A little fun while we wait...

I've really not felt like writing anything lately. Been too busy running myself ragged, getting the mortgage thing out of the way, before I head back to work.

Today, I decided to have a little fun at a place I found elsewhere. Tons of different personality tests, to pass the time while waiting for Kiri to get her tush into work and online with her AIM. These are some of the results, even though, I didn't try them all. I have every intention of trying out more of them, though. ;o)

You Are a Bloody Mary

You're a fairly serious drinker, who's experimented a lot with different drinks. You're a drunk, but a stable drunk. You don't ever let your drinking get out of control.

What Mixed Drink Are You?

You Are: 40% Dog, 60% Cat

You and cats have a lot in common. You're both smart and in charge - with a good amount of attitude. However, you do have a very playful side that occasionally comes out!

Are You More Cat or Dog?

You Are a Centaur

In general, you are a very cautious and reserved person. However, you are also warm hearted, and you enjoy helping others in practical ways. You are a great teacher, and you are really good at helping people get their lives in order. You are very intuitive, and you go with your gut. You make good decisions easily.

What Mythological Creature Are You?

You Should Rule Mercury

Close to sun, Mercury has very long days - and is rarely visible to the rest of the solar system. You are perfect to rule Mercury, because you live for the present - and can truly enjoy a day that goes on forever. Like Mercury, you are quick and elusive. Your wit is outstanding, and you can win any verbal sparring match. Some people see you as superficial, but in truth, you just play many roles and have many interests. A great manipulator, you usually get what you want from people. And they're happy to give it to you.

What Planet Should You Rule?

How Sarcastic Are You?

You're Totally Sarcastic

You sarcastic? Never! You're as sweet as a baby bunny. Seriously, though, you have a sharp tongue - and you aren't afraid to use it. And if people are too wimpy to deal with your attitutde, then too bad. So sad.

How Sarcastic Are You?

Your EQ is 133

50 or less: Thanks for answering honestly. Now get yourself a shrink, quick! 51-70: When it comes to understanding human emotions, you'd have better luck understanding Chinese. 71-90: You've got more emotional intelligence than the average frat boy. Barely. 91-110: You're average. It's easy to predict how you'll react to things. But anyone could have guessed that. 111-130: You usually have it going on emotionally, but roadblocks tend to land you on your butt. 131-150: You are remarkable when it comes to relating with others. Only the biggest losers get under your skin. 150+: Two possibilities - you've either out "Dr. Phil-ed" Dr. Phil... or you're a dirty liar.

What's Your EQ (Emotional Intelligence Quotient)?

You Are 36% Control Freak

You have achieved the perfect balance of control and letting go. You tend to roll with whatever life brings, but you never get complacent.

Are You A Control Freak?

The Movie Of Your Life Is An Indie Flick

You do things your own way - and it's made for colorful times. Your life hasn't turned out how anyone expected, thank goodness! Your best movie matches: Clerks, Garden State, Napoleon Dynamite

If Your Life Was a Movie, What Genre Would It Be?

You Are Beer!

You don't need to get totally wasted when you hit the bars. More of a social drinker, you just like to have fun with your friends. And as long as the beer keeps flowing, you're a happy camper. But don't mix things up: "Beer Before Liquor, Never Been Sicker!"

What Alcoholic Drink Are You?

You Are 23 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

You Are An ISFJ

The Nurturer You have a strong need to belong, and you very loyal. A good listener, you excell at helping others in practical ways. In your spare time, you enjoy engaging your senses through art, cooking, and music. You find it easy to be devoted to one person, who you do special things for. You would make a good interior designer, chef, or child psychologist.

What's Your Personality Type?

Your Taste in Music:

Classic Rock: High Influence 80's Rock: Medium Influence 90's Alternative: Medium Influence 90's R&B: Medium Influence Heavy Metal: Medium Influence

How's Your Taste in Music?

Mocha Frappuccino

Hyper and driven, you'll take your caffeine any way you can get it. Frappuccinos are good, but you'd probably chew coffee beans in a crunch!

