We finally bought our Honda Fit. It's silver with the GPS. I was not expecting to get this one, since it's the most expensive. But not only was it the only one available (the Cash 4 Clunkers sapped the local supply and with the '10 models on the way no one was restocking). It was fortunate that Mike changed his mind about GPS (he was paranoid about them) and decided they were cool. We now call our car "The Bat-mite". (Yes, I love our car! :D )
It took us almost 2 months of searching before we found a house and bought it. Our house is about 1600SQFT, with 3 bedrooms, and 2 baths. It was built in '75, so there's definitely a certain 70s vibe going on. (The living room is lower than the rest of the house, for instance.) But the previous owner redid almost all the flooring, so it's not too out-dated. My only real complaint is the wallpaper in the bathrooms. Ugh, ugly. Otherwise it's a really nice house, in a nice neighborhood, that we bought at a nice price. (119K, not including closing and taxes and everything.)
We got to visit my family during the Thanksgiving, which was great. It was wonderful to see everyone again. We brought our two cats with us since we didn't have anyone to watch them while we were away. On the way back we took our third cat, Puar (who'd been with my parents for 4 years while we were in Japan), with us.
I tell you, traveling with 3 cats is not something I want to do any time soon. I need to find someone in this neighborhood who's reliable and willing to watch them when we're gone. I'd pay a teenager to do it, since they can always use the money, if I thought I could trust any of the ones here. (Teenagers are hard to trust, because they aren't use to being responsible for a life.)
And in a startling turn of events I got a job. Yes, you read that right. A real, pays-me-money-and-everything, JOB. I am now a Realtor's Assistant, part time. My Boss's name is Ken and is actually the Realtor who helped us buy our house. (Nice guy!) I get to make my own hours. This is generally a great thing, but for me it's fantastic. It allows me to work around my husband's schedule and take time off during the holidays to visit all my family.
My favorite part of the job is taking pictures of the houses and making virtual tours. It gets me out of the office and helps me learn my way around the city. I've seen some beautiful houses and some houses that make me wonder why ANYONE would buy them. My least favorite part of the job is the stupid letters. I have to send out letters to all the people who are trying to sell their house but do not currently have a realtor. I have any where from 5-20 letters a day I have to mail out. And I have to check everday to make sure none of them have gotten a realtor since yesterday. (We get nasty-grams if we send letters out to people who already have a realtor!) Beside it being mind numbing, it's also a form of spam. I hate thnking I 'm spamming some poor Shmoe's mailbox!
Either way, I really like my job. I'm not great at it, since I still have holes in my training. (So there's some things I don't know how to do, and other things I won't know I should be doing until someone tells me!) But I do enjoy working and feeling useful.
We haven't really found a church home yet. There are a few churches here, and we've been two a few. But I haven't felt really connected to any of the people yet. Though I think Grace Church is a our best bet.
Next up: Christmas vacation at my Husband's house. INTERESTING.
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