I've been house-sitting for my parents since Labor Day weekend, which really isn't bad. Yes, I'm kept pretty busy with feeding the cats, giving Rosie her twice-daily insulin injections, watering the plants, cleaning the pool, vaccuming, cleaning the litter box, sorting the mail, taking out the trash, and constantly checking that all windows and ( Read more... )

My dad called me last night to tell me that one of our offers has been accepted! The financial paperwork is being processed, but if all goes well, we might be in escrow soon! It's a four bedroom, two bathroom house in my aunt's old neighborhood. In fact, it has the exact same layout as my aunt's old house and it's on her old street.

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My dad and I play this game sometimes. When the lottery jackpot gets really big, we go out and buy tickets and then explain to each other what we'll do with our winnings. Invariably, our first purchase is always an RV--a real nice one with pop outs and queen size beds (because my mom doesn't really enjoy "roughing it" so much as she used to). Other ( Read more... )