What Flavor Frappuccino Are You?

You Are A Walnut Tree

You are strange and full of contrasts... the oddball of your group. You are unrelenting and you have unlimited ambition. Not always liked but always admired, you are more infamous than famous. You are aggressive and spontaneous, and your reactions are often unexpected. A jealous and passionate person, you are difficult in romantic relationships.

What's Your Celtic Horoscope?

Your Bumper Sticker Should Be

If you don't like my driving - stay off the sidewalk

What Bumper Sticker Should Be On Your Car?

You Are Storm

Exotic and powerful, Storm descended from a line of African priestesses. Emotions can effect your powers, but you are generally serene. Powers: controlling weather, creating winds that lift you into flight, generating lightning

Which of the X-Men Are You?

Your Driving Is is: 53% Male, 47% Female

According to studies, you drive both like a guy and a girl. This means you're a pretty average driver, with typical quirks. Occasionally you're frustrated and or a little reckless, but that's the exception - not the norm.

Do You Drive Like a Guy or a Girl?

You Are 20% Evil

You are good. So good, that you make evil people squirm. Just remember, you may need to turn to the dark side to get what you want!

How Evil Are You?

You Are 48% Brutally Honest

Honesty is important to you, but generally, you try not to be brutal about it. You'll sugar coat the truth when you need to... and tell a white lie when necessary.

How Brutally Honest Are You?

You are an Atheist

When it comes to religion, you're a non-believer (simple as that). You prefer to think about what's known and proven. You don't need religion to solve life's problems. Instead, you tend to work things out with logic and philosophy.

What's Your Religious Philosophy?

Your Stress Level is: 60%

You are somewhat prone to stress, especially when life gets hard. When things are good, you resist stressing over little problems. But when things are difficult, you tend to freak out and find it hard to calm down.

How Stressed Are You?

You Are 90% Weird

You're more than quirky, you're downright strange. But you're also strangely compelling, like a cult leader.

How Weird Are You?

Your Power Color Is Lime Green

At Your Highest: You are adventurous, witty, and a visionary. At Your Lowest: You feel misunderstood, like you don't fit in. In Love: You have a tough exterior, but can be very dedicated. How You're Attractive: Your self-awareness and confidence lights up a room. Your Eternal Question: "What else do I need in my life?"

What's Your Power Color?

Finally!

Sarpsborg town finally had their meeting. I get the 90% financing I applied for. Good thing too, I signed the papers for the apartment today!

I go back to the nice lady that helped me Wednesday, to sign papers there as well. They'll need a copy of the signed contract and I have to sign on the mortgage they're giving me, so all is cool. Finally, a huge load of worry have left me and I can concentrate on the rest, like measurements and the like.

September 1, I take over the keys and start moving in. This will be so much fun, now that all the worries are over.

Kiri was a little upset with me yesterday, as you can tell from the comments she made to yesterdays post. I hadn't written anything about the behemoth I met while visiting my kitten, so here goes!

When we arrived, the welcome wagon outside the house included a large, adult castrate. He was huge and very friendly, not the behemoth to be known as Biggest Red, though, we met him inside. This fellow was an exile from the house. As far as he was concerned, the kittens were dangerous, they had to be, every time he had tried to make friends, mommy and daddy had beaten the holy hell out of him. So, as a result, he stayed outside - refusing to come in.

Once inside, we were accosted by a huge red furball. I swear, he was the biggest thing I'd ever seen, even though our outside welcome wagon had been bigger. Biggest Red Behemoth just seemed bigger as we were down on the floor, to be within easier reach of the tiny kittens.

