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Under Contract.

31 Mar

We have finally come to an agreement; one that is legally binding.  In about a month or so, Meredith and I will be moving into our new home and we couldn’t be happier.  If you want, come and join us at Rio Grande at 6:30 to celebrate.20080909155717624146000000o

For those of you wanting to know, they had recently dropped the price 5K, we offered 5K less than that, prompting them to offer 4K more than we did, resulting in us offering the same amount of Ks, but with them paying 2Ks worth of closing costs, which resulted in them adding another K on, agreeing to closing costs, and assenting to us keeping the washer and dryer (in the previous counter) which we agreed upon this afternoon.

And now we crash.

Thank you so much to those people who offered advice, moral support, a ear to be yabbered upon, everything.  We appreciate your familial and communal bonds more than you know.

 
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Countermoves

30 Mar

They had recently reduced the price by five grand.  We offered five less than that, we pay closing costs.  They countered four more than we offered and we are going to re-counter with either them paying closing costs or reduce the price two grand and we pay closing costs.

Is everything relative?  Sometimes it feels like it.  At least we are the only one’s putting in offers on this place.

 
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Not all hope is lost

29 Mar

Earlier today, I lamented the fact that Reed seemed interested in the World’s post popular sport, soccer.  However, I then remembered the following:

Last week, I saw Reed studying the merits of MU’s fast break style:

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Then, this past weekend, Reed was noting the way Cousins plays in the post.  After a particularly skillful post maneuver, Reed looked at me with a glance that said: “Always keep those hands up, Dad.  Gotta play tall to play ball.”  I nodded in affirmation.

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So, not all hope is lost!

 
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Oh no!

29 Mar

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I guess soccer is enjoyable in person, so if he takes it up…

 
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Trying to buy home #3 (or is it 5?)

29 Mar

20080909155717624146000000-o We put an offer on a house that we loved on Friday an hour or so after the offer on the house we loved expired (because Bank of America can’t make a decision).  We went and saw the place Friday after work for the second time, met the owners, and put in a great offer.

It was turned down because the people we were competing against offered a K more and wanted to close at the end of May instead of the end of April. 

So, we just put down an offer on a house we both like, but has a tiny, green kitchen and way too much brass.

20080909160300120304000000-oGreen Counters and Green Knobs… whaaaaaaaaaaa?

But it’s a great space and we are including the changes we’d wanna make on the offer sheet.  It is also has a great initial price.

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Always use diapers

26 Mar

Tonight as we were getting Reed ready for bed, I played with Reed between diapers.  As he climbed on top of me, he reduced the amount of urine in his body by a good amount:

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Reed 1, the Wall 0

24 Mar

As Reed grows and strength and power (to move and finely control his muscles), he is more and more able to seek out those things that capture his attention.  In time periods past, Reed has become enamored with the red power strip that rests on the floor beneath my desk. 

It is his mission in life to obtain and devour that red power strip, which must contain some secret, a secret worth squirming and fighting for.

So, yesterday morning as I am working on some Hebrew translations (the bane of my existence), little Reedski decides to vault the Great Wall of the Nursery: 

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I’m gonna have to build a bigger wall.

 
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What if…

23 Mar

instead of eating these nasty peas and tasty bananas, I wore them?  Green and Yellow, call me Mello.

 

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While I had to take my vest and dress shirt (my old man clothes*) off to carry him to the bath, the kid did eat a whole fresh banana tonight!

* Yeah, so I apparently look like an old man.  Just ask Tiffany.

 
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Breakin on Down

22 Mar

While Meredith and I were working on our post-house budget, Reed finally broke through The Great Wall that separates all the electrical thingies  which would harm Reed were he to insert them into his mouth:

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For some odd reason, the man is infatuated with getting over to the power strip under the desk…

 
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Remember that time…

20 Mar

…when those animals kept Reed from reading that book?  Yeah, me neither.  I remember a time when Reed busted a bunch of fools’ heads for trying, though.

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