One or both of our sweet innocent little (bastard) kitties had decided that she really liked the carpet in our new bedroom - as a pisser unfortunately. A little investigation shows why - evidentially there have been other kitties in that carpet’s past that have had similar inclinations. In any case, we aren’t big wall […]

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We’ve moved in! Covad won’t be out to complete the DSL line (which will suck anyway - 16,000 ft from teh C.O.) so I’ve been pretty much offline since Saturday. I’ve been keeping myself pretty well preoccupied with real world projects such as unpacking, building work benches for the garage, cleaning, etc.

Need I say more?
Tell me how sorry you are for me here!
Listening to:
Sit Right Down from the album “Jamaican Monkey Man” by Toots and the Maytals
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Lesson of the day: Spend $300,000, sign nearly 2 inches of paperwork -get a free $2 pen!
Yes, we did it. The paper work is signed, dated, notarized, packaged and shipped. Believe it or not - I’m about to own a freaking house.
We’ll probably get the keys on Tuesday! Anyone know a good electrician in the […]

buddy of mine makes a very good point about the recent passing of the Washington State indoor smoking ban, and the political system in general.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/brothersterno/186294.html
Let me say that I supported the smoking ban, and voted for it - though reluctantly. As a one time smoker, friend of smokers, and fan of many a dive bar, […]

Finally! the docs arrived on the closing agent’s desk at about 4:30pm Friday. She has graciously offered to come into the office tomorrow (Saturday) morning to meet with us and sign the paperwork. I just realized, but this means I might actually.. you know.. OWN A HOUSE next week.
… wow
Anyway, nobody involved has been particularly […]

Our closing agent has generously offered to stay late tonight for us to sign assuming our lenders can figure out how to properly spell our name today. We may be running over there at the last possible minute - how fun.
Current Mood (a la LJ): Anxious
Listening to:
KUOW High Bandwidth Stream
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