The owner came back with their final counter on the house, they are asking for $130K. After a lot of discussions and considerations we are going to accept that and move forward with the process. If anything comes up in the inspection we can always walk away or make concessions on the price to either lower the offer so we can make the repairs or have the owner make them. We are excited, but still not getting our hopes up too much, we’ve been this far once before and it went south. It is progress though, which is good, because I am now really itching to get out of the apartment and into something of our own.
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Fingers Crossed for a New Home
After a lot of serious looking for the past few months, we are putting an offer in on a property in Westland. They are asking $140K, but with the market analysis we feel that price is high, so we are going to offer $125K and keep our fingers crossed. It’s a nice two-story 3 bedroom (more like 2.5, one is small and has no closet), 1.5 bath with a 2 car attached garage and a full basement. Everything we were looking for. In addition there is another garage in the back that apparently used to be the owner’s late husband’s work shop. This will come in real handy for storing the motorcycle and lawn stuff so we don’t lose garage space. Now we wait and see…
Beginning Fourth Grade
Today starts the beginning of another school year adventure, as it’s Kylie’s first day of 4th grade. As usual she is excited to be going back, mainly to see all of her friends again. We are certain she will continue with the good progress she made last year and will build new skills and confidences in her academics. She’s looking forward to continuing with science the most, and hopefully the math continues to stay on track as well. This year will provide me with another chance to participate in the WatchDOGS program, which was really fun last year. I am hoping to be able to participate again, but like many things, only time will tell. As always we are excited to take this journey with Kylie and cannot wait to see how she grows this year.
The Final Straw (for the apartment)
Once again I have found damage on the motorcycle. Came home real early this morning from a night out at a friends place and as we pulled in the lights panned across the bike… on the ground, on it’s side. This makes almost exactly one year to the day since the last time the bike was damaged. This time it looks like someone may have actually sat on the bike and tried to move it, judging by how far forward it was when I picked it up. The police officer who came to take the report also feels that was the case. So we aren’t sure if it was a failed attempt at trying to steal it, or just someone being stupid. Either way, there is a good amount of damage. The throttle grip is cracked all the way through the throttle tube along with some scratches to the mirror and floorboards. This is the final straw for me, it’s time to move, time to get our own place. We’ve been looking for the past few years, but now that we are married I think we really need to get out of here. Well, guess I’ll need to have repairs done.
Happy 9th Birthday, Kylie!
Another year has sped past and my little girl continues to grow. Despite a promise made to me many years ago that you would not, you have aged and grown once more. You would tell me that this is my fault because I keep feeding you vegetables, but in reality you’re the one who likes to eat frozen peas! This year has been a busy one for you, with some major life changes thrown in, but you have handled them with grace and a little complaining. 🙂 You began and completed third grade and made some great improvements during the school year, I even got to come spend a day with you! We got to spend a day at the museum and another day learning about birds of prey. The two biggest changes in your life this year, however, were the changes to your family. You managed to gain new parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins with both Mommy and Daddy getting married this year! You played a major part in both weddings and we are all very thankful, and proud, to have you as our daughter. We all look forward to watching you grow and develop into a beautiful young lady, and we can’t wait to see what the next year holds in store for you. Happy Birthday Kylie, we love you very much!
On to Fourth Grade
Today was Kylie’s last day of 3rd grade. I can’t believe how fast the school year went. Kylie has had a great academic year that has seen some much-needed improvement in her math skills. She came a long way during the year it that subject and is now pretty much back on track. We couldn’t be more happy with this particular turn around. All of her other subjects remained strong throughout the year. I was also able to take part in the WatchDOGS program this year, and that was an interesting day. Hopefully I will get to participate again next year, but we will have to wait and see what my availability is with work. Hard to believe she is going to fourth grade already!
Another Year of Ballet
Today was Kylie’s ballet recital, and I know I may be just a tad bit biased but she was awesome! It’s so cool to see all her hard work come together in the full routine. The change over the last four (almost 5) years is astounding. She has grown and learned so much, and her love of this art form continues to grow along with her. As is our tradition the recital was followed with ice cream down at Stroh’s.
A Night of Song
Kylie had a school choir concert tonight, and she did great! Kylie really enjoys singing and watching her have so much fun is very enjoyable for me. The concert lasted for about an hour and all the kids did a really good job. Watching Kylie grow and improve at the things she enjoys makes me very proud and I hope she continues to follow her heart and dreams. I know we will all support her along the way. I do wish my Mom was able to stay one more night though, so she could have witnessed this event as well. Obviously with us being so far away she doesn’t have the opportunity to see things like this for a number of her grand-kids. We do try to send her videos when we can, but it’s not the same as seeing it live.
She’s Going Home
This morning was bittersweet as it was the last day of Mom’s visit. Due to the time at which her flight left we really only had a few hours with her. After waking and making sure everything was packed and ready we decided to have breakfast at McDonald’s. Afterwards it was time to drop her off at the airport so she could process through security and check-in. We are very happy that Mom was able to make it out here to spend this time with us, and even happier she was able to be at our wedding. We miss you already Mom and hope you will be able to come back out again soon.
Mom’s Last Full Day
Seeing as today is the last full day that Mom will be in town, I decided to keep Kylie home from school so she could spend the day with Nana. We went out to Little Daddy’s with Tracey and the girls (Julian couldn’t make it) for lunch and then took the kids to play at Bishop Park. The weather started to get bad so we decided to cut the park and visit short and go to the mall so I could pick Mom up some headphones for her new Kindle Fire, and we get stuck in shelter due to a tornado warning! I had never had that happen before and it was an interesting experience that I don’t really want to repeat. Luckily we weren’t in there too long and were able to go get what we came for. Kylie was a little upset when it was time for her to go back to Tiffany’s house, but seeing as Mom needs to be at the airport early to make sure she gets through all the checkpoints for her flight, I can’t justify keeping Kylie out of school again. Afterwards we went back home to relax and spend the few last hours with Mom before she heads back to NY in the morning.