I haven't posted on the LJs for years. I also haven't posted on my DW account for at least a year. I'm going to make an effort to post on both sites, but I doubt I'll post very often.

Posting over here on the LJs because I heard that as part of the new TOS, inactive journals will be deleted. I've seen lots of comments on DW from people who have archived and then deleted their LJs because of the new TOS. I wanted to ensure that my LJ isn't deleted until I get more info on the TOS situation. If anyone is even still reading this ( Read more... )

I sold my house and moved into a rental condo last week. Closing on the house was Wednesday. I've been doing nothing for days except packing, cleaning the house, dealing with movers, and now unpacking and cleaning the condo. In the weeks running up to the actual sale, all of my free time was focused on house repairs and improvements required to get ( Read more... )

I'm very close to selling my house. I have a buyer and a contract. The buyer wants to close by the end of the month and move in no later than Oct 1st. Their home inspector was here yesterday and so far as I can tell didn't turn up any issues that would affect the sale. I haven't seen the formal inspector's report. Their lender will also require ( Read more... )

Had an open house on my home yesterday. Had 5 tours through the house despite the fact that it was pouring rain. I've had 3 more tours today and I noticed a few people driving by to check the house (I could tell because they slowed down and drove by the house a couple times) and probably to scope out the neighborhood. It's all very encouraging. I ( Read more... )

My house is officially for sale. There's a spiffy 'for sale' sign out in the yard and everything. My realtor is coming over tomorrow at noon to take pictures to post with the listing. I'm not quite ready for her to take pictures, but I'll cope. I kinda thought she'd schedule the open house for Sunday so I scheduled a cleaning crew to come Saturday ( Read more... )

Dental horror ahead. Skip this bit if this might bother you ( Read more... )

Taking a break from cleaning the oven to say that IMO, cleaning the oven is the single worst house cleaning task there is, worse even that cleaning toilets. Oven cleaner is toxic and it stinks like a burnt tire after you spray it in the warm oven. You have to stick your head halfway into the damned oven just to be able to reach the back and the top ( Read more... )

I'm very close to having my house ready to go on the market for sale. The walls that were damaged in the earthquake here 3 years ago have been fixed and repainted. I had new kitchen counter tops installed, and replaced the majority of the windows. Tomorrow, the contractors will install new carpet on the main and upper floors. There are a few minor ( Read more... )

Window guys are here installing new windows. I showed one of them the cracks by the window frame and he said that they're not serious. It's just where two pieces of drywall are joined together, and not indicative of any structural problem with the house. That's what other contractors told me so now I feel a lot better about the state of this house ( Read more... )