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.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
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/
http://www.coloproperty.com/
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Rapid trip w/ Jacoby!
Kristen and I just made it back from a quick Rapid City trip. Becky, Jason, Jacoby, and Ma were planning on seeing Nono, so we figured it was a good excuse to make the trip again.
Everyone enjoyed Jacoby at West Hills Village. A baby in a retirement center is like catnip for the elderly, or something.
Saturday afternoon five of us headed up to Dinosaur Park, where a quick-footed juvenile Tyrannosaurus nearly made off with Jack. Luckily Jason was fast on his feet, and snatched Jack away before disaster struck.
Later in the day we tried to imagine what Jack will look like once he grows his hair out.
We returned to two lonely cats, and a spruced up house. The "stagers" had worked their magic, leaving us with a place we don't feel very comfortable in. We now have to do things like "pick up", "stay organized", and "use the trash can".
Hopefully the place will sell quickly so we can relax again.
Everyone enjoyed Jacoby at West Hills Village. A baby in a retirement center is like catnip for the elderly, or something.
Hopefully the place will sell quickly so we can relax again.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Not much spare time
It seems like it's getting harder to update this thing.
Two weeks ago was Easter weekend. I headed in to work on Saturday for a bit, while Kristen headed to Denver to make some Easter eggs with Maddock and Allison. Later we continued to pack up the house, trying to un-clutter things as much as possible.
Kristen and I saw a movie on Sunday, and took a load or two of boxes to the storage place. It's starting to fill up, we don't have a lot more room in there.
We've started talking to a Realtor, and had a "Stager" come over on Monday to give us some feedback on how to organize and clean up the place. Too many browns and too much white, was the conclusion. They're promising to add "some color", so we'll see how that goes.
We had a few visitors at work for the second half of the week, meaning several nights out with a larger group. Lots of rich food. Kristen and I need to get our running regimen back into action!
Friday we headed to Denver for the Rockies season opener at Coors Field. Jordan had tirelessly watched online for a decent set of tickets, and eventually bought 4 consecutive seats in the lower section. Shortly afterward Katie got 4 free tickets from her office. That saved us some serious cash, and introduced Jordan to fine art of scalping. Luckily no one got stabbed and things turned out OK.
Downtown Denver was crazy. Lots of people out enjoying the 70 degree weather and opening day. We all got a little sunburnt, and had a good time.
The next afternoon we headed to Allison's for Maddock's birthday celebration. I can't say I've seen a more excited four-year-old in a long time.
We're continuing to move stuff out of the house at an alarming rate. We did notice today that the house we were interested in is under contract. Oh well, we'll find another, I'm sure. We have cleaners, furnace people, window people, and the stagers coming back this week, so it ought to be exciting.
Two weeks ago was Easter weekend. I headed in to work on Saturday for a bit, while Kristen headed to Denver to make some Easter eggs with Maddock and Allison. Later we continued to pack up the house, trying to un-clutter things as much as possible.
Kristen and I saw a movie on Sunday, and took a load or two of boxes to the storage place. It's starting to fill up, we don't have a lot more room in there.
We've started talking to a Realtor, and had a "Stager" come over on Monday to give us some feedback on how to organize and clean up the place. Too many browns and too much white, was the conclusion. They're promising to add "some color", so we'll see how that goes.
We had a few visitors at work for the second half of the week, meaning several nights out with a larger group. Lots of rich food. Kristen and I need to get our running regimen back into action!
Friday we headed to Denver for the Rockies season opener at Coors Field. Jordan had tirelessly watched online for a decent set of tickets, and eventually bought 4 consecutive seats in the lower section. Shortly afterward Katie got 4 free tickets from her office. That saved us some serious cash, and introduced Jordan to fine art of scalping. Luckily no one got stabbed and things turned out OK.
Downtown Denver was crazy. Lots of people out enjoying the 70 degree weather and opening day. We all got a little sunburnt, and had a good time.
The next afternoon we headed to Allison's for Maddock's birthday celebration. I can't say I've seen a more excited four-year-old in a long time.
We're continuing to move stuff out of the house at an alarming rate. We did notice today that the house we were interested in is under contract. Oh well, we'll find another, I'm sure. We have cleaners, furnace people, window people, and the stagers coming back this week, so it ought to be exciting.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
House Hunting & More
Saturday morning Kristen and I herded up Ada, and took her to the vet. She wasn't too happy about it, but eventually survived the ordeal. We'd noticed that she'd been losing hair on the back of her feet. The vet's theory is that she was nervous about all the packing up and changes going on around the house, and was a bit neurotic about things. She's now on kitty Prozac, at least until we get into another house, or her hair grows back.
