Catch Up.

*This is the follow up to the previous post about my home buying nightmare.*Sooooo where did we leave off? Oh yes, the fire. I found out the day after I had all the locks changed that a fire had destoryed half of the building the night before. The fire stopped about 10 Ft from my front door. Luckily the smoke smell killed the stench that the the squatter left behind. With all of his crap out on the deck I painted, cleaned, packed, cleaned, had the carpet ripped out, cleaned, changed the fixtures, cleaned, oh and did I mention cleaned. (I had lots of help from my blogmates, Coley, Dana, Sassyx, and several family members.)After playing phone tag with the squatter's brother I was able to get authorization to dump all of the crap he left behind (which cost me$400). They agreed to pay for the...

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The Joy Of Being A FREAK MAGNET!

And the party never stops.... Seein' as how the other birds have been stricken mute, I'll go again. As per my last post, I have just recently moved into a new apartment that I absolutely LOVE! The longer I'm here the more I adore it. I was really blessed with the moving process and I met the tenants on both sides of me and they were all very cool. The neighbors on my left side are 2 gay men in the mid to late 40's bracket who live together, but I dont think they're really out of the closet since one of them refers to his mate as his "brother". I dont know, maybe this is a new term for life partner, or significant other in the gay community. Either way, they seemed really cool. As a matter of fact, the first one that I met was Que-ball (the bald one). He happened to be coming down his stairs...

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Not Dead....Just Moving!!!

TAKE THE NEW SONGBIRDS POLL 9/16 We hear ya Grasshoppah!! Please calmly place the shank on the ground and slowly back away from the weapon!!No, we're not dead, or sick, or in rehab (except for maybe one of the songbirds)!Beg and I have been moving, and Ja-me has been looking for a place to move...ScorpioK has been taking care of her 30 common law kids. But I think the hiatus is finally over!! A Quick Stale (old and dated news) Update (note that I'm rush typing so it's gonna be choppy):Beg has been getting settled in her new condo. The squatters stuff is finally gone and she just bought a kitten which she's named Napoleon Dynamite (she can go into details on how she was told by ScorpioK that the kitten was a girl, but turns out...

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KATRINA

Hurricane Katrina Relief I am so overwhelmed with emotions for the victims of hurricane Katrina that I don't know what to say. You can donate to the red cross online here or make a donation by phone at 1-800-HELP-NOW. Please be sure to specify that you are donating to hurricane relief. I'm sending my prayers and lots of love to everyone affected by this tragic event. ....I'll update about the house drama on my next post. ...

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