House Repairs

The latest in my home repair saga is the laminate flooring in my kitchen. Last month, I discovered a leak under my kitchen sink. It was a slow leak and I did not discover it until it had seeped under the laminate flooring. Now the floorboards are buckling. So friday, may day off since I work this saturday, I get to have the claims adjuster give me an estimate. Then I get to have the floor replaced. What fun! And my county raised the real estate tax seven cents.

I have realized that to own a home means you will forever be broke.

I've been reading but no real reviews yet. I just read Jodi Picoult's newest: Nineteen Minutes. Its eerily timely. Its about a high school shooting. Its good, but read it when you are ready. Its tough just after Virginia Tech.

Diatribe

I just heard on the news that in between shootings at Virginia Tech, this psycho sent a package to NBC with photos and a video. I just watched clips of it online. Words fail me. Sometimes my life is not always great. We all have problems. But we don't buy guns and kill people. I am confused and ANGRY. And my heart goes out to the families and friends of the victims.

Memorial web site: http://rosa.hosting.vt.edu/index.php/memorial/

Virginia Tech website: http://www.vt.edu/

Virginia Tech

I'm still shocked by this. Yesterday I was glued to the news web sites and today I was reading to find out more about this guy. WHY? As my sister says, we'll never know why. One of the bloggers on MSNBC has gathered a bunch of links: http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com:80/archive/2007/04/16/152692.aspx

Why?

I was in Borders today, heading out to my car when I saw this cute little blonde girl maybe about 2 walk toward the Happy Feet display. From the distance I heard her dad say "Carmen Electra don't touch that." Why would you do this to your child?

Stranger weather

Believe it or not, it snowed last night! I woke up at 7AM, looked out my window and my car was covered in snow! Its April for Pete's sake!

I have decided that the "genius" who invented heelys (you know, those sneakers with wheels in the heels) should be smacked! I was grocery shopping this afternoon and these three kids kept rolling all over the grocery store. Their parents were oblivious. I think its an accident waiting to happen. I hate to see one of them bump into a senior citizen and cause them to fall.

I'm back

Sorry I've been gone. Thanks for sending out the APB Liz! I've been visiting blogs but have not had too much to say. My allergies are driving me crazy and I've had daily headaches. Now there is a chance of snow flurries tonight. I refuse to believe it.

My family (sister, nephew, and sister's boyfriend) left for vacation today. 10 days of peace and quiet! Just me and the two cats. I'm really looking forward to it.

I just finished reading Righteous: Dispatches from the Evangelical Youth Movement by Lauren Sandler. Its non-fiction. Lauren Sandler reports on the rise of Christian evangelical youth movement. She traveled all across the country visiting such groups as skateboarder missionaries, a Seattle mega-church, a small religious college and so on. Quite the page turner. I don't have the same opinions as many of the groups that she talked to, but the book makes for fascinating reading.