Tomorrow, if all goes as planned (though it hasn’t always so far), I will finally take possession of my house. And suddenly, I will once again be loaded with stuff to do, to get it prepared and me moved over by the end of the month.
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Next week, barring unforeseen events, I will be the owner of my first (real) house.
Continue reading post "#1415"Stranger Things
Finished watching Stranger Things. I liked it fairly well.
Continue reading post "Stranger Things"Wow, Marc’s is finally accepting credit cards other than Discover.
I have now passed the inspection + renegotiation stage of the home buying process. As long as the loan goes through, the house is mine.
Continue reading post "#1367"Barring unforeseen events, I will be buying a house. The seller has accepted my offer and signed the agreement. This will be my first “real” house, though I did own a not-very-good mobile home for a while. It is contingent on inspection, which I will be lining up as soon as possible, and then getting a mortgage. I’m kind of excited, though a bit worried at the same time.
Hope you had a happy Toby day. I got my plate sticker (barely could get it to stick in the cold), worked, had lunch with a coworker at Saffron Patch, had dinner with my roommate at Aladdin’s, and watched an episode of Castle.
Happy new year. I rang in the new year with my brother, cousins, and their partners. Pot-luck dinner, pool playing, watching videos, watching a strange and uncomfortable new years broadcast, and playing ‘Ticket to Ride’.
Yesterday was quite warm for December, reaching around 60. I took advantage with a nearly three hour hike.
Continue reading post "#1325"Just finished baking desserts for Christmas, including all of the cleanup and prep for transport. Even though I was tired after baking, I just wanted to be completely done. I spent most of the day between these desserts (planning, buying food, baking, cleaning, etc.) and final Christmas gift purchasing and preparing. I made pecan tassies (every year) and a gingerbread loaf (first time). Merry Christmas.