She-Geek Memoirs

A Woman's Throne

This is definitely one cool woman's bathroom with the exception of all the pink! YUCK! Aside from the color, any woman with a bathroom like this might have a good enough reason to hog the bathroom. As if we don't already! I really don't though, actually. I could surely multi-task, that's for sure. The only thing is that everything revolves around the toilet, naturally, but I don't spend more than a minute on the "throne" so I probably wouldn't utilize such a great space.

It consists of: Nintendo Wii, rotating toilet to do hair, foot spa, plasma TV, laptop (craptop), hair dryer, iPod touch and speaker and of course the womanly essentials... make up!

 

Thought I'd share this because it is uber awesome!

Blue Ray vs. HD DVD

Apparently, my most recent obsession, Netflix has gone to Blue Ray (via Engadget). Not only will it be hard to find regular DVDs in only a matter of time, but like my old VHS tapes, my current pretty large library of DVDs will be obsolete. I, of course, will be able to watch them on the XBOX 360 or DVD player, but when it comes to buying new movies or even renting, it will be harder to find DVDs. Granted, it will take some time for this transition to happen, but none-the-less it will.

I understand newer, better technology is the culprit behind this heartbreaking tale but why can't the smarty pants that are creating these new fangled disks keep them in the same format or make them compatible with current DVD players or something? It seems that every ten or so years something like this happens. So maybe I should switch over to Blue Ray now so that I can get the full benefit of having them for the ten years they will exist before something better comes along and squashes these.

Or I can be like one of those people who are currently stuck in the 70's with their 8 tracks and refuse to upgrade to Blue Ray. Why conform? It's done well for me and I enjoy my dated technology! Kthnxbai

 

Re-friggin-dic-u-lous!

Selling Your House is Annoying

Don't get me wrong, I am extremely excited to be selling our house and moving to Cincinnati. But, the actual process of selling is an annoying adventure in itself. First, you get called at 8:30 am on a Saturday to be informed that strangers will be coming through your currently extremely wrecked home to scrutinize every little thing. Not only do I not get to sleep in (like I really would anyways) but I have to be here all awkward like, in my PJs, no make up and messy hair while perfect strangers, sometimes rude, just waltz through. Yeah, I know, that's how it goes, but the kicker is that the house has only been on the market for a few days and I've had at least one person everyday, sometimes multiple people and they don't seem to know beforehand that there is going to be renovated, starting Monday, to get the house in selling condition. Mainly some tweaks so we can get more money out of the house.

What would you think if you were going through a house that was tore up due to people packing and preparing things to be painted and what not? I surely wouldn't be too impressed, that's for sure. I just think it's a pretty big waste of time for anyone to come by before anything has actually been started. Once all the painting and everything is done then it won't be so bad.

Oh and the renovations! *Sigh* I have to be here all day for about a week while a team of men come in and paint my house with all those wonderful smells around my 3 month old son. All I have to say is that they better not break anything when they move it to be able to paint. Chris would have a fit and I would be extremely pissed if someone broke his wizards.

I can't wait for the house to be done and I definitely can't wait for it to be sold. Through all this complaining is a worth while benefit. The sooner, the better. With how much Chris and I tend to procrastinate I am, however, glad that our realtor is taking the bull by the horns and knocking things out all at once though. I told Chris yesterday that, "If we had complete control over it all, it wouldn't get done" so I am glad that it's at least getting done but that doesn't mean I have to enjoy it. C'mon, there's like an entire week or so I can't walk around my house in my underwear! LoL.

An Update of Sorts

So, let's catch people up on the new happenings. The perspective buyer we had for our house is now unable to buy it. They are our neighbors and have bought two other houses on the block and were going buy ours as well. Well, after starting the paperwork and making the plans to move to Cincinnati (which hasn't changed) they suddenly can't buy it. I guess owning three houses can drain a persons bank account. Who knew? Well, I was irritated to say the least. Not only did it take months just to get the ball rolling selling them our house but now they can't and it's all just been a waste of time. Luckily for us, our realtor thinks he can have our house sold in only a matter of weeks, which is great for us since we don't want to extend our Cincinnati deadline. Starting Monday we're having people come in and repaint the interior of the house to spruce it up a bit for the new potential owners.

So, we have an apartment lined up in Cincinnati near my parents. It's going to be a huge change going from a house to an apartment but that's no big deal. We've sold a lot of stuff that we don't need so we shouldn't have a problem with storage. We're only going to sign a year lease for the apartment and in a year, after we've settled in Cincy we're going to buy a house and it's going to be awesome. Be jealous, be very jealous! We were planning to pay our rent a year in advance for the apartment, but for some strange reason, they don't do that. Why not? I mean, don't you want guaranteed rent paid on time? Oh well, whatever.

My realtor just called and gave me little to no notice that there will be people stopping by to see our house. Wonderful. NOT! We're in the process of packing and there are boxes and stuff everywhere. /sigh

I guess that means I should stop blogging and be prepared to have strangers looking through our house. I feel so violated.

The Super Bowl Is Super Stupid

I really didn't have any desire to watch the Super Bowl this year since my team barely missed the chance, but I did catch the half-time show and some commercials and I must say, "Zzzzzz!!" I like Tom Petty as much as the next person, but not as someone to perform at the Super Bowl. The camera kept panning around and occasionally showing people in the audience and all I saw were teenagers that probably didn't even know who Tom Petty was! I said to my friend Hannah, "I bet they don't even know who Tom Petty is" and in my best dumb blonde teenager voice, said, "Did your mommy have to tell you who he was?"

Agh, quite disappointing! I suppose we could blame Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake for that. Crappy half-time shows from here on out because of a "wardrobe malfunction". Woo...

As for the commercials, what the eff? From the ones I did see they weren't very funny at all and most of the ones I saw were commercials you could see anytime during the day while you're watching TV Land or something. I am severely disappointed. I am glad I didn't waste my time by actually watching the entire thing. With that being said, I think I came out on top.

But, I am glad the underdog won!

A Dream Come True

So, it's official. We're moving to Cincinnati! I never thought I'd be able to utter those words and mean it, but I am glad I can. Around the middle of March is the expected launch date. Our house sale closes on February 29th and our apartment in Cincinnati won't be available until March 31st, so we're going to live with my parents for about 2 weeks or so until our place is available. Since we have to sign a one year lease, that is pretty perfect for us, since we want to get situated in Cincy and with new jobs before we buy our new house. I am just thrilled to be able to go back to work and start school and not have to worry about who is taking care of my son.

I am on a crazy dash to find a new job up there, one flexible enough for me to be able to go to school in the evenings. It really shouldn't be too hard, but it's difficult to do since I am still 700 miles away.

Boy, do we have a lot to do. In the midsts of selling our house and getting things up to par, we also have to pack, make sure we have things in order with bills, banks, etc. Fly my father down so that he can drive our U-Haul to Ohio (since I don't trust Chris to drive something that big and my dad's a truck driver anyways), get rid of a bunch of useless crap just taking up space, figure out what we're going to do with all of our things while we're waiting for our apartment to become available, get new jobs and make sure Chris doesn't get lost in the city! I think I may buy him a Garmin GPS so that he can get around and not have to worry about getting lost.

I am so excited, but unfortunately I can't say the same about my friends here. Kayla and Katelyn don't want me to go, but that's ok. Maybe I will come visit, or they can come visit us or something. But I am definitely not staying here, that's for sure. We're supposed to have a 'Going Away Party' or something.

Well, I'm going to work on my list of things to do in preparation of moving to Cincy! Wish me luck!