T.G.I.F.!!!

Yesterday, I received a call from my current landlord. They are showing my rental between 3:00 - 4:00 pm today. I did look it up and found several California laws that state this:

The landlord also has the right to make an appointment with you to show potential buyers the property to potential renters if you are leaving or being evicted. The landlord must provide you with a twenty-four hour notice before entering to conduct normal business, and it must be during normal business hours, not in the middle of the night.
I totally did not know that. Since the person who phoned me is also the person who sent me the paperwork regarding the final walk-through, I figured I better play nice. $950 deposit is a lot, and if I have to allow strangers into my house for the next few weeks, I'll just deal.

So... as soon as I got home from work, I hurried up and mowed the back yard (there is very little grassy areas, but it was high). Then I cleaned like a madwoman on a mission.

The house looks really good this morning! Maybe it's a good thing that I have to let them in my house, it'll make me even more productive in the evenings.

This evening, I plan on moving over at least one load, and then try and paint Jewell's castle on the wall. :)

Saturday will be crazy busy. Gotta get over as much loads as I can before 1:00 pm. Then, my oldest daughter and I are going to go shopping. It's her 26th birthday on Thursday, but we are going to do a little celebrating on Saturday instead. I'm going to take her to get her hair cut & let her spend some of my $$. lol

After that, we are off to then General Manager's retirement dinner. I love how she always goes to stuff like this with me. :)

Comments

  1. VictoriaOctober 9, 2009 at 7:38 AM

    That sounds like a super fun weekend! I know you will get it all done- save some time to take a breather for yourself. Moving is so tiring!

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  2. JodiOctober 9, 2009 at 9:34 AM

    Fun weekend!!! Can't wait to see the castle! Make sure you take before and after pics of Sasha's haircut!!

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