No News is Good News, Right?

I'm still here living in North St. Louis and battling BOLD K. Enterprises LLC, aka Paul Wallach and Tony Dismuke. Can't talk about nothing else until this problem gets resolved. Yes I'm obsessed cuz I gotta be here 24/7. The bureaucracy in this city sucks and the "it's good enough" attitude I'm encountering is making me crazy. Every inspector who steps thru the front door of this home IMMEDIATELY comments "ohh it's a nice home." Ummmm I don't consider a home nice if the f*cking roof is leaking now even at the slightest hint of rain, aka drizzle. Or that a shower leaks every which way to Sunday when some body uses it. Or if you have a dayum crack the length of a ruler in the living room, or if most of the front windows on the first and second floor are painted shut. Oh and let's not forget the shorts in the light fixtures. There is about 200 lights in this home. I have 6 lights in my bathroom, and it's not a big bathroom either. My bed room has 26 lights, my kitchen has 15 lights. *chuckle* I have to laugh at that myself. They have a mixture of wall lighting, recessed lighting, ceiling fixtures and some hanging type lighting in just about every room of the house. Yes all different types of lights in ONE room at one time. I'm so thru with this place and them not responding. And like the inspectors told me, the longer the wait the more it's going to cost. But in the meantime I'm the only one who has to deal with it because I'm here all dayum day long. And of course it we just move out, then they could sue us for abandoning the property. On top of everything we still have to pay rent or we could be evicted. And then still trying to do the attorney thing. Jeez! At this point I have no faith in the justice system. I really don't. And I've called and written just about every department in the dayum city, including the mayor's office. And nothing. Nothing, nothing, nothing. So I'm not the happiest dayum camper right now.

I knew we should have moved into the apartment in the West End that we were approved for before we left Washington. I knew it.

Why . . . .

Have we spent on RENT from April 1, 2008 thru May 1, 2008 $8,385.00?????? What the f*ck! And no the dayum rent ain't $4,000 a month. Why is the dayum house with the leaking roof and the "new" stove that cooks corn bread for an hour (and it still ain't done) so f*cking expensive? I'm at a lost for words. *thinking* well not really, but dayum. I feel like I live in the Titanic. Beautiful at first glance, but when you get in the mo'fo, it's gonna sink. *chuckle* Yes I'm laughing to keep from crying.

And why did the property owner, or company rather send an email to my hubby on May 2nd saying they haven't received the rent check yet? *lookin into camera* Did I mention they are in CALIFORNIA and that's where the rent check is to be mailed. Ummmm yeah, NEXT! My hubby couldn't dial the dayum number fast enough. Surprisingly they answered his call. Seeing that no one has answered ANY of his other phone calls regarding the 11 page (and growing) list of things that need to be fixed here. I guess they thought it was someone else since the hubby called from a "new" number. Why they avoiding us like we the collection agency? And then have the nerve to say they haven't received the rent on the 2nd of the month when that sh*t is being 1) mailed and 2) going about 3,000 miles away? *lookin into camera* and *rollin my dayum eyes*

How come when I looked up the landlord/tenant laws for the state of Missouri, them sh*ts seemed VERY pro landlord? There were about 5 links for tenants and about 12 for landlords. Including how to get tax rebates and gov't money, some 203c sh*t for those interested in "rehab" homes and what not. I found that very interesting. And WHY when I searched the Missouri laws for recourse for when a landlord doesn't fix problems in a reasonable amount of time, did the law state that you have to have been residing in the residence for SIX months BEFORE you can fix it yourself and deduct the rent? And please tell me why, you can only deduct $300 or LESS 1/2 the rent? Whichever is greater. *neck twist* Does anybody have a contractor who fixes leaking roofs for $300.00? Somebody get me Pookie. LOL

Okay I'm done. I'm just too through. I really am. My azz will be trying to fix sh*t myself. Now you know that's a shame.

*shakin my head* - Mama Alyson

Time is Tight

Since relocating to middle america from the coast I've noticed that the money we're dishing out seems to have INCREASED rather then DECREASED. Altho my hubby increased his salary 1500 times 10, that may as well be monopoly money because thus far it hasn't been helping much. Not to mention the fact that we had less relocation money than when we moved from Cali. And I know yall know it ain't cheap to move from one house to another within the same city, let alone moving from one state to another.

