Putting the weeds to work for Us

[Metaliturtle]

And cleaning them up, I was nice and went On-Topic and low-spam after I set it up.

[Buster's Uncle]

Does not compute.

[Metaliturtle]

Does not compute.

Low-spam means that I'm doing the nicey nice

 

party time.

[Buster's Uncle]

That is a party.

But isn't it better to have someone else pull it off?  I thought you had a girlfriend.

[Metaliturtle]

She's visiting relatives.

[Buster's Uncle]

That's disgusting.


How did the HCG of 2011 crash and burn?  Not still her, is it?  She was cute.

[Metaliturtle]

That's disgusting.


How did the HCG of 2011 crash and burn?  Not still her, is it?  She was cute.

No, I broke up with her and went full on monk mode for a while.  Did the hermit thing, sold damn near everything I had, lived off of dandelion leaves, rice, wild strawberries and raspberries, plants I grew myself, mooching from friends, and fish that I netted from a lake.  Literally living off of 40% of my income before taxes.  Every morning I was working out trying to improve myself.  Eventually women were coming to me, that was fun, then boring, so then I focused on just improving me and if a woman came along who seemed of a like mind I decided I'd run with that for a while.  Met the one I'm with in 2013, moved in together last June, and just bought a house with her this past April.

In there I had 2 court battles for my daughter and learned how skewed the court system is against men, and why there are so many deadbeat dads.  I was fortunate that I had help from friends and family in the form of dinners and leftovers.

[Buster's Uncle]

Hmm.  Yeah, I figured out a long time ago that most deadbeat dads don't want to be, and it's not supporting the kids they have a problem with.


Me?  I was right here.  Six months in was a girldog, too.  The first year we grew more than I'd predicted, but it was all work and no play, mostly - with a pretty huge hole in my heart that didn't heal fast.  Makes me sad, thinking about bleeding all over this place and work work work.  Lotta science articles and too many days it was pretty much just me.

2012 was not my best year.

[Metaliturtle]

It's better.  There's 2 things we can control, our attitude and our effort.

[Buster's Uncle]

Sure.  That's pretty much entry-level Taoism.

[Buster's Uncle]

These were taken by a pro last week for selling-the-house purposes.  Geo, they haven't closed, but the house is already sold, and for more than we'd really hoped.

I think the photographer and whomever at the realator's picked pics liked the gate.  They shoulda seen it two years ago - that woulda boosted it a thousand more right there.

This should really be the last gate pics; for realz this time.

Siiigh.

[Geo]

Geo, they haven't closed, but the house is already sold, and for more than we'd really hoped.

I'll expect an invitation to a Waffle House by MyLochka then next time I'm in the neighbourhood.
Good to hear she's a rich(er) lady now.

[Buster's Uncle]

Texas is a profoundly messed up state, there is no retirement plan for college 'fessors in its state system, and she's hardly set for life.

There's a set of pictures online of the house, currently -I only saved the ivy ones- and I'll ask Mylochka if I can link the listing page, or just post the rest of the pictures, since you and Uno have displayed curiosity about the grounds beyond the project...

[Geo]

No need for me to see the whole thing, BUncle.
Besides, its now someone else's property.

[Buster's Uncle]

That is the reason it's okay to share now.  At this point, it's still her work of art, but she don't live there no more.  Pictures coming.