Random Acts of Mind by Dones

Okay, both realtors on the purchase of our new house have definitely been earning their keep: they’ve been working non-stop to convince the lender that the appraisal’s too low, and everyone’s guardedly optimistic. So I guess I will be, too.
Thankfully, the seller is going to be out this weekend and will let us begin moving […]

So between the appraisal on our new house coming in stupid-low (in a bad way), to finding out this morning that there was a glitch in the negotiations for our current house, inasmuch as we now have a single day to move…well, the title to this post pretty much wrote itself.

Contract Pending
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A beautiful sight to behold after a year on the market.

New Tile!
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Our new kitchen backsplash.

To everyone, I just wanted to share some excellent news with you all:
I found out on Wednesday that I got a big promotion that I had been working on getting for the last few months. It’s in a different department called Workforce Management where I will help oversee claims adjusters’ time cards, monitor inbound call […]

I just woke up a 1/2 hour ago from a pretty bad nightmare. I think it might have been my first ‘grown-up’ nightmare - the kind mothers have for their children, or husbands have for - well, let me explain it to you:
We were in our house. Except, of course, because it was a dream, […]

AP: Hawaii real estate — a looong-term investment
From the sales office website:
Each lot will have access to abundant sources of hot water for hot tubs and saunas. No unwanted vegetation to clear and most lots will have a gradual to moderate slope to the sea. First time buyers will have their choice of lots as […]

Celebrating Our New Home
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We are at Paisano’s in Lawrence to celebrate our offer on a home in KC being accepted! Now we just have to sell ours…

We went (serious) house-hunting last Sunday for the first time since before we got married.  We’re not to the point of making any offers yet; we want to get an offer or two for our house before committing to buying one, even if we’re talking about making the contract contingent on the sale of our […]

“…While I looked around for my possibilities; I was so hard to please…”
Looking at my schedule for the next 6 weeks or so, it’s pretty messed up.
First, I traded my Wednesday off this week so I could have Saturday off before Easter, so I will be alert in church the next morning (in theory). I also […]