confirm the roof is gone, and then of all things cut us a check for less than $200 to fix everything and never return our calls...until TechBear got fed up with the Kitteh going crazy each time it rained and took the fight to the insurance company. A conversation with our contractor and TechBear later, the company sent out a new person who cut us a check on the spot for quite a bit more than the original amount. For those keeping track during the story...the good check arrived January 12, 2009. Yes, they dropped the ball.
That's a nice story, but that doesn't explain why you aren't posting, you say. Well, that's because since January 14, 2009 we've been renovating/repair and generally destroying part of our house. And it's eating my soul. I have been without running water in my bedroom for over two weeks now. It will be another week before the new toilet arrives, ditto on sinks. Really, it's not fun being me, I promise. However, the changes are going to be extraordinary.
