Well we did it. We found a house we both love and moved into this rental a couple days ago. Mostly I am happy with it. There are just a few things that frustrate the utter crap out of me.
The laundry drains into the bathtub. Makes the toilet bubble like a hard boil and makes water seep from under the toilet. The shower makes the toilet bubble like a hard boil. You flush the toilet and it bubbles and splashes so high it gets you in the face. GROSS! (I've also learned to put the seat down). I called the landlord and he says oh yes that is normal. Um.. on what continent exactly is this normal?? Certainly not in North America. In my opinion (for whatever that may be worth these days) I think the stack is blocked and now allowing for proper draining.
The fridge is one of those side by side ones with ice and water. Cool right? Wrong. There is no water hookup and the ice thing does not work even if you put ice cubes in it. That would not be so bad by itself if the freezer had more than ONE FREAKING shelf in it. Right now my frozen stuff is stacked up on each other. I had no choice. Makes my OCD crazy though. The fridge half has such bad condensation that it drips on the inside! Why one may ask. Well the gasket seal is broken nearly all the way around! There is also no light due to this. I guess the penguins will have to live in complete darkness until i can figure out what he's going to do with that.
The stove - oh sweet baby Jesus the stove. I spent nearly an hour scrubbing someone else suppers that burnt on the edges off only to discover that the silver burner things are not for that stove and don't fit properly. The oven part is digital but the digital readout is flaky at best. How can I bake when the digital thing cant make up its mind if its supposed to be set at 150F or 350F. Never mind you can't really tell what it's set to because half of the led lights are burned out/don't come on properly. Baking is definitely going to be an adventure!
Thing I don't understand is the basic principle - if you wouldn't put it in your own house then why on earth would you put it in your rental? I'm supposed to have sub standard stuff because I pay you a ridiculous fee to live in your house? That isn't right.
We have to purchase a utility closet type thing so we can put our bathroom stuff in it. The bathroom is crazy small. Initially i thought that is fine we can store the stuff in the linen closet. Well - turns out we don't have one of those either!
I know it's a lot of griping about the house but to be honest when the landlord fixes things (or gets the bill for me fixing them) it will be fine. You can never move into a new place and it be all set up perfectly the way you want it (unless you build your own home to suit - but who's got the money for that?!) It's so peaceful here. The dog LOVES that he goes in and out at his own will all day long. I like that its quiet you hear the occasional dog barking. This morning it was busy with the garbage collection and recycling trucks (oh.. which you apparently have to pay to get both collected here! Never have I heard of such a thing!) In time with our own decorations this will be a lovely place indeed. Unless the landlord is a complete jerk face I don't plan on leaving anytime soon.
The other most interesting thing that happened today was Peckerhead posted an email to me. Sending his heart felt condolences on my mother's passing (who, by the way, passed 1.5 years ago now). He also wondered how the kids took it and what they looked like now. You know, things like that used to get me all freaked out. Now they just make me angry. Just proof that he's still stalking (how else would he know of my mother's passing) and that he's still a loser. Get a life - we sort of healed from your B.S. abuse and moved on. People like him just don't... no he'll get what is his eventually. You cannot be that mean to people you supposedly "love" and get away with it.
Well off to unpack some more boxes. So many to go through... so little time. Tomorrow is clean the apartment day! Yay me! :)
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