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Alison Blogs HereSemi-Dangerous When Thinking
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I’m sitting down. I’m blogging. This will be brief, because there’s so much more to do. However, we’re in. The old house is ready to go. This one has a lot fewer boxes than it did, thanks in a big way to mom and dad, who stayed over a couple of nights. It gave hubby [...]
It’s been so crazy – packing, moving things into the new house, painting the new house. . .tomorrow it’s going to be mostly over. Today, our friends Mike and Ellen came over and helped us pack for hours! The Home and School and some of the other teachers and moms gave me speeches and awards [...]
If I could shrink everything, or even teleport everything, I wouldn’t have to pack. That would rock. I had to finish a couple of sewing projects before I could pack up the sewing room, though. After I move, I’m keeping it a secret that I sew. Nobody will know, so I will not be hemming [...]
Except, of course, for the huge piles of boxes everywhere. Man-oh-man, packing sure takes way more time than it’s worth. Well, maybe not. It does force you to examine your life, especially if you’ve reached that stage where you’ve been in one place for a while and your friends aren’t going to help you move. [...]
So, the guy who’s going to buy the house now stopped by to visit. I can’t wait to meet his wife – he’s a pisser, and she sounds like a lot of fun, too. However, I did have to criticize him – they started doing some visualization and spellwork to ger our original deal to [...]
It looks like these buyers are good to go. Let’s send positive thoughts that they end up in this house and have as good a time in it as we did.
The money thing is all set – papers signed, approvals verbally guaranteed, just a few days until paperwork goes through. New contract signed with different buyers who’ll appreciate the house more. Roofer on his way as soon as the rain stops. Attorney review should be done on both transactions by Tuesday or Wednesday. Time to [...]
We’d called the roofer anyway, because the roof is still under warranty, and we’d seen a tad bit of discoloration in the ceiling. Today, our original buyers backed out of the deal (not for that reason) but the new ones will be wanting to see the house in a couple of days. So, naturally, we [...]
I’ll be doing more packing today, and I’ve already done a ton of packing – and it has all involved going through forgotten or mostly forgotten possessions and throwing things away. Getting rid of stuff seems to help with discarding psychological baggage, as well. Some things are easy to toss, but others make you hesitate, [...]
I had forgotten what it was like to sell an old home to a first-time home buyer. *sigh* Yes, there’s lead paint. The house was built in 1870. Yes, there’s asbestos (although most of it has been taken out) because that’s what they used to use for insulation. All the time. Everywhere. Yes, storm windows [...]
