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Apr. 29th, 2009 04:23 pm
Various and sundry
So, aside from small FB updates, I've been pretty quiet lately. Most of this is due to being ridiculously busy with the house stuff (including a nice and productive visit from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mrdorbin), but also we've had truly crappy connectivity at the villa thanks to Comcast, who will be stopping by tomorrow to (I hope) fix it.
I did take the day off today and hung out at the villa, though. My back needed recovery from toting boxes and bending over picking through cabinets, and this place needed a little maintenance of its own. I may even get into game later, for the first time in weeks. Eep! I'll be back in the saddle again tomorrow after Comcast does their thing.
( Uprooting Updates )
( House hunting )
Given how the stock market is behaving, and what I'm assuming we can probably get for the house, we should be able to do this in any case. Exactly how much house we can buy will really depend on whether we can get financing with less than 20% down, and/or whether we get a really good price for the house.
Truthfully, I really hope we can manage to afford more than we're currently looking at. It's not so much that we want a nicer house than what we've seen so far as we'd like to be closer in, and anywhere in Kirkland/Kenmore/Newcastle is an average of $50-75k more than similar houses in Renton or Canyon Park. And, really, getting the hell out of the boonies is a big part of the reason we're doing this.
mrdorbin), but also we've had truly crappy connectivity at the villa thanks to Comcast, who will be stopping by tomorrow to (I hope) fix it.I did take the day off today and hung out at the villa, though. My back needed recovery from toting boxes and bending over picking through cabinets, and this place needed a little maintenance of its own. I may even get into game later, for the first time in weeks. Eep! I'll be back in the saddle again tomorrow after Comcast does their thing.
( Uprooting Updates )
( House hunting )
Given how the stock market is behaving, and what I'm assuming we can probably get for the house, we should be able to do this in any case. Exactly how much house we can buy will really depend on whether we can get financing with less than 20% down, and/or whether we get a really good price for the house.
Truthfully, I really hope we can manage to afford more than we're currently looking at. It's not so much that we want a nicer house than what we've seen so far as we'd like to be closer in, and anywhere in Kirkland/Kenmore/Newcastle is an average of $50-75k more than similar houses in Renton or Canyon Park. And, really, getting the hell out of the boonies is a big part of the reason we're doing this.
