Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Good news and bad news. I accepted an offer on the Eddy Street house! Whew! The key was pricing it right. As soon as I did it sold! Lesson learned for selling this house! Over pricing it just means it doesn't sell.


The house inspection was done today and we are having the couple of things mentioned addressed tomorrow. Mike is seriously looking for a place for us to buy in his area now! He thought he'd found "the one" only to find out it already has an offer on it.


Mike leaves Saturday morning for Japan! He'll stay with Brett for 5 days in Kyoto. I spoke with him today and he is starting to get excited about the trip! It'll be his first trip off the North American c0ntinent! It might be best he not start the process of buying a house until he gets back.


Caleb and Oliver started Tee-ball this month! Caleb is an assistant coach for the team and Oliver is the baseball player! They both look pretty pleased even though their first game was rained out last week.
Sure brings back memories for me. We spent several seasons at the Little League fields in Medford as Brett, Caleb and Micheal worked through T-ball, Rookies, and Babe Ruth... I still can not eat a corn dog! Dinner options from the concession stand is pretty limited!
Lots of fun and good times are ahead for Oliver, Caleb and Kelly.
Kelly got a part in a local play and she is really excited about that. It's what puts a sparkle in her eye! I don't know much about the play itself but was really happy to hear the joy in words as she told me about it.
I purchased the invitations for the wedding ceremony and should have them out in the mail by the end of the week! So watch your mailboxes!
Sunday Cheryl is having an open house here so Jack and I are discussing taking the gun cabinet to Rocky and Caron in Roseburg. If the weather is as bueatiful as it is today we are going to try the Amicer Park to Hestness Landing float on the North Umpqua! Got to try out our gear!
Hope all is good with you out there!


Sunday, April 15, 2007

The weekend passed quickly again! Bookcases, hutch, kitchen set, TV and VCR, boots, and the leather chair and ottoman have gone to their new homes! That allows us to walk through the garage.

Friends, Caron and Rocky, got here from Roseburg about 10 am and we dropped the housework for more fun things like a drive to Crater Lake and an evening of domino's! It was good to visit with them and catch up on the status of all their projects. Rocky and Caron get more done in a week than anyone else I know!

The drive to Crater Lake was a total bust as far as viewing the lake goes. We were in the clouds when we reached the Rim and the lake was completely hidden in fog. It was snowing and the temperature had dropped from 43 to 28 degrees so we didn't spend much time outside the truck! Snow is about 14 feet deep on th the Rim. We made a brief stop at Steele Circle and then headed back to Klamath Falls. It's a good thing the trip was about spending time together not seeing Crater Lake.

Rocky looked at my Metro while he was here and determined the screeching is a fan belt that needs replacing not just tightening. Jack will be taking care of that this week. Caron's little Aveo is the four door version of my Metro so our driveway looked like a parent and child car set!

Jack fixed a great breakfast Sunday morning and then we took a stroll in Moore Park to walk it off! We showed Rocky and Caron where we will be having the ceremony by the lake and then showed them the OIT campus. Caron was really surprized at the small size of the campus. It's only about 5 buildings. I think she was envisioning something more like U of O's campus. The day was bright and bueatiful - the better day for sight seeing! Best laid plans...

After their departure Jack and went to visit Dad and found him making Bread Pudding. He is looking better every day and seeing him up and active is great! We took advantage of the good weather to clean up Dad's patio. I pummelled the cushions to get all the dust off them and Jack hosed down the glass patio table and chair frames. After putting away the gardening stuff and sweeping the patio we set the table and chairs back up on the patiol Dad seemed pleased. He said he didn't recognize the place! I'm hoping having a nice clear place to sit outside will encourage him to get out and enjoy the good weather. Fresh air and sunshine is a great elixer!

That was my weekend! Hope you all enjoyed yours as much!

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Easter dinner was a wonderful affair at Ed and Nancy's home! Nancy must have cooked for a week! Carl, Tracy, Darrell, Signe, Leo, Alisha, Wolf, Jessame, Rebecca, Mark, Jack and I ate all we could and didn't hardly make a dent in the spread! We each brought a dish but Nancy had all the bases covered - nobody could want for anything! I had hot cross buns for the first time and carrot pie in whole wheat crust. There was also carrot and onion salad, deviled eggs, parogues, sausage in saurqwart, turkey, ham, potatoe salad, jello salad. And then there were the desserts! This was a private home not a catered affair! We had a great time catching up with each other as we ate. Seems like all of us have been going all winter long and this was about the first time we've all gathered since New Years.

From there we returned home for the final push to get the house ready for "show". Cheryl came Monday and took pictures and it is listed! Since then Jack and I have slowed down a bit. It is basically ready now to show anytime. Jack finished the work room today and took the last big load to the storage unit. We'll be having a garage sale some nice weekend.

There was snow on the ground this morning! It melted by mid morning but it's a reminder everyday is not guaranteed warm yet!

Dad got to come home from the hospital today. He went in one Monday with internal bleeding again and they've been giving him replacement blood all week! We think we've uncovered the cause so hopefully this will be the last episode. Dad has been taking Napersin - unbeknownst to his doctor. Now that is off his list of medications maybe the bleeding will stop. He's happy to be home and his dog Jake is thrilled he is too.

Friday, April 06, 2007

Very busy week on the house front. We have painted the paneling in the dining room the same color as the rest of the livingroom . I've cleared the kitchen counters of everything except the microwave, toaster, and coffeepot. We are making great progress! We've given away some of the "extra" furniture and the rest is getting tagged for a garage sale.

Jack has taken much of what we are going to keep to the storage unit he rented on Wednesday. All but 4 of my hats are once again packed in their hat boxes and stored! It was only 5 months ago I unpacked them! We are telling ourselves this is the last time!

We've gone through 6 houses as of this evening. We believe we've found a house we both want. We are going to sleep on it tonight and discuss making an offer tomorrow. It will be contingent on the sale of our house here but we would like to lock it in if we can. We'll see what tomorrow brings.

Night for now!

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

What's new? Well, I'm sporting blended tri-focal glasses which really helps with the computer screens! The grey hair is coming in strong too! Aging quickly here!

Other than that... Jack signed the papers and Klamath Falls house goes on multiple listing next Monday! We are going to be "de-cluttering" like crazy this next week! But it is the standard hurry up and wait...I am sure. I expect the house will be on the market 4 to 6 months.

My Roseburg house has been on the market since November! Jack and I took a load of things up to Mike for when he gets his place and worked on the house's "curb appeal" this past weekend. We cleaned windows, bleached the patio cement, and weeded what we could. Josh and his girlfriend stopped by and we got to catch up with each other. Turned out his girlfriend knows a lot of the same people in Klamath Falls that we do. It was a nice visit. In Junction City we went to dinner with Mike and then visited as long as Jack and I could keep our eyes open. An early evening to Mike I'm sure but we'd been up since 4:30 am!

Sunday we drove home via the Diamond Lake Hwy and I showed Jack the different raft put-in, take outs and rapids along the way. We got a good helmet for him in Eugene so now we're ready to go rafting!

That's what's goin' on here... hope all is well out there!