Weekly off-topic post... post

[smeddley]

See? I already missed a week, so let's start off with my excuse: our house tried to kill us. Again. Then, when it failed, it decided to just annoy us. We had a gas leak and THEN the sink backed up, so the plumber was here twice in a week. Easy fixes, both, but still. Torrential rain this weekend makes me the the next calamity will either again have to do with the ground (shrunk from drought, that's what bent the gas pipe, now it'll swell again) or flooding (I think this goes without saying at this point, but: again).

Who thought a house was a good idea? Eeek, the walls are creaking and popping and it's really unsettling. Ah well, maybe it'll shift enough and the side gate will open again.

So, you can share your own house/apartment horror stories, or tell us the best way to get ink out of a shirt (hairspray, if you want my two cents), or give us a great recipe to try (I'm baking bacon cookies at the moment), or... anything. Free-for all post!

Additionally, a bonus writing prompt for the week is: the evil house. Either possessed or anthropomorphized. (Gee, no idea where that one popped into my head from...)

Also: the local Renaissance Festival starts this weekend, yay!