Tag: moving
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Closed, but work to do yet
I got to sign the closing papers this afternoon. Since nothing can be Smith, I had the wrong address for the title company so the signing began 20 minutes late – after I could arrive at the correct location. It was, thankfully pretty smooth at that point. When I finished I found that I had…
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Locked in
We finally cleared the last hurdles as it loan was officially approved. I have locked in this purchase by wiring my full down payment on the house now we just need signatures to complete the sale on Monday and transfer money to all the appropriate banks from the escrow accounts.
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Emma is home
Today Andy requested that Laura and I meet with him and Lily at their house without our kids to talk parenting stuff – clearly important but quite vague. When we got there we talked about how Ezra is progressing but then they switched gears to the actual purpose of the meeting. They discovered last night…
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Due diligence
Having finally made our due diligence request for the house on Monday (essentially asking for the additional price of the stone work) today started with the news that they were going to counter with giving us our non-cash requests but not any cash concessions. Julie told them that would be a nonstarter (I think she…
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Stone quote
We finally got a quote on the stone work for the house. Thankfully it was less than we feared so even if we can get no concessions (which would be unreasonable) we can close this deal with some money to help us get the household set up fresh again. If we get fair concessions we…
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Goodbye Willow (and Sugar)
Soon after I came upstairs in the morning Marsha said she had to show me something in the garage. My first thought was to wonder if Jasper has escaped into Andy’s truck bed. Instead, as I should have known after the stress of yesterday, she showed me that Willow had died in the night. She…
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Jasper returns
Before we sold the house Isaac dropped Jasper in the garage and he stayed hidden for several days before we found him when cleaning out for our house inspection. Within a couple of days Jasper got out of his cage (we can’t be sure how) and has been missing every since. (Apparently Savannah had seen…
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Goodbye Elliot
Sometime in the middle of the morning Savannah asked me to come downstairs and there she showed me Elliot who was hardly moving, obviously bloated, and looking very fragile. We both agreed that there was not likely anything to be done for him except try to make him comfortable and pray for him. I told…