Another Busy Day
Friday, December 02, 2005 at 09:53amProbably won’t be much posting today. The Canadians arrive this afternoon, and our party is tomorrow and I’m really not ready yet. So off I go to take care of some of that stuff. I may have a little surprise for you all later, though.
Last night we looked at two townhouses. We really liked the second one and have put in an offer. Unfortunately, our offer is pretty far under their asking price, but we’re willing to negotiate a bit if they are. Haven’t heard back yet, but it’s still early. The place is actually a wee bit out of our comfort level, but we like the neighborhood and all that and have been interested in finding a place there. We’re hoping we can just manage to scrape together the extra cash somehow. Anyway, the townhouse is close to where we live now, and has three bedrooms and a deck that backs up to the golf course. Nice. As for the first place we looked at; it wasn’t too bad. There was something shady about the neighborhood, though, that I couldn’t quite put my finger on. I liked the layout inside, pretty roomy, but the bedrooms were small. We went outside to see what the patio looked like. It faced another building’s set of patios, which kind of blows. I could even live with that, though, if the place was right. As our realtor showed us the patio, we noticed a family across the grass sitting out on their patio, doing something, I had no idea what. We waved and then the geekboy whispered to me, “Do you see what…did you…” and I said, “What?” and he said, “Nothing, go inside, just go inside, I’ll tell you later, I don’t want you to freak out.” Do you know what the family across the grass was doing? GUTTING A DEER.
sandra on Friday, December 02, 2005 at 10:36 am
oh my god! what??? that’s just horrible. yuck.
Megan on Friday, December 02, 2005 at 10:40 am
Ma and Paw were jus’ gettin’ dinn’r ready! Yew wan’ sum?
brigita on Friday, December 02, 2005 at 11:21 am
The previous owners of our place used to gut deer in the garage. The log that they would hang them from was still there when we moved in. The visual was nearly enough to turn me off from the place altogether.
Apparently these people were poachers, going out at night when they were asleep and literally shining lights at them to get them to freeze (both of which I believe are illegal). Hopefully our non-meat eating ways will do some good in improving the house’s karma.
Michael on Friday, December 02, 2005 at 11:58 am
A little surprise? Yay….love surprises…::tries not to pee::….When?
freakgirl on Friday, December 02, 2005 at 1:08 pm
Actually, Michael, I already told you the surprise because I love you the most.
Michael on Friday, December 02, 2005 at 1:21 pm
You did? ::bats lashes innocently::
You do? ::bats lashes innocently::
Guess I won’t pee then. Is there an emoticon for that? The eyelashes, I mean.
freakgirl on Friday, December 02, 2005 at 1:52 pm
There is, actually. Remove the spaces from this ; ; ) to get this
btw, we are now in the negotiating stage with the owners of the townhouse. They countered our offer, which we expected. We countered that and now we’re waiting.
Janet on Friday, December 02, 2005 at 1:56 pm
I have every crossable body part crossed. Even my eyes.
Michael on Friday, December 02, 2005 at 2:05 pm
Like Janet said! Now that it’s closer, I’m STOKED for you. That’s like so excited all the way back to the 90’s, yo. Ooh, the intricate dance of negotiation. Fun.
All my best for your new Freak/Geek LoveNest and for your party!
Loving on your winky.
Megan on Friday, December 02, 2005 at 2:54 pm
Hmfph.
I’ll just be over here with the other riff raff and wait until we find out your secret news.
Michelle on Friday, December 02, 2005 at 3:45 pm
ooooo my fingers are crossed for you!
Greater Czarina on Friday, December 02, 2005 at 7:59 pm
Aww, just think…you turned down the chance to be Ted Nugent’s next door neighbors!
Also crossing all sorts of stuff on your behalf.