HOUSEKEEPING INSPECTION
The lady FINALLY came by today after not showing up yesterday, and then claiming that I had missed my appointment on Tuesday by not being home. (But my appointment wasn't on Tuesday, we moved it to Wednesday because I was just coming home from camping and knew the house would be a mess... so the property manager changed it to Wednesday for me, all of which this lady in the office denied, DESPITE THE FACT that she herself was the one who wrote down the appointment- as in I WATCHED her change it. ARGH)
Anyway, so they finally did it today. She was in my house, literally less than 60 seconds. She walked straight through to my bedroom, said my grandmother's painting was "lovely" and said my room was nice. THen she said it was all fine by her and walked right out again. All that stress for NOTHING? ARGH.
So she said I passed, but I'll believe when I don't get a stinkin' 30 day notice on my door.... Ugh, this management company is just bizarre.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
This is the book I started reading a couple days ago. I am reading it pretty slowly as work is keeping me busy, as well as getting my home clean again for my inspection. Everything has to be perfect so I can get back under my lease again and they fix my stinkin' garbage disposal because it is now having trouble draining and literally, stinks!
I went camping with the family this weekend. It was miserable trying to hold my emotions in. We also didn't take the boat out until Monday (got there Saturday) which annoyed and frustrated me because that's my stress relief. The stress and annoyance of parenting other people's children on a boat is suprisingly comforting to me because of it's familiarity. I've spent alot of time on boats. I may not know how to drive a skier, or back a trailer down a ramp, but someday I assume I'll own a boat and learn those things. In the meantime I am a mighty first mate and assistaint to whoever the boat owners are.
I drove home on Monday night, got lost, took me 4.5 hours to get home instead of 3.5. (We were camping at Shaver Lake, which is somewhat near Yosemite. Little further south.) My family is still there (Pop + girlfriend & dog, Sister, Sister + husband + kids, 2 extra kids whose wardobe consisted SOLELY of BYU cougars gear for the entire 5 days they planned on hanging with my family.
Wish me luck on the inspection. Send me hope to heal my broken heart.
(Below) My Dad walking the dog, and my sister and Dad wandering into the woods. I took some really awesome pictures of the kids in the woods, which were posed to blow up for art prints, but I can't share them on the off chance my sister ever finds my blog. She'd flip if her kids pictures were on the internet. Whatever.
Monday, July 14, 2008
So I am having a pretty bad week. My last boyfriend is getting married and I am feeling really hurt. I don't want to talk about it though. I am trying really hard everytime I start to cry to just breathe through my nose and empty my head and not think about everything. And I called Kaiser to make a counseling appointment. With everything going on in my life right now, with this on top of it, is way too much. I can't handle it anymore and I want some help.
I also have this gigantic cyst on the back of my hand which is starting to look freaky and is causing me pain so I need to make an appointment and have it drained or removed or something too. Haven't done that.
Just a brief update. I am going camping this weekend with my family, and I am trying to study today.
Oh, and since I haven't eaten much the last few days I dropped some more pounds, so I am over the 50 pound loss mark, which should be exciting, I just can't get excited. Also, I am now just "overweight" on the BMI scale, instead of "obese." Another big milestone.
I also have this gigantic cyst on the back of my hand which is starting to look freaky and is causing me pain so I need to make an appointment and have it drained or removed or something too. Haven't done that.
Just a brief update. I am going camping this weekend with my family, and I am trying to study today.
Oh, and since I haven't eaten much the last few days I dropped some more pounds, so I am over the 50 pound loss mark, which should be exciting, I just can't get excited. Also, I am now just "overweight" on the BMI scale, instead of "obese." Another big milestone.
Friday, July 04, 2008
EMILY IS POSTING A RECIPE.... EVERYONE, LET'S JOIN IN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE!
Ok, I love to bake and cook, I just never do it because I am lazy and hate to clean and my house is always a mess and I hate that I have to clean everything first before I feel like I can start cooking.
So I have been spending a fair amount of time watching the Food Network and reading Whitney's Lovin' from the Oven because I am obsessed with blogs and there are around 50 now that I check regularly- either because the person writes well and I like to read, or it's a cooking blog and I am hungry and want to look at food, (LOL) or most validly, photography blogs for research for work so can stay on top of my game and continue to grow and develop and all that stuff.
