Just a warning to everyone in Buffalo NY, Erie County, and WNY... If you're looking for a real estate lawyer...

Stay away from Dena & Joe Genovese of the Giovanni Genovese firm.

Joe Genovese is degrading to his clients, does not do his job, and is a jerk. Also, don't expect him to ever return your phone calls.

We closed on our house in November, and we have run into MANY problems since, such to back taxes not being paid, overdue bills from the previous owner... and on and on. Now we are stuck with compiling interest from unpaid bills that we were never told about.

These are ALL problems that real estate lawyers are supposed to review and clear prior to the closing date.

On our closing date, they were about 1 hour late for the closing. They neglected to do their job, AND they even got my husband's last name wrong on the deed.... so they proceeded to cross it out with a marker and write the right name in. Classy.

Genovese=Shit

Apparently, this journal is a very public domain... My previous journal entry is now deleted.
However, I am happy to be at Roswell, and I definately want to get together with some of you for a lunch date!
See ya' all later...

(e:dcoffee) and I had a great time last night! The house looked fabulous, as usual. You guys know how to throw a good party! The time flew by too... On the way home, the car said it was 3:40am. We got some good pictures, but we havent downloaded them off the camera yet. Maybe (e:dcoffee) can.
When we move into our New HOME, we are definitely going to have a house warming party, and You are all invited of course!

I'm excited about the halloween party tonight! (e:dcoffee) and I will be there... probably around 9. I love getting dressed up, and this holiday is so fun.
I will just say that my costume is all about the duct tape. :-) ...Wait and see...
We'll see all you (e:peeps) tonight.

I woke up yesterday morning to a really terrible surprise.

My and (e:dcoffee) 's young energetic 1 1/2 year old cat "Revolution" had passed away during the night on Tuesday. This was completely unexpected- she was our healthy young cat. I still have no idea what happend.

It is such a shock, and I still am wondering where Revolution is, when I am home.

She was one of a kind... we called her our little puppy, because she loved to play fetch, and she loved to go outside, and would stand by the back door and meow to go outside, even if it was 10 degrees and snowing out!

She was so small, and all white, with two beautiful different colored eyes. She had such an expressive cute face. She always looked so busy thinking about things.


So beautiful...

Revolution and Dar napping in the sun...

Revolution LOVED her daddy (e:dcoffee)

So expressive. What's she thinkin about?

And she loved that black fuzzy pillow!

Oh look! what a cute present!

Our girls. Revolution loved to play.

And of course, she was an activist, a Revolution.

I will miss her soooo much

So, I'm calling out for some suggestions here...

I've lived in Buffalo for 1 1/2 years now, and I haven't found a good place to get my hair cut. I've had 3 total haircuts:

1st one at UB North campus in the campus center thing, just because I needed a haircut, and I had some time between classes... Never lived up there, actually hate the place... but whatever.

2nd and 3rd haircuts- I went to "Now Salon" near Allen and Elmwood, and although I'm not against this place, I just don't feel comfortable- it's so trendy and too upscale for me, and I can't even have a conversation with this girl that cuts my hair. Also women's haircuts start at $25 or $30.
Now maybe I'm just cheap, but where I'm from in the county, haircuts cost $12.

Does anyone know of a place around Buffalo that you can get a normal haircut- no frills- that is like $20 or under?

Thanks! :-)

So, yea I just need to vent right now...

About a month ago, I got home from work to find a bunch of shit moved around my apartment- my heater unplugged and in the middle of the living room, the shower curtain moved, the coffee table moved... and I was pretty freaked out because we've had someone break into our apt before...
And then I thought that maybe it was my landlord who unplugged the heater, because he pays utilities and he's cheap. About an hour later, I found a little note on a used envelope on my kitchen table from the landlord "WAS IN APT. NO ELECTRIC HEATERS ALLOWED. - JOE".
I was like WTF- that is a home intrusion. So, I left a nasty message on his cell about coming into my apt without permission... and I never heard back from him.

