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Milestone So yesterday was a big day (perhaps "the big day" in a lot of ways) ...we closed on Mom's house, so that part is over now. I ran by the place beforehand and made one last peek in the mailbox and garage, and it occurred to me that I probably won't be back in that part of the metroplex again; there's just nothing in that part of town for me anymore. Mom lived there for nearly nineteen years ...me for nearly three. I'm not overly sentimental about it; at the title place, my sister kept going on about how "Mom would have wanted this" or "Mom would have hated this" ...and it occurred to me just how much we superimpose our own stuff on this sort of thing. She was correct with a lot of the "Mom would have liked..." stuff (sure, Mom would have liked a family with moving in ...but if we'd sold the place while she was still alive, it wouldn't have been an even remotely motivating detail for Mom). Every time she said "Mom would have hated..." it really hit home how Sis really either didn't know Mom that well, or is just adept at superimposing her own feelings over what she perceived Mom's feelings to be. I may not be overly sentimental, but I sure have a lot of feelings to work through. All this home buying and selling is new to me ...I've always lived in apartments, but since I paid cash for the condo, I only had to sign in four or five places on the closing day (I did a fair bit of stuff online beforehand). I turned in all the keys garage door openers and gave myself carpal tunnel from all the signatures and initialing everything in yesterdays business though. They said yesterday was a little MORE paperwork than the norm since there were four owners involved; I guess I got to see both ends of the spectrum in the buying and selling of homes. If I never have to do it again, that will be perfectly fine with me. It's a done deal now though; my savings account is suddenly a lot healthier and I can begin looking at those other little details here at the condo. I need a new couch and coffee table (those will be sooner rather than later), and I will redo the kitchen (this MAY be on the "later" end ...no need to be in a rush); I'm half-considering replacing the downstairs AC unit simply because it's so old and has a few issues that will eventually need to be addressed. I think yesterday was our first triple-digit day and it kept up great though. I have to say it's a nice feeling to be debt-free and reasonably set up for the foreseeable future. One other thing that came up with the closing yesterday was parties and entertaining guests. We were actually talking about a couple that the Realtor, my sister and myself know. My sister remarked the husband was one of the types that if he never had a party or guests over, that it wouldn't even remotely bother him ...and the people were like "Oh Wow ...really?!" ...and I was like "Wow ...people really like having LOTS of people over?!" Don't get me wrong ...I like company under the right circumstances. When I get slightly better furniture I'll probably be a little more open to the occasional gathering here, but I guess I'm a bit more of an introvert than I thought. A houseful of people on a regular basis exhausts me even thinking about it. There was a day when I did that sort of thing a bit more often, but it's been a while. Hey, but it's a brand new day and the future looks pretty bright, so there's just no telling! |
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That IS a big day.... and I know what you mean about the carpal tunnel pain lol! When I settled on my house, it was my birthday and it made it really difficult to write the current year instead of my birth year! 
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Wait....you mean parties? Where lots of other people invade your home and make messes, lots of noise, then leave it all for you to clean up? People ENJOY doing that???? OMG....who knew???  I'm too much of an introvert to do that. My home is my retreat...my sanctuary from the rest of the crazy world. As for closings and lots of signing.....yup. Sounds like yours was pretty fun! I've been through a closing that had 4 owners...and their spouses...that had to sign. It can get interesting. But it's not the worst by far. I deal with some of that on a regular basis. Pagan  Hmmmm....I know I left that wand around here somewhere!
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I'll be back when football season starts in the fall... provided SMU is still paying some hefty coin to CBSSports!!!!! Your shopping will probably be all done by then but we definitely have to have lunch again!!! 
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