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I love my parents, but they do know how to stress me out. Phone calls at 7:30 a.m. asking me if I'm dismayed by the lack of progress on the house? Not helpful.

As of today, I phone the permit guy twice a day.

Making an effort to get my life back under control. Started by (finally) phoning the counselling service and paying bills. For some reason my Visa bill didn't show up until a week after the due date -- bet one of my neighbours had it. Grrr.

Having that nibbled-to-death-by-ducks feeling. Actually it doesn't feel like that at all; it feels like sitting very still while sharp objects are thrown to make a nice outline on the wall behind me. Will file my Toronto Trek report today also, that will help.

furniture stores - from J

http://www.urbanbarn.com/lounge.html

Bob said that he and Cynthia got a lot of good bargains at the Ex – who knew? Turns out that shopping for home stuff is a big part of the fun:
http://mmi.theex.com/

The Lamp Cage: http://www.styleathome.com/StyleAtHome/client/en/Today/DetailNews.asp?idNews=231265&pg=4&

http://www.royallighting.com

House update: Gah.

My aunt writes:

Today, we had shrimp fettuccine in a cream sauce--with garnish. Dan was off at the dentist. Dennis, who's in town for physiotherapy, came.

Duct guy came to the House. Advised that the best thing to do would be as little as possible with the existing duct work, so that we could claim pre-existing condition. Or go to hot water. Otherwise, with new duct work, the city might ask for two furnaces with completely separate ducts. God, bureaucracy run rampant makes me wild!. But should be OK.

J, gave John your most recent 'to do' printout.

Cheers, Helen

Have been calling the City Hall guy. Suspect he screens his calls. Wish he would call me back, if only to give me bad news... How many messages a day is acceptable, do you think?