We're off to see the wizard...

I was away last week to give a presentation to an industry group...crazy weather. One night it was bloody cold, then next morning it was pouring rain, then later it was the WINDIEST ever. It was so powerful, that I was literally stopped in my tracks and could not move forward. At some points I felt as though I could have been lifted right off the ground. I was right downtown, so it could have been a 'wind-tunnel' effect.

Later that day, there were two massive 40+ car pileups that resulted in several deaths as a result of freezing rain on the major highways. Luckily I had taken the train down and I continued home without incident...

A is now just eating like a bird. I swear that all she lives on it milk and the occasional (like one or two a day) snack. She's been really "two" the past week or so. I guess that's why kids are so cute. E was speaking French for us a few days ago...WOW...he has an AMAZING accent. And he has a lot of vocabulary as well!!!

We are trying to move the closing dates up on all the deals for our house and the new house so that we can move in the beginning of July rather than August...we'll see!!!

I finally installed my fuel computer in my car. It should be significantly better on gas and more powerful too...I know, I know...I'm crazy. Installing it involved contortionist types of manoevering and painful crouched positions for several hours in the cold. I love soldering in the winter. Really. I do. I guess that's why I bought a bunch of speakers on eBay as well and I'll need to solder them in too...

House is conditionally sold!!!

194,500 with a closing date of August 4! Normal conditions are on it.

YAY!

TWO offers!

Well, last night two offers came in. Nothing amazing, but reasonable. One was 190, the other was 192 (we listed at 194,900). They both had reasonable and normal conditions like: the appliances are in good working order, house inspection, financing, etc. The higher offer wants an earlier closing date that we don't think we can agree to. The place we are buying has an August 4th date, so that's what we have to go with until we receive something in writing from the sellers.

We decided that since it is only six (!!!!) days after listing, we will counter-offer high at 194,500 with an August 4th closing date. If they walk away, oh well. There is still 6 months!

The bug brothers rock!!!

The Bug Brothers!

--> Click this --> What Japanese bug are you???


This is me:

You're a DANGOMUSHI (roly-poly; pill bug)! You are friendly and playful and often the life of the party. You have a good self-esteem and are proud of your body. However, you are a chicken at heart and abhor fighting. You would rather be seen as a coward than result to violence. You delight in novelties and don't mind being seen as one.

and more and more showings and the house inspection

So, I went around the new place with the inspector yesterday. No major issues. There is some exterior caulking to fix, a railing to go on the stairs off the deck. Not too much really. There was a minor crack in the foundation, but no evidence of moisture. We'll just have it sealed as soon as we move in as a preventative measure, unless it only goes a short way down the wall. If the latter is the case, I'll just parge the outside and monitor it for changes.

I took a lot more pictures...so some will be posted here within a few days.

We had another showing last night, one this morning and then another is scheduled for Wednesday (repeat showing!). There is one family that wants to move in mid-July, which works fine for us. We can move July 1 at the earliest to keep E in school.

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And more house showings!

There were two on Saturday and another on Sunday. One of the people through on Saturday requested another showing after asking some questions about the furnace and the roof age. The furnace was new in 2002. Roof is original except for one small part. We had priced it with these things in mind, so I don't think it will be too much longer. The people through on Sunday stayed for over an hour, so that's good too!!!

Yesterday, E had his bday party at the Sci/Tech Museum.. It was a blast (haha).

We are going to attend the other house's inspection this afternoon. I'll stay for the whole thing and the fam will just come for a little bit. There is another showing tonight at 7-8!!

More showings and some feedback.

So, one woman came through and thought it needs 15,000 in windows and carpet. Well, maybe. If we installed 24 karat gold windows and silk carpets. Maybe realistically it could be 8,000. Whatever. She's obviously not interested. She'll see that we priced ours with that in mind anyway.

The next person through was from out of town...like 'country' folk out of town. They thought that the traffic was too loud. There is a street about 150 metres away. Pretty far if you ask me. Why are they moving into the city if they are complaining about traffic noise that is so far? Oh well.

The next one after that hasn't commented at all.

So, we have two more showings on Saturday (tomorrow) and one on Sunday. It's certainly making us keep our place very tidy. I just spent the better part of two evenings steam cleaning the main floor carpets. I hope that they will dry in time for the viewings...otherwise I'll just leave a note to take off their socks and then dry their feet with a papertowel when they leave... ;-) H has been sick, so she is working as hard as she can to keep it clean...but I know she's exhausted.

A didn't nap today. Man, she was cranky all evening. She's very two.

E got some money from H's Nana and my parents and bought a "Pokeball" which has a whole bunch of blocks in it which can be used to build all kinds of different Pokemon characters. He's very excited and built two already tonight. EDIT: E also bought a Batman book for his Leap Pad and has been playing it almost constantly. Thanks guys!

House showings!!!!

We have two showings tonight. Wow! It was only listed this morning.

The first is at 5 pm and the second at 7:30 pm.

We are going to do a house inspection on the other place on Monday. I'll be accompanying the inspector.