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28 June 2007

I am now a home-owner. →[More:]

I honestly expected something to go wrong, so I've kept my mouth shut for the past month. It all went through, finally. Anyway, I now own a home. Spent the last seven hours tearing up carpet. Gonna go crash now.

post by: sciurus at: 22:12 | 29 comments

Congratulations!

Spent the last seven hours tearing up carpet. Gonna go crash now.

And I see you're already familiar with the joys of owning a home. Get used to it. :)

posted by bmarkey 28 June | 22:20

Congrats and welcome to the club! Tomorrow's project: seven hours tearing your hair out at the Home Depot.

posted by Joe Invisible 28 June | 22:23

Congratulations! I feel sorry for you already.

posted by dg 28 June | 22:30

A friend of mine recently coined a new word: "congratulaha". It's when you're really happy someone got what they wanted, but you're also completely unable to stop from laughing at their naivete for wanting the thing in the first place, because they're in for a world of hurt.

So, as a fellow homeowner: congratulaha!

Also, this thread is useless without pictures.

posted by eamondaly 28 June | 22:48

Yay! Congrats, congrats! I agree, pictures!

posted by Sil 28 June | 22:57

"Spent the last seven hours tearing up carpet."

You have the right idea. Congrats!

posted by arse_hat 28 June | 22:59

Also, this thread is useless without pictures.

Also, this new home is useless without a cat.

posted by essexjan 28 June | 23:36

Hahaha, congratulations! May you remain mold- and termite-free.

posted by casarkos 28 June | 23:37

Congrats!

posted by treepour 29 June | 00:22

Congrats on the squirrelhouse, sci - finally, a place to store yr nutz! kissykissy, bigbottleofchampagne.

posted by taz 29 June | 02:34

Spent the last seven hours tearing up carpet

I read that as "Spent the last seven MONTHS tearing up carpet." which gives you a pretty good idea of the pace of home improvement in this home.

posted by plinth 29 June | 03:08

Thankyouohno people!

No cat for my home, sorry. Allergic!

Pics will be forthcoming once Flickr digests the huge upload queue I'm giving it.

posted by sciurus 29 June | 06:57

New Home! Congratulations, without any of the "Ha!" (I'm a lifelong renter, so I know not the pains of ownership.)

In my mind, I'm bringing you a potted plant as a housewarming gift. Don't overwater it!

posted by Elsa 29 June | 07:14

Congrats! Just remember: you'll never, ever be "done," so don't stress. At least there are no deadlines.

posted by BoringPostcards 29 June | 08:14

Here are initial pics, no captions yet. Back to loading the uHaul

posted by sciurus 29 June | 08:39

Cute! Congrats.

posted by danostuporstar 29 June | 08:41

wooyay! pix! But I'm getting confuzzled... does this house have three or more apartments? Or am I also see pix from other places you were looking at?

Anyway, it looks great. Is this where we rub the lotion on our skin?

posted by taz 29 June | 08:54

Congratulations, it looks adorable!

posted by tastybrains 29 June | 09:20

WOW! Looks like a HUGE project with some serious potential. I like all the catholic remnants throughout the house. Were the previous home owners 90?

posted by Lola_G 29 June | 09:22

Also? This is pure art.

posted by taz 29 June | 09:39

Congratulations!

posted by brujita 29 June | 10:39

Congratulations!

posted by sisterhavana 29 June | 10:45

So, uh, party at your place?

posted by klangklangston 29 June | 12:11

Super duper! Congrats.
I’m presently w/out the homeowner duty, but am helping my nephew with his first home – which is a fixer-upper. It’s really quite fun, being able to make all those decisions and change it to suit your desires. That part really beats being a renter. Best wishes.

Course, the best comment came from my nephew as we were installing new kitchen cabinets… (little 5’-3 me as helper!) We were taking that much needed break, and he looked over at me and said, “Just think, all the fun of home ownership without the bills.”

posted by mightshould 29 June | 12:29

err,
meaning that I had all the fun without the bills - cause he was paying for it all...

well, should get back to employment now...

posted by mightshould 29 June | 12:54

The previous homeowners are old Lebanese Catholics. The old man has already stopped by once. I have the feeling I'm going to have to shoo him away on a regular basis.

posted by sciurus 29 June | 13:19

Congradulamations, sciurus! We've been in our new place *counts on fingers* eight months and have yet to start the redecorating we want to do.

posted by deborah 29 June | 14:28

Awww! Yay on the new digs. It's got personality plus.

posted by chewatadistance 29 June | 18:23

neat!

posted by jason's_planet 29 June | 21:36

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