Okay, NOW we're in contract. The seller just signed her half of it and now all we have to do is get ourselves a loan. Also I can upload other pics of the house later. Woohoo

Marisa's car was broken into. Smashed the driver's side window, reached in and took the XM Satellite receiver. They did not, however, take the cradle or the XM Passport. Samsung doesn't make that receiver anymore. Without the passport, the receiver is useless. Without the receiver, I am useless.Awesome. At least we can take some solace in the fact ( Read more... )

As of this writing we are half-way through with the whole contract process. All that's left is the seller's signature, and then the next few weeks will be very busy dealing with banks and loan offices and sending letters etc etc etc -- buying a house is fucking arduous. But the end result is absolutely worth it. Getting the whole sale thing ( Read more... )

Protip: Change your treads sooner than later. Or else you won't be able to stop your car at a decline when there's a red light at the intersection. If this has never happened to you, let me inform you that it is quite scary when you apply the brakes and nothing happens ( Read more... )

If you haven't been keeping tabs on my facebook status messages or the updates on marisa-and-dan.com, then I'm just letting everyone know that we've put an offer on a house that we've been falling in love with for the past two weeks, and the owner has accepted our offer. I just hired an inspector to check out the house and do a termite inspection ( Read more... )

I just found out that the super bowl is this sunday.

I mean it's not surprising because I don't really watch sports or anything, but what with everything going on around me lately, knowing that the super bowl is this weekend really smacked me upside the head. I totally forgot.

Oh well. Who's in it? Put my money on the Mets.

I haven't been this sick in a while. Damn ( Read more... )

Close down gitmo -- check ( Read more... )

Do you know how exciting it is to be pre-approved for a mortgage and at the same time have appointments set up for the coming weekend to actually look at potential future homes? It's really exciting. REALLY fucking exciting.

Also, Happy Birthday Marisa!

Later, Bush! Don't let the door hit you on the way out!