Elvis, ninja swords, and G'ful dead icecream
It has been a long sleeve day here. not too cold and sunny. jen and i returned from our 'date', picked up motherinlaw and the kids and left again. motherinlaw is an avid yard sale addict and i felt it was my duty to oblige her after she had agreed to watch the clan for 4 hrs.
actually, while out, i found 5 old Elvis albums and a 45 of the Beatles Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane. not like i have a record player anymore (or even care that much for Elvis or the Beatles); but for a buck a piece, i couldn't convince myself of a good reason not to.
christian was on the lookout for ninja swords. he has convinced himself that he will be allowed to buy some goofy sword with his allowance money. he doesn't even own a pocket knife; but somehow a sword is ok..(?)..
while living in virginia beach, the kids took a karate course. christian really got into it and fell in love with the idea that he was training to become some avenging ninja. it was neat to see him get excited about something....but he is still not getting a sword.
well, we are still in a holding pattern with our house in virginia. we put it up for sale a few days before we came here and, of course, the housing market became saturated overnight. there are now 51 houses for sell in our community alone. our realtor has sat through three open houses at our house and barely even shown it. this was one of the most sought after subdivisions in the area before everyone and their neighbor decided to get out. now i feel like we have the cooties. of course, we left our furniture in the house ("so it will show better"says our realtor) and we left my car in the driveway hoping to dissuade a would-be burglar from burgling it.
we are considering putting it in property management for a year as a rental in hopes the market turns. big chance; but what else is there to do? we can't buy a home here until we relieve the mortgage there. luckily, we have plenty of kids to hock if things get too tight...
oh yes, christel. i saw an ad for "Cherry Garcia" ice cream from Ben & Jerry's. thought you'd get a kick out of it.
actually, while out, i found 5 old Elvis albums and a 45 of the Beatles Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane. not like i have a record player anymore (or even care that much for Elvis or the Beatles); but for a buck a piece, i couldn't convince myself of a good reason not to.
christian was on the lookout for ninja swords. he has convinced himself that he will be allowed to buy some goofy sword with his allowance money. he doesn't even own a pocket knife; but somehow a sword is ok..(?)..
while living in virginia beach, the kids took a karate course. christian really got into it and fell in love with the idea that he was training to become some avenging ninja. it was neat to see him get excited about something....but he is still not getting a sword.
well, we are still in a holding pattern with our house in virginia. we put it up for sale a few days before we came here and, of course, the housing market became saturated overnight. there are now 51 houses for sell in our community alone. our realtor has sat through three open houses at our house and barely even shown it. this was one of the most sought after subdivisions in the area before everyone and their neighbor decided to get out. now i feel like we have the cooties. of course, we left our furniture in the house ("so it will show better"says our realtor) and we left my car in the driveway hoping to dissuade a would-be burglar from burgling it.
we are considering putting it in property management for a year as a rental in hopes the market turns. big chance; but what else is there to do? we can't buy a home here until we relieve the mortgage there. luckily, we have plenty of kids to hock if things get too tight...
oh yes, christel. i saw an ad for "Cherry Garcia" ice cream from Ben & Jerry's. thought you'd get a kick out of it.
posted by lance | 9:48 PM
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