*yawnstretch*

[slipjig3]

1) The confessional is still open, if anyone is interested. And yes, we welcome multiple entries.

2) Well, it took about two weeks for something to break on the new car: the driver's-side window will not roll down. Probably a minor electrical hoopty, but still annoying as hell.

3) Right front burner on our stove: also shorted out. Feh.

4) My mom and her husband are in Illinois, by the by, safe and sound. The architect and contractor insist that the hurricane damage to their house isn't nearly as bad as they think it is, so they're gritting their teeth and forging ahead with repairs. The main problem—aside from finding their palm trees in the next neighborhood—is that the house, being a stilty-sort of construction, had most of its damage on the lower level (same was with Hurricane Ivan last year), but this included the staircase leading into the house, which meant sea water had direct access into their living room. Yuk. Still, a lot better than it could've been.

5) Tell you what, Annoying Cats who are currently yowling for your breakfast: I'll start being more on-the-ball about feeding you promptly if you stop voicing your displeasure by defiling the futon. Deal?

6) All right. Now for Cocoa Krispies.

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the lowlands of new orleans have twined my love and me

[daev.livejournal.com]

My mom and her husband are in Illinois, by the by, safe and sound.

Do they have an annoying habit of being on the Gulf Coast when hurricanes hit, or an annoying habit of not calling their families to tell them they're not on the Gulf Coast when hurricanes hit?

Re: the lowlands of new orleans have twined my love and me

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

They unfortunately were on the Gulf Coast at the time, in the house of a friend just outside the evacuation area. They have since retreated more northwardly (which they do around this time of year anyway) to plan the next step in repairing their home.