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[Krikit 1,163]

I have a new apartment!

Congratulations Gillian! It looks lovely.

oh and I got my THIRD stupid welcome letter from USCIS. sigh.

Three?!!! I only got one. I guess I'm not as welcome as you are.

[*julez* 124]

I have a new apartment!

After spending days looking at different complexes I have settled on this one http://www.cwsapartments.com/profile.asp?A...oCity=Charlotte

I've got a 1 bedroom/1 bath on the ground floor with a view of the pool.

Rent is only $720 a month, including bug spraying! Once I've found a job I hope to move into one of their 2 beds but I don't want to do that until I'm earning - best to keep my expenditure as low as possible until then.

I did all the paperwork today and paid the first month's rent in advance and it's mine from 15th September.

Gillian, thatplace looks very posh!! Congratulations and best of luck as you start on this new chapter of your life. *hugs*

[Krikit 1,163]

I'm 26. I think it's time for me to learn how to make Jello molds.

Here's one. Poke it! It trembles.

And another!! A Universe Beyond Gay

You can almost taste them, can't you? Don't forget to decorate them with little knick knacks. It makes them special.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Fantastic! Makes me think of these two:

The Other Other White Meat

and

Knudsen Products

[Ban Hammer 13,110]

good morning everyone. thank god it's friday.

[Laura+Tom 2]

Good morning Charles, thank goodness indeed.

[*julez* 124]

Holiday weekend!!!! Wooooooooooooooohooooooooooooooo!!!

Well, for those of us stateside, anyway.

[English Muffin 59]

Gillian, thatplace looks very posh!! Congratulations and best of luck as you start on this new chapter of your life. *hugs*

It is very posh - so not sure how I'm going to fit in.

I really love it and I can't wait to move in now.

[ginger1981 0]

I'm 26. I think it's time for me to learn how to make Jello molds.

Here's one. Poke it! It trembles.

And another!! A Universe Beyond Gay

You can almost taste them, can't you? Don't forget to decorate them with little knick knacks. It makes them special.

Jaybus that is almost as disturbing as the Clay Aiken pins. However, my favorite jello mold of all time was Aunt Beth's from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation...the mold that had the Meow Mix in it?

Fantastic! Makes me think of these two:

The Other Other White Meat

and

Knudsen Products

For some reason that Kundsen cookbook reminds me of the church cookbooks compiled by the ladies at the local methodist church. I think something like 80% of the recipes involved Knudsen products.

Gillian, thatplace looks very posh!! Congratulations and best of luck as you start on this new chapter of your life. *hugs*

It is very posh - so not sure how I'm going to fit in.

I really love it and I can't wait to move in now.

Beautiful apartment! It's amazing what $720 will buy you in other parts of the country. You have so many cool amenities...

[*julez* 124]

Gillian, thatplace looks very posh!! Congratulations and best of luck as you start on this new chapter of your life. *hugs*

It is very posh - so not sure how I'm going to fit in.

I really love it and I can't wait to move in now.

Oh by virtue of your British accent, everyone will think you're extremely posh. It just adds that certain cache!

[Jeraly 4]

Gillian, thatplace looks very posh!! Congratulations and best of luck as you start on this new chapter of your life. *hugs*

It is very posh - so not sure how I'm going to fit in.

I really love it and I can't wait to move in now.

Oh by virtue of your British accent, everyone will think you're extremely posh. It just adds that certain cache!

Very good point!!!

I'm almost jealous But the house is slowly coming together now - we have glasses made of glass now instead of plastic!!! And I finally found some wine glasses I liked!

Awful night last night - Jeremy was meant to get home early so we could go out and get things for the party ( he STILL hasn't invited anyone ) SO we dash around the store in like 45 minutes (a record for me!) and head to Home Depot to pick up a plant (as you do). I kindly point out (for the third time in as many days) that his tire is getting flat and needs air. He tells me it is fine (again).

We go to Home Depot.

By the time we come out of Home Depot, I inform him that his tire is now beyond flat, it looks a lot like the flats you see in cartoons, where the rubber is all saggy. He looks again and concedes. But we have no pump (we took it out of the van apparently when we were clearing it out to sell, before we realised he had lost the title ) and he cleverly left his cellphone at home (as he informs me when I suggest calling AAA).

We go back into Home Depot.

Luckily the lady who served us on the checkout got someone to help us and they were able to pump the tire but you could hear the air hissing out of it. Jeremy then tells me that he drove over something on the freeway on the way home Exactly why he didn't sort it out earlier is beyond me - maybe something to do with the fact that he was an hour and a half late home from work

We get to Arco and he picks up some weird sealant spray that supposedly fixes flats and we rolled into the house at about 10pm... Great(!) 45 minutes later he is asleep as he wants to be in work at the crack of dawn...

Don't men realise that when us women nag, it is for a very good reason?! And that reason is because we know we are right?!?!?!?!?! Maybe one day he will listen...

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

AWww sorry to hear you had a ####### evening. I can totally relate. When I want to get something done I just get so impatient and need it to be done NOW! C never wants to go out and do errands, so before I could drive in Miami it used to drive me crazy. (I'm so bad, I sometimes buy things in the shop just so I can have it, rather than wait a few days and get things much cheaper online)

But I will say, and it's probably not what you want to hear, but maybe you should give Jeremy a break. It sounds like he's doing a LOT of hours at work, and doing the best he can, and probably was just trying to put off dealing with the tire (though it sounds like it needed dealing with). And please don't go to any trouble on our account. I currently have 4 pieces of furniture in my whole apartment. A mattress, 2 patio chairs and a desk from Big Lots. While Maven is ahead of me in the furniture dept, she's still putting the house together too. Trust me, we're easy to please! And we can bring you stuff if you need it too.

[Laura+Tom 2]

Holiday weekend!!!! Wooooooooooooooohooooooooooooooo!!!

Well, for those of us stateside, anyway.

Yay!! We had ours last weekend, well the last bank holiday before chrismas.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

Guys - only 117 shopping days until christmas!

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

ohhh noooo, my mum's birthday is next week in Ireland. I need to send here something stat!!