Biggest Red was losing his baby teeth and getting the bigger ones in. So he was nibbling at any part of us he could reach, but not violently in any way. He immediately decided that he wanted my lap for his very own, and plopped himself down across my thighs accordingly. Talk about getting your circulation cut off, it was an immediate response. He refused to move until the breeder forcibly hauled him up and downstairs, locking him away. She informed us that he was perhaps a little jealous of the kittens, as he was only ten months old himself. Silicone Valley and I were shocked to total silence, for a whole of a minute. Only 10 months, and bigger than a brick outhouse? Yow! The breeder calmed me down a little, saying that Elva's not getting that big. She pointed over to her mom and said she'd be more that size. Looking over at mom, I had another slight shock. I have always known that Norwegian Forest Cats gets a little bigger than ordinary house cats, but Elva's mom was bigger than the average Tomcat! Cool, I like big cats, and when they're as calm and friendly as these cats, not a problem.

Now, Biggest Red were not allowed to play with the kittens either. Mom and dad were very careful to keep him at bay. He wanted to play with them, same as Welcome Wagon, but as the breeder said, seeing him rolling around on the floor with the tiny babies was brutal. Add to the fact that the babies were literally screaming for help! Needless to say, Biggest Red was another one that would get the holy hell beat out of him quite regularly, though, it seems, he's starting to learn his lesson now... But as a result, he feels he's in competition for attention with them, so he constantly steals the show! And as friendly and beautiful as he is, he's quite successful!

As big as Elva's gonna get, there is no way I'm letting her get used to being in my bed, she'll have her own, as I have no intention og being smothered in my sleep!

Well... This is fun... NOT!

It's stupid, is what it is.

I got an 'Okay' on my application for a loan though my home town. Now that loan have been taken away, because I had the audacity to find an apartment in the neighboring town. And this after I asked what would happen if I didn't find an apartment in my own town, but in the next one. Answer I got was, 'That shouldn't be a problem.' Well, as it turns out, once again the woman whom helped me with the application gets NO information, whatsoever, from the Housing unit. The Housing unit are the ones that decide who gets the loan, and how much. Seems they don't want the people that are helping applicants to know the rules.

So, off to apply for a loan from the neighboring town. I was told to be there on Monday, they would have the meeting on Tuesday, and I'd get an answer fast. No letter in my mail today, so I called. They didn't have the meeting on Tuesday, in fact, they've had no meetings this week. I was told not to panic, she'd try to get it through today, and then she'd call me as soon as it was done. I've heard nothing, and City Hall in the neighboring town has closed for today. And tomorrow I have the contract meeting at the real estate agency. This sucks!

On a brighter note, I have gotten my kitten. She's a Norwegian Forest Cat. They get kinda big, pretty fluffy and are loyal as heck. Even though they pack a lot of fur, they shed far less than a regular house cat. They need their fur, so they usually only drop a lot during the spring, in preparation for the summer. She's nine weeks old now, born June 13. I'll get her home in the second week of September.

Grabbed Silicone Valley, and we were off to visit the kittens last Monday evening. The breeder has seven adult cats, and nine kittens in the house. Add to that a third litter that is being fostered at her friends house.

We got in and parked ourselves on the floor, better for the kittens to reach something to nibble on. They're so tiny, still. We got to meet the parents of the litter, and they're big! I've always wanted one of this breed, so it was fun to see how big they really gets. Pictures are no substitute for the real thing. I loved them all! They're big and lovable. Also, I've been around cats belonging to friends that are incredibly talkative. These cats were mostly silent, except for the purring.

I can't wait for the confusion around the loan for the apartment to be sorted out, and for the move. One week after that, my kittybaby is coming home!

Here's to hoping for bliss, right?

Well, that didn't take too long...

Wow, that's all I'm saying! WOW!

Real estate agent called today, seller takes my offer. The apartment is mine, all mine!!!

Needless to say, I went furniture hunting with my dear friend, Silicone Valley. All the furniture that I've already seen on the store's website was there, at reduced prices! More luck, I can hardly believe it.

I'm calling 'bank-dude' tomorrow to set up a new appointment, then I have to call the geezer at City Hall to hash out details of the buy with him, might have to go down there. I did stop by today, but they closed two hours early, summer hours have been extended an entire hour from when I was working at their switchboard!

Next week, will be contract signing at the real estate agency, September 1, I'm moving into my own home! I can hardly wait, it's gonna be so cool.

