wandering aimlessly

I'm well aware that I haven't blogged for a good while. I'm also well aware that I've had every intention to...but then again, you know what they say about good intentions. We've been searching for a place to have a wedding. We really really want to have it outside, although we KNOW that it's risky because of the weather. Well, hell, look at the divorce rate! Getting married in the first freaking place is risky! We checked out one place up around Summersville this past weekend, since that seems to be either where everyone already is or it's essentially the midpoint for everyone else. We checked out a little 650-acre farm called The Good Evening Ranch. Driving up to it, I was thinking, oh, this is nice. Leaving a couple hours later, I was thinking, no way in hell am I getting married here. Not that it was a bad place; it's just not what I'm looking for. Unless, of course, I'm wearing Wranglers and Ropers and riding a friggin' camel. So we're still searching...

We finally got our vacation mess sorted out. Folks, I give you a warning: I advise you not to ever rent a condo owned by a couple named Swackhammer out of Pennsylvania. It was a total nightmare. I called and reserved the place on March 12th, and sent out the deposit check to hold our reservation on March 13th. Well, after nearly a month and a half of not hearing anything and noticing our check was never deposited, I tried to get in touch with them, with no luck. They'd left the stupid country. So I emailed daily trying to get something worked out so we could still have our vacation. I'd ask questions about how to take care of the reservation, how much money to send, etc. WHEN I got a reply back, all I would get would be either a "we're out of the country", or "we don't have your money". No questions ever got answered and nothing ever got settled. They kept saying they'd check and get back to me...and never got back to me. The last email I got from them (at the beginning of MAY now, mind you)was "we'll call our management company and see if it's still available." I flipped out. Well, hell, it better still be available! I sent out money for it back in March! It better be mine! We're supposed to leave June 9th! So I sent back this long, hateful email about how it was poor business on their part and I don't even know what else at this point and promptly took my business and money elsewhere. So, obviously you're going to do what you're going to do, but that's my advice. They were really horrible to deal with. Well, no, I can't say that, since I wasn't ABLE TO DEAL WITH THEM in the first place.

And so, I think that's pretty much what I've been wanting to post about...if not, I'll probably wait about another month and then post again! Time to get dinner started! What a happy little housewife I've become...