Wednesday What Not

Miss Emmy got her first immunizations yesterday and isn't feeling her best today. She's got a low grade fever and is a little fussy, but mostly she's just sleepy. I took a few pictures of her earlier to send Jessica at work so she could be reassured that Emmy's okay. Mama is a little concerned about her baby, and understandably so.

GREENEYES, I gave Emmy some extra sugar and snuggles for you, as requested. I hope this gives you your Emmy fix, as well as everyone else who's requested Emmy pictures and baby sugars and cuddles.

Here's some of the pictures I sent Jessica and I won't caption them. I think they pretty much speak for themselves.
I'm happy to share with y'all that the inspectors came and went yesterday without darkening the door of our apartment. The closest an inspector came to us was the one I saw walking across the back yard inspecting the outside of the apartments and the grounds. And that is perfectly hunky as well as dory with me.

Many of you commented on my post about the inspection that the inspection should concentrate on whether the apartment and appliances are in good condition and in working order and on safety issues rather than anybody's housekeeping skills. And you're right, it should, and does according the inspectors. It's my landlord who wants everything to be extra neat and clean, not the inspectors. They're strictly inspecting whether the landlord is keeping everything in good repair and keeping the grounds mowed and such as that.

My landlord tends to put off making repairs as long as possible, especially if it's a cosmetic thing and not a necessity like a water leak or sewer problem. Of course he took 4 months to fix my oven some years ago, and we constantly reminded him. Finally I had had enough and started calling him every day until he fixed it.

When my landlord knows the inspectors are coming he starts trying to catch up on all the repairs and issues he's been putting off doing. He also starts reminding the tenants about the inspectors and riding them about making sure their apartments are spic and span. Now the rest of the year he couldn't care less what the apartments look like. He hopes seeing that the apartments are neat and tidy will make a good impression on the inspectors I suppose.

We also know we have rights as far as complaining higher up to force him to do the repairs and tend to the other issues sooner, but we don't want to rock the boat. He has money and we don't. We can't afford to be forced to move on a technicality and we can't afford a lawyer to fight it even though we'd be in the right. Other than dealing with a contrary landlord we're content here and we couldn't find a better deal on a place to live. Our utilities are included in our rent and it's based on a third of your income, whether your income is $600 a month or $2000 a month.

We've lived here for 22 years, since we got married, and Lamar and his mother lived here for 5 years before that. We'll just have to deal with inspections every year and our contrary landlord.My dear blogging friend CAROLE AT PEA'S CORNER has honored me with the Nice Matters Award.

Thank you so much, Pea, and I think you're one of the nicest bloggers out there! No matter how many awards I may get, I treasure them all as well as the dear friends who honor me with them. I'll proudly display the Nice Matters Award in my sidebar, Carole. :-)



Another sweet blogging buddy was tagged for a meme and look what she created with my name! LYNNE AT LYNNE'S LITTLE CORNER OF THE WORLD did a meme about creative ways to do bloggers' names and she chose me among several others. I thought it was neat that she found a site to do license plates from each state we live in to personalize with our names. Thanks, Lynne!I have church tonight and I still have a few things to do before my church van gets here. I hope everyone has a great rest of the week, and hopefully I'll be back to post again before time for my Sunday Dinner post.