I was watching the Joy Luck Club and there is this scene in there where one of the women makes a "Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie" for her husband because he loves it and they show the pie and it looks so good. So I went hunting and I found a recipe!
So anyway, here is my recipe to share, complete with pictures!
CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER PIE
Filling:
8 oz. cream cheese, softened (I used 1/3 less fat cream cheese)
1 c. sugar (I mixed sugar and splenda)
1 c. creamy peanut butter (I used reduced fat chunky)
2 T. melted butter (I used 50 calorie per tab light butter)
1 c. whipping cream
1 T. vanilla
I also added 6 tablespoons of Wheat Germ to the batter, makes it nuttier and adds protein.
Topping:
4 oz. semisweet chocolate
2 T. butter
2 T. salad oil (This is just vegetable oil)
1/4 c. chopped peanuts
Some kind of crust or pan to dump it in!
Whip cream until firm. Whip in vanilla and set aside. Whip creamcheese until fluffy, then slowly add sugar, peanut butter and butter.Blend 1/3 of the whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture. Foldpeanut butter mixture into remaining whipped cream. Fill pie crust,smoothing top. Carefully wrap with plastic and chill overnight. (I only waited a couple hours and it was fine)
Topping: combine chocolate, butter and oil in top of a double boilerover medium heat until mixture melts. Remove from heat and cool slightly.Spread chocolate on cooled pie, starting from center and working out.Sprinkle top with peanuts while chocolate is still soft.
Here I am whippin' the cream.
Here is the batter before adding the whipped cream.
After folding in the whipped cream.
Ready to go in the fridge!
I used the mini-pans so that I could control serving-size. I was going to use one big red0ced fat crust, but when I read the labels, I realized there was only a 10 calorie difference between the minis and the reduced fat so I thought- what's the point? So here's the finished product! The chocolate was easier to spread when it was a little cooler, by the way.
Ta-da! They are still setting, so I haven't tasted them yet but I can tell you right now that the batter tasted VERY GOOD!
:D
UPDATE! I just checked them and they are all set so I cut one in half, and it popped right out of the pie tin, which I was not expecting but was Soooo happy about, I took a bite...
OH MY GOODNESS. This is the best thing I have ever put in my mouth! WAY better than a real Reese's! AHHHH! I highly reccomend the grahmn cracker crust! I took small measures to make the recipe healthier and you so can't tell so I reccomend the same to you!
SO GOOD! OH MY GOODNESS! I have to give them away or I am going to eat all of these!!!!
Ok, I love to bake and cook, I just never do it because I am lazy and hate to clean and my house is always a mess and I hate that I have to clean everything first before I feel like I can start cooking.
So I have been spending a fair amount of time watching the Food Network and reading Whitney's Lovin' from the Oven because I am obsessed with blogs and there are around 50 now that I check regularly- either because the person writes well and I like to read, or it's a cooking blog and I am hungry and want to look at food, (LOL) or most validly, photography blogs for research for work so can stay on top of my game and continue to grow and develop and all that stuff.
I was watching the Joy Luck Club and there is this scene in there where one of the women makes a "Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie" for her husband because he loves it and they show the pie and it looks so good. So I went hunting and I found a recipe!
So anyway, here is my recipe to share, complete with pictures!
CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER PIE
Filling:
8 oz. cream cheese, softened (I used 1/3 less fat cream cheese)
1 c. sugar (I mixed sugar and splenda)
1 c. creamy peanut butter (I used reduced fat chunky)
2 T. melted butter (I used 50 calorie per tab light butter)
1 c. whipping cream
1 T. vanilla
I also added 6 tablespoons of Wheat Germ to the batter, makes it nuttier and adds protein.
Topping:
4 oz. semisweet chocolate
2 T. butter
2 T. salad oil (This is just vegetable oil)
1/4 c. chopped peanuts
Some kind of crust or pan to dump it in!
Whip cream until firm. Whip in vanilla and set aside. Whip creamcheese until fluffy, then slowly add sugar, peanut butter and butter.Blend 1/3 of the whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture. Foldpeanut butter mixture into remaining whipped cream. Fill pie crust,smoothing top. Carefully wrap with plastic and chill overnight. (I only waited a couple hours and it was fine)
Topping: combine chocolate, butter and oil in top of a double boilerover medium heat until mixture melts. Remove from heat and cool slightly.Spread chocolate on cooled pie, starting from center and working out.Sprinkle top with peanuts while chocolate is still soft.
