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whiskyinmind
01 October 2007 @ 12:47 pm
I've done the scary grown up thing...  
I'm just back from the lawyers. With a couple of stipulations, I've accepted the offer for twenty thousand to sell the bit of my garden. The stipulations are that if he builds a new house on there it's a single occupancy house of no more than two stories and that he put up a boundary wall or fence along the new line (after it's up I'll be liable for half of the upkeep of it). I didn't think I'd be able to stipulate the first of the things but the lawyer tells me it's fairly normal. There's also the fact that I have a mortgage on part of my property so my lender has to agree to the resizing of the property, but again the lawyer doesn't see that being a problem since my mortgage is for less than half of the current value.

It's scary being a grown up, but this time next week I could have twenty thousand pounds to get me out of this hole a little way (and I can get my car back! Yay!)

In other news, I am currently wrapped up in three layers (t-shirt, shirt and padded jacket) and am freezing. Walking back from the station there I passed a guy without a shirt on. Yes it's sunny but I'm really cold. Guess I'm still not well then.
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[identity profile] x5vale.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 12:26 pm (UTC)
hey! Sorry I wasn't around much lately, but real life is kinda crzay over here.

So how are you? I do really hope everything is going good and this can be a fresh start!
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 12:35 pm (UTC)
*grins* I know the feeling - I've been pretty quiet myself lately because real life just keeps on getting in the way.

Fingers crossed this will be a new start, it'll certainly help out a lot if my neighbour agrees to the stipulations.
wenchpixie: keeping out the cold[personal profile] wenchpixie on October 1st, 2007 12:54 pm (UTC)
*fingers crossed* he agrees to all the stipulations and things. That's brilliant babe, and it'll give you a more level playing field to start back on which is much better.

*snugs*


And it is cold. Maybe not baltic cold, but cold. That man was a freak.
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 01:06 pm (UTC)
*fingers crossed*
wenchpixie: geekery dean[personal profile] wenchpixie on October 1st, 2007 01:08 pm (UTC)
ohohoh tommorrow - central about half 5 okay?
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 01:15 pm (UTC)
yup, sounds good to me!

(feel like giving Jo a kick for me so that I can get this finished and get your beta done? *grrrs*)
wenchpixie: you require a little ass kicking[personal profile] wenchpixie on October 1st, 2007 01:43 pm (UTC)
Splendid :)


and sure. *glares & channels Ellen* Joanna Beth Harvelle, will you just do what you're asked for once? I don't care if you think you're some great big jumped up hunter now, you're not too big to go over my knee.
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 02:26 pm (UTC)
*channels Jo*

Mom! I'm working here, you can't just come in and threaten me like that. And don't think that look's gonna work on me, I'm old enough to look after myself. I know what I'm doing, honest!

Okay then, if I let you in on this will you leave me be and let me run it my way?

I heard about the Roadhouse by the way, I'm glad you're okay. It would have been good to hear the news from you but... And I'm sure most of them got out, you know Ash, he'll have had some way out - he probably lost his watch in a poker game, y'know he was an easy mark...
wenchpixie: yours - not psychotically in the least[personal profile] wenchpixie on October 1st, 2007 02:39 pm (UTC)
(I really ought to have an Ellen icon for this...)

If you'd kept in touch with more than the occasional postcard I would'da done. And don't give me that Ash had your email address, he's dead, or as good as if I get my hands on him after hiding out this long.

Just be glad you weren't there when we had to clean up the...

Do what your damn well told girl. And get me some Whiskey.
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 02:43 pm (UTC)
Oh come on! You're telling me that the great Ellen Harvelle didn't know how to find her own daughter? Come on, that's so far beyond the joke that even clowns wouldn't think it's funny. I told ya I'd keep in touch and I did, if I hadn'ta known you'd've come and dragged me back if I told you everything then maybe I'dda told you some more.

Ash isn't dead. He... can't be. Not Ash.

Y'know this whiskey comes outta my wages, right?
wenchpixie: Drinking Kane :)[personal profile] wenchpixie on October 1st, 2007 03:05 pm (UTC)
'bout time you paid me back some.

found ya now, didn't I? I've been kept busy by those damn-fool Winchesters. Never thought I'd meet anyone who could raise as much hell as their dad...

So they went and did it literally. Woulda been a whole lot more fun if I'd not been wondering where the fuck you were the whole damn time.

