Kirika_Madeleine Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 Today I got home from work and play video game up to twelve and now I going to sleep. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeref Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 Riding out the hurricane winds inside mostly. We've been lucky in that we've only had our power go off for about 5 minutes once. It blinked a few times but this was the end of that. I read 4 million are without power. The wind still here is very bad so we are only staying inside, playing games, making dinner, and we will watch a movie soon tonight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakura Posted September 28 Author Share Posted September 28 2 hours ago, Zeref said: Riding out the hurricane winds inside mostly. We've been lucky in that we've only had our power go off for about 5 minutes once. It blinked a few times but this was the end of that. I read 4 million are without power. The wind still here is very bad so we are only staying inside, playing games, making dinner, and we will watch a movie soon tonight. Ya it's a crazy number of people that are without power right now >.> I'm glad ours stayed on lol I would have been so bored. So yeah, pretty much just staying in. I did some house chores, boring things like cleaning out the fridge, mopping, and tidying up my closet. Also did some more GFX'ing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 5 hours ago, Sakura said: Ya it's a crazy number of people that are without power right now >.> I'm glad ours stayed on lol I would have been so bored. So yeah, pretty much just staying in. I did some house chores, boring things like cleaning out the fridge, mopping, and tidying up my closet. Also did some more GFX'ing. It's quite worrying just how much of our day to day living depends on having electricity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efaardvark Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 There's a utility easement running along the back of my property and it has become overgrown with shrubs and brush. It is to the point that it is coming through & over the fence onto my property and creating a maintenance issue and fire danger for me. Rant on: Spoiler I'm in a desert area very prone to brushfires so keeping the brush cut back is a big deal. (As in the fire department will cite you and fine you for not having it done.) Technically the easement is county land loaned to the utilities for their services, but all I get from that bunch is finger-pointing and runaround. You would think that between the property taxes collected on California real estate and the 9.5% county sales tax someone in the local government would be able to get someone to take care of that sort of thing. The utility prices aren't cheap either. SoCal Edison in fact is lobbying for a raise in their already-usurious $0.42/kWh top tier residential electricity rates as I type this. Spectrum requires over $300/month for internet & phone service. But no, apparently none of those entities are collecting enough income to keep the property safely maintained. Unfortunately if we have another "PG&E event" back there it'll be my property that burns first. Besides the fire/safety issue, every year all the plants there drop their leaves and the winds dump them all in my back yard and pool, where they clog up the pool filter and bury all the stuff I'm trying grow on my side of the fence. The winds also stir the branches of the taller shrubs that are growing up through the wires and cause internet and phone outages, especially during the periodic "santa ana" winds that can gust to 40mph or more. So I'm spending today getting a couple quotes to have the trees trimmed and the brush cleared and hauled away at my expense, with an appointment for another quote on Monday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakura Posted September 29 Author Share Posted September 29 3 hours ago, efaardvark said: There's a utility easement running along the back of my property and it has become overgrown with shrubs and brush. It is to the point that it is coming through & over the fence onto my property and creating a maintenance issue and fire danger for me. Rant on: Hide contents I'm in a desert area very prone to brushfires so keeping the brush cut back is a big deal. (As in the fire department will cite you and fine you for not having it done.) Technically the easement is county land loaned to the utilities for their services, but all I get from that bunch is finger-pointing and runaround. You would think that between the property taxes collected on California real estate and the 9.5% county sales tax someone in the local government would be able to get someone to take care of that sort of thing. The utility prices aren't cheap either. SoCal Edison in fact is lobbying for a raise in their already-usurious $0.42/kWh top tier residential electricity rates as I type this. Spectrum requires over $300/month for internet & phone service. But no, apparently none of those entities are collecting enough income to keep the property safely maintained. Unfortunately if we have another "PG&E event" back there it'll be my property that burns first. Besides the fire/safety issue, every year all the plants there drop their leaves and the winds dump them all in my back yard and pool, where they clog up the pool filter and bury all the stuff I'm trying grow on my side of the fence. The winds also stir the branches of the taller shrubs that are growing up through the wires and cause internet and phone outages, especially during the periodic "santa ana" winds that can gust to 40mph or more. So I'm spending today getting a couple quotes to have the trees trimmed and the brush cleared and hauled away at my expense, with an appointment for another quote on Monday. Would figure they would want you to pay for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efaardvark Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 22 minutes ago, Sakura said: Would figure they would want you to pay for it Quite likely. But I'm not quite giving up yet. I'm in the process of trying to find out if there's someplace in county where I can send the bill if I have it done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirika_Madeleine Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 resting in my home so that not to get sick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeref Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 It stopped raining today so I went to work out outside today then made lunch. Helped with some house chores with @Sakura and watched tv and play games the rest of the afternoon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakura Posted September 30 Author Share Posted September 30 On 9/28/2024 at 9:07 PM, efaardvark said: Quite likely. But I'm not quite giving up yet. I'm in the process of trying to find out if there's someplace in county where I can send the bill if I have it done. Hopefully that's something you can do, seems silly if you have to pay for it, sounds like something they should be charged for. - Today I just hung out around the house 5 hours ago, Zeref said: It stopped raining today so I went to work out outside today then made lunch. Helped with some house chores with @Sakura and watched tv and play games the rest of the afternoon. Did this yes ^ Lol did some mopping, cleaning up, washed some clothes. I was kind of in hyper mode today so I was listening to a lot of music and jumping around living my best life. Also played some games and made some GFX for friends. