We did it! We moved in. Can you believe it? I have but a moment to record the happenings over the last couple days, and then I must get back to the mountain of boxes!

Sunday: I freaked out because I knew we weren’t going to have everything done and ready for the movers. I tried my best, anyway, and after a few panicky calls to my mom and friends, I ( Read more... )

Well, I’ve been AWOL for a couple days, up to my elbows in boxes, packing tape, filled with three parts excitement, one part exhaustion and a pinch of dread. Dread, you ask? Yes: What if we forget something? Will we have everything ready by tomorrow morning when the movers arrive to load the semi? Will anything get broken? Will I be able to find ( Read more... )

A couple things…

First, my computer is running sooooo sllloooooowwwww.
WTH is up with that??
I type words, and the computer mulls over whether or not to display what I type. If it decides to cooperate, eventually it gets around to doing so. Yesterday I FINALLY uninstalled that POS software for that slightly larger POS called a digital camera. No, ( Read more... )

Under the cut is a picture of my attic taken a year ago. You might think I’ve really busted out my hyper-organizing skills on this bad boy in the last year…but the sad truth is it has become a repository for all things unmanageable downstairs. And not the least bit systematically. With this much space on this side of the attic as well, it’s easy ( Read more... )

I’ve been awake since about 4:30-4:45, listening to the hollow echoes of a dog barking a block away and the low hum of the C-PAP. My mind is racing around the house that could maybe be ours. I want to celebrate. I want to breathe that sigh of relief, and draw in the air of certainty.

I asked Tim last night if he wanted to sell our house first week ( Read more... )

Okay, what day is it? Oh, that’s right-today is Wednesday-a week since our first draft of a purchase agreement on the house. And what have we learned, kiddies? We’ve learned that the whole business of (un)Real Estate sucks ass.

That being said, we signed another purchase agreement this morning. (Basically the same offer we tried to make last week) ( Read more... )

Brenda called about the house yesterday and told us the Sellers are not interested in any offer with a contingency on us selling our house and/or “right to first refusal.” Tim’s response was: “No wonder they haven’t sold their house yet-crybabies.”

But soon we will be sellers, and we may not want to have “sale pending” on our house for the weeks ( Read more... )

Yesterday Tim said something pretty profound: “Don’t think about material items-that’s just stuff-think about the life we’re going to have.”

Okay, so I imagine buying those Pottery Barn dishes I want (service for 16) and putting them into the cabinets I’ve lined with that squishy shelf “paper” that I love.

I’ve had visions of a new King-sized ( Read more... )

I just re-read what I wrote yesterday. I crack myself up! At least I know I’m neurotic, and, as G.I. Joe reminded us at the end of every episode, knowing is half the battle. I think the funniest part is when I was hoping to “hears something TOAY!” [sic], for crying out loud! Where the hell is my D?!?

So, for the update on what happened YESTERAY….[ ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a better day, even though we still haven’t heard about the bid we put in on the house. It’s very frustrating for one thing. And for another thing, the conspiracy theorist in me is wondering what sort of games are being played. I need to let go of that, I know. And it’s pretty obvious I can’t stop talking about it, as LJ readers and ( Read more... )