looks like i'm down to once a week...

Eventually I'll remember to update more frequently... at least come spring once I'm not chained to my lightbox for so long each morning.

In summary:

Life w/HTB living here (but not officially 'moved in' yet) is busier than when we had the LDR going on and just talked on the phone each evening. It's VERY nice & VERY good!! But busier though, and that's taken a bit of an adjustment.

Heard about the Sound Of Music 40th anniversary 2-disc DVD being released. Want to go home & check to see if I own this on dvd yet. If not I want this. I LOVE this movie! It'd be so fun to have it on DVD. :)

( The Battle of Us vs. the Squirrel )

( babbling about weekend activities & not enough time in a day )

I *really* want to try and get things cleaned up as much as possible before a week from tomorrow (YIKES!!) when my future mother-in-law is arriving in town for Thanksgiving.
How much we'll be able to get cleaned up since we're in this weird transition period of half moved in, but not quite enough stuff here yet to justify a storage unit...

Other weird unexpected things requiring adjustment & transition have cropped up (in regards to HTB unofficially living here but not moved in)... things I wouldn't have thought would need to change (like shopping, last-minute diversions on the way home, planning dinners... etc).

I got pictures developed recently. They include portions of my mom's recently denuded backyard (wherein she took out a big giant plant & is letting HTB & I plan out the new design with the idea we can use that area for our wedding next summer). And also pictures of me trying on various wedding dresses. Including the one I eventually decided upon. I want to scan the pictures in, blur out my face (I'm neurotic when it comes to my privacy), and post them in a tightly locked filter for any who want to see...
So if you want to see & be on the filter list, please comment & let me know.

documentation of us vs. noisy neighbors

Bass from downstairs neighbor's stereo system was driving HTB & I *insane* Friday night.

I called & left a message with the management office.
They called back Saturday afternoon for more details, and said that they'd make the offending neighbor a friendly courtesy phone call.

I was told that if (or more like when) it happens again, that I should stop by the office and fill out an Incident Complaint form. The offending neighbor would then get an official letter.
If it happened again after that, I should go fill out another Incident Complaint form and another (I'm hoping more severe/firm) letter would be sent.

Hopefully after a letter or two the guy will get the message and turn down his damn bass or he'll get kicked out for violating the rules.

I've only seen him in passing, and just at first glance he looks like he's a college kid who's living on his own, out of mommy & daddy's house, out of the dorms, etc for the first time and is going "yeah! No one telling me what to do, I can turn my music up as loud as I want!"

I really miss my old neighbors. A nice mid-to-late 30's single mom with a pre-teen/early-teenage son. Never made any noise, I hardly knew they were there. Perfect neighbors.

I'm seriously thinking about the possibility of whether HTB & I can find a decent not too expensive house to rent when this apartment lease is up. But I LOVE this place, and how it faces out over a natural area, and all the birds & trees & stuff right out my window & patio. :)
It'd be perfect if I could just get rid of this damn neighbor!