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Do Real Estate Auctions Really Work?

October 23, 2009

I have been really frustrated lately with the housing market.  Our condo is still for sale (we may have a buyer though – fingers crossed!)  So last month, in a fit of anxiety, I called my husband mid day and told him I just wanted to auction off our condo and be done with the [...]

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Vermilion Lagoons: Not for the Hung Over…

August 13, 2009

Love was in the air!  It was the Mr's barfday so we decided to spend it doing something crazy that we never do – ignoring everyone!!!  While this may sound rude and mean – it was fabulous.  Friend of ours volunteered their lake house in Vermilion.  I was scared at first, I didn't believe that [...]

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Wallpaper II

March 24, 2009

I will say this though – Wallpaper is hot this season! 
The retro 60s – Damasks with fushia – bright big colors – HOT HOT HOT!!!   See below!!  AND – there are better ways to put it up and remove it. 
There were some fun prints at Sherwin Williams but also check out Farrow & Ball's [...]

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Stripping

March 23, 2009

Wallpaper you pervs – WALLPAPER! HAHAHAHA 
Ok – Obviously I had a little too much sugar at lunch BUT I would like to share some tips for wallpaper removal!   We had two rooms that needed the wallpaper removed – the paper was far from gorgeous!   We had gotten a couple quotes for removing it and [...]

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5 Days and Counting

February 27, 2009

There are 5 days and counting until we close.  OY!!!!   I have 400 questions swimming in my mind – the top one being when do I switch the utilities into our name!  HA
Ironically – we are still waiting on the seller's written response to our list of items that needed fixed prior to closing [...]

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Some Bad Humor!

February 20, 2009

Hello darlings!  I have been bad to you this week but with good reason – life has been uber hectic.  Here is the latest with our purchase;
Sunday night we submitted our report to the Seller of items we felt needed fixed before we take possession, Weds was the deadline.  The Seller has until this coming Weds [...]

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Acceptance

February 6, 2009

ARE YOU ALL SITTING!!!  We are under contract for the property we have been trying to buy for 600 years!!!  WOO HOO.
Contract is signed and inspections start Monday.
Call is into the bank and I am meeting them with our stuff to get the mortgage process moving!  We have 30 days ya'll – we close the first week [...]

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Unrealistic or Too Picky or Just Right?!.

January 26, 2009

So – we went to see another house Saturday  - I am sure all of you regular readers know where this is going – the house is nice but not for us.  
I may have mentioned this before but we are part of a "Notsurethatwearereallyeverbuyingahouse Club". There are 5 members.  SO – our group was [...]

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Housing Update #650

January 16, 2009

Ugh – my head hurts and it is not from my hang over!   This week has been interesting to say the least!
We made plans to see house #650 before Christmas.  The owners have a reputation for being difficult so we didn't know what to expect – they were fine because we hated the house [...]

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Bitter, Tired, and Moving On

December 11, 2008

A lot of you have been e-mailing/ asking about how the house search is going – it has come to a grinding halt.  (Sort of)  We are still going back and forth with the bank but we have really given up on the idea that they want to sell.  We move two steps forward and ten [...]

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