Indeed - from offer to closing was only about 4 weeks, in my case. Everyone was motivated!
Now we're saving a vampire from vampires. I got two words for that -- Nuh and uh.
Gunn ,'Underneath'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Zenkitty - Jun 24, 2011 4:11:06 pm PDT #14219 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
sarameg - Jun 24, 2011 4:20:03 pm PDT #14220 of 30001
Man, just thinking about that spring revs me up. It was CRAXY. I was completely batshit and it was fun, in retrospect.
Bonus to java: no moving to do!
Start polling homeowners insurance companies for quotes. You know the property well, but a home warranty might be something worthwhile, at least in the first year. (Which reminds me, I need to exercise mine a bit.) I've used it for non-emergency things like learning how to bleed radiators and maintain a boiler system, but it would cover things like rotor-rootering the sewage line if it clogged (somewhat chronic in this neighborhood. Without an outside cleanout drain, that would be a $500 plumber call, but with the HW, it's a $60 service call. WORTH IT!)
sarameg - Jun 24, 2011 4:30:10 pm PDT #14221 of 30001
Ahahah. I just went looking through the old threads for the day I made an offer and found this sarameg "Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam" Mar 12, 2009 6:52:10 pm PDT Powers of prediction. I spend probably 15+ hrs a week at the Y.
NoiseDesign - Jun 24, 2011 4:30:57 pm PDT #14222 of 30001
Our wings are not tired
meara, PECS is a picture exchange communication system -- using icons to communicate. The PECS software is RIDICULOUSLY expensive, cumbersome and stupid -- like Boardmaker which is only PC, costs $300 and must be run from a CD.
Is there any good stuff for iOS? I thought I had read at one point that iPads looked like they might be a really good option for some of this type of software.
sarameg - Jun 24, 2011 4:54:40 pm PDT #14223 of 30001
Either it is thundering or someone is setting off a big fireworks display. Leaning towards the latter because I see no storms on the radar.
Ginger - Jun 24, 2011 5:06:31 pm PDT #14224 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Home warranties can help reassure buyers, but they're mostly an exercise in discovering what they don't cover. You might want to have a home inspector, java. You probably know most of the problems, but inspectors can find things that you never imagined would be the case. For example, your stove hood might just be spewing greasy air into the attic rather than through a roof vent. You can negotiate to get things like that fixed.
sarameg - Jun 24, 2011 5:12:42 pm PDT #14225 of 30001
Inspection got me a new roof, fixed electrical outlets, confirmation the deck was a deathtrap, fixed plumbing and a list of things to keep an eye on and predicted lifetimes of existing hardware.
amych - Jun 24, 2011 5:14:38 pm PDT #14226 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
For those who geek on the legislative process, NY is voting on gay marriage NOW.
Kat - Jun 24, 2011 5:17:48 pm PDT #14227 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
ND, there sort of is good stuff for turning an ipad or itouch into an AAC device. The issue is Grace isn't ready for something of that complexity (something that has multiple folders which require her to understand categories and is a dynamic device). The device she DOES have is static and needs to be programmed by us with limited options. Once she masters the static device, getting her to understand a dynamic device, where I won't need to make fucking templates, will be possible.
Calli - Jun 24, 2011 5:18:59 pm PDT #14228 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
That's great, java!
This weekend I'll be seeing Serenity with a friend.