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The dark days...
06:57, 2006-Jan-7
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These days of winter remind me of an old Johnny Cash song (...and I 'aint seen the sunshine since I dunno when...)
IT is so dark and dull here and the days are so very short.
We went out to see that rural property
http://www.gdreb.ca/search/feature.cfm?ml_num=060004
(if you want to check it out)
And Irish liked it and now we have to think if the 40 min commute is a doable thing.
Plus hope that the people who are buying our house get their act together and finalise things.
*sticks head under blankets*
Wake me when it's over. : )
The first Step...
08:40, 2006-Jan-7
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...Is selling this house.
Which we have been at for 8 months or so. My dream house. Well it was. Life changes, and sometimes brutally so. You have two choices. Adapt and move forward, or get swallowed up in grief and misery.
So the perfect house for us 3.5 years ago...is a torment now.
But I digress.
We have a conditional offer on this house, from a family who loves it. They are getting it at a much reduced price and I was Ok with that (although the dh was less so) because they were expecting their 3rd child and this was now *their* dream house. I actually felt pleased that we could do something like that for someone. Now they have postponed the final date for waiving the conditions until the 13th. I was ok with that. The holidays and all. But it is looking like they may ask for another extention.
The thing is the closing they insisted on was March 1st. Until they firm up their offer we can not seriously buy a farm...and it's Jan. 6th....finding and buying a property and arranging for closing etc in 7 weeks is not going to be easy.
I may have to step in and be the bad guy here.
Dear Prospective Buyers....
Much as we love that you love the house, and have child #3 on the way and therefore need the space, you need to get your ducks in a row and sign off. Because *I* also have a life and children and obligations and tying us up so we can't market the house yet can not move is frankly making me cranky.
And lo, you do not want to see cranky Dar....
In other news we are going to see a property in an hour....my 2nd time seeing it...Irish's first. It is further out than I wanted and not as large (4 acres) but it has the right combination of amenities for Irish and potential for me, and is in good shape. For some reason though, my gut is holding me back. Maybe I'm just being over cautious or maybe I am waiting (in this busier post holiday market) for something else to come along.
So much uncertainty...I think I'll have a cup of tea.
Hope your weekend is starting out shiny.
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10:42, 2006-Jan-6
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Hi....
Got linked to this site via an LJ post (You can check out my life blog at www.livejournal.com/darlong)
and saw a fellow suri alapaca lover so I decided to join.
I'm a middle aged lady with a very extended family and 6 alpacas. 2 Horses as well, and 6 cats.
Living in Canada (the warmer bit in Ontario) and searching desperately for a farm. Our city house is conditionally sold so very soon we will pull up stakes and be reunited with our alpacas.
I hope to learn a lot from you all, and perhaps provide a few insights of my own (if not vast amusement). I am a retired (sort of) nurse practitioner with a specialty in midwifery, and I have also studied natural and holistic therapies.
I miss helping families welcome babies and hope the impending birth of 3 alpaca babies will help!
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