we're refinancing our house, and just got the verdict back from the appraiser. It shouldn't surprise me, but we fall in the category of most people, that our house is now worth less than when we bought it. only 5k less, but still...it's so lame. I don't know exactly what that does to our refinance process, i still need to find that out. but i would ( Read more... )

 I have so many thoughts going through my brain right now...and I think I've figured out projects to snap me out of my un-motivated-ness...
I talked at length with my dad yesterday about buying the house across the street from them.  The cool thing is, the house is valued at $267 K.  The land it's on, however, is valued at $270K.  So if there was a ( Read more... )

There are times when I wish I was still a renter. Like last night, when the sewer backed up. (Why do these things always happen in the middle of the night??) It would have been really nice to call a landlord and have them take care of it ( Read more... )

 We had a wierd experience yesterday morning. trying to leave the house to go to work, M couldn't get the door open. Literally. knob would turn, door latch would not open. It was the most bizarre thing. We fiddled with it for a couple minutes, then gave up, and left the house through the garage ( Read more... )

...or rather, a plan, as 'scheme' sounds sneaky, and there's nothing sneaky about this.

M and I have been talking about the possibility of moving back to Seattle, in specific, buying the house across the street from my parents. (Which they own, which we used to live in, before we bought our place in Federal Way). Now granted, that house is worth ( Read more... )

I was doing really good. I've gotten lots of cleaning/organizing around my house done, which is fantastic! but i'm nowhere near finished, and I think that train just de-railed...
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monkeybard was stating that water has been her issue, as neither her nor her husband's signs are water signs. The same goes for me and my husband, and I think that's evident given the events of the past few months ( Read more... )

...as in the bee-type flying thing. Wow, do they get angry when you run a lawn mower over their nest! My husband can attest, 5 stings later, we had a yellow jacket nest in our front yard. (Luckily, he's not allergic, aside from them hurting a lot, he's no more puffed up than bad mosquito bites. I still gave him Benedryl, just in case. and tylenol. ( Read more... )

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*sigh ( Read more... )