offer on house woo hoo woo hoo!

We have received an offer on the house in Austin. Only just viable - it's the absolute minimum we could possibly stand - but it's viable, and she's offering a really early settlement date - July 29. We'd net a tiny bit less than the house we've offered on here, so we'll have to draw some of S's deferred comp funds to cover the difference. But it means that we can move right along. Wooooo!!

Here's the house we've offered on here:
http://homes.longandfoster.com/Buy_Home/Search/Property_Details.aspx?coId=2&mlsNum=BC5208233

There are 11 pizza places within a nearby distance!! Public transportation. Almost as easy access to the interstate as our old house. Easy to find - those of you coming to visit will be able to find us EASILY.

The disadvantages of this house: the living room is pretty small. The carpeting is ugleeeeee. It's not as large as our ideal. There's no garage. The back yard is too big and will need lots of mowing.

The advantages: the finished basement is about 800 square feet, a great secondary living room if a bit informal. There's both covered and uncovered patio space out back. There's a covered front porch. It will be quite easy to build a carport over the driveway. There's already a storage shed out back. The attic is finished into a large open space with its own bathroom, which will serve as both guest bedroom and extra book space. It has central air conditioning, which is not as common here as you might think.

OK. We can stop and breathe for a few minutes. Of course, this means we won't ever get as far unpacked as the armchair in this apartment... I will have to keep doing my knitting and crocheting in a dining chair. Oh well.

In other news - there is no other news. I am going to go read some science fiction; my dad is having some surgery in a couple of weeks and will have to stay flat on his back in bed for several days, so I have promised to send him a chunk of SF books. Gotta get moving on that. Got a chunk of mystery and romance books for Cindy for her new library branch - to make it cost effective to mail them back to Austin, even with Media Mail rates, gotta have more though - at least 20. So, less crochet, more read. I can do that.

more memes, more memes, more memes I give to you

taken from avanta7:

Pretty Canadian You scored 61 Canada speak and 46 Canadianess!

You may be one of us. You were probably able to still drink while a teenager, and don't use the terms 'freshman' and 'sophomore'.

My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 50% on Canada speak You scored higher than 50% on Canadianess

Link: The Ultimate Canadian Test written by echox2 on Ok Cupid

I guess that's what happens when one lives in Boston for 10 years. There tends to be some cultural osmosis going on in the New England neck of the woods.

And then:

I am: Philip José Farmer This prolific author brings surprising depths to he-man adventure tales, and broke science fiction's prudery barrier.

Which science fiction writer are you?

Huh?? I'm not sure how that one happened. Farmer is not one of my favorites. Wonder which particular answer somehow triggered that, over-riding the others that didn't tend that way. Maybe I'll try that one again.

one more silly-ass meme

I am: a pirated copy of a spreadsheet program Do you really expect us to buy 92 copies of the same CD when one works just fine?

Which office supply are you?

heh heh