Oh, The House…

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Well, crap on a cracker. We’re going to run out of money before the house is move-in ready. By move-in ready, I mean that it won’t be completely finished but it will have the necessities to live in. We weren’t sure if we’d get the entire kitchen cabinetry done but that the kitchen would be usable. Now, we’re not even sure of getting that far.

The drywall is the next step. Materials and labor are going to cost a bit over $10,000 and the septic, maybe about the same. Then there’s painting. Even with a no-frills paint color and brand, that might be as far as we can go. This is such a disappointment. We had hoped to be moving in before the hot and humid summer began but that’s not going to happen.

If only we could win the lottery. We don’t need millions of dollars, however, that would be nice. No, just an extra $40,000 or so would really help us get the house, probably finished. It’s going to take some time doing a little each month or two. Depending on the project, it might take months to save the money to do it. Ugh.

So, we need either $40,000 extra or a miracle. I don’t see either happening any time soon. It’s just so disappointing. I had been so down about the whole new-house situation and then we found a guy to do the work. My depression subsided and hope began to take over. Now, hope is slowly dissipating.

It’s difficult living in this old house. My life is a struggle the way it is. I don’t need the house making things even worse. It used to be a cute little place but in the last 10 years it has started falling apart. It was never anything fancy but it was functional and comfortable. Now, not so much.

I’ll keep y’all posted. Pray, or cross your fingers, or whatever you do, for us. We need all the help we can get.

Until next time,

Beep, Beep, Beep and My Scattered Thoughts At 5am

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Why can’t they make things that don’t beep with every push of a button? It annoys the heck out of me. Am I alone?

Seriously. To turn on my electric heater when it’s chilly in the morning, I have push a button and it beeps. If I have to change the settings, it beeps with every push of a button. Why? The infrared heater in the living room has the loudest beep ever! You can hear it all over the house! Why? Do they think everyone wants to hear it say, at 3am? Our propane heater doesn’t beep, but its button has an extremely loud click! Why?

My fan beeps with every touch of a button. Why?

My air fryer automatically starts at 15 minutes so if I only want to cook something for 5 minutes, I have to push a button 10 times. It beeps 10 freakin’ times! Why?

The same thing happens with my Instant Pot. If the last time it was used it was set at 40 minutes, and this time I just want to set it for 10 minutes, I have to listen to it beep 30 damn times before I get it down to 10 minutes! Why? Is that really necessary?

Let’s not forget the microwave. Every push of a button summons up another blasted beep. And when it’s finished, it decides I need to hear 4 more beeps, as if one beep isn’t enough to let me know when it’s done. Why? I get 10 beeps with the Instant Pot when it’s finished, and 8 beeps with my air fryer! Why?

My breadmaker has its beeps, too. Why?

If the answer to WHY is that the maker wants you to know that it’s working, that’s just stupid. Why, you ask? Because there’s a digital display on those things and that should be enough for a person with a half of a brain to see that they have turned the appliance on or off, or changed the settings. Good grief.

Why can’t all my appliances be like my crock pot? It’s quiet as a mouse. Not a sound. And it doesn’t even have a digital display! I turn a knob to turn to put it on high or low, and to turn it off. Simple. Gotta love simple.

Nothing is simple these days. All we get now are beeps.

Beep, beep, beep.

Auch Zwerge Haben Klein Angefangen

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Dad and I watch a movie from our movie collection every Friday night, unless of course we forget that it’s Friday. That happens more often than you think. The Friday before last, we watched a black and white film by Werner Herzog entitled Auch Zwerge Haben Klein Angenfangen (Even Dwarfs Started Small). It’s a German film made in 1970 about you guessed it, dwarfs.

The film was banned in Germany, as anarchistic and blasphemous, and the director earned death threats for portraying dwarfs as monstrous. I read somewhere, I can’t recall where, that the movie was smuggled out of Germany disguised as other movies.

