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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 10:18 am
Well, her dad came over and looked at my place while I had the first open house and he liked it a lot. He loves my backyard. Plus, my place is about 8,000 less than what he paid because he got a corner unit which is valued a little higher! So hopefully his daughter will really end up wanting it. I don't want to get my hopes up, though. It really hasn't been that long, it just feels like it. It hasn't even been a month.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 10:21 am
You realize that if this goes through, and it looks as if it well might, that you practically sold it the first week? That's amazing! Yeah, it always feels like longer. Say, is that other house you've been wanting still on the market?
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 10:21 am
I miss Lkunkel. Anyone heard from her in a while?
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 10:23 am
This is the 4th week, Vee! You must be having more fun than me!
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 10:23 am
Yankee, I haven't, but I didn't really know her that well.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 10:27 am
I have a contractor who's ripping apart a roof that it took three days to build. No, I ain't especially happy. :< On the other hand, I have a very easy time being happy for you! That other house? Still for sale? Uh uh uh? Yankee, what about asking Seamonkey. Perhaps she knows more than we do, which is zip.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 10:31 am
Awww, I'm sorry Vee. I thought time might be passing more quickly in your neck of the woods. When will the roofwork be done? How is your basement? The house I originally wanted is still for sale, but I am also looking at others. There is another one I really want to take a look at. I also viewed one on Friday that I love, but the location would be a compromise. It would put about 2 miles and 5 minutes on my commute time.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 10:34 am
Basement is damp...roof should be nearly done this afternoon. Sounds as if the market is pretty good right now so you have lots and lots of options. What do you love about the Friday house with an extra five minutes commute time?
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 10:42 am
I liked the layout of it, but still prefer house #1. It has a better place to put the kitty litter! 
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 10:45 am
House #1 it is then! 
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 11:08 am
It has a better place to put the kitty litter! And I thought I was the only one that thought about kitty litter when looking for a house! When we were looking at houses our realtor would get annoyed when she'd ask me why I didn't like a house and I'd say there was no good place for the kitty litter! No kitty litter location was not the absolute determining factor in selecting a house but it was the determining factor when we narrowed it down to the final three houses, and I'm being totally serious! Actually our absolute #1 house wasn't bid on because I felt some of the cabinet locations and one banister was too dangerous for my kitties. Realtor poo poo'd me big time, but hubby put his foot down and it almost came to changing realtors.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 12:49 pm
LOL, Herm, I am looking at condos these days as well and the one I am leaning towards has a better bathroom set up for the kitty boxes, hahahaha. So funny that that is one of the most important issues. Here is a link for house planning that I used when deciding on the condo. http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/pac_ctnt_wide/text/0,1783,HGTV_17897_23822,00.html I had a great time sizing the rooms and setting up the furniture. The one I am getting is 200 sq feet less than I live in now, so I can't have any clutter or junk.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 6:19 pm
that was the biggest reason i chose my house. i didn't want to trip over the litter box anymore! i wish i could have had a larger laundry room to put it there, but at least having a bigger bathroom to have it there isn't so bad.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 9:47 pm
Do I look green with envy? Having a real laundry room with storage, a sink, a place to put the ironing board AND the kitty litter boxes would be a dream come true for me. <yes I still use an ironing board> Did any of you see the Martha Stewart magazine with pictures of the laundry room in one of her houses? She could store table linens rolled on dowels in there!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Thursday, April 26, 2007 - 3:27 am
*Thursday's Mission* All this talk about the perfect home for the kitty litter cracks me up. Yes, Grace, a real laundry room with plenty of storage would be a joy. Happy Thursday!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Thursday, April 26, 2007 - 9:25 am
<Urgrace I use an ironing board too! Hubby wears shirt and tie to work, and no wrinkle shirts still need ironed! Thankfully the pants don't!!!!>
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, April 26, 2007 - 11:21 am
I use the ironing board often. Anytime I have a craft to do that has fabric, I starch and iron it, lol. Then the ironing board goes right back in the closet til my next craft project. Can't remember the last time I used it for clothes though.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Thursday, April 26, 2007 - 12:18 pm
One of the negatives of my hubby's transfer - shirt and tie every day. Used to be shirt and tie only if he had a hearing.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, April 26, 2007 - 1:51 pm