The situation is (as Ms. Barbara like to say) our dayum groceries ain't even cheaper. Well maybe a little bit but dayum I was looking to cut that sh*t in half. *lookin into camera at my own self* (knowing you can only do that by bulk shopping at costco, bj's, sam's club, schnuks, walmart, etc. *sigh*) Do they sell organic products? And please don't let me start again on the house we live in. It's like what we're paying and having to spend to make it livable is what folks pay when they BUY a home, not rent one.

And somebody PLEASE tell me why the dayum A.TT phone bill is $401.00??? And no it ain't cuz I been calling Cali or Mexico and talking for 500 minutes. Our monthly plan is $50.00 a month. We were charged $267 for the dayum installation cuz they had to redo what the property owners tore down, i.e. the outside phone lines that are owned by the phone company! Why would you tear those down, Pookie? Huh? *shakin head* I'm *this close* to being ready to move, if this dayum house didn't grow on my azz.

I don't know I suppose we're just feeling the crunch of having to pay for alot of sh*t upfront to get out here. And then of course it costs money to settle in. And am I gonna get the $220 back we had to pay for a cleaning service to come and "move-in" clean the first floor? Yes, only the first floor was done cuz I didn't even want to know the price for cleaning all 3 floors for deep cleaning. A cleaning the property owners AGREED to have cleaned before we moved in. According to them, they did clean. LOL. I just laughed deep and long cuz that was some funny sh*t. LOL. I had to laugh again. *chuckle*

Well let me do the old "let me thankful because I could be homeless and eating out of garbage cans and at least we all healthy and have money coming in" song. I just get pissed when it seems like sh*t keeps popping up. When I know at least half of the expenses we're incurring are NOT ours and yet we the ones who keep pay for them. Dayum we some sucka's. We buying bridges over here if anybody got one to sell. LOL.

I'm done, thanks for reading.

*smoochies* - Mama Alyson

Things Really Do Happen For a Reson

I found this really great new nail salon and spa right down the street from my house. It's on Redmond Way, and takes me only about 3 minutes to drive there. The lady gave me this really cool design on my nails and the girl who did my pedicure almost made me fall asleep in the chair. Not to mention that my azz had a hot wax on my feet again because I ain't had that sh*t since about 2001.

So this is what happened. The place that's further down the street, like alot further and dayum near in Kirkland (well not really but it feels like it) had been doing a manicure and pedicure for me since Sept of 2007. They had parking, weren't crowded and could usually see me right away, if not within 10-15 minutes of me stepping through the front door. Well during the holidays I wanted to jazz up my nails and got acrylic again after not having it for almost 3 years.

I go in today, as I usually do with this place every 2 weeks. I waited about 15 minutes to be serviced because the two manicurists there had customers. When it was my turn, the lady politely gets me to come to the spa chair so she can start my pedicure. She tells me to pick out my color, which they usually do before they start working on you. Me and another lady are the only customers in the shop. As I'm picking out colors, another customer walks in. My manicurists asks what the lady needs. The lady says she needs a pedicure. My manicurists tells her "10 minutes." I smile to myself because I think, why she lie knowing it's gonna be WAY more than 10 minutes. So I find the color I want and walk towards the spa chair where my water is waiting. My manicurists then moves to pull up another chair for me at a nail station where no one is sitting and says "you sit here, we do nail first." I look at her because SHE only does pedicures and the only other manicurist who does nails already has a customer. I say, "aren't you doing my pedicure?" And she repeats "we do nail first, sit here." I asked her that question 3 times. She then proceeds to go outside and look up and down the street and then comes back inside and tells the new customer that "I can help you here."

Now there were no other manicurists in the shop. So once she decided that she was going to take the new customer who just walked into the salon off the street and try and "make" me wait AGAIN I decided it was time to leave. I politely walked over towards the front of the shop to pick up my coat and purse. Meanwhile she's right on my heals "nooo sit here." I was just going to leave. But she wanted to insist that I sit at a nail station, after politely waiting my turn to be serviced, where there was no nail tech and the dayum station light was off. I'm slow but not stupid. So I kindly said, "I was here first and waited my turn and now you're going to take this lady who just walked in after me." She yelped "ohhh nooo we do same time." Ummm okay. 3 customers and 2 manicurists? I said "that's okay." and left. It's like my Dad always told me "you ain't got to take my money."

