There will be no new house for us.
To sum up, there were some issues of the neighbors and them encroaching on the property, the strong disapproval of my father (who has many a shabby property that he’s patched up on the thrift, so he knows some cheap workmanship when he orders sees it), and the [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Square One
Posted in House hunting, tagged buy my house, House hunting, National Sex Offenders Regisrty on September 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sore loser
Posted in Uncategorized on September 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve carefully wrapped the keys of this keyboard with micro bubble wrap. I’m sore to the tips of my fingers.
I over did it yesterday.
After church, we signed our papers for the bid on the new house: Asking price – 5K and close in 90 days. That was exciting. Then I whisked away to the Yellow [...]
We found a house.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bids, House hunting, real estate, Realtor on September 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I didn’t think it was going to be like this. We’ve found a nicer than we expected house in a good neighborhood with the right school district for less than we wanted to pay. About 25K less.
We kept asking the Realtor if the house was haunted or something. She says there is no check mark [...]
Day one
Posted in Eleanor, tagged Eleanor, preschool on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Eleanor went to preschool today and I survived.
She went in head held high, said “Bye Bye” and trotted down the hall, and I blubbered a bit. This was just the longest day ever without her. Part of me said, it great that she is growing and learning. The rest of me screamed, “YOU JUST [...]
New
Posted in House hunting, tagged Goldie Lox, House hunting, preschool on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, we went. And the theme of the day was NEW.
First thing this morning, we went to Eleanor’s new preschool. It was nice. They really seem to have worked out this whole takin’ care of little ones thing. I’m now the mother I have always dreamed of being. I even have a hang tag for [...]
A FULL weekend
Posted in Outing, tagged Book Festival, Eleanor, Emory, Everybody's Pizza, Madeline, preschool, Saralyn, swimming on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a case of GO-GO-GO all weekend long.
Friday, we took a friend from church to Trader Joe’s and went out to finished watching Heroes: season 2. Saturday Morning, the whole family and friends went to the Decatur Book Festival. Eleanor marched in the Madeline Parade. I made her a costume and she SO looked [...]
