Freaky Friday-Naked Man Arrested In Own Home

I'm reminded of "ugly naked guy" on Friends lately, when I look outside my bedroom window to see my neighbor two doors down. He stands, smoking a cigarette on his back porch. He is a portly, middle aged, fellow. He is in his own backyard, and he is completely nude.

Obviously this is something I don't want to see and never tried to see. Thankfully he is far enough away from me that I didn't have to see any details, if you know what I mean! Even with that, I would talk to him if there was a problem. I would ask him to change his ahem, attire if young children were affected, etc. before I involved authorities.

That's partly why I was surprised when I saw in the news that a man had been arrested in Virginia for being naked in his own kitchen! Honestly, I don't even know how you can be arrested for being in your own kitchen naked. How is this freaky? Hmm. It is MY RIGHT to be naked in my house if I so choose. The circumstances around this are equally ridiculous. The man was making coffee in his kitchen early in the morning. He was alone in his own home and a woman and her young son were cutting through his yard from a nearby path. A little later he was arrested. The police claim that he intentionally wanted people to see him. Are you kidding? Really? Even if he did, a woman cutting through his yard shouldn't have been the one to notice him really early in the morning. The whole street should have seen him. This is disturbing to me. And, it should be disturbing to everyone that your right of privacy can be interpreted in any way if you have an indiscretion like having your curtain slightly open. UGH.

Source: mydailynews.com

CSN Rugs Giveaway! *CLOSED*

It's been awhile since I've been on and I would like to come back with a giveaway to get the blog juices flowing, if you will. I have been presented with a wonderful giveaway opportunity for my readers provided by CSN rugs. They have a wonderful selection of area rugs including, contemporary, shag, oriental, modern, southwestern, etc.

Many of the styles come in a variety of sizes to ensure you get just the right fit for your home. There's also a huge selection of designer rugs. I had a great time searching through their seemingly endless selection of rugs. I am in the middle of purchasing my first home, and this is definitely going to be one of my resources for area rug decor. Their prices are affordable and they have a great selection of sale and clearance items as well.

Buy It

Go to CSNrugs.com and check out their choices, you're sure to find something you love.

Win It

CSN rugs is offering one winner a Surya contemporary rug(shown above) in a 2'3"x 4'3". That's a $55 value!

How To Enter

Please go to CSNrugs.com and pick your favorite area rug. Come back here and tell me what it is for one entry.

Tweet about it and post the link to your tweet here for one entry. You must reference this contest and link to my blog post.

Blog about this giveaway and link your blog post back here for one extra entry. Here is an example of what to write:

“Ramblings Of A Wannabe Writer is giving away a contemporary area rug with the prize being an awesome Surya area rug sponsored by csnrugs.com! This giveaway ends August 11, 2009 so don’t miss your opportunity for a free area rug and check out some area rugs for other rooms in your house!”

Rules

This contest is open to bloggers and non bloggers. Please leave your email address or you won't be contacted if you win! This contest is open to U.S. and Canada residents. Contest will end August 11, 2009 at 11:59 PM.

Buying A Home In Today's Economy

Since the housing "boom", I've been really paying attention to the housing market. Where I am, the Phoenix metro area, it's been pretty bad. I'm not a real estate agent or even in the real estate field. I just like to be a knowledgeable buyer. I've been seeing how the market is trending and saw that the prices were due to stop dropping right around the first month or so of 2009.

I discussed this with my husband and told him that we should try one more time to buy and if it's not the right time, then we will know.(we had tried a few times prior but, were approved for a tiny amount). So we contact a HUD approved company and after a little glitch we started on a path to purchase.

I've heard the stories about purchasing a home. I know it's is a pretty heavy process and can be a stressful one, at best. I have been pretty calm and collected during this process with very little expectations. I know that it takes time and money to get the end result and yet, at the same time I have to be able to plan some things. We found out that we're going to have an extension and even though it's the banks fault, we get to pay a penalty. Even better, we found out there is probably going to be another extension. As of right now, we are six months total into this process.

We extended our lease an extra four months and gave our notice this month. Real estate agent said "we are extending" so we talk to the leasing office and to our surprise, they've already rented out the apartment. GREAT! Now we are going to be inconveniencing my Brother and his family by staying there for a week and a half.(please God don't let it extend for any more time)

So, now I'm frustrated. Mostly because we will have to put everything in storage, take a few things over to my Brother's, have no time to paint the house before we move in, and lastly have to cram a couple of days worth of cleaning into a day. I know the end result is going to be great, I just wish it would have gone a little more smoothly. Ah well!