That was the best decision I made regarding nail salons. Because I drove back towards my home, walked in to a new nail salon and was really very happy. I had a real spa pedicure AND with hot wax (something I was used to when I lived in Oakland). And the manicurists does airbush and nail designs. I would get airbrush at the other shop but I always had to help them put it on. The owner told me that no one in that area got airbrush so she didn't have alot of designs (meaning any). At the new place I found I asked "do you do airbrush?" and she looked at me like I said that in Swahili. LOL. She said "of course we do airbrush, we do anything you want." I told her that another nail salon said no one in Redmond gets airbrush and that I have to go to Seattle. If I could only show that look she had on her face when I said that. PRICELESS.

Well as Tyler Craig say, "and the moral to that story is . . ." See ya, and I wouldn't wanna be ya. That was a good thing, cuz now I can get my sh*t down right. And have my eyebrows done by some body who ain't gonna have my azz looking like Baby Jane in one eyebrow and Sophia from Color Purple in the other. *chuckle*

I'm done.

*nite, nite* - Lady A

Blah Vent

I've been in such a "blah" mood lately. I'm tired and really really really want/need a vacation. I don't know what the heck I was thinking having 4 babies in a row. . . . *after thought* I wasn't thinking, not with my head anyway. *chuckle* I need my house cleaned BADLY. I really need it cleaned everyday but I doubt we could afford the $150 daily housekeeping service. My lady comes on Monday *clappin* cuz this sh*t is driving me crazy. She was suppose to come last Monday but I rescheduled her cuz we'd already spent a bunch of money during the holiday and I want to give her extra for this holiday in dec. It seems like if you make more money, it still ain't enough. *shakin head*

I keep trying to get my hubby to deposit my allowance NOW so that I can buy his birthday present(s). The problem is, what I want to get is only available online. And then there's the problem of making sure it arrives BEFORE his birthday, on Dec 25th. But he's dragging his azz. He only gave me half so far. *sigh* Now that he even gives me money out right from each pay check, it's like pulling teeth to get it. Maybe I should just go back to the old way and just put my dayum hand out when I need to buy stuff. Was it easier that way?

My parents (mostly my dad) wants us all to fly down to Cali for the last week of the year. He said he'd buy all 5 tickets. I'm not sure if my hubby can be off the 3 days after x-mas or at least 800 miles away from his office. He said he was trying to do something, what I don't know. I wondered if I could make it by myself through the airport and on the plane with all 4 babies. *lookin into camera* But then we wouldn't be here for his birthday. Although I don't think he'd mind our absence. The whole house to yourself for a week. . . . .ummmmmm.

In other news, I keep going back and forth as what I should do for my hair stylists. Do I just give a money tip, do I buy some sort of gift basket type item for the shop, do I do both? Not that we even celebrate christmas, it's just that she and the other girl who work their are so very nice and do such a great job on m hair - I want to do something nice for them, you know?

I finally made an appointment with a natural path doctor for my babies. The first appointment is in January, right before my birthday. She does pediatrics and women's health. I guess the hubby is on his own. I'll see how the girls like her, they are my canaries in the mind shaft. They are sensitive to others energies and if someones energy is ALL bad, well they surely let me know. Aside from that, I need her to check out my dayum skin. Since I've been up here in this harsh azz weather, my psoriasis seems to be acting up. *shakin head* Maybe I should just move to an island country where I can have sun all the time, which is what my skin really needs and when it's the healthiest.

Other than that, there ain't sh*t going on around here. I know, what an EXCITING life I lead. Dayum, do I need to get a job or something? Geez, sometimes I bore myself. I would like to take some craft/cooking/writing classes. I did pick out an online creative writing class that starts next year. I just have to get my hubby to pay. (I hate waiting).

Alright, vent over. Now I can go watch Judge Mathis. *chuckle* But before I go, this one is in honor of Friday's Flashbacks. Enjoy!

*hugs* Lady A


Circa 1999 on U.C. Campus (and no I wasn't in school lol)