We then headed off to look at four different houses. Two of the houses we wanted to look at went under contract in the last week, so our day was a bit shorter than we expected. We looked at one place "way" out in the country. It looked good on paper, but was an absolute wreck. It was at the very top of our budget, and would have required a few 100s of thousands of dollars to make decent.
Our theory was that the "Always Plenty" sign referred to the amount of work required to make the place nice.
We saw two cookie-cutter houses that were large, but pretty beat up, and just not overly interesting. We did look at one place in Boulder that we liked a lot more than we expected. It reeks of the 1960s, but in a good way. It's in a good neighborhood, and is about the right size. It does have a fair share of pink tile, some shag carpeting, and a few other issues, but overall we thought it might work well, if the seller was flexible with the price.
We met up with a friend for Sushi later in the day. He'd just seen "Hot Tub Time Machine", and seemed to enjoy it.
The next morning I headed off to help a few friends work on their vehicles. We also did a bit of packing up around the house, and made one trip to the storage unit. The weather was amazing, and we took advantage of it by going on a good walk around the nearby lakes. We then drove into town to walk around the potential house, in order to feel what the neighborhood was like. We liked what we saw.
Another week of work looms.
We then headed off to look at four different houses. Two of the houses we wanted to look at went under contract in the last week, so our day was a bit shorter than we expected. We looked at one place "way" out in the country. It looked good on paper, but was an absolute wreck. It was at the very top of our budget, and would have required a few 100s of thousands of dollars to make decent.
Our theory was that the "Always Plenty" sign referred to the amount of work required to make the place nice.
We saw two cookie-cutter houses that were large, but pretty beat up, and just not overly interesting. We did look at one place in Boulder that we liked a lot more than we expected. It reeks of the 1960s, but in a good way. It's in a good neighborhood, and is about the right size. It does have a fair share of pink tile, some shag carpeting, and a few other issues, but overall we thought it might work well, if the seller was flexible with the price.
We met up with a friend for Sushi later in the day. He'd just seen "Hot Tub Time Machine", and seemed to enjoy it.
The next morning I headed off to help a few friends work on their vehicles. We also did a bit of packing up around the house, and made one trip to the storage unit. The weather was amazing, and we took advantage of it by going on a good walk around the nearby lakes. We then drove into town to walk around the potential house, in order to feel what the neighborhood was like. We liked what we saw.
Another week of work looms.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Treehouse Platform View
I was doing my semi-monthly check to see if any interesting satelite imagery had been updated, and found these using bing.com:
You can definitely make out the platform of the treehouse. The shadow really makes it obvious it is there, and I believe you can see the black tarp in the first photo.
I imagine in a year or two they'll update the data again, and the actual structure will be there.
You can definitely make out the platform of the treehouse. The shadow really makes it obvious it is there, and I believe you can see the black tarp in the first photo.
I imagine in a year or two they'll update the data again, and the actual structure will be there.
Better late than never
What crazy weather we've been having here! Last week we were in the mid to high 60's. Really felt like spring. Then on Friday and Saturday Boulder received more than a foot of snow. I was in Portland for business, and stayed over the weekend. The plan was to go snowboarding at Mount Hood on Saturday, but things played out a bit differently.
I'd seen "Super Diamond" a few times in the Nineties, so it was cool randomly find them playing in Portland. My co-worker Mike and I bought tickets, and ended up enjoying the show a little too much.
We woke up a little too late to make it Snowboarding the next day. Instead we drove around the Oregon coast a bit, and took in the sights. That area of the country is pretty cool, it's certainly doesn't remind me of anyplace I've spent significant time at.
By the time I got back to Boulder, Kristen had a bit of Cabin Fever, but most of the snow had melted. Tuesday night we got another foot of snow. The roads got pretty messy, and a co-worker was in his car for over 5 hours, trying to make it 37 miles back to his place. I didn't take any pictures, but found this one on the local paper's site:
Most of the snow is gone in town. The mountains didn't really get hit that hard, and I don't think Kristen is going to let me go up there any time soon anyways.
I'd seen "Super Diamond" a few times in the Nineties, so it was cool randomly find them playing in Portland. My co-worker Mike and I bought tickets, and ended up enjoying the show a little too much.
We woke up a little too late to make it Snowboarding the next day. Instead we drove around the Oregon coast a bit, and took in the sights. That area of the country is pretty cool, it's certainly doesn't remind me of anyplace I've spent significant time at.
By the time I got back to Boulder, Kristen had a bit of Cabin Fever, but most of the snow had melted. Tuesday night we got another foot of snow. The roads got pretty messy, and a co-worker was in his car for over 5 hours, trying to make it 37 miles back to his place. I didn't take any pictures, but found this one on the local paper's site:
Most of the snow is gone in town. The mountains didn't really get hit that hard, and I don't think Kristen is going to let me go up there any time soon anyways.
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