Our new neighbor (new to us; technically, of course, we are the new neighbors) told us that we would need six bags of Halloween candy. We went through seven, and...
House and Home
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Bugs
An extraordinary variety of insects is coming into our house. Mostly, this is because we leave the doors open, to help vent the paint fumes. But it’s also because there...
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Oz, not Kansas
Mr. Sandwich and I have had white walls for ages. First individually, in our respective apartments, and then after we got married in our shared apartment (the aforementioned crappy one,...
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We’re Going to Live Like Kings!
We closed escrow on Friday and have started moving boxes over to our 3-bedroom, 1-1/2 bath house. The kitchen and bathrooms have been cleaned, and now we’ve moved on to...
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Ping Pong
There has been a lot of back-and-forth. A lot of back-and-forth. First there were the multiple offers we had to submit, first in increasing amounts and then, weirdly, in decreasing...
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Short Sale
Now we have no idea when we’re going to close.
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The Plumbing Circle of Life
I don’t know what part of the continuum we’re on at this moment, but it isn’t a good one. Right now, as I type, the plumber is snaking the drain...
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In Escrow
After work I headed over to the FedEx Kinko’s to send off a handful of forms in varying states of completion. However, I am assured that incomplete forms are just...
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We’re Movin’ On Up
Not to a deluxe apartment in the sky, but to a three-bedroom, 1-1/2 bath house with an actual garage. Assuming everything goes well, that is. The home inspection went reasonably...
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We’re Having a Home Inspection Tomorrow
Or so they tell us.