Instead of taking out recycling (I found a bunch of spiders in it and was outta there), I present to you my first meme.

1) Who is the last person you high-fived? My roomate has hooked me on this compulsive high fiving for no reason and I actually high fived NewGuy at work. He looked at me like I was an idiot (but he did return the high five). The roomate got it from Maryanne. Thanks guys.
2) If you were drafted into a war, would you survive? Not likely, but maybe.
3) Do you sleep with the TV on? Especially if a movie is on.
4) Have you ever drunk milk straight out of the carton? Ha! Whenever I try I spill all over myself.
5) Have you ever won a spelling bee? Maybe when I was young, I don't remember. I was a good speller back then so it's possible.
6) Have you ever been stung by a bee? A bee, a hornet and a few wasps.
7) How fast can you type? Decently fast thanks to Typing Tutor and Mavis Beacon Typing in junior high. Anybody remember Mavis Beacon? You were driving and as you approached a word you typed it. Any mistakes resulted in a bug smashed on your windshield.
8) Are you afraid of the dark? If I am outside and alone, I really kind of am.
9) What color are your eyes? Green. I have green eyes.
10) Have you ever made out at a drive-in? Nope.
11) When is the last time you chose a bath over a shower? I can't even remember the last time I had a bath. I always shower.
12) Do you knock on wood? No.
13) Do you floss daily? I try. Dental hygeine is very important to me.
14) What happened to question #14? It's too horrible to talk about, but it was awful.
15) Can you hula hoop? Can't everyone? (Note: That means, no.)
16) Are you good at keeping secrets? If they are about other people I think I am. If they are about myself, no.
17) What do you want for Christmas? I suspect it will be something for my new house but not anything knick kanck-ish.
18) Do you know the Muffin Man? Know him? We're involved.
19) Do you talk in your sleep? Not that I know of.
20) Who wrote the book of love? Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, etc.
21) Have you ever flown a kite? Yes! And it has been way too long. My dad used to collect them and we had all sorts of cool ones that could do tricks. I think we will have to take up kite flying agian this summer.
22) Do you wish on your fallen lashes? No.
23) Do you consider yourself successful? According to my personal definition of success, not yet. But I'm working on it.
24) How many people are on your contact list of your cell? It is my work phone so between professional and personal contacts, maybe 50?
25) Have you ever asked for a pony? I don't think so. My friend Sherri and I did save up to buy a horse once though. Sadly, the deal fell through.
26) Plans for tomorrow? Indoor Air Quality assessment in a city 2.5 hours away. Cleaning. Laundry.
27) Can you juggle? I'm an awesome juggler. However I can only do 2 balls at a time.
28) Missing someone now? I am kind of actually.
29) When was the last time you told someone I Love You? About 20 mintues ago I said it to my friend Jess when I hung up the phone.
30) And truly meant it? I did very much mean it.
31) How often do you drink? Constantly at the office - I have a huge water bottle that I make myself drain everyday. Not as much in the evenings at home.
32) How are you feeling today? Really calm and happy and content.
33) What do you say too much? Fair enough
34) Have you ever been suspended or expelled from school? No, detention once though.
35) What are you looking forward to? In the short term: April 14th (Feast) and May 27th (possession date). Lots of things in the long term.
36) Have you ever crawled through a window? Yup. I crawl through all sorts of weird spaces at my job.
37) Have you ever eaten dog food? No, but I watched someone else do it. He said it wasn't as good as cat food.
38) Can you handle the truth? Most of the time.
39) Do you like green eggs and ham? I do not particularly like any colour of eggs or ham.
40) Any cool scars? On my right pointer finger I have a scar in the shape of a T that I love. I also have one on my shin that I got for being hardcore. Okay, well I got it for being a klutz and walking into a pointy branch hidden by the foilage. But I was in a forest where there are no trails. That is kind of hardcore right?

Whew. Meme done.

Best $300 I ever spent

So I kick butt at negotiating for houses apparently. Anyone considering a house should definately invest in a home inspection. It turned up some problems I hadn't anticipated and I negotiated $5000 off the selling price. $300 paid out to get $5000 off? Seems like a pretty good deal to me.

But yes, I am now the official owner of property. Cool. Scary. Grown up.

My real estate agent phoned to make the re-negotiative offer yesterday and said he'd call me to let me know what they said. Well, apparently they countered and he said, "no I think we are pretty happy with what we offered" and didn't even call me. He rocks because I would have probably accepted the counter and instead they called him back again and agreed to the original re-negotiative offer. I never thought buying a house could be this smooth.

Did I invent a word? Re-negotiative? I don't know.

Last evening to celebrate I went and got my favourite take-out and chilled with a friend for a couple hours planning stuff for the house. It was awesome to have someone so excited for me. After that I met a long time good friend from university who was in town. He and his buddy just happened to have an extra ticket to the Metric show and invited me along. It was awesome. I returned home shortly before 3am. It was a very perfect day.

Anyway, I should run and get ready to go to my friend's wedding shower.

Coming soon with be another installment of "Things I think are cool" and my very first meme. I'm not even sure what meme means, but apparently it involves answering a list of questions. I know you are biting your nails in anticipation now.

The house saga continues

So, as I said the inspection turned up some things. In a remarkedly decisive action I have decided on a magic number for which I will buy the house, problems and all. I shall take the afternoon to think on it but I am pretty sure I will make them a new offer. If they decline, then I will walk away and keep looking. I will be sad to pass up that cute little house but I guess I am just not comfortable with all the stuff that needs to be done.

At least now the ball will be in their court.

More on this tomorrow after the closing time is over.

Big fat boo

Boo. The inspection turned up some things. Now what? Walk away, re-negotiate, ask for an extension. I DON'T KNOW!!!!

I shall sleep on it. I still like the house, I just don't want to be stuck with a money pit.

It was all going so smoothly.

new zealand, here i come

I won I won I won I won I won I won I won I won I won! Finally. I have been shopping at Safeway for years and they always hand out those little cards that you rip open to see if you have 3 of anything. Well today, for the first time in my life, I did!!! 25 FREE AIRMILES!!!!

Life just keeps getting better and better.

personal perplexity

I stayed up till 4 am. Why do I do these things? On week nights especially.

Little Shannon has grown up

It took me a year to buy a laptop people. I hummed and ha-ed and checked around and then hummed some more and checked some more. For a year. But, I just bought a house. In 3 days.

Can you believe it?

So, unless the inspection turns anything up, here I go.