Had to come share, lol, we just finished several things at my aunts today and I'm totally excited! I finished filing or shredding every piece of mail in her house about 45 minutes ago. My sister finished going through all the pictures and sorting those (though we still need to sit down with aunt and get as many names/dates on those as possible.) We also finished going through books. We found out earlier this week that everytime it rains, because of the slant or slope of her backyard, water runs off right into the back room. We ended up having to throw away about half her books due to water damage and will have to pull another carpet out this weekend. The guys are going in with the tractor this weekend to level out the yard and stop that from happening. They also got the lumber for the garage roof which they'll be doing Sunday, I believe. Little longer than we planned to keep the garage tarped but last weekend was too nasty weather wise to do it. And they still have to put shelves in for the rest of her books. We still have to do something about the bare floors in the back room and the other little room that was flooding, but for right now that's a project that can wait til everything else is done. I finished cleaning my aunts good silverware yesterday. I've been looking for a new flatware chest and haven't had much luck, so I'm now in the process of trying to make one. I've been getting a bit frustrated with this project and may just end up saying screw it and ordering a chest online, lol. Today my sis opened up a drawer in aunts hutch and called me over...I took one look and said "There's the rest of her silverware set!" I didn't go through all of it but can tell there's still a few pieces missing, but considering yesterday I had maybe 1/3 of the set and now we have almost all of it, I think it's pretty cool. So there were me and my sis today damn near wrenching our shoulders out of the sockets over how much we got done..and in walks my aunt, lol, "girls, I have something I want you to look at." We followed her to the hall, down to the linen closet. Now last week we checked out the linen closet, she had the shelves packed with books nice and neat, so we pretty much ignored it figuring once the book shelves are in the "library" we'll be able to move those. Today she opened up the cabinet above the shelves and stuff just fell out, lol. If I had been sure she wasn't going to fall down, I could have kicked her, lol. She then told us she wanted help going through her closet and dresser to get rid of clothes, shoes, etc she no longer wears. I'm starting to call it the never ending project!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, April 26, 2007 - 3:24 pm
My word, War, sometimes people older than us are much quicker minded than we thought! LOL My dil and son dug a ditch in their yard to keep the house from flooding. There is a hill just above them and it rolled into the back yard that was fairly flat, so they devised a shallow moat at the conjunction that took the run-off on down the hill behind the row of houses.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Thursday, April 26, 2007 - 3:48 pm
Great work War... and ironing board, iron to do clothes, interesting concept..I hate ironing, well I don't hate it, it is ok once you get at it..it just takes years to do it lol Busy as usual, I have my dd's first communion Sunday and have to clean the house for that. I am getting rid of all of Lisa's old clothes size 3-5 to a friend of mine who is adopting a little girl from Russia. I have so far 6 garbage bags full of stuff for her. My dd's closet has been emptied and has one closed for her toys and playing and the other for storage and her clothes. Now if she will only keep it that way lol
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Y2krazy
Member
09-17-2002
| Thursday, April 26, 2007 - 6:54 pm
We also have an ironing board. A few things need to be ironed. When I am sewing I need to press seams open and whatnot. HUBBY does his OWN ironing. He does a fine job. He is just as handy around the house as I am. I can also handle a hammer and screwdriver. We just aren't very traditional...
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Friday, April 27, 2007 - 3:41 am
*Friday's Mission* True confessions time here...I have not done any of these missions beyond making my bed daily, dusting, and vacuuming. All these things simply haven't applied to me. Does that mean progress? Hope so. Wargod, sounds as if auntie knows a good thing. Another closet?! Hope that there's an end here somewhere. Good luck to the men this weekend as they busy themselves with the roofing project, etc. My ironing board stays up all the time since, fortunately, there's out-of-the-way spot for it right beside the laundry room. Very convenient, but used most often as a table. It is covered in red gingham or blue bandana so it looks pretty cheerful despite that dastardly iron that sits on it. I loathe ironing! Skootz, Lisa had quite the extensive wardrobe; bet you're glad that it has been pared down. She must not have had to wear the same thing for weeks. (Is Lisa your little one? Perhaps she has so many because of the hand-me-downs from her big sisters?) Congrats to your friends on the adoption of a daughter. Enjoy date night and the weekend, everyone!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, April 27, 2007 - 8:12 am
Haha Vee, my ironing board is up all the time as well, it sits in my walk in closet where the lower pole used to be. I too find it makes an excellent table! I have ironed a couple of times this year.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Friday, April 27, 2007 - 9:38 am
Yes we are fortunate to have a lot of friends and family that we have been able to get clothes from. The bags also included snow suits and other coats and a ton of shoes. Have to start the basement sort soon. (Yes Lisa is my baby - she will be 6 in June) As for todays mission...I am giving my house a Colleen's Cleaning & Clutter Control service to work. Only down fall is I don't make any money at it...but my home will be clean and fresh. I may do a quick 10 minutes of decluttering of the rooms and then get my cleaning services in gear. Have a great day all!!!!!!!
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