::Witchy does a happy dance and skips off into the distance::

Happy Hunting... Or maybe not...

I've been caught up in apartment hunting, lately. There's been this one apartment that's been advertised since this winter. Grabbed my brother and went to take a look-see. Well, I sure know why it's still vacant!

It's a two bedroom apt. All floors except the bathroom needs to be replaced. All doors inside the apt needs to be replaced as well. All ceilings, except the bathroom and living room needs to be ground down, sanded, speckled and re-painted. All walls, except the bathroom, are painted in the same sickly, pale blue shade that makes me want to vomit, violently!

Seller claims, in the prospect, that the apt was remodeled in 2004. Yeah right! The doors and walls that have been painted, looks like they've just thrown the paint on, no need for brushes there, another expense for them to cut.

I did not put in a bid for this one, lemme tell you!

While at the real-estate agency, I looked at a couple more places. I signed out a key to a another apartment, not far from the first. This one was heavenly, in comparison. The bathroom was recently remodeled. Everything new! New sink, new shower, new drains, new toilet, new tiles on floor and walls... Did I like it? Hell Yeah!

It's smaller than the first one, it's only a one bedroom apt. Bedroom is a little on the small side, too. No matter, it's perfect. Nothing that needs to be done with it, the price is right, the view is terrific. I put in a bid! Now to see if the seller accepts, or if he wants to wait for a bidding war.

I'm not doing bidding wars, mind you. My bid is a 'take it or leave it' kinda bid. If he doesn't, or he's too slow (got until next Friday), there's a third place I'd like to check out. Also a one bedroomer. This one also have a new bathroom, new shower, the works. Also, and this is a kincher, this apt has a brand new kitchen! If seller of the apt I have made a bid on doesn't take it, or is too slow, I'll ask to see this third place. Also, brand new floors in all rooms. Same kind of floor everywhere but the bathroom. That's cool too. A nice, reddish shade of wooden floors. I'll lose the 'free' view though.

Let me explain what I mean by 'free' view. Free view to me means, no looking into the neighboring building's walls or windows. Instead, I'd prefer to look out and see no people looking in on me! Not many such places to be had around here, we're kinda cramped for development space. With the apt I've placed a bid on, I'll get the free view. I'll be looking out over the river and the very long bridge I already need to cross in order to get to work. No big, I'd be living almost underneath it. From the kitchen window, I'd get to see the next apartment building across a rather large lawn. That's the only place that I'd get to watch people from, and that's cool by me!

The third apt doesn't give me a free view. It's in a housing area, and they're kinda tightly put together. It's something I can overcome, what with a brand new bathroom and a brand new kitchen... I'd have to paint the bedroom, though... It's a dark, royal blue that grates on me.

I don't like the color blue, don't ask me why, I have no idea. My mom took great pleasure in dressing me in dark, royal blue when I was younger. I wanted a black jacket, coat, sweater or jeans, she'd go get the dark, royal blue instead. I didn't like the color any more then, than I do now! I frickin' hate it!

Oh well, we'll have to wait and see now. If I don't get the second apt I've looked at, I'll try for the third. If I end up with the third, I'll cut my commute almost in half too! And no need to go over that boring old bridge, that everyone and his granny seems to think you'll need to go waaay slow on...

I'll get an update in about the apartment hunting as I go...

My sister? She's been too busy having the perfect summer, to update me with her situation with 'Kvinnesiden'. She's been out sailing, several times a week, sunbathing and bathing and frolicking... Am I jealous? Yes, I'll have to admit, to a certain degree I am. I can honestly say, that I'm happy on her behalf, that she's been having such a wonderful time, this summer. Goodness knows, she deserve it. It's just... I'd like to get to do some of that too. If it weren't for the fact that I need to stay out of the sun, as heat and sunshine gives me bad rashes on my hands. Itchy, ugly little blisters that burst and turn into small sores that itch even more and then stings. Nope, power to my sis, she's having a well-deserved and certainly well-earned summer this year!

Later!