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I tourded Gibsonville Saturday and I think house one in the home search is the house for me. I am going to look at houses Saturday, not that I want too at this point, but because I think choosing after the first tour is unwise.
However I have already told my relator if I do not see "the one" then I want to go forward with this house. That is when the fun begins with negotiations, home inspections and such. It will be an education.

Between the house and outbuilding there is plenty of living space. Having a regular patio and a screened porch are very nice. With all the plants they offer lots of privacy when things turn green. The outbuilding can be a studio, a guesthouse or workshop since it has a toilet. My plan would be guesthouse/studio for the most part. There is a small little building if you want to call it that where they have all their gardening tools. BTW the outbuilding is new, 15 years old. They bought this house 15 years ago and it was totally unlivable. Completely rehabbed it.

Perfect weather yesterday. 67 degrees. I hope this signals the turn towards spring. Ohhhhhhhhh Yea baby. Got to love that spring feeling.
Hope you got to be outside for a spell.

Saturday morning Goodness

Tunes for Saturday morning smiles.

Blogger sucks scrimshaw

Blogger was giving me problems once again. Took forever to post the picture.

The picture is my parents house after the 16 inches of snow they got Wednesday night.
Between the storms of the last two weeks they have had 34 inches of snow. They both said they have never seen so much snow. My dad is going up on the roof of the kitchen, porch and garage to get rid of some of the snow. Lots of roofs collapsing. 

Tomorrow the house hunt starts. Going to look at the old house in Gibsonville. Then a open house on Sunday.. The fun begins.  

Great song by Queen. Not a lot of people know this one. One of my favorites

Going now. Blogger is being a real fucking pain in the ass.

Hi

Good Thursday. Just saying Hi.

Here is some early Priest.

Spring?

The U.S. National Figure Skating Championship is in Greensboro, I am not going.

Going to apply for my mortgage today.

Have not really found any other homes that appeal to me yet. Am I to picky? Maybe. Lots of ranch style homes. Uugh.

Temps are on the rise here. 50's around the corner. Maybe I'll start some plants this weekend. Get a head start on some things to dress up the porchette. Then I can transplant them when I move.

Started dieting. Salad for lunch everyday. Got to lose weight. I refuse to buy new jeans so the weight has to come off.

I like how northern Africa and parts of the middle east are coming apart in the name of freedom.

The gov't can't find any link between Julian Assange and Bradley Manning. Imagine that.

Need a shirt?

Bertha

So there is always a catch with a house. The house I posted pictures of is advertised as a two bedroom house, one upstairs? and one down stairs. It is being used as a one bedroom. The bedroom upstairs only has a ceiling height of 6 feet. The downstairs bedroom is being used as a dining room. Well knock me over cause who the hell knew there was a second floor. I'll wait till Saturday to see what the story is. That could be a problem if that really is the case.

Gonna watch Obama's State of the Union tonight?

Income tax time tonight. No sure what kind of refund to expect, if any at all with NC's income tax. I could use a good refund right now.

Packers or Steelers?

If I have to rent month by month my rent goes from $735.00 to $910.00 a month. What a load of crap that is. Great customer service.

Later taters.

Could this be the one?

Is it possible I have found a house right out of the starting gate? Well I like the looks of this one and the pictures from the realtor's website that show the inside are quite appealing. It has a garden and patio in the back and the building in the back is a 20 x 20 wired shed with an attic. This was built in 1899. I suspect it was a carriage house or something like that at one time. List price $119,000. The plumbing and electricity has been updated at some point. I also saw bird feeders and boat loads of my friend the cardinal. Now that must be a sign. I am going to tell my realtor I want to look at this next Saturday. No screwing around here.

Samson and Delilah

The Dead sound very nice here. Got to love that drumming.

Got a realtor yesterday. Got onto the "secret MLS" and found a couple places that are quite suitable. Gonna give them a drive-by today.
My down payment can come tax free from my contributions.

What the hell happened at MSNBC to make Olberman leave. There go their rating into the shitter. Corporate pressure. Maybe Comcast it already throwing its power around.

Speaking of Comcast buying NBC. That never should have been allowed. More control of the media by corporations. They continue to feed us what they want us to hear. I urge you all to listen to the BBC, Al-Jazeera, ITN and other media outlets around the world to get a better idea of what is happening.

Have a satisfying Saturday.

China Cat Sunflower I Know you Rider

Some tasty little jamming for breakfast.

Glad it is Friday. I am going to do some house hunting this weekend and not much else. In a money lockdown for a while. Will need all cash available if I am moving soon.

I am getting sick of hearing everyone bitch about China taking our jobs. They, as a country as doing what they are supposed to do. What are we actually doing as a country to keep these jobs. No real policy from local, state or federal policy that I know of that is actually effective.

If I buy a house a golden retriever will be my house warming gift. One from a shelter.

Thank you Tammy. Spreading seeds for a positive change.

Ken, I hope you get to feeling better soon. I am sure you are waiting for that first morning you cam bake in the sun on your porch.

Peace my friends.

St. Stephen

Busy week at work, again. Business has been pretty good.

Going to see if I can borrow against my Roth IRA to use the money as a down payment for a house. Not sure what those rules are. I know there might be some tax rules that will make it a bad choice. Need to investigate this some more.

1,900 people lost their jobs yesterday in Greensboro.

Sorry, got nothing else.