Confronted dastardly upstairs neighbor

Just confronted my dastardly upstairs neighbor at the annual HOA meeting. I was shaking, is how much I hate confrontation, but I stayed on message, to wit: a) he needs to put down some damn carpeting already, and b) renting his apartment through airbnb is both point-blank illegal in SF and in violation of the CCRs. I even used the phrase "illegal short-term tenant" in a sentence.

Somebody else brought up the issue of renting BMRs and how that's doubleplus illegal, which was nice.

He was all, well, sometimes I let people sleep on my couch, and I was like, dude, your ad says you're renting out the whole apartment for $250 a night, wtf? I had a printout of the ad on me and waved it around, so, bad tactics on his part. The incoming board was a bit nonplussed. Poor things. The people from the property management company jumped in and said I was right on the CCRs and local law, and next steps were up to the new board.

I then had the partner of the new HOA treasurer in for a drink (while the new board shared out titles) and filled him in on my POV, asked his opinion on where I should hang the peacock print, and went down to check out their place, which is full of excellent art.

Now there's two brand-new messages on my machine, and I'm afraid to listen to them.

Paid property tax

Bought salt

Had a mammogram

Today, I am a woman.

Went to the container store

Got boxes for toys and an organizer thingie for the closet.

Shuffled more books around

Reviewed under kitchen sink

Started shuffling books around

Had blood drawn

Reviewed under the bathroom sink

To do:

Get handyman to hang pictures
Join pool
Review the area under the kitchen sink
Call stereo repair people for estimates
Decide whether to repair or replace stereo
Winnow library
Dispose of library chaff
File paperwork

Viewed basement storage

To do:

Get handyman to hang pictures
View basement storage
Join pool
Review the area under the bathroom sink
Call stereo repair people for estimates
Decide whether to repair or replace stereo
Winnow library
Dispose of library chaff
File paperwork

Re-laid the living room rugs

To do:

Get handyman to hang pictures
View basement storage
Join pool
Review the area under the bathroom sink
Call stereo repair people for estimates
Decide whether to repair or replace stereo
Winnow library
Dispose of library chaff

Saw a doctor

She says I'm 5'7". I thought I was 5'5". So that was weird.

Refilled salt shaker

Ironed

Put CDs and records away

Strongly considering taking out the little drawers - which are totally the wrong size for CDs - and replacing them with boxes.

Determined that Ikea has discontinued the box I wanted another of

Also, located the one true coat rack.



http://www.antiques.com/classified/127/Antique-Coat-Tree

It's a little more than I has hoping to pay.

Shifted magazines & monitor

Laid my new rug

Goes perfectly with the rest of my decor, and is soft & thick besides.

:)

Shelved books

Sorted mail backlog

Collected dry cleaning

Hung calendar

Dropped off dry cleaning

Tidied the linen store

And turned the mattress.

Collected peacock and pipe

Also finished re-arranging the corners of the sleeping nook.

Pulled (almost) everything out from under the bed, the dresser, and from the corners of my sleep-nook

Put most of it back, too.

Moved the cards and games into the dresser

Can I get you all to tag your comments with a unique identifier?

And spammers, please keep telling me how a blank post with a title like "Took out trash" is the most insightful post you've ever seen on the subject. I can use the affirmation.

Dropped a dime on my upstairs neighbor

Also bought my March fastpass.

Mailed taxes, fed and state

Did taxes

Marathoned

I have dinosaur earrings! And bottle stoppers! w00t!

Dropped off pipe and peacock for framing

Bought night guard.

Moved the Lego box

-1

Packed up Christmas ornaments

-1

Made appointment with doctor

-1

Printed out CA tax forms

Organized DVDs

Got hair cut

Ordered skirt hangers

I have all these new skirts, you see, and neither Walgreen's nor Target has tiered hangers on the showroom floor. What's up with that?

Printed out 1040 & Schedule A

Did a dry run. Realized I'd forgotten to print out state tax forms.

Tidied up the bag storage area by the refrigerator

Lent! My thing for Lent this year is to do one thing a day I've been putting off.

I'd like to thank my dear friend b2, without whom I would not have the bags.