Great news Frank and Dorothy! Sounds like home already. You have lots of time to sort. Peace, JC On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 8:29 AM, <stillfranksfault@xxxxxxx> wrote: > How YA-AWL doin, LOL > Well, we finally made it, and even thought the cable guy was here till > 7;00 last night, the PC came on line just now. Did I mention how slow things > happen here. LOL. > There was no surprises at the closing, it took 10 minutes and it all was > done. They seamed like nice people, and were over whelmed will their packing > up. I was nervous because there was still a good amount of stuff here at the > walk through. They left us a few logs in the fireplace. Nice. > Well, we got all our stuff from the pod in the house before the > storm hit, and they removed the pod just before the first snow flake fell. > We have 4-5 inches here, and it's been fun watching cars slipping past our > place. D'OH. I guess I'm going to be clearing the snow from the driveway > today, as a plow buried us at the street end. We have a large car port that > kept the car clean, and dry. We have about 80-90ft of driveway. > > Dorothy, and I threw out a lot of stuff during packing to keep from > having to ship stuff only to throw it out later. Well, as we are unpacking > we are coming across stuff that we have no idea where to put it. ???? This > is all ending up in the basement. > We have used the fire place the last two nights and it was great. He > left some good burn wood and since we don't have a kitchen table yet we have > been eating on unopened boxes in front of the fire. High cool factor. Taking > it all in, very different life style from our past, so far it's new and > exciting. > I would like to install a fireplace insert soooo ....... if anyone has > advice on that topic .......... > > I promise to send some photos when I get the chance so hang in > there, I just have other things to get done first. > > Frank & Dorothy, NC > > > -----Original Message----- > From: CTSVMONGO <ctsvmongo@xxxxxxxxx> > To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Wed, Jan 27, 2010 8:01 pm > Subject: [elky] Re: update > > Good luck and congrats Frank, have fun! > > *From:* elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?>] > *On Behalf Of *stillfranksfault@xxxxxxx > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 27, 2010 6:31 PM > *To:* elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* [elky] update > > > Tomorrow is a big day for us, we are closing on our new home. One last > minute snafu, we are buying a few items from the seller, and they said they > would take a personal check. Well, today that changed, and they said > certified check, or cash. Hmmmmm. Really???? 24 hours? ATMs only give me 500 > in 24hrs. I said ............... (since he already emptied the house) if > you don't take the check you can keep the items. D'OH, I guess he > didn't figure I would say that. > Now he will take the check. I have a funny feeling that might not be the > end. It ain't over till the fat lady sings, or we get the keys. > Soooo.... since plans changed a bit, we (should) be moving in > tomorrow. I will rejoice tomorrow night. That being said, I will be off line > until I hook up the PC at home. Cable is coming Sat. 3-5. > We are trying to unload the pod before a storm hits here, it's > expected friday. We will try to get it all inside on thursday. Keep your > fingers crossed. > > PS: I haven't met the seller yet, but I found a car with Florida plates > in our hotel lot. i asked at the desk what our friends room was, and said > their name. Room 219 ............. Hmmmmmm ........ Possibilities..... I > know something they don't know. Big grin. > My next E-mail will be from home, gona get hectic here for the next few > days. >