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rivkao We looked at a house today that I love. Huge, full of light (there's a central light well with a spiral staircase, and big skylights in the roof, and the second and third story rooms open up to the light well), hot tub in the finished part of the basement, eat-in kitchen with lots and lots of cupboards, ginormous master bedroom/sitting room, gorgeous master bath with another skylight, fireplace in the (admittedly teensy) living room, big deep bay window (the house used to be a storefront)... I. LOVE. It.
What the hell do we do now?
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curiousangel and I finally bought the DVD player we'd agreed to give each other for Christmas, and joined Netflix. Our first movies arrived today. We just finished watching Lilo and Stitch. I bawled my head off. I was charmed by his admission that he cried and cried the first time he saw it, too. This is what makes him consummately marriage material.
o When it comes to comfort food, simpler is better. We had beef stew for dinner: a pound of chuck beef, cubed, seared in a little bit of olive oil. A small onion, two very large potatoes, two handfuls of halved baby carrots, two handfuls of quartered mushrooms, a can of beef broth, water to cover, a bay leaf, a generous amount of black pepper, added to the beef and cooked for an hour. Mmmm, stew.
o Oooooh, Lilo! I'm totally in love.
o More serious topics later, I promise. I've been wanting to write some things about forgiveness - we're submitting a grant proposal, a therapy study involving people with end-stage AIDS who have "unfinished business" with important others in their lives. In the process of preparing a pitch letter for the granting agency, I came across a lot of stuff about definitions of forgiveness, and distinctions between forgiveness and related concepts (e.g., forgiveness is not reconciliation, or forgetting, or condoning, or excusing, or...). I've struggled with how to conceptualize forgiveness, in my clinical practice, and I found this material fascinating. I want to post about it.
But not after half a bottle of wine.
What the hell do we do now?
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curiousangel and I finally bought the DVD player we'd agreed to give each other for Christmas, and joined Netflix. Our first movies arrived today. We just finished watching Lilo and Stitch. I bawled my head off. I was charmed by his admission that he cried and cried the first time he saw it, too. This is what makes him consummately marriage material.o When it comes to comfort food, simpler is better. We had beef stew for dinner: a pound of chuck beef, cubed, seared in a little bit of olive oil. A small onion, two very large potatoes, two handfuls of halved baby carrots, two handfuls of quartered mushrooms, a can of beef broth, water to cover, a bay leaf, a generous amount of black pepper, added to the beef and cooked for an hour. Mmmm, stew.
o Oooooh, Lilo! I'm totally in love.
o More serious topics later, I promise. I've been wanting to write some things about forgiveness - we're submitting a grant proposal, a therapy study involving people with end-stage AIDS who have "unfinished business" with important others in their lives. In the process of preparing a pitch letter for the granting agency, I came across a lot of stuff about definitions of forgiveness, and distinctions between forgiveness and related concepts (e.g., forgiveness is not reconciliation, or forgetting, or condoning, or excusing, or...). I've struggled with how to conceptualize forgiveness, in my clinical practice, and I found this material fascinating. I want to post about it.
But not after half a bottle of wine.
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Date: 2003-01-10 08:50 pm (UTC)But you're right, it's incredibly cheap, and sounds beautiful!
Go for it, Rivka! It's the things you *don't* do that you regret!
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Date: 2003-01-10 08:52 pm (UTC)Also: I don't know how to buy a house! Eeeek!
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Date: 2003-01-10 09:36 pm (UTC)I also knew that I didn't really know what I was doing, so asked family and friends who knew the process for some advice and moral support. I'm quite proud of doing that too.
I have faith that you two can do it.
As for it being the first you've seriously considered, there's nothing wrong with that. You have an idea of what you want; this fits. You can afford it. You have looked at other places even if you weren't seriously considering them, so you have an idea of what's out there.
You. LOVE. It.
As a start, it sounds like a good match to me.
How will you feel if you pass up the opportunity?
[If you get it, I might just apply for that housegirl position. ;) ]
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Date: 2003-01-10 10:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-01-11 07:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-01-12 07:18 am (UTC)2) Find a buyers-agent, preferably someone that you have referals about.
3)About that place (or any place) in particular. Are there rules for the building, and can you live with them if there are. Talk to the neighbors
Online Info
Mortgage 101 (http://nt.mortgage101.com/)
Homefair (http://www.homefair.com) info
Realtor (http://www.realtor.com/) info
What RJ said about Nolo