homeownership 101

well, we're homeowners now. the settlement was this past friday and it went off pretty much without a hitch. the only hitch, if you can call it that, is that the seller had surgery that morning so she was all drugged up. but i guess the deal's still legal...

anyways, since pretty much the moment we bought the place we've been putting work into it. we spent all day yesterday buying stuff (washer and dryer, paint, tools, lumber) then spent today painting and fixing other things. we didn't even get done 1/2 of what we thought we would. and i'm wondering why we decided to do this again.

no, not really. it's going to look so cute when we're done with it. but it is (and will continue to be) a lot of work.

* special shout out to mom and jim for helping to shop yesterday and fix up today. and to margaret and angela who helped out today. you guys are the best! thanks for helping to make our new house a home.

excitement is mounting

in one week my parents will be here. chris and i will be homeowners. and (hopefully) we'll have a good portion of the house painted.

in two weeks we'll be moved in to our new house.

yipee!

right now, the apartment is almost packed. we've got a few paint color ideas picked out. the attorney has been secured. things are moving along.

in the meantime, if you know of anyone who wants to help paint the interior of a house next weekend, or help move the following weekend, you know where to post a comment!

i ate meat tonight

well, it sure felt and tasted like meat anyway. chris suggested we venture out of our comfort zone of the few familiar restaurants we always eat at and try the lamb's bread on hampton street. we had passed the one on north main many times and always wondered what the deal was. then chris discovered another location and was up for the adventure.

i'll tell you what, that food was darn good (except the vegan mac and cheese. it tasted like feet)! this place is a vegan and vegetarian restaurant (one of the only ones in columbia), for those who don't know, and i would post a link here but it seems they don't have a website. this is not really a surprise when you see the join. it screams of hippie and pot, jamaica and a hint of africa. it's all laid back and cool though. they offered a large plate and a small plate both with a protein, 2 veggies, cornbread and a drink. the guy said there really was only enough food left for 2 small plates so we got that. but it ended up being a good amount of food. chris and i both opted for the "mock" bbq chicken. holy crap it was so good! it was like a good ol' leg o' meat, only instead of bone it was on a stick. but it had the same consistency and taste as meat. i enjoyed it because it satisfied that constant craving i have for chicken (despite being a vegetarian for 9 years i still have cravings), but i couldn't get over the fact that it wasn't meat. it was so "realistic" that i keep thinking that my stomach hurts from eating meat. and then i realize, no that's just the feeling of being full.

circle completed

as an updated to the previous post, the sellers agreed to work with us to fix the roof. so we're still moving forward with the purchase and in 11 days we'll be homeowners. yikes!

going 'round in circles

just like mom on this circus ride, seems like we've been getting nowhere lately. we've been going back and forth with the sellers of the house we want to buy. after the inspection last week we found out that the roof is in a whole lot worse shape than we anticipated. so we're trying to haggle that out. we think they should pitch in to help with paying for a new one. they do not. i'd like to think that we won't lose the house over a matter of like a couple hundred bucks. but we just might. hopefully we'll know more before the weekend is over. but in the meantime, we're still packing so that's a sign of our positivity that this will all work out in the end.

some sunday evangelizin' for ya

on friday night chris and i went out to eat in five points. when we came back to our car we found this note on our windshield.


SIMPLE- Proven Perfectly- By MASTER'S LOVE.

***THEY SEEK US--DAILY!!!

***COME ON NOW.....WEARY SOUL AND HE MAY FORGIVE YOU, IF, WE SIMPLY & SURELY NOW DRAW NEAR, ACCURATELY, TO HIM!!! Churchianity, various other greco-roman, american, etc. ways...are at best only temporary!!! NOT AT ALL MEANT...TO BE OUR MASTER, OUR GREATEST DESIRE, LOVE AND GLORRY!!! ***CAN YOU STILL HEAR HIS HOLY BIBLE SCRIPTURAL AND PURE CALL DEAR SOUL?? ONLY OUR MASTER YAHSHUA CAN SET AN SOUL TRULY FREE & NEVER LOOK BACK!!!***HIS PURE ONES SPEAK CLEARLY & IN MORE & MORE SCRIPTURALLY COMMANDED REWARDFULL OBEDIANCE-PERFECT LOVE & ALL TRUE, LASTING...OF ALL PERFECT DESIRE...FOUND ALONG...IN THE ONE WAY YAHSHUA OUR MESSIAH!!! SAY NO NOW

TO ALL imitations & come in now!


so there you go. in case you wanted to know. my favorite part, of course, is the word "churchianity."