Lush lawn

Now this is a lush lawn!

Finally got the house rented

3200 in repairs, but it's looking nice. I had about 20 calls and 6 people come see it, and 2 people who wanted it. Then one backed out , so it was an easy decision. These people make like 35k and have worked there 5 years and seem like good people. Only time will tell.

In other news, I am dealing with another tenant in shitmore who isnt paying. This could provide for some quality blog content over the next few weeks. Maybe I should change the title of this blog to "why you shouldnt own rental houses"

Effing words with friends

Tonight I thought I won my first game. I had the lead twice and was ahead by 6 points and we each had one letter left. Then wifey (no longer a friend) scored 4 pts and my two point letter U counted against me for 2 and it was a tie. So that elusive first win is still in the future but at least this is one game I didn't lose: it was a tie.

Dry cleaning fun

In the past two weeks I have tried to drop off my dry cleaning at the cleaners four times, burly every time they were closed during normal business hours.

Today when I went, I notices a piece of paper taped to the door. Yes, an eviction notice! The same state of mi paperwork I use to evict my tenants.

I have been going there since 2004, and I always talked with the owner of the store when I was in. I feel bad for the guy, but over the years I made friendly suggestions to him to help improve his business and he never implemented any of them.

Lesson learned: listen to me.

Example of wasted government spending

Just found out yesterday that Medicare pays for you to get your toenails cut every 45 days. I wonder if the podiatry association has anything to do with that?

Prohibition

How in the hell could so many countries, including the US, ban alcohol? In our society, it simply seems outrageous this type of policy could be law and actually enforced. Actually, I guess it wasn't really enforced....see Al Capone.

In other news, drinking four beers in one "sitting" is "binge" drinking. Right.

I like Jeff Daniels

For my out of state readers, you may not know Jeff is from Michigan and lives in Chelsea (not far away from ann arbor). My first experience with Jeff was Harry in Dumb and Dumber ( I am greatly disappointed Jim Carey is not on board for the sequel).

He is a big supporter of the local area and you may have seen him in the Michigan ads.

Daniels most recent endeavor is Newsroom on HBO. This is a great show, and I highly recommend it.