So for those of you not in the know, M and I are house hunting. Well, townhome hunting. Well, looking for a place that has running water and is not overrun by gang activity. This is not as fun as you might imagine, as the housing market in the area is very tight. And when I say 'tight' I mean that a house just down the road from us sold its first day on the market for $300K. This house has 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, is about fifty or so years old (and showing every year of that), and it sits on a little less than an eighth of an acre. Three Hundred Thousand dollars. The townhome pictured above is in the same subdivision that a co-worker of mine lives in. I contacted the realtor about it today - undoubtedly it is under contract already. We're starting the pre-approval process with the bank today, and will be contacting the realtor that two of my co-workers used sometime this week. *crosses fingers*
posted by Kecia 12:30 PM
Thursday, June 24, 2004
May those that love us, love us. And for those who don't, may they turn their hearts. And if they don't, may they turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limping. - Irish Proverb
posted by Kecia 4:28 PM
And so she comes to dream herself the tree,
The wind possessing her, weaving her young veins,
Holding her to the sky and its quick blue,
Drowning the fever of her hands in sunlight.
She has no memory, nor fear, nor hope
Beyond the grass and shadows at her feet.
- Hart Crane, Abstract Garden, 1932
A Brief History of Time Pictures from the last few weeks will be going up here as soon as we find time to put them there, but in the meantime, here are a very few . . .
Matthew posing with our gift to our flower girl; waiting for ourmarriage license forms to be processed; detail of the wonderful afghan Matthew's grandmother made for us; the wedding site;silliness on the plane; the magnificent ms Westerdam; Venice via vaporetto; two views of Dubrovnik; statuary of Rome; the gardens of the Casino at Monte Carlo; sleeping Barbary Ape in Gibraltar; the grounds of Lisbon'sMoorish castle (no futbol players in sight); the Old Fort of Vigo; silly picture time aboard ship; honeymooners in front of the Louvre; jolly old England at last
(with profuse apologies to the great Stephen Hawking)
posted by Kecia 8:59 AM
Monday, June 14, 2004
question of the day If one possesses the talent to excel, and, through either neglect or choosing, does not - is that wrong/bad/unfortunate? Should one push oneself to be one's utmost, or just relax and let life's current carry them where it will? Should there be a limit to the number of times "one" can be used in a sentence?
These musings brought to you by my missing the Downs sisters, and my subsequent Google search for them, which led me to a list of all of Ellen's accomplishments . . .
posted by Kecia 7:23 PM
a home for my blatherings on the web, because i have a real need to procrastinate more than i already do
