CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Headstall]

2 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All

Hi, Albert.  

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, Valkyrie said:

Busy.  Today is my busy day at work.  Cole and Randy arrive on Sat so I'm getting excited about their visit  

Have a great day, sis.  

[Headstall]

7 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha Gary hope you slept better 

Slept a couple of hours, got up and fed... my son had Cookie downstairs with him... and then went back to bed and slept for three more hours.  

[Albert1434]

16 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Slept a couple of hours, got up and fed... my son had Cookie downstairs with him... and then went back to bed and slept for three more hours.  

Well that is better keep up the good work 

[Albert1434]

Well Val I hope you have a blast with your friends 

[Valkyrie]

5 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Well Val I hope you have a blast with your friends 

Thanks  I'm sure we will  And we're planning on doing another round of collective prompts too  

[Marty]

3 hours ago, clochette said:

Hi Marty  yes I'm having a nice break. It's especially nice to be here with my cousin as we don't see each other often with the distance. We used to spend our holidays all 5 (the 3 M being me, Marion and Margot and their brother and mine) together either at their house or at the grandparents'. 

The weather is still good. We're expecting T storms tonight and tomorrow though.

What about you? You've got anything planned, a walk with TN maybe? 

Sounds like an ideal break for you, clo.

I've had a bit busy today. I have had an offer on a house in the local village for a while now. It's about 100 years old and will need some work doing on it, but it's in fairly good condition otherwise. And it has a very large garden at the rear, which makes it especially attractive to me. There's also a two story cottage in the back garden, but that at present is only used for storage, and would probably need planning permission should I ever intend to restore it. The estate agent (I think they're called realtors across the pond) rang me around the middle of the day to say that my offer has been accepted. So I spent most of the afternoon arranging to pay a deposit, and talking to my solicitor and a Building Surveyor, who will inspect it and prepare a report for me. This place has been on the market for over twelve months, and I had placed an offer (much higher than my current one) on it, but then dropped out when another person offered a much higher price. Apparently, when it came to signing contracts a few months ago the person who was supposed to be buying it didn't respond to letters, emails, or telephone calls. So that person basically lost his (her?) deposit, and the estate agent got back to me. My bid (which was €30,000 less that the previously agreed price) has been accepted. I'm really excited! I've been renting a small house with no garden for the past couple of years, and am looking forward to owning my own property again. Especially one with such a large garden.  

It's just after 8pm now, and I have nothing much planned for the rest of this evening. I may try to get some writing done.

Tomorrow I shall be giving a lift to another photographer friend of mine so that he can get some of his work printed. I may also see about upgrading my mobile (cell) phone whilst he is doing that. The store where I bought my last one a couple of years ago is in the same town as the photo printing  place, and they rang me a few months back to tell me I qualify for a free upgrade...

Have I mentioned I'm off to England on Friday? A week with my sister, and then a road trip to Germany with a young friend of mine. He's been living with his granny in Germany for the past couple of years, and wants me to bring a lot of his personal stuff back from there in the car.

 

[Marty]

2 hours ago, Headstall said:

Hey, Marty.  

Hey, Mr Gary!  

[Marty]

5 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All

Belated hi back to you, young Albert!

[Albert1434]

Aloha Marty 

[Headstall]

9 minutes ago, Marty said:

Sounds like an ideal break for you, clo.

I've had a bit busy today. I have had an offer on a house in the local village for a while now. It's about 100 years old and will need some work doing on it, but it's in fairly good condition otherwise. And it has a very large garden at the rear, which makes it especially attractive to me. There's also a two story cottage in the back garden, but that at present is only used for storage, and would probably need planning permission should I ever intend to restore it. The estate agent (I think they're called realtors across the pond) rang me around the middle of the day to say that my offer has been accepted. So I spent most of the afternoon arranging to pay a deposit, and talking to my solicitor and a Building Surveyor, who will inspect it and prepare a report for me. This place has been on the market for over twelve months, and I had placed an offer (much higher than my current one) on it, but then dropped out when another person offered a much higher price. Apparently, when it came to signing contracts a few months ago the person who was supposed to be buying it didn't respond to letters, emails, or telephone calls. So that person basically lost his (her?) deposit, and the estate agent got back to me. My bid (which was €30,000 less that the previously agreed price) has been accepted. I'm really excited! I've been renting a small house with no garden for the past couple of years, and am looking forward to owning my own property again. Especially one with such a large garden.  

