A Fun Oh-By-The-Way
So I was talking with my father in law last night, going over some of the new news on the house, some issues the realtors are trying to pawn off on us, a warranty that's been paid for and they're trying to renegotiate on and many other things.

Among them, the disclosure that I have an animal living under the house that's bright enough to have crawled on top of the hot water pipes for warmth. Only problem is that said pipes are not built to be used as a bed and said pipes have achieved just wee bit of a reverse camber under the weight of the furry bugger.

So, among my other tasks for this weekend is to crawl under the house and repair the damage, repair the entrypoint for the animal and figure out some way to deter future sleepovers.

I think the easiest and least toxic means is going to be to sprinkle a can of ground black pepper around the area. I remember reading that its been used in gardens to help ward off vegetable poachers. Something about the noxiousness of the stuff. just sends them the other way to find another spot to squat.

So that'll be fun, actually it will be. I'm going to get dirty under my house and I can also inspect the little mold that's under there and see if it can be easily scrapped off or if I've gotta get a little more creative on its ass.

The unpacking moves ahead slowly, last night we painted at the old apartment and it is nearing completion on our end of the process. That should be nice. We've sent at least five good candidates to move into the place to the property management company so I think we'll end up not having to pay for February and we'll get most of our security deposit back as well which is good because that's parts and tools for the new house now.

I think a new toilet is pretty high up on the list, there's nothing like flushing your troubles down the drain only to have them come bobbing back to the bowl like boomerang poop or something. And I'm sure the wax ring sealing the toilet to the floor is far, far overdue for a change so that'll be good too.

Now, if only the print job I sent out yesterday comes back today looking as good as I hope it will, then we'll be in fine shape.