This morning I came home from work. I knew it had rained all night and it was still raining while I was working my key into the lock. I got inside, kicked off my shoes, fed the cats and went downstairs. I was greeted by a flooded basement. NOT. COOL.
Actually, the water was freezing, but who's keeping temperature?
I woke Kevin up because I didn't know what to do! He called his Grandpa, borrowed his Shop Vac and we started sucking up water. The vacuum holds 12 gallons of water and we emptied it 5 times before deciding this just wasn't working. Water was still coming in our house.
Our landlord wasn't answering his phone, and we're freaking because it's 7am and I can't go to sleep, Kevin's computer is possibly damaged, and there's just water everywhere! Luckily, nothing of value was damaged, but still. I had to move the one litter box by the stairs and that freaked out my cats so someone pooped in my closet on my pants.
Overall, we were really lucky as tenants without renters insurance. None of our stuff (that's worth anything -- hopefully) was ruined. My cats and fish are fine. The floor was drying up when I left to come to work again and now our landlords know that this happens and will likely do something when the weather isn't so rainy all the time.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Someone's In Trouble...
Basically, my best friend (BFF) is already married, has a nearly 2-year-old and another on the way. They got married in the courthouse and her parents, B&D, offered to gift her and her hubs a dream wedding ceremony and reception. They never asked for this from B&D, but graciously accepted the offer. This was 2 years ago.
Today, a month away from the previously decided wedding date, BFF has cancelled the wedding. Her mom, D, is SO BAD with money, that she hasn't paid for ANYTHING! B was to pay $5,000 for the ceremony/reception site and food and all the included things whereas D was supposed to fund the other $5,000 or whatever for the dress, the invites, the everything else! D took B's $5,000 for the site and only gave them $3,800. So there's $1200 missing off the bat. Then, D was to send BFF money for her dress and shoes and invites and the vendors. That never happened. BFF and her hubs were funding their own deposits for vendors and all that stuff when they should have been given the money from D. D constantly called and said "the money's in the mail" or "I can send $X this week and $X next week" blah blah blah. Now that the wedding is month away, D has made off with $1,200 and sent BFF and her hubs $0. $0! And it was 2 years away when they decided all this!!!!
Now, I have to hear my best friend being angry at her mother and developing this serious bitterness that isn't laughable in the slightest because D couldn't come through. She even told BFF that she could just postpone the date a couple months! LOL, no.
BFF isn't happy, understandably. I don't think her bridesmaids will be too happy, either, since we all spent about $200 on our dresses and now we're stuck with them because they're coming in all dyed and ready. So, instead of this beautiful ceremony, she is thinking about having everything at another state park in a shelter. Since they're already married, they can just say their vows again or whatever and they don't need a pastor. She thinks it'll be tacky, but I'm convinced we can work with it. It's $20 to rent and decorations don't cost a whole lot. I mean, I can probably afford a couple streamer rolls, balloons, fake flowers and some off-beat centerpieces.
I mean, their wedding is more for the party aspect, so party decorations will be fine! I know they have grills at the shelter and a fireplace will provide a nice backdrop. It sucks that she can't afford a photographer, but we have good cameras among our families, so there's always that! I just hope that, in the end, she can see what the real point is behind her marriage ceremony/reception. It doesn't have to be fancy, and it can be casual so there's no need for her to worry! Her M.O.H. has her back! ;)
Today, a month away from the previously decided wedding date, BFF has cancelled the wedding. Her mom, D, is SO BAD with money, that she hasn't paid for ANYTHING! B was to pay $5,000 for the ceremony/reception site and food and all the included things whereas D was supposed to fund the other $5,000 or whatever for the dress, the invites, the everything else! D took B's $5,000 for the site and only gave them $3,800. So there's $1200 missing off the bat. Then, D was to send BFF money for her dress and shoes and invites and the vendors. That never happened. BFF and her hubs were funding their own deposits for vendors and all that stuff when they should have been given the money from D. D constantly called and said "the money's in the mail" or "I can send $X this week and $X next week" blah blah blah. Now that the wedding is month away, D has made off with $1,200 and sent BFF and her hubs $0. $0! And it was 2 years away when they decided all this!!!!
Now, I have to hear my best friend being angry at her mother and developing this serious bitterness that isn't laughable in the slightest because D couldn't come through. She even told BFF that she could just postpone the date a couple months! LOL, no.
BFF isn't happy, understandably. I don't think her bridesmaids will be too happy, either, since we all spent about $200 on our dresses and now we're stuck with them because they're coming in all dyed and ready. So, instead of this beautiful ceremony, she is thinking about having everything at another state park in a shelter. Since they're already married, they can just say their vows again or whatever and they don't need a pastor. She thinks it'll be tacky, but I'm convinced we can work with it. It's $20 to rent and decorations don't cost a whole lot. I mean, I can probably afford a couple streamer rolls, balloons, fake flowers and some off-beat centerpieces.
I mean, their wedding is more for the party aspect, so party decorations will be fine! I know they have grills at the shelter and a fireplace will provide a nice backdrop. It sucks that she can't afford a photographer, but we have good cameras among our families, so there's always that! I just hope that, in the end, she can see what the real point is behind her marriage ceremony/reception. It doesn't have to be fancy, and it can be casual so there's no need for her to worry! Her M.O.H. has her back! ;)
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