Easy go. We put a bid on the house and the asshole owner then counterbid $12,000 HIGHER than our bid!! Yes, boys and girls, his counterbid was $10,000 higher than what he had the house listed as ($92.5k). We bid $90k, which was a reasonable bid, but he apparently thinks a) we’re stupid or b) we like the house SO MUCH that we’ll pay his mortgage payment, buy the new furnace and give him $4000 just for the privilege. What a wanker!

So, it appears that the house buying is stymied for now. There was nothing else very interesting in the MLS, so I’m ready to let it go for a bit.

Tonite, Dickens has simply lost all semblance of balance. He was having a snack and just fell over. He is leaning heavily to the right, but no seizures or anything. So, he takes precedence over anything else like houses or asshole people. Tomorrow we are going to the vet first thing and I’m going to try and stay up to keep an eye on him tonite. I’m tired and feeling crappy myself, so I’m not sure if I’ll manage to stay awake, but I’m gonna try. He can’t be left out, nor can he be put in a carrier or anything. I guess I could put him in the bathroom, but I’m afraid he’ll cry all night. I’m also afraid that he’ll die in the night or something equally as awful, which is why I don’t want to sleep.

God, what an incredibly shitty day.

We put in our bid of $90k for the house last night. We hope they’ll take it!

Now we have to get the thing inspected. Of course, Rick and Ricky (dad and bro) want to come look it over. We’ve talked about it and we sort of have to let them (since they are family), but we also feel that they will be totally ruthless and very honest in their evaluations. We’re also getting our friend to look it over as well. Everyone says you should get an “uninvolved” inspector, but I’ve heard too many stories of useless inspections that missed obvious shit like leaky roofs, bad wiring, etc. It seems to us that the best way to go is to get our friends/family in the biz to give us their opinions. We KNOW that they will not bullshit us or leave any stone unturned.

Ok, so the $100k home is too expensive. We looked at an $80k pre-foreclosure home that was shite. We liked a bungalow across the street from the shite house, but it’s already sold. We liked another bungalow 2 streets over, which turned out to be for RENT, not sale. Bugger. But…

We found a lovely little bungalow 2 more streets over that we just may buy!! It’s a 1951 2/1 with wood floors, central heat/air, new roof and new kitchen. It’s white aluminum siding with black edged crank out windows (which I adore despite their inherent inefficiencies) and a lovely front porch. It has a large, very private backyard with a deck for parties.

We love it. And we just may buy it. Since the other properties that we looked at are already gone, we’re very motivated to get this one. We will NOT be sorry, I’m positive of that. :-)

So, any of you that would like to cast, conjure, do readings or whatever on our behalf, please, please do so. We really want to be home owners!

More info here as I get it. Stay tuned…

First, a shoutout to our Best Indian Mickey! Good to see you’ve ::finally:: found my REAL site!! LOL

We’ve got tickets to Delerium tonite. I have no idea how they plan to do a show, seeing as it’s a GROUP project with different members each record. It’d be great if they bring the Medieval Baebes, tho! It’d be REALLY great if they have Leigh Nash with them, but I can’t see that happening. She’s the singer for Sixpence None the Richer and she writes the best Delerium songs, but I can’t imagine her touring with Delerium instead of her band!

Then tomorrow we’re off to KnoxVegas for the weekend. We’re taking Nee with us so she can pick up her new car from her parents. My family can see our new Contour and we can do the ole meet-n-greet. Nick hasn’t been up there in a while.

I’m also gonna talk up the house buying to see if they are going to be supportive or not. Probably not, but it’s worth chatting them up. They have a nasty habit of saying that they’ll do this or that but never following through, so even if they do talk a good game, I am not counting chickens.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!