Labels: Online Quizzes

The new, third floor apartment - a pretty spacious 1494 square feet - has been home for about 4 months now. For the most part, we're happy with it. It certainly isn't perfect; there are ants around the complex that swarm in at times and the walls are thin, but it isn't a shithole like our second apartment in MI . After a while, despair would just sink in while living in that place.

We only had about 12 hours total to apartment hunt back on Easter weekend and taking that into consideration, I don't think we got a bad deal at all.

When Unfriendly got the job offer at around 5:30 pm on that Friday, we were on our way back from Duluth. Our original plan was to find a place in that area since it was a mid point from both Alpharetta (where Unfriendly's job was to be) and Athens (where grad school awaits me next fall).

"Traffic in this town is no joke," had said the gal who was showing us available apartments in a Duluth complex. Apparently, the trick to surviving was getting an apartment near your place of work. Our plans changed. That evening, we armed ourselves with apartment guides and marked complexes we wanted to visit. I stayed up until 4:00 am, browsing reviews on http://www.apartmentratings.com/

The fireplace was one perk I couldn't fathom. Why on earth would anyone in GA need a fireplace? We wouldn't. After all, we had survivied seven Michigan winters without a fireplace. A Georgia winter would surely not strike shivering in our souls or pain in our bones. I figured it was probably one of those pretentious perks that someone who put on airs would require. Certainly not us.

The other apartments we toured weren't nearly as nice, so we signed the paperwork on Sat afternoon and then went back to the hotel and passed out.

Since Unfriendly got to GA first to start his new job while I stayed in MI to finish up the move, he decided to experiment with some fireplace decor. One of his buddies gave him a Jolly Roger flag as a parting gift. Unfriendly's pirate genes apparently took over.



After we got settled in a bit, Unfriendly had the idea of putting in a fountain since we'd never actually use the fireplace for warmth. We hit some of the local stores and finally settled on one. It just fits into the fireplace without its attachable light fixture. I found some extra river rock at a craft store which Unfriendly arranged. The flowing water is such a soothing sound. The living room is much more cozy with our fountain addition.








Of course, some of us in this household - some of us orange, furry, six-toed water freaks who eagerly eye full glasses of water and delight on having said glass poured onto us - don't see this fountain as soothing or pleasing to the eye. No. This is merely a large, personal water fountain.

Labels: Alpharetta, Crafty Projects, Photos

Foiled by Haloscan! I've been having a hard time posting on blogs via Haloscan. Haven't even been able to reply comment on my own blog!

Life feels on pause.

The job Unfriendly took that prompted our move is now in question. His position originally opened up because an employee was to be transferred to another state for a client. That client ended up not needing an onsite employee. So now, NewCompany has found itself with an extra body. Unfriendly has more than proved his usefulness and NewCompany definitely needs him. However, the stickyness of 'budget' and 'headcount' are getting in the way.

Things move slower in GA. Another position, non technical, awaits. Unfriendly has shown slight interest and apparently that is enough for his boss to stretch time and put upper management off. The decision that was supposed to have been made two weeks ago is still up in the air. At first I was really worried and now it's almost funny. Unfriendly is still a contractor. No interviews for the new position have even been set up. Meanwhile, Unfriendly still keeps solving things that no one else can.

We've been staying at home and trying to keep the spending to a mininum. Our weekday evenings are brought to us by the Sci Fi channel. Lately we've been watching Dead Like Me (excellent), Dark Angel (full of CPDs and plot holes but watchable) and Eureka.

I've been reading before bed. I collected Bloom County comic strip compilations in junior high and high school and have been having fun re -reading those. I've discovered a couple of local libraries and picked up Tabitha King's Survivor (well written, but not sure I liked the story) and re-read Stephen King's The Tommyknockers, a book that seriously disappointed me when I first read it. I found out a couple of years back that Mr. King was on a serious drug / alcohol addiction while writing it and that the aliens in the book were a metaphor from that addiction. Taking that into account, I have a different appreciation for that book.

Knitting and World of Warcraft round out my evenings. Saturdays are usually lazy and Sundays have been serious chore/errand day. I picked up a Dyson DC-15 Total Clean and actually enjoy vacuuming now. It's amazing what that sucker picks up and Unfriendly's sinus problems have been less so since we got it.

So, life is good for the most part. I think I'll feel more settled when I know UF's job issue is resolved. My job isn't too bad, but I'll pontificate on that another time.

Labels: Television, Unfriendly, Work GA

This morning was spent in glorious lassitude. I dozed in and out of slumber while listening to the rain fall.

Tonight was spent redesigning le blog. Voilà

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Labels: Blog Update, Lazy Glitzy