The plot of the movie is simple: Some dwarfs confined to an institution have been denied the pleasure of leaving on an excursion with others and rebel against the director of the institution, who is also a dwarf. They break windows and dishes, set a truck to drive in circles, have food fights and cock fights, look at dirty magazines, set fires, kill a pig, crucify a monkey, and tease some blind dwarfs. Oh, I almost forgot the laughter. Not just laughter. Dwarf laughter. Crazy, cackling dwarf laughter. OMG.

This was the second time I had seen this movie and the first time, my reaction was shock! This time I knew what to expect. I couldn’t help but laugh my damn fool head off. Of course, there were some really boring moments but once you start watching you won’t want to stop! Below are some video clips and the full movie, found on You Tube. Oh, before I forget; Be prepared for subtitles, unless of course, you understand German. I understand some, but I still appreciate the subtitles.

 

 

 

Watch the full movie here, if you dare! The link below will take you directly to You Tube. I guess they want to make sure kids don’t see it. Probably a good idea!

 

Have fun and Happy Monday! 

Drunken Critters

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I’m so sick of this old house with all of its cracks and crevices where critters of all kinds can get in or at least try. There’s a space under the kitchen sink where the drain pipe comes up from under the house and a critter has been trying to chew his way into the house. That’s what it sounds like! Come to find out, that’s not what he’s been doing. 

Last week, I heard a clatter coming from under the sink so I snuck into the kitchen as quietly as I could so as not to disturb the critter. I wanted to see what was making that racket! I jerked the cabinet open as quickly as I could and heard the scamper of little feet high-tail it out of there and down that little space. I saw nothing, not even the tip of its tail!

The next day, I needed something from under the sink and my bottle of Captain Morgan was knocked over. I picked it up and went about my business. That night, I heard the racket under the sink again. I knew I couldn’t get the cabinet door opened quick enough to see what kind of critter was making the noise. I knew it was either a mouse or a rat though, because anything else would have been too big to squeeze into that space. I guess it could be a weasel because they are little slinky critters.

When I got to the kitchen, I noticed the rug in front of the sink was wet with something. It was wet alright! Wet with wine. Dad’s box of wine was leaking all over the place! The bottom of the box was all wet but there wasn’t any noticeable chewing on the box. It was nearly empty though, so we drained it into a couple of empty water bottles.

Dad put a new box of wine under the sink the next evening and do you know what happened? That box was leaking all over the place the very next day! We caught it before the entire box nearly drained out all over the place but it was only then when we realized a critter must have done the deed because how could we get 2 leaky boxes of wine in a row? 

Every time I open the cabinet, I find my bottle of Captain Morgan, vodka, or one of my other bottles of booze knocked over. (I’m really not much of a drinker, but I do have a drink now and then.) I pick them up and check for chew marks on the lid. So far, they haven’t figured out how to get to the booze in the bottles. They do like to run off with my SOS pads. 

Dad has to keep his wine box elsewhere now, to keep those little critters from drinking his wine. We had a good laugh though; thinking about the little fellas drinking the wine as it leaked out and visualizing them weaving and swaying back and forth trying to get back down the hole!

Drunken critters! Can you imagine?

Friday’s Funnies – My Faves This Week – March 14, 2025

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Not a lot to laugh about these days. I’m so disgusted about the current political situation, I just want to throw darts at a certain person’s orange face. Enough of that.

I hope this week has been good to you all! Things are moving along with the house, although very slowly, or at least not as quickly as I’d like. I’ll try and take some photos this weekend to share. There are just so many little things that need to be done before the drywall can go up and before the flooring goes down. I’m getting very impatient! Once the drywall and flooring are in, I’ll be able to actually see what it’s going to look like…you know, visualize the rooms and where things will go, what we have room for, what we still need, etc. Slowly, it will get done, or at least livable.

On with today’s post: Friday’s Funnies. I hope you enjoy this collection. It’s a couple of week’s worth so I hope it’s worth it. Get your laugh on, friends! Enjoy!

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Well, that’s it, folks! I hope you got a chuckle or two out of these. I can’t pick a fave, can you?

I hope you have a super weekend! The weather is beginning to change from cold and crappy to sunny and cheerful! Now, the spiders all start coming out. Ugh.

Until next time,