Of course, turns out if I'd just asked them they'd've been able to tell me where you were, straight off.

Are you planning on telling me what the look they exchanged was all about? Or why Dean told me you'd be staying outta trouble?
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 03:11 pm (UTC)
Momma! You know I brought in more custom in that bar of yours than you did. Gotta admit, some of those hunters like to see a pretty girl serving them and you know I hit that mark more often than not.

You've heard from Dean and Sam then? Yeah... we crossed paths a while back. I've not been in touch with them for a while though. There's... things going on there that I don't really feel like telling you 'bout right now. Plus, I been moving about a little since then, but it's not like I was hiding from you or anything.

As for some look? Well you now what those boys are like, think the whole world revolves round them and their daddy. I'd say ask them what it's all about if I thought they'd ever tell you.
wenchpixie: Dean - hmmh[personal profile] wenchpixie on October 1st, 2007 03:27 pm (UTC)
Yeah, they're closed mouthed except with family. I swear to God I wish I'd raised you the same. And I've heard from them, more than heard.

Don't you be gettin' all starry eyed over Dean again - he's even more trouble now than he used to be, and he was trouble enough before. You ain't his brother and you ain't his car, so you ain't ever going to figure in there.

I get the attraction but if you want to settle down you find yourself someone who wants to settle right down with you and who's not going to leave you stranded and fending for yourself. Winchester and Hunter are just two other words for trouble.

And don't you be giving me your lip, either. We did just fine after you up and left - only problem I had with the fella's at the roadhouse was Bob whining that you didn't give him a chance to win his money back.



[identity profile] joharvelle.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 03:35 pm (UTC)
Trust me, I aint gonna be making a play for Dean. Not now. Even though you don't really know what you're sayin' there. And I aint looking to settle down right now, whatever gave you that idea? You itching to have grandkids or somethin'?

Give them a chance. Dean and Sam aint their Daddy, I know you think he done you wrong and if you're right, if Uncle John killed Dad however it worked out, then I get it. But they aint him. If your back's against the wall, trust Dean.

He'll see you through. Trust me on that.

An' I didn't 'up and leave', don't you remember that whole conversation we had about if I don't agree to your rules I could find a new roof? Well, I remember it. I don't have a problem with it. Leaving home's the best thing I ever did, and don't get me wrong, I miss you. Wouldn't be human if I didn't. But I'm doing okay.

Sounds like you might need some help though. You guys alright there?
[identity profile] ellenharvelle.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 04:15 pm (UTC)
We're fine Joanna Beth, and don't you go looking to come down here. You stay where it's safe and stay out of trouble.

My rules are there for a reason. One Single reason and that's keeping you safe. You been kept safe since you've been out there? You wanted to leave, you only had to stay at school, get an education, get a decent job.

If you ain't lookin' to settle down then you ain't lookin' - not when all you're hanging out with is low lifes and hunters. I raised you better than that. You find someone who won't up and break your heart, then you can look.

Sam and Dean... they're preoccupied honey, preoccupied and not payin' attention and that's how other people get hurt. John was a good man, but he didn't pay attention and it got your father killed. I know he didn't mean it, came to terms with that a long time ago, but those boys... if you're not a Winchester you're better off as far away from them as you can get. They're not safe.
[identity profile] joharvelle.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 04:21 pm (UTC)
Things been happenin all over the place. I've been hearing tales and seeing things. It's not safe anywhere right now. Not for those of us who know what's really going on.

They did something didn't they?

You're safe, right? I mean, I know all about the bar and all but you - you're alright?

I'm starting to think maybe I should come down. I can do more than you think I can. You raised me to know what's going on after all.
[identity profile] ellenharvelle.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 04:35 pm (UTC)
I told you, we're fine. And I'm as safe as I'm gonna be. Standing next to an entrance to hell didn't kill me, I doubt any two bit demon's going to do it now.

You stay somewhere safe, you carry iron and salt and holy water and you don't trust anyone. You hear me?

I wasn't even there when the Roadhouse went up, I was buying pretzels. I've always hated the damn things and then they go and save my life....

Yes, they did something, or Dean did. Something damn stupid, too. And now they're off fixing a problem that wasn't of their making, and Sam's trying to fix Dean. Trouble just follows them and they do damn all to discourage it.
[identity profile] joharvelle.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 04:43 pm (UTC)
I dunno, I feel so... disconnected out here. Wouldn't it make sense to be a united front? If there's something needing fighting then facing it together's gotta be better than dying all alone.

