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Wow, it's been awhile. And there was a post brewing in my head, right up until the time when I went to post... OK, so when I was checking my last coupe of posts to see what I had said before. Just: proof! Gone!

Let's see. DH and I did manage to buy that attached 6.9 acres. That took us to 11.9 acres. It's a good thing we have a tractor. And that I like using it.

We have narrowed down the whole food allergy thing to corn. I know I said last time that corn starch was ok. I was wrong. The reaction was masked as something else. Like swollen feet after my SiL's wedding. I just thought that my shoes had irritated my feet. Only I did not wear them for long because they were uncomfortable. And the irritation extended far above where the shoes sat.

So, yeah. No corn. But, at least it seems that it is not always the corn byproducts. Dextrose, for example, seems to be fine. Which means we can use table salt. Yay.

MiL maybe, finally, believes that it is good related. Maybe. But only because I have finally gone 3 whole weeks without hives.

Or, sometime in the next couple of weeks, she will remind me to ask again about chronic hives at my next appointment.

What was I going to post about?

Oh!!! That's what!

OK, so I know I have mentioned that I have a sister. At one point, I think I actually said that I have 3 siblings, and we all have J names. My brother and eldest sister are from my father's first marriage. There's a lot of hurt feelings involved. I am fb friends with them, but that is about it.

My eldest sister, I have not seen in over 20 years. Dad died in '92. That was the last time I saw her.

Anyway. Janice, the sister, started a new relationship a few years ago. She got married today, according to FB. I dunno, I wasn't invited.

I'm a bit weirded out by the relationship. Why? Because her new husband shares a last name with my husband. It they are related, it is very distantly. Still, weirded out.

Kindle and autocorrect do not like me. I consistently hit the period instead of the space bar. It causes grammar issues.

So, it's been six weeks now since I started having an allergic reaction to something. I finally had a dermatology appointment yesterday. I liked the NP. So, yay.

Official diagnosis is hives, which I knew. I am also now on an elimination diet to try to figure it out. Fun. No milk, eggs, tomatoes, pork, nuts, or a couple of other things.

Seriously, if I'm reacting to tomatoes, I'm going to throw the biggest fit. I love tomatoes.

I knew an elimination diet was the next step, I just... didn't want to do it. It's a hassle. Luckily, my MiL is being good about it, since my doctor told me to do it.

Also, 2 new prescriptions. One could cause mood changes. Isn't that fun?

Anyway, first day of the diet went ok. Except that I got too hungry while at Wal-Mart. I didn't cheat, though.

In other news, Eldest turns 18 next week. WHAT!?!?!

And DH is two months overdue for knee injections because the VA is stupid.

First of all, I actually contacted support for the craziness that is the dialogue box. Basically, the Rich Text Editor is ancient and doesn't like modern things. So, to the HTML editor we go.

Look, Ma, no random capitalization!

What's been happening? We just went to Volunteer Jam XX. It's a concert the Charlie Daniels Band puts on. Not every year, because he started in '74 and this was number 20. Often enough, though.

We went last year as well. The format this year was different. The majority of the acts only sang one song. Still, I got to see Lynrd Synyrd, Billy Gibbons, Allison Krause...

And it is not scrolling down. I am currently typing under the section that has location and comment screening
That's just wild...

Anyway,we took the older 2 boys. Only, we didn't think to get them tickets when we got tickets. So, we had floor seats and theu still had tickets.

Ok, it's sorta scrolling now. It at least it not going into the Crossposting box. Totally counts.

Did I mention that the property next to us is going up for sale? Well, we assumed so, at least since they were surveying and doing soil tests. Today we noticed that the neighbor on the other side of the property was moving his fence. We are pretty sure that the survey showed that he owned more than they thought. He owns almost 80 acres, according to the plat.

Anyway... we talked to one neighbor and got the owner's number. 6.9+/- acres for $60k. Considering the opposite end of the road has 1 acre plots listed at $27.5k...

And, we don't actually want all u acres. What we want is the front acre, which has the pond that we own part of (yes, we have equal access to it, but still) and the back... maybe 3 acres. But then that would leave a weird bit that was cut off from the road.

The property in question is a L shape, well, and upside down L. With the long part running our east property line and the short part our north property line. They recently chopped about an acre off the original 7.9 acres to.separate out the house near the road. They surveyed driveway easements and did perk tests.

So... DH has an idea that he is going to float. We hold the mortgage to the 14 acres we sold. Owner finance things. The buyer is paying us 5% interest on the loan and owes $55k. So, he is going to suggest that they take that mortgage in trade for the 7 acres.. Basically, sell the mortgage for property.

This is all perfectly legal, btw. Mortgages get sold all the time and the lawyer specifically said that we could sell the mortgage at some point. It does not affect the buyer, other than who he writes the check to.

Companies do this all the time. Our own mortgage was just sold to SunTrust. As long as everyone keeps their paperwork in order, it's.no biggies.. If you don't, you have market crashes, court battles, and judges laughing because no one knows who actually owns a mortgage.

I think individuals don't usually do that type o thing, though. Unless they're loan sharks.

But... We will see. Owning 9 acres outright, with 2 acres part of the mortgage sounds very nice.

In other news, we now have an electrician who is going to fix the screwed up electricity in the house. And 4.trees.are.going to come.crashing down. Fun times.

 Eventually I will stop doing this.  Really.  Going from walking pneumonia straight to bronchitis was not my best plan.  I'm feeling much better, but I keep waking up in the middle of the night, coughing my head off.  It is not fun.