Here I am whippin' the cream.
Here is the batter before adding the whipped cream.
After folding in the whipped cream.
Ready to go in the fridge!
I used the mini-pans so that I could control serving-size. I was going to use one big red0ced fat crust, but when I read the labels, I realized there was only a 10 calorie difference between the minis and the reduced fat so I thought- what's the point? So here's the finished product! The chocolate was easier to spread when it was a little cooler, by the way.
Ta-da! They are still setting, so I haven't tasted them yet but I can tell you right now that the batter tasted VERY GOOD!
:D
UPDATE! I just checked them and they are all set so I cut one in half, and it popped right out of the pie tin, which I was not expecting but was Soooo happy about, I took a bite...
OH MY GOODNESS. This is the best thing I have ever put in my mouth! WAY better than a real Reese's! AHHHH! I highly reccomend the grahmn cracker crust! I took small measures to make the recipe healthier and you so can't tell so I reccomend the same to you!
SO GOOD! OH MY GOODNESS! I have to give them away or I am going to eat all of these!!!!
Thursday, July 03, 2008
IT'S A MYSTERY
Ok, here is the drama that is currently going on in Emilyland.
I have been trying to renew my lease for like 2.5 months. I can't get ahold of the leasing agent because we recently changed management companies and instead of managing just one property, she's now managing 140.
So on July 1st, I dropped my rent check off in the office mail box and then I called the property management to see if I could get my lease signed, she didn't asnwer, I left a message.
I left my house for the gym around 5pm, and got home around 8pm, where I found a notice taped to my door:
"There has been a change in property management company begining July 1st and all rent payments must be made payable to GOLAND SERVICES, and mailed to..."
and then they give the address. Then it goes on to say that if our checks aren't received by the 5th, we'll be charged a late fee.
The paper is not on company letterhead. It has the wrong address for our complex, and isn't signed by any specific person. At the bottom it just says, "Property Management" and someone initialed the page.
WHAT???????????????????????????
They didn't even leave the papers until after 5pm on the first. I had already paid my rent by then!
I was very suspicious that the notices were bogus, and that this was a scam. So I looked up the company name on the California Secretary of State's website and I can't find a business license for this company. There are a few corporations in California with "Goland" in the name, but none are current- all of the licenses are suspended or disolved. There is one corporation in Sacramento with Goland in the name, but it's not "Goland Sevices" and services isn't even in the title.
I called the number on the flyer, no answer.
So I called the property management we had before, and talked to our manager, and he told me that Goland doesn't own us and we should not pay rent to them! He said that Goland hasn't paid/purchased our property yet and until then, that Advanced Property owns us. He told me my rent was fine, don't worry, etc.
That was yesterday, July 2nd.
Today, July 3rd, at 10pm two non-english speaking guys were walking around taping new notices to everyone's door, threatening us if we didn't pay, we'd be charged a late fee. It still has the wrong address on it too! AND it was dated for July 2nd even though it was not delievered until July 3rd at 10pm- which as we all know is a holiday weekend and everything is closed. MEANING there is no way to contact ANYONE to verify ANYTHING and EVERYONE will theorhetically be charged a late fee because we don't know where to pay the thing and nobody wants to pay when they don't know who to pay... and some of us have already paid!
AHHH!
I am really angry, because I feel like it's a scam still, but I don't know .And I DEFINETLY feel that I don't want these people managing our propertybecause they are so shady and sketchy to begin with anyway!
So I left a nice message with our old managers, Advanced Property, telling them what happened and asking for an update and a long, nasty, abrasive message on Goland's answering machine demanding their business license number and proof of ownership.
How could they expect anyone to pay rent to some unknown company without notice?? And they threaten us? Are you kidding?
I feel very worried and very tense. Especially because I am not under a lease and I am afraid they are going to jack up the rent so I can't afford to live here.
No one will be back in the office until Monday. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Ok, here is the drama that is currently going on in Emilyland.
I have been trying to renew my lease for like 2.5 months. I can't get ahold of the leasing agent because we recently changed management companies and instead of managing just one property, she's now managing 140.
