The Big Finish

We closed today!  After three months of nail-biting, teeth gnashing nightmares, it’s finally over.  Well, almost.  The title company has to file the papers downtown and nobody seemed to be sure whether that would happen by five today or not.  Either way, we’ll have keys tonight or tomorrow morning at the latest.  Check back for [...]

We Got In!

It was like being accepted at Harvard or Yale or someplace like that!  At least that’s how I felt when the realtor called us yesterday morning to say that if we wanted to get into the house for a few hours that afternoon, he would let us in.  Since the house hasn’t transferred yet (but [...]

Four Days

Wasted.  Well, as far as I’m concerned they will be.  The house isn’t going to close today which means it won’t close this week at all.  Four days that we could have been in there, getting it into shape, will now be spent basically doing nothing.  How frustrating.  I almost wish they never even gave [...]

The Closing Date

on our new house was supposed to be today.  Of course, that’s not going to happen.  In fact, I have NEVER had a house I was buying or selling actually close on the closing date that was originally specified.  So as of today, we are now paying insurance and utilities on a house that doesn’t [...]

Funereal Frolics!

I don’t have much time and I don’t even know where to begin so I will only give the highlights of the wake and funeral.  One word….UNBELIEVABLE.  R muttered over and over “I can’t believe I’m related to these people!”.  First the wake.  It was actually in a really beautiful old funeral home in downtown [...]