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House is Officially Sold!
So--today the subject clauses are removed on the contract for sale of our house. Hooray! It is truly sold! The terribly efficient home inspection man the buyers had hired, and who was all over the house yesterday inspecting and then meeting with the buyers and their agent, did not put them off from buying. I don't know what he told them, and I ( Read more... ) -
Experiencing Humility
It is humbling to have to ask for help from one's child. Not that that is a bad thing--I'm not saying it's humiliating, just humbling, and I think that being humbled is probably good for everybody once in a while. When you are old, you also have to consider that to some extent the tables have been slowly turning, and the parent you were, the one ( Read more... ) -
Struggling
Today the painters started work on the house interior. They're doing a fine job, neutralizing everything, but I feel like one of those homeowners on a This House is Hard to Sell type of program, wailing "but it doesn't look like my house any more!" I'm telling myself that I just want the house to sell, get over it, but it's a little disorienting.
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It's all the Fault of the Olympics
So I started out very well in February with posting every day, but the beginning of the Olympics just shut me right down! There was so much to watch and to enjoy, and I happily threw over LiveJournal and just gave all my free time to Olympics viewing. And in case you've been living on another planet (or in another hemisphere), our Vancouver ( Read more... ) -
Edgar the Terrible Has to Move On
The short of it is that we have bought a condo, perfect for us and our needs, which does not allow pets. In reading the minutes of its meetings I can see that people (a very few, but still...) have been reported for having pets, fined, and been forced to get rid of the pet.
We found a place that would accept Edgar, and today we took him there. It ( Read more... ) -
Some Gardening Goes Unrealized
Getting rid of more stuff, I realized that part of my angst is about gardens that now, with moving to a condo, will never happen.
I will never plant that small but select rose garden, using only fragrant roses.
I will never try growing clematis through the evergreens that line the edge of my tiny backyard.
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Presents for Sarah
Today is Sarah's birthday, and I forgot until now about making a post because I was so focused on completing her gifts and getting them over to her house ( Read more... ) -
Our Catholic Book Club
At last night's meeting of our parish's Catholic Book Club, we discussed the fact that next month will mark our first anniversary. A year in operation and still going strong! That's better than other book clubs I've belonged to, and I'm proud of us.
We've ranged from a high of 12 to a low of 3 at meetings, and we have a solid core of 5, including ( Read more... ) -
Packing Update
Well, the upstairs hall closet is now totally clean and pretty. Whereas before there were four shelves crowded with old and unused stuff, now there are three shelves with attractive towels and sheets, and one shelf with essential pharmaceuticals. Mind you, I have also have boxes packed with sheets and towels, and a box with OTC pharma stuff, ( Read more... )