As the dust settles

Hi everyone,

Figured it was best to let the dust settle down before posting this witty line of comments on the past few weeks.

I am of course referring to Halloween, or the mega rake up of leaves, or the 2 times our neighbor flooded our basement.... you thought I'd never go two sentences without mentioning politics right?

So what's going down? Hannah enjoyed Halloween, as did Ryan of course, consuming a mountain of candy and oddly enough getting a couple of stick on tattoos, which always makes me wonder why bother with the concept if you're going to refuse to hand out candy?  Turn off your light, go out for the evening and don't let it bother you, handing tattoos instead of candy merely makes you an out of touch muppet (or a dentist - perhaps the two are linked?)  This year Ryan was a Storm Trooper, and he showed off a dark side by refusing to hand over his candy to Darth Vader (name removed to prevent embarrassment, but as I explained to the unlucky party it could have been Chandler Bings Pink Bunny outfit).

That time of year when we (the royal we, others in the family simply sit and watch) rake up leaves, this year I managed 7 bags, and came out the next day to wonder why I bothered.  Its two weeks later and I'm still asking myself that question, staring down at at least another 5 bags worth.  Go ahead worms - snack on!

Flooding - came downstairs 3 weeks ago and stood in a wet patch of carpet, Jet has previous so I immediately looked for her, but when the patch was bigger 2 hours later I knew we had an issue, there followed a confusing series of events where despite having a professional come out, he failed to note it wasn't us, it was next door.  The pressure valve had let go on the water heater and with no drain it had turned their wooden slatted floor into a nice ocean - with a super ripple effect too, and seeped between the floors to ruin our carpet.  We got an assessor booked to come visit and they had repairs done.

Which was a failure because a week later it happened again, this time I came home on Monday and went splat, much bigger leak this time.  So to sum up the fix wasn't done to resolve the issue and now it was definite that our carpet needed replacing, we put up with dryers & humidifiers for 4 days and now we wait for some damaged/removed boards/drywall to be repaired/replaced and then the carpet comes in, all of this is going through insurance, not ours, but the landlords next door.  He did try to suggest our landlord picked up our portion and I said "Look if your car rolls into mine, is it my fault for parking there?  You had a failure, your part flooded our floor, your fault, you pay!"  Work may be complete by Christmas but given the pace of it, that could be 2017.

Hannah has become quite persistent in throwing "Wubba-Strops" she's more active than Ryan ever was in that department, we get the full on stomping, throwing herself down on the floor like she's Ronaldo and usually favoring 1 parent over the other.  She's also become good at saying "No" even if this is the offering of something she just asked for, which is not annoying at all, nope, no it's not.  Ok, it is.....

Our Christmas tree is up giving Jake Thug a new place to hide, Jet a new place to piss and Poofy a new delicacy to taste and then spew up in another room.  They're battling Hannah who see's lots of "balls" to grab... going to be a long month!

Final thought, Lewis Hamilton remains a spoiled, egotistical asshole with the attitude of a child.

Have fun!
J,J, R & H