Today, Michael and I went house-hunting, as the house we were looking at fell through in negotiations (the owner wanted more for it than it was worth).
We looked at three properties, two of which we’d been through before. The last one was one that we really liked before, but changed our minds when we found a couple of others we liked. It always seemed, though, that this property would always come back up as a possibility.
So we looked through this one at 11am, and decided that we’d just go for it. We put in our offer of $180,000 (the house was originally on the market for $199,000, dropped to $195,000, which was what it was when we first looked at it, and was today on the market for $189,000). They came back to us with $185,000. We offered $182,500. They said they won’t go any lower than $185,000. We discussed it, and said okay – $185,000 it is.
SO, on Monday, we’re signing the contract. We’re really excited – it’s not really sunk in yet that we’ve actually agreed on a price and we’re buying a house.
Photos (the furniture isn’t ours of course – these are the photos from the real estate agent):
The crazy neighbours were mostly moved out when we got home tonight!
That is all 
I’m ecstatic!
My friend Jess, from the Tasmanian Pagan Alliance, is awesome. She has just fostered six Turkish Van cats, who were kept in horrific conditions. In her words, “they ha[d] been forgotten – skin and bones, with no food, litter trays, beds or toys, their original owner no longer in their lives, left with someone who doesn’t have the time or want to care for them properly.”
She has taken them all under her wing, and is trying to get them all back to good health. These cats are beautiful, purebred cats. I cannot understand how anyone could just leave them behind. I believe three of them are desexed, so the other three need to also be desexed, and all will need vaccinations, microchipping and possibly further tests.
I have put my hand up to adopt one. I know we shouldn’t, we already have a cat, blah blah blah. But as soon as I heard that Jess had rescued these beautiful cats, I couldn’t say no.
We have one on hold for us – her name is Thorn (all the cats were named after tree species – Apple, Cherry, Willow and Ash – Luna is the only one who isn’t named after a tree!) and she’s magnificent. She’s a bit of a runt, which I love, and we won’t be bringing her home for a while, but when Jess gets them all back up to good health, we’ll be adopting her. We’re thinking about giving her a different name – all our pets have been named after musicians or songs (Layla, Hendrix), so we’re thinking Lennox (maybe too close to Hendrix?) or Quattro. We’ll see what happens when her personality starts shining though.
Here’s a picture of the beauty that is Thorn:
