state of the engagement
House Hunting
So far, we've put in offers for two houses. Didn't get the first; waiting to see if we got the second.
Buying houses is this weird kind of psychological torture in which you guess random numbers until you hopefully get one right. It is like no other buying experience on Earth: it would be so much more convenient if houses came with price tags attached, or at least with the ability to bargain with the seller. I know how that works; but this? Not a clue.
The house we're currently after is an absolute wreck, but a salvageable one. It would require an awful lot of immensely difficult work - and I would so enjoy watching it turn into something better. (Also one of the reasons I like editing, so...)
Parties and So Forth
Had an engagement party last weekend, at my parents' house. We packed out the house, with heaps of people ...who I mostly remembered the names of! Go me!
My sisters organised for every person at the party to have their photo taken holding a sign or a funny prop. I would really recommmend something like this for anyone having a similar party; it was so much fun getting to see what everyone did, and now we have a guest book full of photos.
I don't think I have to send thank-yous about people giving us cards - which is good, because we have the most enormous stack of cards, matched only by the enormous number of comments on our facebook pages.
Despite saying 'no gifts', we also have a table stacked high with presents from everyone who decided to give us something anyway. Rather fun, looking at all the pretty things and figuring out how we'll use them...
Still so much to organise - but we'll get there.
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So far, we've put in offers for two houses. Didn't get the first; waiting to see if we got the second.
Buying houses is this weird kind of psychological torture in which you guess random numbers until you hopefully get one right. It is like no other buying experience on Earth: it would be so much more convenient if houses came with price tags attached, or at least with the ability to bargain with the seller. I know how that works; but this? Not a clue.
The house we're currently after is an absolute wreck, but a salvageable one. It would require an awful lot of immensely difficult work - and I would so enjoy watching it turn into something better. (Also one of the reasons I like editing, so...)
Parties and So Forth
Had an engagement party last weekend, at my parents' house. We packed out the house, with heaps of people ...who I mostly remembered the names of! Go me!
My sisters organised for every person at the party to have their photo taken holding a sign or a funny prop. I would really recommmend something like this for anyone having a similar party; it was so much fun getting to see what everyone did, and now we have a guest book full of photos.
I don't think I have to send thank-yous about people giving us cards - which is good, because we have the most enormous stack of cards, matched only by the enormous number of comments on our facebook pages.
Despite saying 'no gifts', we also have a table stacked high with presents from everyone who decided to give us something anyway. Rather fun, looking at all the pretty things and figuring out how we'll use them...
Still so much to organise - but we'll get there.
The conversation's happening over at Dreamwidth. Feel free to comment there using OpenID. (
comments so far)