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirika_Madeleine Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 Well before I going to work I came across a wine shop who sells me a bottle in discount but I say no since I am not wine person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeref Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 Monday which is another work day. My day was mostly occupied with working on a project for my job. After I finished the weather is nice so I went to the outdoor area of our gym to work out. I plan to spend the rest of the evening relaxing and playing some FFX. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakura Posted October 1 Author Share Posted October 1 School, mostly. Kept repeatedly looking at my phone to see if someone in particular had texted me back and I feel like an idiot about it Went to Mcdonald's to get one of these "Genshin Impact" meals they have right now and ordered it and didn't get any of the Genshin Impact stuff with it They shouldn't advertise it if they don't have the stuff because the reason I'm paying double for the same food is for the Genshin stuff. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Went shopping there was hardly any traffic on the roads and the supermarket didn't have a lot of people in it. Annoyingly they've done their usual trick of moving things around so it took me longer to find some of the things I wanted . Oh, and I noticed that they had Christmas puddings in stock, and it's only the 1st of October! I was happy that I got home and unloaded the car before the rain started. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirika_Madeleine Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 Just another day of work with little cold since is rainy so I got Ice cream for little bit of better and warm chocolate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 15 hours ago, Kirika_Madeleine said: Just another day of work with little cold since is rainy so I got Ice cream for little bit of better and warm chocolate. It's cold so you decide to eat ice cream!? Actually, I've done that as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirika_Madeleine Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 17 minutes ago, Animedragon said: It's cold so you decide to eat ice cream!? Actually, I've done that as well. Well for my happiness although weird combine with hot chocolate it works well, I feel little bit better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-chan Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 (edited) 38 minutes ago, Kirika_Madeleine said: Well for my happiness although weird combine with hot chocolate it works well, I feel little bit better. I get it! Last winter I had nothing to do for my birthday so I went out to satisfy one of my desires which was ice cream. That was the only ice cream I had the whole winter and it was cold but it was good. Today: Checking on the anime forum during lunch break. The study's been hard lately. Edited October 2 by K-chan Just typo and adjust the merged posts 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeref Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 7 hours ago, Animedragon said: It's cold so you decide to eat ice cream!? Actually, I've done that as well. I mostly eat ice cream in the Winter somehow it taste better to me at that time too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soramee_ Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 3 hours ago, Zeref said: I mostly eat ice cream in the Winter somehow it taste better to me at that time too. Yeah I like to eat at home or during winter because It doesn’t melt everywhere 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirika_Madeleine Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 Speaking of Ice Cream I got two set of ice cream today I win the raffle draw is so nice even is only ice cream 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeref Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 I didn't do much. I didn't have work as I was off and I mostly stayed inside because it was hot out. I thought about working out but didn't get off the couch long enough to do it. I feel very lazy today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakura Posted October 5 Author Share Posted October 5 Mostly studied. Midterm exams will be soon in a couple of weeks so I've basically got to focus a lot of my free time on the weekends and during the week to study x.x I did talk to my dad today though and find out that he's coming down here to visit next weekend Friday evening - Sunday so I'm really glad to hear that because I've been having a lil bit of a depressed slump this week and I think that might help a bit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 Today I went to a heritage steam railway's autumn steam gala. It was a good day and I enjoyed it, but I'm now totally SHATTERED!!!! Goodnight people, I'm going to get a few things ready for the morning and go to bed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakura Posted October 6 Author Share Posted October 6 5 hours ago, Animedragon said: Today I went to a heritage steam railway's autumn steam gala. It was a good day and I enjoyed it, but I'm now totally SHATTERED!!!! Goodnight people, I'm going to get a few things ready for the morning and go to bed. Sounds awesome! Glad you had a good time. - Today we went to a farmer's market and somehow bought no vegetables but ended up leaving with 2 trees then we went to buy some Halloween decorations and I was only going to buy a couple and ended up spending over $150. I don't know what happened there but I think I lost control of the shopping trip lol 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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