That's what it might come to, right? Dying?

I don't... I don't want to die. Not out here. Not knowing that we fought last time we spoke face to face.

Sorry, don't what came over me there. Forget I just said all that. I'm good. I'm safe and I plan on staying that way, trust me.

You say Sam's trying to fix Dean? How? What did Sam do? Did he hurt Dean? You can't let him do anything, you can't...

No. Forget it, I didn't say anything.
wenchpixie: geekery dean[personal profile] wenchpixie on October 1st, 2007 04:40 pm (UTC)
I think Ellen's cell's just about out of power (and I'm going home ;)).
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 04:43 pm (UTC)
Hee!
[identity profile] acme54.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 01:40 pm (UTC)
Yay for grown-upness!
When you get out into financial daylight again, get something nice for you.
Oh, and no more lending! K?
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 02:58 pm (UTC)
No more credit. Ever. *check*

Even though I'm finding it really difficult to get by without a credit card - paying for things online is next to impossible these days!

I'm thinking maybe the US SPN s2 DVDs or a Trilby as a treat. Whaddya think?
[identity profile] acme54.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 03:18 pm (UTC)
Find a credit card with a horribly low limit, that way you can't spend more than that. Pay it off every month.

:: imagines hat made outta SPN cover ::

Do both. Wear while watching.
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 03:19 pm (UTC)
LOL! An SPN trilby! I like!
charlies_dragon: Steve crotch[personal profile] charlies_dragon on October 1st, 2007 02:12 pm (UTC)
I guess congratulations on getting all your stipulations in are needed *hugs* I hope you feel better soon hun *sends healing vibes to you*

charlies_dragon
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 03:00 pm (UTC)
I think I'm getting there - all this worry about finances is probably having a knock on effect on my immune system right now so the sooner I get all this sorted, the better!

*is mesmerised by your icon*
[identity profile] thedothatgirl.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 03:32 pm (UTC)
I hope your neighbour goes for it Sho.

I think it is a good thing, it will help you get straight.

Hope the chills go before Friday :)
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 03:41 pm (UTC)
I think he will, and it's definitely a good thing. I don't use the ground, it's not adding anything to the value of my property so losing it won't lose me money and it's less ground to look after so...
[identity profile] lmzjewel.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 03:56 pm (UTC)
Doing things with property is always scary. I remember when my husband and I bought our property and built our house. That was very freaky. Well, anyway, I hope everything will go the way you want it to and I also hope that you will get to feeling much better soon.

LMZ
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 03:59 pm (UTC)
*fingers crossed*

In an odd way I've been lucky with property, the house I'm in is inherited and my sister had no problem with me buying her out so I've never really had to outbid anyone or anything. This is the first time I've done anything purely because of me, y'know?
[identity profile] lmzjewel.livejournal.com on October 2nd, 2007 04:11 pm (UTC)
I know what you mean. And it's wild isn't it having to sit down with a Lawyer and draw up a contract. The first time my husband and I did that when we built our house. I was like, "G" I can't believe there is this much paperwork involved in building a house.

LMZ
[identity profile] dimlondeiel.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 04:22 pm (UTC)
It does sound scary but if it's going to help you out financially then it's good. And yay to getting stipulations in there about what he can build on the land.

It's definetly not warm enough to be wandering around without at least two layers on, at least it isn't over towards the east coast! I've got a t-shirt and hoodie on and I'm feeling a bit chilly.
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 05:53 pm (UTC)
It's really scary doing this - but hopefully it'll all work out for the good!

I think that guy was some kind of mandroid freak who didn't feel the temperature...
[identity profile] velvetwhip.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 05:35 pm (UTC)
I am so glad to hear that your money situation is about to improve!


Gabrielle
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 05:53 pm (UTC)
*fingers crossed it all works out!*
[identity profile] angelnetgirl.livejournal.com on October 1st, 2007 08:22 pm (UTC)
Fingers crossed that everything goes smoothly for your sale. I don't like grown up things but it will be worth it when the money comes through :)

Yay for getting the car back, poor Nicky!

Some people are just strange, they do that here, its unusual to see the sun so as soon as it appears the t-shirts are out, even when its freezing.

I love Shaun the Sheep :D
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