Monday, February 28, 2005
What a Pair
We didn't have a very good weekend. I knew it wasn't going to be fabulous, because Steve has walking pneumonia. We had the inspection for the house on Saturday and discovered that they have live termites all along the fascia board. We are going to ask them to pay the $600+ to have it tented, but aren't very hopeful. They want to sell the house as-is and in this market, the sellers have all the say. On top of that, I contacted five different companies to get quotes on home-owners insurance. All of the quotes came back at $4,000 a year, which is $2000 more that our good faith estimate predicted. Since we have to pay the first year up front, that is a big chunk of additional money to come up within 3 weeks. Plus once we close, we'll have to pay to get the house tented. I wanted to use our little bit of extra money that was going to be leftover for other things like paint, a lawnmower, a new vacuum, minor fix-ups, etc. I even dreamed about hiring a cleaning company to give it one good run through before I clean it. Things very rarely work out the way we dream...
I almost forgot to mention why I called this entry "What a Pair." As you know, Steve has walking pneumonia so he was pretty much a sleeping couch potato for the entire weekend. Saturday afternoon, while I was pacing around the house trying to figure out how I can get the house thing to work the way I want, I stubbed my toe on the ottoman. I guess you’d call it the ring toe (the one next to the pinky). Anyway, I think it is broken. It is purple & HUGE. So, I limped around the house trying to clean a little & take care of him. Today, I had to wear flip flops to work. I have an important meeting with potential clients at 2pm. I brought some slip-on mule type shoes for that. To continue with the complaining, I forgot to mention that once again I didn't sleep. Since I rarely have insomnia that means these house issues are driving me insane. Can't we just get this all over with quickly????
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Recent news, my Dad & Mother-in-Law were diagnosed with Terminal Cancer in April/May of 2005. My dad passed away 5-Dec-05 .
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