The Stocks are in

When my Grandpa Fred died we found out he had invested in a lot of questionable stocks. One being the Emu farm, which not surprisingly went under. (Have you ever seen an emu in person? They are ridiculously scary and serve no purpose but to kill dogs, which I do not approve of.)

Another very lucrative stock was in a green chili factory. This week my father got a dived end check from the chili company for $160 in Fred Deiber's name. Well you can't cash that and they were going to make my dad scrounge up a billion years of paperwork to change the name over. Frustrated my dad calls the company back and says "either you reissue the checks in my name or you better start paying us with green chilies". Congratulations, we will not see what $160 of chilies look like as we are now being paid in canned food.

Serious Drain Clog

Something valuable I have learned in life is if you want something done, just do it yourself! In the downstairs bathroom the sink has become progressively slower and slower to drain with a lot of backing up. I thought about calling the landlord, where I would have gotten the response "you should just be happy to have water". Given the fact that they haven't yet nor will they ever fix the washer, lack of water temperature control or mailbox this was just one more disappointment to add to the list. So I took matters into my own hands. I wore a bathrobe to protect my clothes, goggles and latex free gloves and took apart the drain. I then sacrificed one of my hangers and got to work digging and this is what came out. Don't look if you have a weak stomach because you will want to vomit!

Disgusting!!!! But now the water flows through like a fountain at the Bellagio!

Jenga

You know the game Jenga? You have to stack things really high and who ever it falls over on looses. At the Carter street home we play dishes Jenga. You can stack them as high as possible and you don't have to put things away until you cause them to fall. I am very good at slipping out a cup or adding another pot to the mixture and keeping the tower strong!

Things that break your computer

If you are familiar with the love sac than you will know it is a very dangerous piece of furniture. Due to the fact that I don't think through things very well before doing them, you will find it no surprise I put my computer on the love sac, went to get something and came and plopped on down. Large bean bag full of air+weight of my body=Computer flying across the room. When it hit the ground I thought it was broken for sure, but I took out the battery and restarted it and there was a screen! Truly a Christmas miracle!