When it’s finally and officially off the table, I’ll tell you what happened but for now…. It’s not going to be our house.
Month: November 2022
And wait
Offer with contingencies made. Accepted. Inspections made. Contingent offer made. And we wait. I’d go into more detail but… I won’t.
Thirteen Trees
A break from house stuff. Some musings on Tintin.
For various reasons, I’m not going to talk about the house right yet. (Oh, but I went to the charming Fair Oaks Horticultural Center yesterday. Delightful!) So instead I’m going to talk about musings on Tintin.
In Red Rackham’s Treasure the book has an unusual cutaway scene setup as an introduction. (Herge was probably attempting to mimic the cinema of the time) In a dockside bar two working men meet at a bar. One asks the other if he is still a ship’s cook, and the other, Bill, tells of how he is about to embark an an engagement with Tintin and Captain Haddock on the Sirius. This is the same cook in The Shooting Star. He accuses Snowy of stealing biscuits but the biscuits were actually stolen by Professor Calculus.
Continue reading “A break from house stuff. Some musings on Tintin.”Consumnes and Blistering Barnacles
A pleasant birthday excursion is Consumnes River Preserve. I didn’t really take any photos of notable quality but you all are capable of googling and finding photos other people took, aren’t you?
Continue reading “Consumnes and Blistering Barnacles”The Story So Far
K and I really need to move. Our house, though with charms, is simply too small and has terrible flow with a bottle-neck when the hallway, living room kitchen and converge into a 32-inch passage way. A sideways move to a nicer house in El Cerrito isn’t really practical or affordable and, let’s face it, in terms of traffic crowds, cost of living etc. … If you have to ask you’ll never believe the answer. Let’s just say K had more access to culture in Fresno and I had more in Eugene because you could actually get to it.
Should be plenty to explore. Note the pedestrian bridge across the American River and the Parks and nature areas near the river.
Continue reading “The Story So Far”Long Day, Short Post
Inspectors: HVAC, Plumber, Arborist and Handyman came today.
We let the little dog run around the yard. (She loves if.) We weren’t aware the gardening truck we had seen were for the seller and they were working on this house and the little dog got out through an open gate and trot trot trotted down the street.
Continue reading “Long Day, Short Post”Man’s Best Friend
So what did she do today? She arranged for an HVAC inspector, a plumber, a handyman to come Thurs, wrote to the county for records. What did I do? I cursed about how my WordPress installation has difficulty with images. And I called Sacramento to find out who provides our electrical service. And I walked the dog.
Continue reading “Man’s Best Friend”Getting Started
I want to talk about the house we have made an offer on.
It is in Fair Oaks, outside of Sacramento. This blog is to cover our progress but if I can’t figure out WordPress control panels, who knows.
Anyway, Here are our pets.
Okay that’s enough for now. I’ll type more tonight when I get more control of how this works.