November 01, 2006

ABOUT THAT RUT

Blogson Mike the Marine of From The Halls To The Shores commented:

I hope you've got a good excuse for getting into the "three post rut." -Simpsons, Currency, Love. Repeat.

Conveniently, I do.

As mentioned previously, Beloved Wife TNT of Smiling Dynamite is the Personal Representative for her late mother's estate, and I've been helping her get things in order.

"Things" meaning mostly cleaning up a house packed with 30 years of accumulated crap, and maintained with some iffy housekeeping & home repair skills. Probably not the WORST maintained home I've ever seen, but anyone who's ever moved after a long stay knows how neglected certain areas can get, and what an effort it can be to get them looking nice again.

The major issue being that we needed to get the house shined up & ready for sale before snow season.

The good news is, we finally finished last week. It's just a matter of getting the house sold now.

Of course, there's still the issue of finding space for all the crap we hauled back to our house - currently packed into boxes crowding all over the living room floor. That'll be eating up time at random intervals.

And we still have to get the leaves raked at the estate house.

Aside from that, though, I should be able to dedicate more time to blogging at Bad Example. I closed down Alliance HQ and Forward This Email, so I'm down to just posting here and at IMAO.

Of course, I'm still working on the Love Notes book, too. I've gotten all 365 notes written, but there's editing & polishing to do.

So, in theory, I should get caught up on my posting this week or next, and be able to post more than just "the rutting three" thereafter. Plus I'll be able to start reading through my blogroll again.

Meanwhile I figured that having three crummy posts a day was better than posting nothing at all.

We'll see how it goes from here.

Posted by: Harvey at 07:38 AM | Comments (8) | Add Comment
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1 Harvey, First off, I like the love notes...blog is always second to all. I hope you are relieved to get the estate settled. Not fun. I have had to help with this 4 times now.... It is a tedious process certainly. Please offer SD my thoughts and condolences on the loss of a parent.

Posted by: armywifetoddlermom at November 01, 2006 08:58 AM (IVwWm)

2 The estate's not exactly settled yet, but most of the heavy lifting is over. I'm sure there's still a few surprises hiding offstage somewhere...

Posted by: Harvey at November 01, 2006 09:09 AM (L7a63)

3 Huh. Here I thought you were spending all your spare time eating pizza.

Posted by: Ogre at November 01, 2006 09:46 AM (oifEm)

4 I can't believe you've been able to keep all of that going for so long! Even if you weren't the only one (kudos to Susie and the others for all their hard work). Sorry you and TNT have both been bogged down with what can only be sad work, glad the worst is behind you. Me - I can barely keep up with my own blog... I certainly ain't criticizing you because you can't keep up with the miriads you are involved with *grin*.

Posted by: Teresa at November 01, 2006 03:00 PM (o4pJS)

5 Umm... okay... I suppose that'll work. Sorry man. I was expecting something more along the lines of "I'm just bein' a lazy rat," not like... ya know... reality. Anyway, hope your life gets in order again soon and things get back to normal.

Posted by: Mike the Marine at November 01, 2006 07:35 PM (4J8pe)

6 How in the world d id I miss that post on her mother passing?! I read every day! But I did. And I'm sorry. I hope it all gets squared away soon...

Posted by: Bou at November 01, 2006 08:32 PM (iHxT3)

7 As you know, you can sit by me. I am glad that things are getting squared away. Things will be looking up sooner than later!

Posted by: Richmond at November 01, 2006 09:14 PM (e8QFP)

8 Take your time, Harv; we'll be waiting for you when you're ready.

Posted by: Frank J. at November 03, 2006 06:23 PM (ND1d/)

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