Posts Tagged ‘homeownership’

dork

So I just barely make the 4:40 ferry, by the skin of my teeth. It’s raining and gray. You can tell it’s Seattle because it’s raining and lots of people aren’t carrying umbrellas, or even covering their heads. I had my hood up. I get off the ferry and head to where my bus is […]

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the landed gentry

Well, we did it. We spent about a half hour signing our names to various forms, handed over two very large cashier’s checks, and I suppose, are now property owners. We do not get the keys until Friday, but that is alright. I suspect it will take us a few weeks to make the belongings […]

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Protected: buying stuff for the house

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Protected: another inch of snow

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squeak

It’s supposed to snow all day tomorrow and into Monday. More winter! Fortunately new job won’t start for another week. Today was the house inspection, meaning we (me, Brian, our agent, and the inspector) spent a couple hours in our future house going through every single room. The inspector also went on the roof (will […]

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Protected: journalism

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offering

We put an offer on a house today. Strange and exciting. The concept of owning a building is still so magical and foreign to me. We are in a great position right now, the timing is right. We’ll find out tomorrow if our offer was accepted. If it was, the ball starts rolling with the […]

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stuck

All week I’ve been thinking about the house we looked at on Sunday. The half-moon shape of the master bedroom window. The high wainscoting in one of the smaller bedrooms. The neutral paint on the walls, well-chosen colors, but not too bland. High ceilings in the front room, skylight in the hall bathroom, backyard full […]

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Protected: viva la resistance

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