It's just after 8pm now, and I have nothing much planned for the rest of this evening. I may try to get some writing done.

Tomorrow I shall be giving a lift to another photographer friend of mine so that he can get some of his work printed. I may also see about upgrading my mobile (cell) phone whilst he is doing that. The store where I bought my last one a couple of years ago is in the same town as the photo printing  place, and they rang me a few months back to tell me I qualify for a free upgrade...

Have I mentioned I'm off to England on Friday? A week with my sister, and then a road trip to Germany with a young friend of mine. He's been living with his granny in Germany for the past couple of years, and wants me to bring a lot of his personal stuff back from there in the car.

 

It sounds absolutely wonderful, Marty. I love old houses, especially those in the British Isles. I watch Grand Designs and Return to the Country among other British home shows on the telly.   Congratulations, buddy.  

[Albert1434]

Yep I wish I was going with ya Marty 

[Marty]

8 minutes ago, Headstall said:

It sounds absolutely wonderful, Marty. I love old houses, especially those in the British Isles. I watch Grand Designs and Return to the Country among other British home shows on the telly.   Congratulations, buddy.  

Cheers, bud. 

The estate agent reckons that the sale could go through in as little as six weeks, as basically all the important paperwork that needs to be done by the vendor's solicitor is really already in place. The only thing likely to delay that timescale may be me not being in the country to sign the exchange of contracts, if they're ready before I get back from Germany. But at least my solicitor is aware that I'll be away.  

Edited August 6, 2019 by Marty
Clarification

[Marty]

2 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Yep I wish I was going with ya Marty 

Pity you don't live closer...

But my other passenger might not be too happy if you did. But only because you'd be taking up space that he might want to use for all the stuff he wants us to bring back with us.

[Albert1434]

Well you know if wishes were fishes we would all cast nets

[Albert1434]

One of my fathers favorite sayings 

[Marty]

25 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Well you know if wishes were fishes we would all cast nets

 

24 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

One of my fathers favorite sayings 

The way I originally heard that saying was as follows:

If wishes were fishes, we'd all live in the sea.

 

[Valkyrie]

1 hour ago, Marty said:

Sounds like an ideal break for you, clo.

I've had a bit busy today. I have had an offer on a house in the local village for a while now. It's about 100 years old and will need some work doing on it, but it's in fairly good condition otherwise. And it has a very large garden at the rear, which makes it especially attractive to me. There's also a two story cottage in the back garden, but that at present is only used for storage, and would probably need planning permission should I ever intend to restore it. The estate agent (I think they're called realtors across the pond) rang me around the middle of the day to say that my offer has been accepted. So I spent most of the afternoon arranging to pay a deposit, and talking to my solicitor and a Building Surveyor, who will inspect it and prepare a report for me. This place has been on the market for over twelve months, and I had placed an offer (much higher than my current one) on it, but then dropped out when another person offered a much higher price. Apparently, when it came to signing contracts a few months ago the person who was supposed to be buying it didn't respond to letters, emails, or telephone calls. So that person basically lost his (her?) deposit, and the estate agent got back to me. My bid (which was €30,000 less that the previously agreed price) has been accepted. I'm really excited! I've been renting a small house with no garden for the past couple of years, and am looking forward to owning my own property again. Especially one with such a large garden.  

It's just after 8pm now, and I have nothing much planned for the rest of this evening. I may try to get some writing done.

Tomorrow I shall be giving a lift to another photographer friend of mine so that he can get some of his work printed. I may also see about upgrading my mobile (cell) phone whilst he is doing that. The store where I bought my last one a couple of years ago is in the same town as the photo printing  place, and they rang me a few months back to tell me I qualify for a free upgrade...

Have I mentioned I'm off to England on Friday? A week with my sister, and then a road trip to Germany with a young friend of mine. He's been living with his granny in Germany for the past couple of years, and wants me to bring a lot of his personal stuff back from there in the car.

 

Congratulations!      A cottage in the back?  Room for guests!  Party at Marty's !    And your trip  sounds wonderful.  One of these years I'll make the hop across the pond  

[clochette]

1 hour ago, Marty said:

Sounds like an ideal break for you, clo.

