Dilemma

I need some input here. The people who own Moochies, a local sandwich shop in Salt Lake live across the street from me. Moochies has the biggest and best philly cheesesteak in the city (and other bomb sandwiches) and they have actually been on that Food Network show Diners, Drive ins, and Dives. ANYWAY their dog keeps shitting on my front lawn. Third time this week happened today. Is it passive aggressive to ask for sandwiches in return for cleaning up their dog's poo? I don't want to the bitchy neighbor, but I feel like I should get something outta this deal!

Shower Power

Well we are currently on dishwasher #3 and I think this one is a winner! Our "new" dishwasher that we had turned out to be pretty rough. Pretty much the loudest dishwasher in existence! However, it did the job it was supposed to do and we aren't exactly picking money off our tree so it was better than nothing. We went camping on Saturday with my sister and bro-in-law and were lamenting about dishwasher death and the subsequent plumbing annoyances. Turns out they had a pretty damn near brand new stainless one sitting in their garage! My sister got all new matching appliances when they bought their new house and they were going to sell this one but it turns out we were in need. SCORE! Thanks Chelsea, you are currently my favorite sistah! :) Trevor spent 2 hours trying to hook it up last night and we need a new copper pipe so hopefully it will be functioning by this evening. Living in a remodel gets very trying at times. I know it is worth it in the end, but coming home chaos can make me batshit crazy! We also FINALLY bought an oval rod to install over our clawfoot tub so we can take showers! Turns out these are very spendy, and we shopped around to find one for a good price. I feel so spoiled, a shower? For me? I love having the clawfoot tub though and I really wouldn't trade it. After a year of baths only, I appreciate a nice shower more than ever. So everybody, go home and tell your shower how much you love and appreciate it. The stupid blogger thing seems to have changed the way they let you upload photos, and I am having difficulty with it. So anyway, on the top you have what the bathroom looks like as of this morning and it sure has come a long way! I don't have very good lighting in my bathroom, and the paint looks a little more green in that photo than it does in person, but you get the idea.

The latest

Here is the mantel, no longer purple! Our dishwasher died last night :'''( Luckily, we have our new one on hand, and have just been waiting for the kitchen remodel before we install it. I hate doing dishes I am less than pleased at the moment.

Alternate

The long awaited letter from the admissions office finally arrived on Friday afternoon. I am accepted into the program, but am an alternate for Fall of 2009. So this means my admission date is in August of 2010, and I am ok with that. There is a possibility of being accepted this Fall, but I am considering forfeiting my spot so that I have more time, not less. I don't want to find out the first week of August that I have to quit my job and get 5 immunizations!

I was starting to have a bit of anxiety about not knowing what the hell I am doing in less than 3 months, so it is a major relief to have an answer. I think waiting a year will be the best choice financially, but I would like to get the school chapter of my life over...at least for a few years.

This weekend we knocked a few things off the to-do list for the house! I have a few pictures so I will get those up because visuals are much better for those type of things.