After discovering a broken window in my kitchen this past weekend (with no evidence of the dogs having anything to do with it), I determined that my house needs a de-hexing, or exorcism, or something. Let’s review:
1. It all started with Jojo going through the front window and breaking it and cutting herself in the process.
2. Central AC stops working almost 3 months ago and I opt to go with the home warranty company to get it fixed. Mistake mainly because of timing – everything takes forever and the AC still not *quite* fixed as of today. Fortunately I purchased a window unit so we have not all died from heat exposure.
3. Electrical power in garage stops working. Only the garage.
4. Showdown with drunk/high neighbor happens necessitating that I install a privacy fence sooner than planned.
5. Biblical rain of 2008 strikes Indiana and I have standing water in my basement from a sewer backup for over a week. Plus all the accouterments that come with water in a basement – mold, mildew, chaos.
6. Because of the “handyman special” plumbing the previous a-hole of a homeowner installed in the basement, the plumbing person has to snake the drain through the toilet for added fun and expense.
6. Somewhere in the middle of all this my car strands me not once but twice – first a failed starter then a bad clutch cylinder.
7. I miss not 1 but 2 trips in the middle of all of this due to chaos.
8. During the basement cleanup, I discover cardboard boxes taped to a wood wall in the basement and they are painted white. Not thinking I start to rip them down only to find a serious black mold issue. I take care of it with water, bleach and a shop vac. Roughly 4 days later Bella develops heinous hotspots that land us at the vet. At this point I’m angry and have a fruitless exchange with the realtor about what a turd the seller was.
9. Kitchen sink starts leaking. Seriously?
Then I open the shade in my kitchen only to discover that the window somehow has become broken. Errant bottle rocket perhaps? It all has or will pass but at some point it has to stop right?
And while seemingly unrelated (but not), I have been thinking a lot about blogging, and being exposed when I blog here and how that makes me censor what I write about – certainly not a new issue in the blogosphere. I don’t ever write about work on purpose, and that is fine with me – I don’t need to and this is my personal blog. And I don’t censor what I write for my friends because they know me, and I know them and we have the kind of friendship where it’s not necessary to censor things. This applies not only to friends I have outside the blog, but also friends I have virtually because of the blog. There are topics however about the past, or things that happen now, or things I see and get an idea to write about and I choose to either not blog at all about it or give a censored version because there are certain people who I know still lurk here and I know how these people might feel about it. Or I meet new people, and suspect they might know about the blog but have not owned up to knowing so I censor for that reason too. Which begs several questions. One why do I care? This is my blog, and I can write *whatever* I want - I am protected 110% by the First Amendment. If there are people from my past I’m not friends with, I have nothing to lose. The whole new people finding it thing – after some introspection I have discovered that is a trust issue. I have lived my whole life as a really open person. The events of 2007 however have reversed that pretty seriously and I find myself sporting some body armor and being quite cautious about who I let into my life these days. I also find myself keeping new people at arm’s length as well. My friends and family I trust to never betray or hurt or judge me - no questions asked. So to bring new folk into the fray seems unnecessary. Hence my reluctance to blog here about things I want to write about, but don’t. I don’t know if this makes any sense, or how this will impact things going forward. I’m not going to password protect the blog or posts. Just thinking out loud.
I think about the blog privacy stuff a lot, since I know there are people from work who read. It does censor me, but I still think I’m better off putting most stuff out there because it’s such a good way for me to keep up with my friends and get the support I need.
Plus, writing for an audience seems to encourage me to get stuff down that I want to record but won’t if it’s just for myself.
Say, I’m selling a mold-free house in Indy that already has a privacy fence and nice neighbors…
I figure I may have some exes reading, including that stalker one, so I just gloss over or avoid any talk of past relationships and go from there. So far it’s ok, and a few long lost souls have found me in random searches!
I avoid work topics too. Safer that way.
Blogging is like my diary, and since I’m not the best verbal communicator, now my friends and family actually know what I’m thinking and feeling! Except my boyfriend doesn’t bother to read it, so there ya go.
I was in a total panic myself when I started blogging earlier this year. I’ve wanted to blog for awhile now, but didn’t really know if I wanted the people I worked with to get that close of a look at my life outside of the office. I even thought about doing two blogs – one for family and friends and one for public consumption – but let’s be honest, I barely have enough energy to keep one blog up-to-date, let alone two. : )
I’m still a little guarded especially when it comes to really personal things, but I’ve also started to open up a little more because really what’s the point in blogging if I have to censor every thought I have?
Some of our posts have been very inspiring and are things I really relate to, so I for one am glad that you’ve been able to express yourself through your blog, even if it feels a little overwhelming at times.
i live in a hexed house. i was cursed by a witch with a contagious, meant to be fatal, head lice curse. a strong, old witch and her covan. i pissed her off. i didn’t know it for 5.5 years and the whole time felt like killing myself. well, i found a remedy for the lice but the hex it still in the house. now it’s rashy like it was when i arrived. but really i bought it with me. at first i thought it was here when i got here, which can be. but someone took advantage of the fact i was moving from one town to another and cursed me the last day i moved from the other town. they gave me a box of money as a going away present. i was able to get rid of the lice but it’s beginnings are still here. ive never done witch craft that’s why i never figured it out but someone helped me find a good dead witch that got rid of the lice but he’s not at my home…. the advice ive gotten so far it to put salt in home sweep up with broom and dirt and throw outside and not get any on you, burn sage, hang crosses, and tonight i’m getting a bible and with suggeste passages to read outloud. i also spray painted spell near my yard that was added otnto other spell that i’m going to remove. i haven’t gotten rid of it yet but maybe this advice will help. also not think about negatives. did you get any advice? if so can you let me know.
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