So on July 1st, I dropped my rent check off in the office mail box and then I called the property management to see if I could get my lease signed, she didn't asnwer, I left a message.
I left my house for the gym around 5pm, and got home around 8pm, where I found a notice taped to my door:
"There has been a change in property management company begining July 1st and all rent payments must be made payable to GOLAND SERVICES, and mailed to..."
and then they give the address. Then it goes on to say that if our checks aren't received by the 5th, we'll be charged a late fee.
The paper is not on company letterhead. It has the wrong address for our complex, and isn't signed by any specific person. At the bottom it just says, "Property Management" and someone initialed the page.
WHAT???????????????????????????
They didn't even leave the papers until after 5pm on the first. I had already paid my rent by then!
I was very suspicious that the notices were bogus, and that this was a scam. So I looked up the company name on the California Secretary of State's website and I can't find a business license for this company. There are a few corporations in California with "Goland" in the name, but none are current- all of the licenses are suspended or disolved. There is one corporation in Sacramento with Goland in the name, but it's not "Goland Sevices" and services isn't even in the title.
I called the number on the flyer, no answer.
So I called the property management we had before, and talked to our manager, and he told me that Goland doesn't own us and we should not pay rent to them! He said that Goland hasn't paid/purchased our property yet and until then, that Advanced Property owns us. He told me my rent was fine, don't worry, etc.
That was yesterday, July 2nd.
Today, July 3rd, at 10pm two non-english speaking guys were walking around taping new notices to everyone's door, threatening us if we didn't pay, we'd be charged a late fee. It still has the wrong address on it too! AND it was dated for July 2nd even though it was not delievered until July 3rd at 10pm- which as we all know is a holiday weekend and everything is closed. MEANING there is no way to contact ANYONE to verify ANYTHING and EVERYONE will theorhetically be charged a late fee because we don't know where to pay the thing and nobody wants to pay when they don't know who to pay... and some of us have already paid!
AHHH!
I am really angry, because I feel like it's a scam still, but I don't know .And I DEFINETLY feel that I don't want these people managing our propertybecause they are so shady and sketchy to begin with anyway!
So I left a nice message with our old managers, Advanced Property, telling them what happened and asking for an update and a long, nasty, abrasive message on Goland's answering machine demanding their business license number and proof of ownership.
How could they expect anyone to pay rent to some unknown company without notice?? And they threaten us? Are you kidding?
I feel very worried and very tense. Especially because I am not under a lease and I am afraid they are going to jack up the rent so I can't afford to live here.
No one will be back in the office until Monday. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Sunday, June 29, 2008
I haven't had much going on the last couple of weeks so I haven't had anything to post! I keep checking Shirlene & Kristin's blog and they haven't posted much either- Kristin you need to space those posts out! Don't do them all at once! I need something to read everyday! lol
I have been working alot, editing alot, I did a maternity session this week, and a wedding on Lake Tahoe on Friday, I did some nice sky shots, the sun looks very sparkly.
On the way back from the wedding I saw this shack out of the corner of my eye so I turned around and drove back, pulled over, and walked out into this meadow. Surrounded by aspens and birch trees was this fabulous old settler's homesteader's shack and an outhouse! Totally loved it. I think it was gorgeous.
I will post them here so you have something to look at. If you want to see wedding pictures or baby pictures you have to look at my other blog, http://www.eheizerphotography.blogspot.com/
Ok, here's the pictures of my new favorite spot!
Queen Anne's Lace, which always reminds me of the Anne of Green Gables series, I love it!
I have been working alot, editing alot, I did a maternity session this week, and a wedding on Lake Tahoe on Friday, I did some nice sky shots, the sun looks very sparkly.
On the way back from the wedding I saw this shack out of the corner of my eye so I turned around and drove back, pulled over, and walked out into this meadow. Surrounded by aspens and birch trees was this fabulous old settler's homesteader's shack and an outhouse! Totally loved it. I think it was gorgeous.
I will post them here so you have something to look at. If you want to see wedding pictures or baby pictures you have to look at my other blog, http://www.eheizerphotography.blogspot.com/
Ok, here's the pictures of my new favorite spot!
Queen Anne's Lace, which always reminds me of the Anne of Green Gables series, I love it!
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