Update

The closing on the condo went off without a hitch.  We also are under contract for the place in Heatherwood.  I drove a Porsche for the first time yesterday.  Heady times indeed.

If all goes according to plan, we should be in the new place on July 23rd.  That gives us plenty of time to move, and we should be set for the big Canada trip.

Here's the MLS listing for the new place:

http://www.coloproperty.com/Reports/index.cfm?&Action=DetailReport&MLSNumber=630834

No Internet

We aren't signing up for internet access at our rental place, so these blog postings will be few and far between.

We're moved into the Mapleton house.  It's interesting being downtown.  We can walk to just about everywhere we'd want to go.  We already were eating out too much, now it's that much easier.  On the other hand, we have a outside grill set up at the new place, so that makes it more fun to cook at home.

The cats are adapting well.  It took them probably about 5 days before they made it out of the bedroom comfortably.  They are enjoying the yard, and have started up a rivalry with the neighborhood squirrels.

I close on the Condo today, that's expected to go smoothly.  Kristen and I have put offers down on two houses, the first time they went under contract about an hour before we submitted our offer.  Our second offer is still active, we should hear back today from the owner.  It's a nice house in the Gunbarrel area, it's much less expensive then the other places we were looking at.  The dream of living in town may not happen this time around.

It's been very rainy/drizzly here, it should clear up tomorrow. 

Bolder Boulder 2010

Not much to report.  We've partially moved into our temporary housing, but are awaiting the movers to show up on Friday to really get moved in.  It's a pretty cool little place, I think we'll enjoy being here for a few months.

Our new temporary address is 2548 Mapleton Ave, Boulder, CO, 80304. We're still looking like crazy for the next permanent place, and are going to spend another week and a half looking.  At that point we'll probably narrow our options down to a few places, and then make some hard decisions. 

Our current flavors of options seem to be:

1. Great location, at the top of our price range, and needs a lot of work.
2. Mediocre location, near the top of our budget, but remodeled beautifully.
3. In the hills, near the top of our budget, not in great shape, septic and well adventures.

Any opinions?  I seem to migrate toward number 1, Kristen seems to like #2.  We're both not 100% we're ready for number 3.

Last Monday was the Bolder Boulder, and we once again ran it slower than we ever have before.  We had a lot of fun, we don't get to dress up and act like fools very often.  We were blessed with another year of no injuries, fights, or arrests, so we're counting it as a victory.  The weather was great.  Out of the 24,000 men who ran the race, only 5 were slower than we were.

Houses & Running

We continue to view houses.  So many houses...  The good news is that we've found another house that we both like.  It is nearby, is in good shape, has a large yard, and is in a good location.  We're trying to figure out the best way to proceed, either by doing the contract writing without a buyers agent, or negotiating a kick-back from an agent.

It's newly on the market, and we'd offer substantially less than what they're asking, so it's not a sure thing by any means.  Even if we managed to arrive at a deal on this house, we'll probably have to move in to temporary housing for a bit.  We've been spending time each evening packing up more belongings, and taking them to storage.

I had a bunch of guys lined up to help move the heavy equipment out of the garage, but the weather didn't cooperate.  It's been a very rainy/snowy spring here, it doesn't much feel like spring.

We did manage to make it to Grand Junction last weekend to meet up with Katie and Jordan for a race.  Kristen, Katie, and myself ran the 10k variation, while Jordan manned-up and ran the half marathon.  I think we were all happy our times, it definitely inspired me to get more serious about running.

This Saturday we headed down to Denver since Kristen and I had long ago signed up for a half marathon.  It seemed like a good idea at the time, and only cost $20.  We both weren't in half marathon shape, but spurred on by my experience last weekend, I decided to give it a try anyway.  Our friends Mike & Sharon had signed up too.  We met them for dinner on Saturday night, then got up bright and early today to run.

It was fun, although by mile 10 I really wanted to walk the rest of the way.  I made it across the finish line with my worse 1/2 marathon time ever, but was still happy I did it.  This race is about five months earlier than our typical 1/2 marathons, so I have some time yet this season to whittle that down.

Kristen headed to Dallas tonight for a work thing.  She'll be gone until Wednesday.  Will I just lay around in my underwear for three days, or get stuff done around the house?   Only time will tell...

A lot of stuff

It's been an exhausting whirlwind of activity around here.  We're looking at houses a lot, but haven't found the right one yet.  We're continuing to move stuff out of the house.  I can fondly remember packing everything I owned into the '78 Pontiac, hauling everything back and forth from Rapid to Cody.  That seems like forever ago, and apparently we've accumulated additional belongings since then.

Zack was diagnosed with Feline Diabetes on Saturday.  We're going to change up his diet and hope that improves things a bit.  He's fairly normal healthy so far, but we expect that won't last forever.

Under Contract

We have a signed contract to buy our place for the full asking price!  Only two days on the market, can't complain about that.


Kristen and I (and the cats) need to be out of there by June 14th, so we need to find a place soon.

House for Sale!

The house was listed on Tuesday.  We've had 5 showings today, and have a fairly attractive offer.  Things are moving along!

http://www.coloproperty.com/Reports/index.cfm?&Action=DetailReport&MLSNumber=626462