// January 22nd, 2003 // 3 Comments » // tagged: House > Shopping
The "Pride and Prejudice"
obsession continues. I bought the DVD set through ebay and it came in
the mail yesterday. Even though I had just watched the movie last week,
I watched the full 4 hours + last night again. Have I mentioned how much
I love Colin Firth in this movie? He's simply sublime. The scene where
Georgianna is playing the piano and Elizabeth is helping to turn the pages
.... Mr. Darcy is sitting on the sofa watching them. Sigh. The looks between
Elizabeth and Darcy are heartstopping! Wow! Their onscreen chemistry is
amazing! Luckily, I have my very own Englishman (Steve) - and Colin has
nothing on him!
I'll be adding another bridesmaid dress to my collection in October (not
to mention the other bridesmaid dress I'm adding in June ... whew! I could
have my own shop!). Last night, one of my best friends from highschool
called and asked me to be a bridesmaid in her wedding! She's pretty classy
and has good taste, so hopefully I won't end up with another taffetta,
satin or sequin nightmare! This is my friend who's getting married in
Boston; Wendy & Shawn started dating our senior year of high school; after
graduation, she went off to MIT up in Massachusetts and he eventually
moved up there a few years ago. They've been dating for almost EIGHT years
now ... so this wedding is a long time coming and we're all super excited
for them!
We're still awaiting news on our house. We're doing the structural inspection
today - in fact the engineer is there RIGHT NOW doing the inspection.
We're going to meet him at 11:00 and go through the house as he explains
things he has found. So after the inspection, Steve and I will decide
whether to remove the contingency of the inspection on our contract or
to withdraw the contract. I can't think that there would be THAT much
wrong with the house that we would withdraw the contract ... but you never
know! We've still got our fingers crossed!
[Edited at 12:35 PM] We met the structural inspector at the house
this morning around 11:00 -- and basically he said under no circumstances
should we buy the house. He took us in to where the foundation was, and
it is buckling on almost every wall; the main structural beam is eaten
up with termites; the dirt underneath the foundation and all the foundation
walls and beams are covered with toxic mold; the roof is ok, but probably
only for another 5 years; the list goes on and on. It's
unbelieveable
that this much is wrong with the house underground - when everything above
ground looks pretty good!! He said it would probably be at LEAST $130,000
just to fix up the house. We're disappointed ... but not totally surprised.
So, we're back on the search again - for a house OR land and we'll build.
Let the excitement begin. Again.
[End Edit]
I'll close with a few links for today
(most of which I found through
my PAGE A DAY Internet Calendar) ....
The
Human Clock - asks users to submit photos of random people holding
up a time of day, such as 6:52. The site then displays the appropriate
picture at the right time, with a different photo for every minute of
the day. Just go to the site and click on display clock! Kinda neat idea!
Extreme
Weather Sourcebook - catalogs the economic havoc caused by all sorts
of weather phenomena. The main page lets you select a weather type—hurricane,
flood, tornado, lightning, etc. It's a bit morbid in that you can view
the stats on casualties, injuries, damage reports by state.
Dumb
Bumper Stickers - organizes bumper stickers by such subjects as alcohol,
blondes, honking, etc. Unfortunately, the site is evidently hosted on
a crappy server because sometimes you can get in the site, and sometimes
you can't.
If
only Spam were True - a hilarious list in a blog by Promoguy. Basically
he's listed the subject lines of about 50 spam emails - and wouldn't life
be grand if they were all true! We could eliminate our debt in 15 seconds;
Get our mortgage paid off; Drop 50 pounds in one week; etc, etc, etc.
His blog is a great place to visit anyway - he blogs frequently and its
not fluff!
AlternaCast-
allows anyone with a 56K Internet connection and a computer microphone
to broadcast instant audio to an audience of thousands and speak live
with audience members who also have microphones.
BushCartoon.com
- You can always count on the president—it doesn’t matter which one—to
be a source of humor for the nation, and our current leader is no exception.
This site is basically an index of funny President Bushg cartoons -- One
classic that you can't miss is the DUBYA DANCE ... so be sure to view
that one!
I'm going to see my niece this weekend ... I haven't seen her since the
day after she was born! Only two and a half weeks ago - and yet it seems
like ages! Later!!
I finished a huge web project recently ... and Silver Strawberry is purchasing it's very first mac. We have needed one for a while as a "testing facility" - and when I saw a pretty good rebate on Amazon recently - I jumped on the deal. I wanted a small, light laptop (since my dell laptop weighs a whopping 7.4 lbs!) -- and the 12.1" powerbook fits the bill.
Winging it's way towards Nashville is the newest member of our family ... an Apple PowerBook Notebook 12.1", 1.5 GHz PowerPC G4, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, SuperDrive, Bluetooth, Airport