I've had a bit busy today. I have had an offer on a house in the local village for a while now. It's about 100 years old and will need some work doing on it, but it's in fairly good condition otherwise. And it has a very large garden at the rear, which makes it especially attractive to me. There's also a two story cottage in the back garden, but that at present is only used for storage, and would probably need planning permission should I ever intend to restore it. The estate agent (I think they're called realtors across the pond) rang me around the middle of the day to say that my offer has been accepted. So I spent most of the afternoon arranging to pay a deposit, and talking to my solicitor and a Building Surveyor, who will inspect it and prepare a report for me. This place has been on the market for over twelve months, and I had placed an offer (much higher than my current one) on it, but then dropped out when another person offered a much higher price. Apparently, when it came to signing contracts a few months ago the person who was supposed to be buying it didn't respond to letters, emails, or telephone calls. So that person basically lost his (her?) deposit, and the estate agent got back to me. My bid (which was €30,000 less that the previously agreed price) has been accepted. I'm really excited! I've been renting a small house with no garden for the past couple of years, and am looking forward to owning my own property again. Especially one with such a large garden.  

It's just after 8pm now, and I have nothing much planned for the rest of this evening. I may try to get some writing done.

Tomorrow I shall be giving a lift to another photographer friend of mine so that he can get some of his work printed. I may also see about upgrading my mobile (cell) phone whilst he is doing that. The store where I bought my last one a couple of years ago is in the same town as the photo printing  place, and they rang me a few months back to tell me I qualify for a free upgrade...

Have I mentioned I'm off to England on Friday? A week with my sister, and then a road trip to Germany with a young friend of mine. He's been living with his granny in Germany for the past couple of years, and wants me to bring a lot of his personal stuff back from there in the car.

 

That's a wonderful news about the house!   I'm sure you'll have lot of fun working on it and the garden! 

Sounds like you've got a lot plan and will be busy. Any idea what you'll be visiting in Germany? I'd like to go to Berlin it seems like a very lively and cool city.

Hope you managed to get some writing done

[Valkyrie]

55 minutes ago, Marty said:

Cheers, bud. 

The estate agent reckons that the sale could go through in as little as six weeks, as basically all the important paperwork that needs to be done by the vendor's solicitor is really already in place. The only thing likely to delay that timescale may be me not being in the country to sign the exchange of contracts, if they're ready before I get back from Germany. But at least my solicitor is aware that I'll be away.  

Wow, that's quick!  It took almost three months for me to close on my house.  I hope everything goes smoothly  

[Marty]

1 minute ago, Valkyrie said:

Congratulations!      A cottage in the back?  Room for guests!  Party at Marty's !    And your trip  sounds wonderful.  One of these years I'll make the hop across the pond  

Cheers, Val!

Unfortunately the cottage is not really in any habitable condition at all just at the moment.  

But, if I ever do manage to restore it....

I keep thinking of a trip across the pond as well. I've a very good friend who, a few years ago, moved to somewhere near Toronto. He keeps asking me to visit him. Maybe I will one of these days...

  

[Valkyrie]

1 minute ago, Marty said:

Cheers, Val!

Unfortunately the cottage is not really in any habitable condition at all just at the moment.  

But, if I ever do manage to restore it....

I keep thinking of a trip across the pond as well. I've a very good friend who, a few years ago, moved to somewhere near Toronto. He keeps asking me to visit him. Maybe I will one of these days...

  

Well I'm quite close to Toronto, so if you ever feel like visiting Niagara Falls and Western New York, I'm always up for a cuppa tea or coffee and good conversation  

[Marty]

14 minutes ago, clochette said:

That's a wonderful news about the house!   I'm sure you'll have lot of fun working on it and the garden! 

Sounds like you've got a lot plan and will be busy. Any idea what you'll be visiting in Germany? I'd like to go to Berlin it seems like a very lively and cool city.

Hope you managed to get some writing done

Cheers, clo.  

We're heading to Frankfurt. That's where my friend's granny lives. I'm thinking we may do an overnight in Berlin, as I've never been there before. But if we do, we'll leave the car at his granny's and take the train. It's something like a 550 kilometer drive from Frankfurt to Berlin. 

Writing? I'm too excited about the house purchase news to concentrate on writing.

Edited August 6, 2019 by Marty

[Bucket1]

19 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

So how was your day today bucket 

A bit late in responding 

I went to a meeting today and this woman introduced herself as the little girl that used to live behind my house. All grown up, married, kids, profession, I would not have recognised her. All a bit strange. Funny thing was her voice still matched

[Bucket1]

19 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

So how was your day today bucket 

How have you been?