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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / June 2005OTP: we bought a house!
i feel very out of touch with asa. the book i just mailed off today (26 days late!) was so hard for me to finish. i feel like i'm coming up from a dark tunnel. i don't know why i had such a hard time with it. i don't think i've had more than 5 hrs sleep/night in the last two months. anyhow, enough griping! i need an update on how people are doing, especially dee tee and her tummy and jo firey and her ear. we just returned from NC where we bought a house! negotiations were completed tonight after 2 days of back and forth and we close july 1, but the current owners will rent back until august 1. now john and i have to sell our houses, and after reading duckie's account of her house-selling problems (the only thread i've taken the time to follow this week), i'm nervous. i have to tell you about this house! i don't want to show a pic because of privacy reasons, but it is a 1988 contemporary and is completely ACCESSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (i will have to have a gimp fest there some day!) i don't need that at the moment, but with future foot surgeries a certainty, it will be wonderful. lots of studio space for john's photography and writing space for me. a sunroom and screened porch on a wooded acre. lots of really bad wallpaper and carpeting to remove, but otherwise, a gem. so much to do, tho. duckie and other movers, how are you faring? diane Good for the book. Good for the house. I would be really nervous to buy before selling but you are in the DC area so selling should be no problem. We are in a holding pattern. Had two buyers in this week which is a record. First time it was shown more than once in 5 weeks. The minister changed his mind -- not enough parking space for their fleet of cars. So we wait again for the right person to fall in love. Told John a couple of days ago that I am too old and tired to learn to be this neat. It is killing me. rofl Dusting once a week is more than I have done in 20 years and this week I dusted three times. And the maple tree outside the front door is dropping its spring 'nose-sticker - helicopter' things and they are being tracked in all over the house. I am not amused. The new house sounds perfect. How many square feet did you wind up with? [DeeTee - there is that preposition again] How is your organizer working out? Duckie [who keeps discovering things she wishes she had not packed yet...] > i feel very out of touch with asa. the book i just mailed off today (26 > days late!) was so hard for me to finish. i feel like i'm coming up [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > diane  Signature_('> (_<_) _ _('< -quack (_<_) _ __('< *QUACK!* <_{__) _('< "|,,|_" (_<_) _('< "AFLAC!" (_<_) oh, duckie, i really feel for you!. if my house doesn't sell the week the dogs and i are out of town in late june when it will be in pristine (well, at least, good) condition, i will be in trouble because the dogs mess everything up. the stress must be so hard for you. yes, it's unnerving to buy before selling, but in this market, i think it will be ok, and we couldn't let that house get away. since i've been traveling/working, haven't gotten to start packing yet. the storage pod arrives on wednesday and we start moving clutter that morning. keep yur chin up, duckie. diane > Told John a couple of days ago that I am too old and > tired to learn to be this neat. It is killing me. rofl > Dusting once a week is more than I have done in 20 > years and this week I dusted three times. maybe it's time to give up and pay someone to do it! My mom says she has the time now to do her own housework, but she worked hard for years so she could pay someone else to do it! I hate dusting too, but the dust allergies keep me somewhat honest about it. The living room shelves are getting really bad right now, but I keep wearing out my hands and wrists on gardening instead of dusting...... LOL SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare It sounds like a marvelous house! I am so happy for you and John. And congratulations on getting the book done, and your publishers off your back again for a while, heehee. House sales vary a lot from area to area and yours may go quickly. Man, we do ahve a lot of people moving this summer! SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare Diane, just where is this house located? Gwen > It sounds like a marvelous house! I am so happy for you and John. And > congratulations on getting the book done, and your publishers off your back > again for a while, heehee. House sales vary a lot from area to area and yours > may go quickly. Man, we do ahve a lot of people moving this summer! Good news about the book being done and that you got a house. That is great news. Hoping for a good move for you and that all goes well. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo >i feel very out of touch with asa. the book i just mailed off today (26 > days late!) was so hard for me to finish. i feel like i'm coming up [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > diane great news Diane. now just where are you located? what city? I live in Hickory about a 4 hour drive from Raleigh. I think you will enjoy the NC weather. weve had a great spring. maybe we can get together someday. janice |i feel very out of touch with asa. the book i just mailed off today (26 | days late!) was so hard for me to finish. i feel like i'm coming up [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] | | diane hi jb, we'll be in north raleigh, 15 minutes from my stepdaughter, son-in-law and grandson. too cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm not good in heat, but since i spend all my time in ac in VA, i suppose i can spend all my time in ac in NC. diane Know what you mean about the ac.same here..we are a little closer to the mountains but still have some hot hot days tg for ac. hope you enjoy your new home jb | hi jb, | [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] | | diane cool! diane, did you write your purchase agreement contingent upon the sale of your old home? your new house sounds wonderful! you've had a ton of stuff pulling at you from all directions, sweetie---john's health, your own health, and everything involved with moving, before the actual move, is an enormous distraction. it's no wonder you had a difficult time getting this book off to your publisher. it's uphill from here on out, sweetie. shall i insist?<smile> kate >i feel very out of touch with asa. the book i just mailed off today (26 > days late!) was so hard for me to finish. i feel like i'm coming up [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > diane kate, no contingencies in the contract. i like to live dangerously (not). we close on july 1, but the first month is no problem, since the sellers will be renting from us and cover the house payment. then i think we'll be carrying 2 (or 3, if john's house hasn't sold yet) mortgages for a week or two before our houses close. of course, our houses aren't even on the market yet! my helper, mandy (like duckie's helper helene) was here yesterday. . . and is here right now. got to go answer the door! diane > kate, > no contingencies in the contract. i like to live dangerously (not). we [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > diane i'm not much of a major risk taker, so i used to tell butch, 'there's an art to living dangerously. it's called grace under fire and i've never mastered the artform." apparently, you have or are at least willing to give it a shot.<smile> your new house sounds totally awesome, diane. sounds like one house i'd love to see, though i certainly understand the privacy issues. kate privacy issues: i'm so open about my life, but i am cautious about where i live. my fans are the best, but every once in a while a fanatic comes along and gives me the willies, so i feel a need to be careful. i may put some interior shots up on my blog when i get a minute. diane > privacy issues: i'm so open about my life, but i am cautious about > where i live. my fans are the best, but every once in a while a fanatic > comes along and gives me the willies, so i feel a need to be careful. i > may put some interior shots up on my blog when i get a minute. > > diane Makes real sense to me - you are in such a public profession, you need to take care in some ways. 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