1/13/2007

New Home

Whee! We have our new place! It's a nice little cottage on a quiet street, in walking distance of just about everything. We don't have everything moved yet, nor put away what we have moved, but we'll get there. One reason for the latter is that the landlord needs to come in (sometime this weekend) to finish painting; until he does, we can't put anything against the walls. I don't want to start putting things on shelves and desks until they are where they need to be.

Anyway, I'm just checking a little mail for the first time in days, and then I have to get back to unpacking the things that do have a place to go, like the kitchen.

Oh, the kitchen! It's smaller than our last one, but much better laid out, with lots more cabinets. And for the first time in decades, we have a gas stove and oven, with a huge broiler! Yay! And we have lots of sunny windows, and a yard, and...and... The cats like it, too!

On with the day...

1/07/2007

The House-Hunt Scramble

So our friend D and I spent most of yesterday and today running around half the county. looking at places and taking down numbers for more. I put in two applications today, and should hear from at least one of them tomorrow. Cross your fingers for us!

I also left lots of messages at places whose offices were closed, and should get some call-backs on those tomorrow as well.

I am so wound up tonight I can hardly think, but pretty soon I need to have some supper and then start cleaning up and packing some things. We have a guy lined up to do most of the packing and hauling for us - a friend of D's - we just have to tell him when. If one of today's places works out, we'll be able to move in right away, so we'll hire a truck to haul it all from here to there. If not, then we'll hire a pod to stash everything in until we do have a new place. Obviously, we're hoping for the former - just to be done with it. If it's the latter, then we'll probably have to board the cats and take a cheap hotel room while we keep looking.

1/05/2007

House-Hunt Scramble, or "How Much is That Window for my Kitty?"

We haven't had any further contact from the friend who was going to connect us to that RV.

Of course, as soon as I wrote that, she called. She'll be here in less than an hour.

Meanwhile, we continue to check other options. Wish us luck!

1/04/2007

Well, folks, we lost

Honey looked the case up online, and found that the decision left the judge's hands yesterday - in favor of the plaintiffs, naturally. So we expect to see the sheriff any day now.

There is still some hope, however.

  1. We get a free consultation with a lawyer.
    1. (Yeah I realize now that I should have done that two months ago, but I thought it would all be pretty straightforward and I could handle it myself. 20/20 hindsight. I'm so used to there being no help available for me that I've gotten into the habit of assuming that I both must and can take care of everything myself.)
    2. Anyway, we'll be talking with him this afternoon to see if he can do anything to help us, even if it's only to get us a stay - to buy us some time before we absolutely have to be out of here.
  2. A friend of ours is connecting us with a guy who'll give us a down-at-the-heels RV. I hear it isn't much, but it could be home for awhile until we can get settled into something better. The guy will even deliver it; we just need to find a place to park it.
Anybody know where we can rent a space (with water, power, and if possible, sewage) to park an old RV and live in it?