commenting

I guess there's been some confusion as to how to comment, so I'll explain. Just click on comments, type your note. Choose name/url and just enter a name (and your own website where it says url, if you wish), and post comment. You could even do it anonymously, but I hate guessing. I even removed the 'thing where you have to type the letters you see in the box' security part. If I start getting spam comments I shall have to bring that back, however.

I have read other bloggers complaining about blogger.com, but its free and as fancy as needed for most. And I guess I took it for granted that other people knew what to do. Hmm, maybe I spend too much time online. I'm sure that time will drop once we're in the house. My wife has a few projects in mind already, of course!

We got the house!

Almost. I don't want to get too excited until the closing. But other than that, it looks real good!

They got back to us today with a very good counteroffer that we couldn't say no to. So we signed the papers! An inspection is set up soon, then we let the agent and banker work for us. I'm not sure, I've never bought a house before, but I have become familiar with all the steps. It's kinda a pain in the ass, eh?

I want to post the pics I have but will hold off for a while. There should be nothing to gum this up, but I don't want to jinx us. My wife and I can hardly wait. Our own 4 walls!

Comments

Okay, I think I have it set so anyone can comment easily. Thanks Kelly! Also the times are correct now. See, I can figure stuff out, eventually!

For my upside down world..

This looks like fun. It reminds me of an old story about Ace Frehley, a hotel room, and lots and lots of super glue.


http://www.djmick.co.uk/really/in-pictures-the-upside-down-house/

Many houses

We saw many houses today, 7 or 8, I lost track. Probably half of which were eliminated almost immediately. A few others were in basically good shape but were not as move-in ready. Good structure but needed alot of updating (work work and more money). Two, maybe three were okay but not quite right. We saw several odd shaped, hilly, and sometimes almost non-existent yards.

There is one that stood out. We like the neighborhood, and the house feels very good to us. So we made an offer. We won't find out until after the holiday, but we expect it to be counter-offered. Hopefully, we can meet somewhere in the middle. We'll see.

More traveling tomorrow. It's my father-in-law's birthday and my wife is making the cake! No plans for Sunday (easter, for those that celebrate it), except maybe the Brewers/Cubs game and a nap.

Finally, a night to rest

No househunting tonight. Rest, food, sleep. In that order. Tomorrow afternoon we will be looking at several houses, hopefully we'll find our dream home!

Good Friday.... aren't all Fridays good? Tomorrow is a half day of work. That sounds like a great Friday! Although I kinda despise organized religion, I'll take the half day.