That Did Not Go As Planned
By Angie
@andriaperry (116936)
Anniston, Alabama
February 17, 2018 7:59pm CST
A few discussion back I mentioned going to the dump today, getting rid of all the trash left by a tenant but I made a call and asked "what time do you close?" and the man said "11:30" so I thanked him and hung up. Crap it was 10:30. I had thought they closed at 3:00.
So......
Tony asked me "A lot of it is toys and stuff aint it?"
"Why yes it is!" I said
SO....
I loaded two truck loads of toys and a few bags of clothes and took that to the donation box and a truck load to the recycle donation bins. Now all that is left is about 20 bags of trash so I want to the old home place got the big trash can and I filled it and I will set it out tomorrow, my sister told me to fill her trash can up too, so That took half of the trash, I may not have to pay to go to the dump.
Now to the old gossip witch.
The trio was out front and they seen us and scattered.
When they could not hear us out back, here they come, the old guy pretended to work on mower and she came back there to look too.
Other than that I reckon they stayed inside and watched.
I painted the small kitchen and re did a few walls that needed it in the living room and dining room. Then I helped the guy pull tthe toilet up and then we ripped out the vinyl flooring and that was nasty!
Next he will replace a few boards and lay the new vinyl and then I can paint and clean the room.
I am sure I will have the water connected and clean the siding and paint the trim.
I do love this house.
How was your day?
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@Butchcass4 (5895)
• United States
18 Feb 18
I woke up before my alarm went off. Mind you the night before I asked my husband to turn off my alarm if the roads were bad, which meant we wouldn't be going to church. Since it finally went off I thought O praise God church today as we've missed the last two Sundays because of snow. Well after I was up a little while my husband informed me that there was ice. Which meant no church! I was not happy! But I asked God to forgive me for my attitude and set to do some reading from my Bible and drank my coffee. So I read a few different things and then I came here to do some interaction with myLotters. So its 2:00pm and here I am! Have a great day!
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
19 Feb 18
I watched Joel Osteen at 10:30 am this morning, I went to work a few hours this evening. Thank you.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
19 Feb 18
@andriaperry I've heard that Joel Osteen is a wonderful minister!
@popciclecold (38738)
• United States
18 Feb 18
Well, sounds like you have had your hands full. You have been working really hard.
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Feb 18
I have to to get this ready to make money.
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@popciclecold (38738)
• United States
18 Feb 18
@andriaperry Don't blame you for that.
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@shaggin (72135)
• United States
18 Feb 18
Thats great instead of taking it all to the dump that you donated so much of it! That will save you money and time not having to haul it to the dump if you can put what's left out for the garbage collectors. Here we can put out 2 bags a week which is billed monthly or pay per bag. I choose the per bag cost so I can put out as little or as much as I want. Garbage stickers are $4 a bag and recycling stickers are $1.25 a bag.
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
19 Feb 18
Here we paid for pick up and the can is huge $25 for three months.
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
18 Feb 18
What a hectic day and I hate when people watch so they can gossip about what's going on. Did these people get kicked out or did they just leave and not take their stuff ? I'm glad you were able to donate most of it and sorry they left you a mess to clean. I'm sure they will do the same to the next person they rent too.
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
18 Feb 18
@andriaperry ah i c. That's pretty sad they left all their stuff though instead of taking it with them. What a pain for you
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Feb 18
Yes they will. No they moved at the end of the month, they did not use a month like it was rent, like so many try to do, they just left the stuff and she called it all trash.
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
19 Feb 18
I am about to write something I seen today.
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@GardenGerty (160675)
• United States
18 Feb 18
It sounds like you had quite the day and people will benefit from your donations and from recycling..
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Feb 18
I could not see taking all of that good stuff to the dump.
@AmbiePam (92778)
• United States
18 Feb 18
How can you guarantee to rent to people who will take care of your property? Is that even possible? I get so aggravated when I move into an apartment and I am confronted by someone else's carelessness. I always leave a place in better shape than it was when I got there. I do not understand people who don't respect other's property.
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Feb 18
That is not a guarantee, people can look super clean and put together, but they do not clean house, some hoard, some dont. Some never mop. Some never clean the bathtub.
That is why I inspect, I tell them I do not expect spotless but not filth either at the time of lease signing and when we inspect the house.
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@bluerubymoon53 (3286)
• United States
18 Feb 18
Wow!! Sounds like you had a really full day. I have been watching movies and playing with yarn.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
18 Feb 18
I sure didn't get as much done as you did today. I got off to a bad start because my heart kept me awake until 3 am and then a cement truck made a delivery before 7 am and beeped and roared. Luckily, I'd found a new CD of nature sounds at the other house Wednesday and had brought it home. So to get back to sleep I turned on the white noise on the side by the window and turned the ocean waves almost full blast on the night table on the other side of me. I did manage to get back to sleep, but I didn't get enough. I did accomplish my list though. I got three posts submitted to Virily, did the grocery shopping, got photos of the garden, and took a shower. I know I also did something else, but I can't remember it now.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
18 Feb 18
@andriaperry Me, too. Last night was better. So far today, I'm good, but I've been really careful to take the pills on time.
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Feb 18
You still accomplished a lot. I hope you get that under control.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
18 Feb 18
Our job this week is replacing the vinyl flooring in our bathroom. It was ruined by the toilet leaking underneath. I'm glad you're getting that house all dolled up, for the next renters that move in. Donating those toys was a wonderful idea!
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Feb 18
These people peed in the floor and it made th vinyl stink!
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
19 Feb 18
@kobesbuddy Yes and I had replaced a few boards that were going bad too.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
18 Feb 18
@andriaperry Oh Andria, that is terrible! You had to replace the vinyl flooring, because they peed where ever it ran! That's sickening, and at your expense of course
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Feb 18
I always am when I have an empty rental.
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
19 Feb 18
No not really, it was just a few bags of kitchen trash that stunk, the rest is trash just no food in it.
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Feb 18
I hope so, they were still good. She hoarded her kids toys.
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@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Feb 18
Since I have been working like I do, I cannot imagine a weekly routine . I would be so bored.
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@NJChicaa (119635)
• United States
18 Feb 18
@andriaperry I like a routine. When something disrupts it, it kind of jacks up my anxiety.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
22 Feb 18
I'd rather donate the stuff than throw it away. But sometimes you just don't have a choice.