Then again today, I came home to another note on the kitchen table... "WAS IN APT. NEED TO CUT HOLE IN BEDROOM WALL NEXT WEEK. NO ELEC HEATERS!- REMOVE FROM APT! -JOE" ... I was like oh nice, this asshole came into my apt again without any warning, while I was not home. So, I called his cell immediately to leave 2 nasty messages about how it how it is not okay to come into my apt without permission, and by the way, I use the elec heater because its really cold in the apt, and by the way, I want all these rules in writing.
So, then David gets home and I say "We had another home intrusion today from our landlord"....
And David says "Oh, yea. They left a message on the machine yesterday about that".

FUCKING NICE... That would have been a good thing to know.
Now we both feel like assholes.

Just a pic of our Christmas tree, with our kitties thinking they are presents under the tree.

It's our First year with the full sized tree... never had enough room before. :-)

Well I guess it's been a while since I've written.
Since last post, I have:

1. Set a wedding date: June 28, 2008. :-D
David and I have been engaged for a year now, so it was time to pick a date. Now in about 6 months, I'll have to start thinking about wedding plans... I'm excited to get married, just not really about the planning and all the work. All I know so far is that we will have a Quaker Wedding, and hopefully it will be outside.

2. Had a nice 4 year anniversary on November 17th. We made delicious Indian food at home (because we've finally figure out the secrets!) and then went to see "Reefer Madness" at the Alleyway Theater. It was pretty entertaining, and it had been a while since I had seen a live musical or play.

3. Had two nice Thanksgivings....
1st on Thanksgiving Day at David's family's. I made stuffed mushrooms... They are a lot of work, but so so good.
2nd Thanksgiving was at my family's out in Seneca Castle, on Saturday. My mom makes such a delicious and completely vegetarian thanksgiving dinner. Scalloped pototoes, stuffed mushrooms, squash, green salad, homeade wheat rolls, cranberries, etc...

Other than that, I've been working... not too much else.
I've been at my job at ECMC in the Adolescent Psych Unit for 4 months now. It's going well- I really enjoy the people I work with, and I like working in psych, and like the teenagers. It pays pretty damn well too.

It's just so crazy to go from being a full time student, surviving on a crappy part-time low paying job, never with more than $25 in the bank, to go to Working full time and bringing home a Full Paycheck. I don't know what to do with all this money. Save it I guess... for a house... for a wedding...

Oh yea, I put up my Christmas tree too- maybe a photo will come soon.

I'm new to Estrip here. David (dcoffee) talked me in to joining, and then urged me to write a first entry.
Seems like a pretty cool site. I think I will enjoy it, and getting to know others on here.

Had a pretty good weekend... Went out to eat at Mythos on Elmwood on Friday with David, then stopped by Hodge and got some Pinot Grigio wine... Haven't explored white wines as much previously- that one was pretty good.

Saturday, got to sleep in. Then we went out to buy robes at Amvets, because it's cold in our apt in the morning, especially when waiting for the shower to get hot. I'm quite content with mine- wore it most of the day today. We also went to FWS on Elmwood yesterday to look at coffee tables- to get an upgrade from our $6 Salvo special. We bought a sweet table, with metal frame and slate shelf, then a glass top. We had to assemble it- finally got it together at like 2 AM.

Today, we were pretty lazy, but it was very nice and relaxing.... Made pancakes and soy sausage for breakfast. Eventually we walked down to allen to buy some fancy beer at the store down there.

Im looking forward to this week, because I get Tuesday off for election day (it's a county holiday) :-) and then i get friday off for veterans day...

I'm wondering how things will turn out on Tuesday. I plan to vote all Green Party and Working Families when I can. I really wish we didn't have such a corrupt and lame 2 party system. I really think the green candidates would have so much more support with instant runoff voting, and if we didn't see government and the political system as only two parties.

I believe things will be slightly better with a dem controlled house and more democrats in govt, but it's so frustrating to see how alike most democrats and republicans really are. I was reading an article in the BuffNews earlier this week
and it was about many of Davis's views, which are appauling and completing un-Democratic... So annoying. I'm not in their district anyway, but it still sucks.

Allright, I guess that's all for now.