Updates from recent posts:  

Back in May there was the whole shit storm about throwing her things away and moving fabric.  We finally have all the fabric washed and folded.  Not quite 2 seven foot bookcases worth of fabric, once it was folded neatly.  Or, neatish.  And it is not sorted very well.  But I can now at least touch all of it without gagging.  And, yes, I threw some away.  Anything smaller than my hand (and not an obvious quilting project), mouse eaten, or piss stained was snuck out and burned.  Because EW! My MiL every once in awhile will make a "subtle" comment to see if I threw something out.  Will mention a large piece of green cloth that used to be in the sewing room, or large safety pins, but she doesn't know where they are now.

DH LOVES his job.  He is basically the problem solver for a company that prints off bank documents.  So, tax forms, notices that they are not going to penalize you for a late payment due to the hurricane and flooding, that sort of thing.  And his bosses love him, so that's good.

He is currently on a low dose antidepressant.  He's been on one before, right after he got out of the Army.  It did not work then, but that was before his knee pain was effectively treated.  This time,since he is not in constant pain, it is working much better.  He doesn't feel as short tempered and doesn't feel like a shoe is about to drop.  So, that's all good.  The psychology appointments have not worked out so well, though.  He's supposed to be doing Skype type appointments, only the doctor he was assigned to can't get her system to work...

The House was appraised today.  (And Now My Kindle It Capitalizing Every Word.  Why?)  It went well, I think.  The appraiser basically said that we would easily appraise for the refinance amount.  So, yay.  

And the, Eldest put his foot through the ceiling while putting Christmas boxes away.  Again.  He did it 2 years ago as well.  Youngest did it last year.  So...  I have a hole in my ceiling, because I could not deal tonight. I'm going to make him fix it, because skillz.

Oh, the other thing that happened (and now my Kindle is not capitalizing things, but if I type too fast it adds letters and won't take them away.  Kindle and the DW dialog box do not get along.) is that the fridge downstairs has possibly bit the dust.  I'm honestly not sure.  It's only 2 ish years old.  But the freezer portion is not getting cold enough and the fridge is freezing things.  We are defrosting it tonight and I will try again tomorrow.  This is after the water filter in it cracked and flooded the basement kitchen.  So...  Yeah.

Oh!  Insulation is up in the basement room we are remodeling.  The difference in temperature is amazing!  Once the sheetrock is up, we plan on shuffling the boys into that room while we do the same to their bedroom.  Because it makes that significant of a difference.  

(And now the Kindle is not auto capitalizing after periods and the autocorrect feature is just the options of s, d, and this...  Every time I switch to a different tab for a moment, to check to see what needs an infodump update, the quirk between Kindle and the DW dialog changes. Or Possibly When I Click OutSide Of The Dialog Box.  Seriously?!?!?! 

now im going to play with it.  this is one click outside the box.  obviously autotcorrect has failed.

Next, What Is It Going TO Do?

ThirD Time?  This Thing Is So.Weird.


Forth.  Wonder What Will Happen If I Go To A Didifferent Tabout For A Moment.

Let's See, Shall We?

Yeah, kindle And Ew Have Issues.)

Oh!  The cat that had kittens.  We ended up keeping 2 of them.  This means we have 6 cats in the house, which is way too much.  Good thing we have a 5,000.square foot house...  We kept the black girl, who is Luci Furr and the boy, who is Loki.  Both have been fixed already.  After the holidays I will get their mom fixed.  

Also, sorry for tbe crazy spellings, capitalizations, and randomness.  I blame it all on the quirk.


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 We had the old cabin taken down today.  This thing has been a hassle for quite awhile.  Hand hewn logs from around 1870 and no one wanted them.  Seriously? We tried to give them away to every historic site in this portion of the state with no luck.

There are guys surveying the property next door, which probably means it is going to go up for sale.  *winces*  I don't want neighbors.  If only we had the money to buy that 7 acres...

This is how my parents ended up with 20 acres when my dad was alive. (Damn Mom for not paying the fucking property taxes on what we owned outright and letting the bank foreclose on what we did not.)

Maybe it will be fine.  Maybe one of the other neighbors will buy it and we will have cows on it again.  And not some random person who wants to build a huge, obnoxious house.  Though, it would be nice if another huge, obnoxious house was close enough to use for appraisals...

This journal has become friends only.  At some point I'll add a nifty graphic. 

Comment to be added, etc.



Edit:  Just to let you know, I'm picky about who I add.  Call me paranoid.  I will not add someone who friends me unless I know him or her from somewhere else or if he or she leaves a comment here to at least introduce yourself.

Fic and art posts will always be unlocked unless I delve into the realms of NC-17. 


Edit2: I have created a fic journal for myself.  All new fanart/fanfic will be housed at icanbecreative . 

Fanart for the story "It Don't Come Easy" by twisted_slinky. It can be found here.


(On a sorta related note, I have been basically offline for a month. Both because the wireless here sucks and because I have been busy. I'm unwilling to work to change the first because DH is going to sweep in and change everything anyway. As for the second, I just need to get through it.)

Master Art Post for the story Three Sassketeers, by chef_geekier.  Made for the teenwolf_bb.

Cracked round up of the 5 most horrific sex scenes in fanfiction.  Seriously.

If Cookie Monster/Clay Morrow dos not make you laugh, then nothing will.