Half-full

[katiefoolery]

What, I’m alive?  I have the whole heart-beating, air-breathing, walking and talking thing going on, so I guess I must conclude that I am.  Huzzah!  Ah, for the old days when I posted in LJ at the drop of a hat.  Because all of that hat-dropping was incredibly rivetting of course.  You have so many variables: the style of hat, the technique of the drop, the height, the person doing the dropping...

Fun times.

And speaking of fun times...

Actually, I have no idea where I’m going with that.  My life of late can really be summed up in a series of good and bad scenarios.  For instance:

Bad: I had to get some fillings yesterday.  My first ever.  This was going to cost money and be an incrediby boring experience (people fear the dentist for many reasons - mine is the fear of the boredom that comes from just lying there, watching the ceiling while weird stuff goes on in my mouth).

Good: I have a good dentist.  Even though he has wonky teeth - I’m not entirely sure that’s a great advertisement for his profession (although they are very shiny and white (but not too white - I can’t stand too-white teeth (quick, let’s end these brackets before it becomes impossible to find our way out of them...))).  Never having experienced a filling before, I was a tiny bit apprehensive of the whole sticking-a-needle-in-my-gums thing, but it went a lot better than expected.

Dentist: OK, I’m just putting this paste on so the needle won’t hurt as much.
Me: WTF, ‘as much’?
Needle: *goes in*
Me: *barely notices; wonders if he’s going to start making with the needle soon*
One side of my mouth: *starts to feel weird and puffy*
Realisation: *sinks in*

So now I have fillings, although I still need more.  Huzzah!  Ah well - better to have fillings than cavities, I suppose.

Next scenario:

Bad: Am insanely busy at work.  Insanely.  I currently work in a 0.7 position, but I’m being lumped with a full-time workload.

Good:  I feel productive.  Better than that, I feel more confident in myself and my abilities to do things.

Thus endeth the short and incredibly boring section of this post...

Final scenario:

Bad: Our idiot landlords decided to sell the house and to kick us out by the ninth of April.  Well, first they wanted to raise the rent by twenty-five dollars a week, to which we said “Hell, no” and started vaguely looking for somewhere new to live.  Then we got the sixty day notice to vacate, which just added a extra thick layer of stress to the whole situation.  And if that weren’t bad enough, people kept telling us how difficult it would be to find somewhere in such a short space of time and certain other elements told us we’d have even more trouble due to our inability to keep the garden looking perfect.  Hello, panic.

Good:  We ended up applying for two places: one we really liked and one that was practical.  And we were offered both of them.  So take that, depressing nay-sayers!  And just because I feel like dragging this out, please have this free guided tour of our new place.

Here’s the front yard, complete with giant lovely tree and bonus shield bugs.  You can’t actually see the bugs, but believe me when I say they’re there.  Lurking.  They were wandering about all over the place when we were waiting for the open inspection last weekend. And this is a closer shot of the entrance, with a flare carefully camouflaging the roof. Here you see the lounge, or as my da put it, the ballroom.  It’s seriously enormous.  It’s not even one of those sneaky shots taken with a fancy lens that makes a room look bigger than it is - it’s actually that size.  We could play a game of soccer in there if we wanted to. The kitchen.  It’s not orange. *woe* However am I going to cope with a kitchen in a soothing neutral sort of colour?  And do I really care, even sarcastically, since I intend to spend hardly any time in there in the first place? And what tour is complete without showing you through the bathroom?  The shower is sneakily hidden behind that door there.  And look - towel rails!  Actual towel rails!  Now I have no idea what I’m going to do with the towel rail I had to buy for our current place...

Honestly, I would have been content with any alternative to a box on the street, so I’m deliriously happy that we actually got a place we like.  Now to organise the move...

Comments

[sirgallivant.livejournal.com]

Oh my oush, your new place looks wonderful! The giant tree, the ballroom...and even though you won't be dithering in the kitchen, it does have a nice leafy view out the window going for it.

My heartiest congratulations on the find, keenest symphathies on the dental bah-dom and a - today only -I'm offering a FREE bonus! full stop at the end of this sentence.

[naelany.livejournal.com]

Yay, I'm glad you're getting such a nice place to live. Color me jealous of all that space! ^_~

[blindmouse.livejournal.com]

I had exactly the same reaction to needles at the dentist: "But it didn't hurt. Show me the needle. I don't believe there was a needle."

Your new place looks gorgeous. Bugs or not, check out your yard with trees!

[dizzy-liz.livejournal.com]

Your new house looks lovely! And that loungeroom is seriously gianormous! Ours is that size... but it's carpeted, so it'd not like we can even have a dance or anything ;-) The polished floors look stressful, but beautiful. Have fun!

[qwaynt.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the new living digs! Looks like a wonderful place. Hope your move goes smoothly.

I'm sorry you had to get fillings, but incredibly jealous this is your first experience of getting numb. I think I had my first cavity around 14. Then broke my front tooth which finally got capped when I was about 20 (dentist wanted to wait until my mouth finished growing).

