Woke up to a pounding storm. Went back to sleep. A little later, the Stupid cat, and I mean stupid, climbed up on the fridge and knocked off a fridge magnet which is now in five pieces. Not just any fridge magnet, one I purchased in Madrid for Marika last summer when we were there. And protected all the way back here. So her stupid goddamn cat could knock it off the fridge and shatter it. I hate the cat. Anyhow, woke me up. I fell back asleep, and the same stupid cat climbed up on my headboard and beat on the blinds. Waking me up. I hate the cat. And the cat did it again twice more but waited each time till I was asleep. Asshole cat.
I have a cat for sale. I will pay good money for you to buy him. He comes with food and toys. All shots.
Sunday morning. Feed animals, feed us, drink coffee, read paper. Duties. Must be done. Soon, shower then shopping. Yes, I will get dressed before shopping. Don’t want anyone to feel inadequate.
Spent some time on a note to our real estate agent. I should share:
We are interested in Stanley (readers, it’s a house we saw yesterday) We could offer I assume full price with terms same as Ellen offer. I have the same cashier checks in hand, $10k, for immediate delivery.
There does appear to be one serious problem with Stanley as evidenced by the crack and uneven floor? wall? cabinet? So if offer accepted, my engineer needs to be in on day one to inspect that. All other inspections in due course.
Having said that, we like the Ellen house (reader, house viewed a month ago) more. So, can we offer her (owner) more to entice her? If she needs to stay she can rent back. Not sure how long. Could offer free rent or increased price. Prefer free rent. I know if I offered her one million dollars she would move today. So, just have to find her price between 625, free rent and a cool mill. Right?
House on View Hill (reader, house looked at yesterday). Sounds like a movie. Prob film noir. We want to see it. Could be 3 or 4 days after acceptance? of our offer on Stanley. We could like it. Problem?
Having said all this, Kary Smiley (reader, our agent) must tell us what is proper and prudent at this juncture. How to proceed. You are the Kit Carson of Auburn real estate. Without the Indians. Or guns. Fortunately. In a nutshell, we need guidance.
End of note to Kary.
See, I do write things other than my blog. But, as you can see, we have several properties in play and I wanted everyone to know what is up. All the action will begin tomorrow, I think, when the owners of the Stanley house review all offers at 5pm. I can’t say I am excited, it takes a lot of work to find a house we think is worthy. Much more difficult than buying a used car although they both have similarities. Inspections, guessing about prior maintenance, figuring a price. I think we will have a talk later with our agent. Pressure all on her.
Emily wants to go to the movies. It is a cold rainy day and that’s a fun activity without being outside. Unfortunately, all movies currently at our local place are fair to middling on Rotten Tomatoes. So the $30 ticket price is even less attractive.
I would prefer to go to the grocers and get ready for the weeks eats. Do the usual. Not a fun activity for a rainy day. But who cares. Gotta be done.
So no movie. Good. Waste of money based on what’s out. We went to the grocery store instead. Which tuned out four times as much cost wise and far less entertaining. Too bad. A trip to Winco can often be extremely entertaining. If you have ever seen Wal Mart customer pictures on the internet you know what I mean. Something funny. The gal online in front of us had a Louis Vuitton bag. The one behind us had her WIC card. You see all kinds.
The rain was the best part of the trip. Even with umbrellas and jackets we still got soaked. Inside of the car got drenched as well. It’s coming down in buckets today. Very wet.
Our agent called us while we were shopping. She got the the text, reproduced above. We had a quick talk and she is calling later. We finished up our shopping trip. Just a note, it did not cost much. Have not been going to store much since all moved out. Amazing how cheap it is.
We went home. The rain is probably worse now than when we left for the store. The heavens have opened up.
The groceries got unloaded quickly, and dryly. But it is cold, even in the garage. We got all put away. Emily decided it would help to have a freezer inventory so we don’t waste food. I had suggested this 25 years ago and she rejected it. But, now it’s “her” idea. So it’s a good one. Whatever.
We sat and relaxed after handling the groceries. Then my friend Kary called. She was ready to talk. About our future. In Auburn.
We had a long and informative discussion. First, she wants us to see the house on View Way. Top o’ the Hill. She spent 10 minutes describing the attributes of the home. And it sounds very nice. It’s over the high end of where we want to be price-wise, but it sounds amazing. And I do mean amazing. And a little expensive. Kary has us scheduled to see it at 3pm tomorrow. Which gives us enough time to submit an offer on the other place, Stanley, by 5pm deadline. Which we will if we don’t like View Way house. Got that? It’s not that tough. The takeaway? Go to Auburn and arrive at Kary’s office by 230 to 245. After that, it’s all her.
But, now, soup is ready. It’s dinnertime. That’s a good thing. Wow, the soup is awesome. I might even say incredible. Emily can’t remember when she made it. I took it out of the freezer today, that I know. We adulterated it a bit, Emily can’t leave well enough alone, adding green beans and corn. Whatever, the outcome was great and perfect for a cold and rainy winter day. Hot soup is the bomb.
We are sitting after dinner. Marika is coming home tonight. On her way as we speak. She did not want to join us for dinner. She seems to think the soup will not fit into her diet. Though I think that untrue, she has her opinion. Maybe she thinks it’s too much sodium. I just don’t know. Anyway, she’s headed home.
Hey, kid just got home. She decided soup was a good idea. Since it was the only hot food available I think she made an exception for her diet. She has admitted it is good.
Another sad thing, Marika switched the TV channel to the Golden Globe awards. I have been watching it for ten minutes. It’s awful. The two hosts are awful. And for some strange reason Marika must watch it. Don’t bother watching this.
I am ready for bed. Especially if I have to watch this crap for much longer. And it continues. I need to make my bed. So I can sleep in it.
So I made the bed. It’s late enough now that I can get in it and go to sleep. And thereby avoid all this great award show has to offer. Not much. Off to bed soon.