I was just starting to get really nervous about selling the condo, and we got an offer! Our realtor called last night, we counter-offered today, they agreed, and we'll sign the offer tonight! I am so happy. So relieved. Whew. In the next month and a half, we'll pack up and move from out place, move into (and hopefully do a bit of work on) the ( Read more... )

I have returned to the normal humdrum after more than a week of luxurious vacation. I went to Ogunquit, ME, hiked in the Blue Hills, ate lots and lots of ice cream (including some next to the very comes from whence it came), went to Tanglewood and mysteriously got a sunburn in the shade, went to Walden Pond, had Peking Duck, went hiking in NH and ( Read more... )

From the help section of the online FAFSA ( Read more... )

I believe Hill and I were the last people to see this man alive, or at least the last people who knew him to see him alive. We saw him on Saturday afternoon June 17, having no idea about the arrest. I feel like if we had known, maybe we could have tried to do something to help him. Ugh.

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The offer we made on the house was accepted. Our condo went on the market last week, with the first open house this past Sunday. We're keeping our fingers crossed that it will sell quickly. We had the inspection of the new place, and it went really well. It will need a new roof sooner than later, but other than that it's in great shape with ( Read more... )

I babysat last night for the first time in probably ten years. Hill was supposed to be there, which would have made it a more reasonable task, but she thought visiting her oldest friend and her family for the weekend was more important. Ha! So I cooked dinner, cleaned up, painted, watched "The Potty Movie"... twice. Then bedtime came, and the ( Read more... )

I just put an offer on the house. I think I'm going to throw up. Now I have to wait.

My parents' neighbors are giving us a first go at the house, before they put it on the market. The price is really reasonable, and we went for a walk through today. It's bigger than I remembered, and there's a partially finished basement with a whole lot of potential. We took pics: Read more... )

My lovely wife made me a sandwich today because I was running late for work, and wanted something I could eat al fresco in the local park. She threw in some other things too, in addition to the sandwich. Very sweet of her. I went to eat my lunch, and it turns out she had packed an orange, goldfish crackers, carrots, and cheddar cheese. With the ( Read more... )

I need all kinds of vibes and voo doo or whatever, because Hill and I may try to buy a house. The wonderful old woman who lived next to my parents passed away a few weeks ago. Her son and his wife are prepping the house to sell, and Hill and I think that it might actually be an option for us to buy it. It's a very small place, but it has a nice ( Read more... )