[erinmacha.livejournal.com]

*ooooo'ing and aaaah'ing over the floors, the yard, the kitchen, the bathroom*


Yeah, pretty much everything you are showing me is NICE! :D Great place Katie!

[flamehail.livejournal.com]

Sweeeeet, grrrl! I like it when people post pics of their houses. Haha. Glad you found a place you liked and it's all working out so nicely! Take that, naysayers! Katies are too awesome to be crushed by you! ^_~

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Ah, the kitchen window with extreme close-up of tree. :D Someone who was looking at the photos asked me, "Is that a painting or a window?". It's much nicer than looking at the boring side of next door's house, as we do now.

Huzzah for the bonus full-stop!

*cherishes it*

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Heh, all of the space is contained within that lounge room, I can assure you. But I am delighted we have somewhere nice - I was expecting to have to settle for something with the way things are for renters right now.

[crazedturkey.livejournal.com]

OMG YAYAYYAYYAY!!! THat's the one you wanted!!! *is delirious with joy for you!*

Wheeeee!!!

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

I love the trees! That one in the front is so huge and lovely! And there are two bottlebrush bushes - possibly my favourite ever flower. :D And the cats should have plenty of fun playing with the bugs, I'm sure.

As for needles, I thought it would at least feel weird or something... but no. Nothing. Not that I'm complaining.

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

I adore it! We're probably going to have to purchase some rugs for the lounge room, but it just occurred to me that it would be plenty of fun to slide around on it in Winter when the socks go on. And that could double as polishing it, too. :D

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I hope it goes well, too. We have a week and a bit where we'll be renting both places at once, so hopefully we'll be able to get some preliminary moving done and save some time and stress. :D

Eh, I don't mind the fillings so much. It's always fun to have a new experience; I probably wouldn't have appreciated it very much if I'd been getting them at fourteen.

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

:D I'm so happy we got it. I loved it the minute I saw it on the net and it just got better when we stepped inside.

*is very happy*

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

I love seeing other people's houses, too - it's fun to get an idea of where people are.

Katies ftw every time! :D

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Yes! It's so exciting! All of those good wishes definitely helped. :D

*dances like a loon*

[rigel-7.livejournal.com]

House!!

With a roof and everything!

*glees*

It looks absolutely lufferly!

Where does my box go?

[alankria.livejournal.com]

Your new place is huge and gorgeous! Hooray for not living in a box on the street! Hope the move goes smoothly. =)

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

I know - that roof is so handy! It'll keep all sorts of rain out. I hope.

Your box will probably go in the surprisingly large laundry. The dryer will help keep you warm on Winter nights. :D

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

I was dreading the box on the street, although I'd have been able to survive as long as I had my internet. :D Thanks - I just realised we're moving in just over a week, so the panic is starting to set in ever such a tiny little bit...

[burgotastic.livejournal.com]

I find the dentist boring too.

I once fell asleep while the dentist was drilling into one of my teeth.

[saralonde24.livejournal.com]

Love the place, it looks great!! It's lovely having nice trees and greenery everywhere :) good luck with organising the move.

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Classic! It's the most practical thing to do, really.

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm hoping it goes pretty smoothly.

[violentstylings.livejournal.com]

The act of moving is most unpleasant. At least you have a nice place to look forward to moving in to, which should hopefully reduce the unpleasantness somewhat.

I would also like to point out that in the photograph of the kitchen the window almost looks like a painting. Glass windows are much better than painted bricks.

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

I utterly detest moving - it's so disruptive and disordered. And things have a horrible habit of accruing if you settle down for long enough, which makes the next move just that more annoying. But I am looking forward to being in the new place, so hopefully you'll be right about that helping to offset the frustration of the move.

You're the second person who's mentioned that the kitchen window looks like a painting. I'm pretty sure it isn't, but now I'm starting to doubt my memory...

[naelany.livejournal.com]

lol from the look of that picture, your livingroom'll be about the size of my whole apartment. :PAs I said, color me jealous ^_~

Yeah, it kind of sucks being a renter here, too. Wish we could afford to buy a place, but that's not a good place to be now, either... *sigh*

[flippyfrog.livejournal.com]

I'm ridiculously happy for you!! See this is me happy :D

I want to see more piccies and dancing in that ballroom of yours. Really wish I could see it. But not coming home for that so more piccies :D

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

I see it - ridiculous amounts of happiness. :D There'll be more pics once we move in and I can show you all the interesting arrangements of boxes... One of those boxes could be yours! :D

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Buying would be nice, but I seriously doubt it'll ever happen. Rents are too high to allow anyone to save anything for a deposit and interest rates keep going up anyway...

*also sighs*

It's very frustrating.

[vegetachik.livejournal.com]

AH! Dentist stuff!!

Ooo...and you have quite the lovely home. :)

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Yes! And the prospect of more dentist stuff to come...

It is lovely. I hope it's as nice to live in as it was to inspect.

[naelany.livejournal.com]

I know how that goes lol

Yes, yes it is