See what, crazy lady? Make sense!

[ebonlock]

The house buying process seems designed to drive me slowly batshit. I swear the broker contacts me roughly every 48 hours with an even crazier request. The latest is a copy of my actual social security card. Mind you I think the last time I saw the thing was in college. Who in the hell needs an actual copy of someone's social security card?

Gah.

So anyway, this means I'm going to be hiking over to the social security administration office on my lunch break tomorrow to get a copy of said card. I have to think this won't be the last ridiculous request before the house is actually mine. I just keep telling myself it'll be worth it in the end.

Speaking of, I met with the owner of the park yesterday and though a bit overly chatty, I quite enjoyed it. I did find out I can put up the fence around my yard that I plan to and that Comcast does not cover the park so if anybody here goes with DirecTV and likes it, lemme know. They're in the forefront right now of my choices.

Also my new yard is going to require some serious work. There's a tree growing in front of my shed and two large black barrels that may, or may not, have been used for composting at some point. Also interestingly the people seem to have left a gorgeous little stone Buddha out there. I've always wanted one of those so I really hope they've abandoned it. I shall be very happy to adopt it :)

Comments

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

I must admit the Buddha statue almost made up for all the crap they left behind out there. I'll have to be sure to mention to the realtor that her handyman not touch it whilst doing the repairs.

[wyomingnot.livejournal.com]

I'll have to be sure to mention to the realtor that her handyman not touch it whilst doing the repairs.

*Definitely*. Never ever assume anything when dealing with realtors and their associates. ;) (and don't necessarily assume they'll know what you mean when you say 'buddha statue'. be specific about the happy fat guy)

:)

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'll just tuck him away someplace safe so there's no temptation for them to lay a hand on him. If I get the chance I'll take a pic of him the next time I'm over there.

[wyomingnot.livejournal.com]

Also a viable option. I didn't mention it before because I didn't know if it would be too cumbersome or not. Also, didn't know if disturbing the little man would bother you on some level. ;)

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

I think he can be moved, and I just pinged the realtor regarding stuff in the garden and whether the sellers might come back for any of it, so we'll see. She's having her guys start to work next week and says we should be able to close as soon as June 22nd. Of course I want to hear that from the broker before I really believe it.

Is it wrong that a big part of me is rather looking forward to canceling my Comcast account? Ever since they hired that Ben Stein douche for their commercials I've been thinking about it.

[wyomingnot.livejournal.com]

You got yourself a quick closing. And I thought mine was fast (had to get it done before the down payment assistance program ended).

I need to see if I can get a garden-minded friend of mine to help me figure out what to do with my yard. It needs help, but I don't have any proper money for it (all the extra money needs to go to stuff *inside* the house). But I've got at least one friend (though not local) who might have some keen ideas on the cheap.

:)

I'm really excited for you. The whole house thing is awesome.

Oh, and it is not wrong to be excited about cancelling Comcast. Kinda offsets the fact that I'm gonna have to sign up for digital cable with Time-Warner (I'm not sure if the regular is going to cut it with the shiny new telly).

/blather