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Out of Order

January 13, 2011

FYI – I’m getting caught up on my old blog posts – and I am posting them to their proper chronological place, and not on the day that I’m finally getting around to blogging about it. This isn’t to confuse you, but more to keep my blog books (that I create from this blog) more interesting and “real” for my future grandchildren. I don’t need them thinking (knowing) how scatterbrained I really am, right?
Soooooo – if you are clicking over from a link on Facebook, or from your daily “new blog posts” email, be sure to click on every new …

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The new house

July 26, 2010

So…we moved this week.
Closing was on Monday, just after our final walk-thru. At the final walk-thru we noticed stains on the carpet and writing on the walls that hadn’t been there any of the other times we looked at the house (some being in permanent marker). This, combined with the fact that the owners hadn’t taken care of the lawn all summer, irritated the *bleep* out of me.
We went to the closing and asked for money to cover replacing the carpet. The sellers countered, and our attorney advised us to take it. We did. But we didn’t end up signing …

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