BEFORE REMODEL:

From My Condo – BEFORE and AFTER

From My Condo – BEFORE and AFTER

From My Condo – BEFORE and AFTER

AFTER REMODEL:

From My Condo – BEFORE and AFTER

From My Condo – BEFORE and AFTER

From My Condo – BEFORE and AFTER

Thoughts?

It’s always baffled me how children can come from the same parents and be completely different. This is definitely how it is in my house.

My son is extroverted; my daughter is introverted. My son can focus on something for hours; while my daughter loses interests in a matter of minutes. My son hates Art; my daughter loves it. My son loves to run; my daughter loves to dance. They are both affectionate and love babies. I love both of their personalities.

Now, if I could get my daughter to clean her room.

These upstairs neighbors are getting to be too much, and I don’t know what to do anymore. I emailed the owner and asked if he could please talk to them about the excessive noise. This has been a week full of people who just don’t give a damn about anything.

Barong Som

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I come home after an amazing Thai dinner to see a note attached on my door. It says:

I AM NOT HAPPY

It goes on to describe that my babysitter last night parked on the wrong spot, so she parked in the decal parking, had a sticker, and still got towed. Trying to be a nice neighbor, I go upstairs and knock on the woman’s door. I knock three times, but she ignores me. I am livid. The Overanalyzer in me comes out.

1. If she knew that the guest was mine, why didn’t she knock on my door that night and tell my sitter to move the car?
2. If she knew that the guest was mine, why didn’t she park on my spot?
3. If she had a decal sticker on her car and still got towed, how is that my problem?

I wrote her a note apologizing for the mixup and that it would never happen again. I also advised her to have management compensate her for what she paid because if she had a sticker, she shouldn’t have to foot the bill.

Honestly, I will NEVER, NEVER buy a condo again. You have to deal with all these different personalities and their stupidities. Since I’ve moved here, I’ve had a screaming match with the lady who use to live above, had to send over four emails to the lady who lives there now for letting her kids run around, and now this lady, who could have just knocked on my door and told my sitter to move the car, leaves a nasty note and then is too scared to answer the door when I knock.

I am in such a livid mood right now that it’s time to take a nice, hot shower to loosen me up because I am ready to curse out the next person who looks at me wrong.

We have become this society where everyone is afraid to face one another and say, “Hey, I have an issue with this.” Why do you have the balls to write me a note and paste it on my door, but you can’t answer the door to deal with this issue head on. If she would have answered the door, I would have paid for half the towing expenses. Now? She is SOL.

No Broken Hearts

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One of my favorite books, “The Long Walk Home,” discussed the broken heart of the main character. She is grief stricken to the point where she can’t eat, sleep, or speak. Her aunt tells her that one day she will break up and be ok. The day finally comes, and she IS ok. Here are the five ways you know when you are over an ex.

1. You barely think about him/her - I use to wonder about this person all the time, but now I don’t care. The only time that I do is when I see something that does remind me of that person. The constant thoughts diminished, and you see yourself thinking about more important things.

2. You are totally cool about him/her dating someone else - At first, you feel this gut-wrenching jealousy that he/she is with someone else. Let me tell you that the feeling goes away. You actually start feeling sorry for this new person because she doesn’t realize what she is getting herself into.

3. You see a picture of him/her in the arms of the other person and you all think is “Meh” – Nothing bothers you anymore. You actually don’t even think about it and just go on about your business.

4. Not attracted to him/her – You look at your ex’s picture, and you do not even find him/her attractive anymore. You can see why you did, but that person is not for you anymore. It makes you wonder if he/she ever was.

5. Wonder what you were thinking - Sanity comes in to play when you laugh about how dumb you were to be broken hearted over such a person. “What was I thinking?” is all you can think about when you do think about this person. This is the final step.

One thing I have to say is that a broken heart heals, and you only need yourself to make sure that happens.