The Snow is gone and Reality sets in!

I won't say the place is a disaster, because I am prone to complete dramatic exaggeration. But the place is a small disaster. There is a sofa and love seat thrown over the hill, out of sight from the house, and we'll need to get rid of that. However, past that is a Naval Surface Weapons metal trailer, no wheels, that also needs to be brought out. Plus, it gets better!, there is literally tons of concrete with re-bar slabs piled up that might be too heavy for our Ford tractor to lift with the bucket. And breaking it up will be difficult because of the inbeded re-bar. The bricks on the patio are missing. The roll-top dumpster is gone, but they didn't put anything in it, so we have a burned-out water heater, refrigerator, and miscellaneous things that need to go to the recyclers, too. Did I mention the THOUSANDS of Corona Beer caps in the driveway and bushes? Incredible.

Settlement is now scheduled for April 9, but I don't know the time. The title company, Slugg & Associates (you can't make this up!) is another old outfit, but you would think they just started. It's paint-by-numbers, and they are not understanding the property at issue here. They feel uncomfortable with the way things are going. They want a survey done, but that cost will rest on us. We don't have a real estate agent, the agent assigned by the Bank is not our agent. And if we got one, we would have to pay them about $7,000 and I'm not willing to spend that much money on not much help.

In my spare time I've been cleaning out closets and cabinets - going to the city dump (transfer station) and Goodwill. Recycle, purge, doing what I can to empty this house so we can move quickly when the time comes. We need to rent our house, so the sooner its empty the faster we can get it painted and on Craig's List or something.

And another thing: We are trying to get another dog! I know, what are we thinking?!