The house is ours!
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prosodicWe waited all morning and a good part of the afternoon in anticipation of getting the keys to our house.
We were having lunch at Zoopa when our agent called. He wasn't expecting everything to be official until sometime between 2-3 pm.
Zoopa, by the way, is a great restaurant. It's across from the Southcenter Mall in Tukwila, and we ran to Office Depot today so Lance could get a new desk. So we had lunch there. It's a buffet, but it's all pasta, salad, soup and baked goods. Yummy. I had a relatively healthy lunch (big salad with fat free dressing, veggie and white bean soup, 2 breadsticks, tiny serving of penne with tomato basil sauce, and a small amount of roasted potato salad with sundried tomato vinaigrette) until dessert.
Anyway, we finished up our shopping and I was really in need of a nap, so we came back to the hotel and I dozed off for about an hour.
Shortly after 3, my cellphone rang. It was our agent, wanting to know if we were ready to get the keys to our house. He asked us to meet him at the house.
About 15 minutes later, we were there, and he was waiting in the driveway. He handed me the envelope with the key inside, and then he handed me a pointsettia as a housewarming gift. He said that we needed a touch of Christmas first thing. He went inside with us and we made sure that everything was okay. Some stuff was still in the garage and we couldn't find a garage door opener, but our agent said that the seller might be back to pick that stuff up and drop off the opener...she had until 6 pm to do that.
He decided to leave us alone in our new house, and handed me a box, which contained a coffee table book with beautiful pictures from all over Washington state. Then he left.
Lance and I kind of giggled and bounced around a little, and then we went off to Target to buy stuff. We still have lots of stuff to buy, but we got some of our basics covered, at least.
After Target, we stopped at Home Depot to pick up some more stuff. Then we came back to the house.
Shortly after we got there, an SUV pulled up in front. It was the seller and her husband. She introduced herself and handed us a bottle of Merlot (from Washington state) and a card. She said that according to her contract, she owned the house until 9 pm (which is actually correct...our agent was mistaken). But she just wanted to pick up the rest of the stuff and give us the garage door opener. Lance helped them load the stuff into their SUV. We got acquainted in the meantime...she and her husband both seem like really nice people. She swept out the garage, warned us about the bees that like to nest up in the garage attic, and then she and her husband wished us well and went on their way.
Lance and I unpacked our purchases and put them in their places. When we had the chance, we opened up their card.
My parents spent many happy years in this house, and we hope you do too. Happy Holidays.
Such a wonderful, heartfelt gesture. I think we will spend many happy years in this house, indeed.
We were having lunch at Zoopa when our agent called. He wasn't expecting everything to be official until sometime between 2-3 pm.
Zoopa, by the way, is a great restaurant. It's across from the Southcenter Mall in Tukwila, and we ran to Office Depot today so Lance could get a new desk. So we had lunch there. It's a buffet, but it's all pasta, salad, soup and baked goods. Yummy. I had a relatively healthy lunch (big salad with fat free dressing, veggie and white bean soup, 2 breadsticks, tiny serving of penne with tomato basil sauce, and a small amount of roasted potato salad with sundried tomato vinaigrette) until dessert.
Anyway, we finished up our shopping and I was really in need of a nap, so we came back to the hotel and I dozed off for about an hour.
Shortly after 3, my cellphone rang. It was our agent, wanting to know if we were ready to get the keys to our house. He asked us to meet him at the house.
About 15 minutes later, we were there, and he was waiting in the driveway. He handed me the envelope with the key inside, and then he handed me a pointsettia as a housewarming gift. He said that we needed a touch of Christmas first thing. He went inside with us and we made sure that everything was okay. Some stuff was still in the garage and we couldn't find a garage door opener, but our agent said that the seller might be back to pick that stuff up and drop off the opener...she had until 6 pm to do that.
He decided to leave us alone in our new house, and handed me a box, which contained a coffee table book with beautiful pictures from all over Washington state. Then he left.
Lance and I kind of giggled and bounced around a little, and then we went off to Target to buy stuff. We still have lots of stuff to buy, but we got some of our basics covered, at least.
After Target, we stopped at Home Depot to pick up some more stuff. Then we came back to the house.
Shortly after we got there, an SUV pulled up in front. It was the seller and her husband. She introduced herself and handed us a bottle of Merlot (from Washington state) and a card. She said that according to her contract, she owned the house until 9 pm (which is actually correct...our agent was mistaken). But she just wanted to pick up the rest of the stuff and give us the garage door opener. Lance helped them load the stuff into their SUV. We got acquainted in the meantime...she and her husband both seem like really nice people. She swept out the garage, warned us about the bees that like to nest up in the garage attic, and then she and her husband wished us well and went on their way.
Lance and I unpacked our purchases and put them in their places. When we had the chance, we opened up their card.
My parents spent many happy years in this house, and we hope you do too. Happy Holidays.
Such a wonderful, heartfelt gesture. I think we will spend many happy years in this house, indeed.
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The only touch of Christmas in our house |
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Date: 2007-12-16 06:33 am (UTC)