The photo above was taken back in March, posted in a Blatherings entry one day before we found The House. The papers are all printouts of listings that Jeff and I were going to be looking at that weekend with our immensely patient real estate agent goddess, Kathy Gordon. As you can read in the above entry, I was starting to get a bit down about how long the process seemed to be taking. The experience was so worth the stress and hassle, though.
The house we ended up with was the first house that Jeff and I both fell in love with right away, and I liked the location more than any of the houses we had seen so far (including the ones we looked at several years ago).
I can't believe we get our house tomorrow.
TOMORROW.
I'm seeing Jodi and Allison tonight; I am going to try very very hard not to talk about the house too much.
Recently received a fun housewarming gift in e-mail from Gary McGath, which I'm posting below with Gary's permission:
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One Day More
From "Les Filkables", to the tune of "One Day More" from Les Miserables
Dedicated to Debbie Ridpath Ohi on her much-anticipated move
Lyrics by Gary McGath, Copyright 2005
DEBBIE:
One day more!
A brand-new house, a brand-new destiny
With never-ending domesticity.
When they hand Jeff and me the keys
I'll surely jump above the trees.
One day more!
JEFF:
We cannot move in yet today.
We still need renovations.
DEBBIE:
One day more.
DEBBIE AND JEFF:
Till they are done we have to stay
But we're filled with elation.
SELLER:
One more day till I get paid.
DEBBIE AND JEFF:
We will not pay rent again.
SELLER:
One more day and good-bye, mortgage!
DEBBIE AND JEFF:
We were born to live in here.
SELLER:
For a buyer I had prayed.
DEBBIE AND JEFF:
And we'll fix it without fear.
SELLER:
And at last my dream's come true!
CONTRACTOR:
One more day before the job!
JEFF:
Should I keep him on his toes?
CONTRACTOR:
At the barricaded driveway!
JEFF:
Should I watch him do the work?
CONTRACTOR:
We'll make sure you do not sob.
JEFF:
Will they do it, will they shirk?
CONTRACTOR:
We'll make sure we do it right!
FILKER CHORUS:
The time is now, the day is here.
DEBBIE:
One day more!
BANKER:
One more day to start the mortgage
We'll collect our monthly due.
We'll be ready for this couple
And they'll pay till they are through!
DEBBIE:
One day more!
ALLISON AND JODI:
Watch 'em run inside,
Catch 'em if they fall.
They are full of pride
As they look down the hall.
Here a little paint,
There a little touch.
Most of it's in good shape
So it won't take much!
FILKER CHORUS:
One day to a new beginning,
(Raise the maple leaf flag high.)
Through the whole house we will sing,
(Through the whole house we will sing,)
It's a new house they are winning,
(It's a new house to live in.)
And we'll make the rafters ring.
JEFF:
My place is here
To live with you.
DEBBIE:
One day more.
DEBBIE AND JEFF:
We cannot move in yet today.
We still need renovations.
BANKER:
We'll get principal and interest.
We'll collect all that they earn.
If they pay late we'll get extra
So prompt payment they will learn.
SELLER:
One more day till I get paid.
DEBBIE AND JEFF:
Till they are done we have to stay
But we're filled with elation.
BANKER:
One more day to start the mortgage
We'll collect our monthly due.
We'll be ready for this couple.
ALLISON AND JODI:
Watch 'em run inside,
Catch 'em if they fall.
They are full of pride
As they look down the hall.
DEBBIE:
Tomorrow seems so far away.
We wish it was the moving day.
We wish it was the moving day.
ALL:
Tomorrow we'll discover
What our (their) brand-new dwelling has in store!
One more dawn --
One more day --
One day more!
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