I called my sister in law in Atlanta since both she and my brother are appraisers and asked them what they thought about the situation. She said two appraisers can definitely have a different take – it sounds like this one did not do her homework and drive by the place on Harding she is calling a comp, instead she went by the description which says “bayou view” – her advice was to call the…
G and I got in late from Vegas on Friday night and went straight to La Vita for a late dinner. Moosey was there with F and B was leaving right when we walked up. We hung out and then Y ended up coming late. M was oogling over D – who is gorgeous but she is a definite sippy cup and I told him he was just asking for trouble. We drank red wine…
I went to Las Vegas for the 4 A’s conference and two reporters came with me. G, who is now my reporter as well as running buddy and F, also a friend. I got up Wednesday morning and decided to call the appraiser to see what the difference would be if I enclosed the screen porch since she said I couldn’t count it towards total square footage. And that conversation threw me into a downward…
Flying into Vegas the flight attendant asked me if I was wearing a lucky elephant (a diamond pin I got in Bali and pinned on my fav jacket I found in Hong Kong at Shanghai Tang) and then she asked me if she could touch it – I told her yes because I’m lucky – and she said she was going gambling tonight and now just touching my elephant she knew she was going to…
The USAA appointed apprasier came by at 7:30 this morning and right off the bat she dropped a bomb on me – a familiar one – she said because the addition was not “connected” to the main house it could not be counted in the total square footage [we went through this in San Rafael when we finished the bottom of the house and because you had to go down a flight of stairs that…
Not that mayor – this is the mayor of our neighborhood or so some call him, he calls TL the mayor – who knows – anyway he was at the LaLa for the MG Marathon party the other morning and as we went through each room he said – “if this were my house, I’d walk through each room and say and look at this, and look at that.” And I said, I know it…
In the Sky Mall catalog there were three items that stood out as more than mere curiosities – there was something sinister about their concept as if created by delusional crack addict inventors tinkering away in their garages having an ah ha moment that was chemically induced. 1) Dryer Vent Brush $12.99 #131839A – “over time, lint accumulates inside your dryer and that can cause a vent fire and reduce air flow…the 10 foot long…
After 22 months of all my belongings packed in boxes, I opened my past with delight, surprise and sadness. There was Sam’s photo right before he died. They say time heals all wounds – it does not – it just dulls the pain. I miss him as if he died yesterday and it has been four years since I held him while the vet gave him his lethal injection. He had lost the use of…
Last night after packing and getting myself ready for today, I ran a hot bubble bath and got in – this was my second bath in the tub and both times I have fallen sound asleep. Obviously, I want to be awake for the next one but I’m starting to think the floaties might not be a bad idea. By the end of the day yesterday, I had had it with all these men around…
I got an email from Bud in which he said, “I miss the Lala on the Bayou! I know it so intimately and I feel like a piece of me will always be there.” Yesterday Steve was here going over some of the final details of what needs to be done and we were talking about the bricks. He asked me where they came from and I said didn’t you see the original photo of…