Snow! In North Carolina?

I could be complaining that it is snowing in NC for the 2nd time this year when I was promised told that it snows every 10 years here. Or – I could be complaining that this means the kids are home from school today and my regularly scheduled programming has been preempted. BUT – instead [...]

Mine!

Mine – all mine.  Well, I do have to share it with my family.  But still – WE ARE THRILLED! We are moved in but not yet settled.  Will be soon. We have time. because I am NEVER moving again:)

The House

The unbelievable journey towards home ownership in North Carolina has left me absolutely gob-smacked. So many ridiculous problems.  So many ridiculous people.  Some pretty stupid none to smart people,  too. The first hurdle – finding a house.  Looked at 69 houses.  I can tell you the layout of a house without even go inside the [...]

Trying to podcast is sometimes like…

calling a really good friend and getting a busy signal! Frustrating; but you really really want to talk so you keep trying. My frustration is trying to coordinate ‘time’ with ‘umph’ – you know what I mean?  Because I know that it will be long phone call – so much to say, catch up on, [...]

Landscape Quilts and a crazy lady

Before we get onto the crazy lady portion of the post – I thought I should start with some pretty pictures because without pictures;  the blog police come out. (just kidding – aka quilt police). Anyway. This quilt was so delicious in person.  Literally stopped me in my tracks! I couldn’t believe that this was [...]

We off to see the Wizard…

Actually – if Lanelle my Real Estate can be described as anything – it would be a wizard (in the best way)! Jarrod and I are hitting the road today to visit Wilmington again.  The original house we bid on is still a possiblity (the house inspection came back and gave us a little wiggle [...]

A little color goes a long way…

The house in Wilmington requires 16k + in rotten wood in the crawl space repairs.  The people who own the house are already selling at less than their mortgage… Not sure what they (we) will decide what to do.  We are going back to Wilmington next week and seems that more house hunting will be [...]

Wahoo! We are under contract in Wilmington!

Well, all be.  They actually counter offered something that we find TOTALLY ACCEPTABLE! Now we just (‘just’) have to sell our house. Anyone want to move to Athens? So – here is a shot of the new deck in the back and a small (teeny) portion of the backyard – which does get greener in [...]

I wish real estate could always be this easy.

And the drama continues…

The counter offer was not so good.  We’ll see. But we simply can’t own 2 homes – long story short – we’ll see… Darn it. My mom and dad are here to visit! I plan to interview my Mummy during the stay:)