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Home Ownership Lesson

Nick — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:56:25 +0000

File this under “Good Things to Know if You Own a Home”

Never store grass seed in plastic bags in your garage for the winter!

I took advantage of the today’s relative warmth by getting lots of stuff done around the house. Near the top of my list was cleaning the garage. I opened one of the cabinets above the workbench, and I was very confused to see grass seed, plant food and shredded paper all over the place. Even more confusing was all the crumpled up paper spilling out of my crumpled up leaf-blower bag. Very explanatory and startling was the mouse that popped its head out the bag to see where all that light was coming from.

When I finally went back and opened the cabinet again (with my golf club), several mice scampered off. I gave the leaf bag a few pokes with my pitching wedge, and even more ran out. I contemplated leaving it, but soon enough my to-do list was topped by “remove the mouse nest from my property.” I wish I had taken pictures, but the only thing on my mind was getting rid of that mess. It looked and smelled like an unmaintained hamster playground. Gross!

Sketchy

Nick — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:05:40 +0000

by Me

I’m addicted to SketchUp. It’s so much fun to play with, and I plan on actually putting it to some use. Phase one is to model the house’s first floor interior. Each room is a project waiting to happen, and this will make furniture purchase and layout much easier. I think it might help when we choose the color scheme for different rooms as well.

I’ve mentioned it before, but if you haven’t tried SketchUp, get on it. It’s free and incredibly “neat-o.”

Peculiar

Nick — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:57:08 +0000

In the past week, I have found four half-empty (or half-full if you like) containers of Coca Cola near the end of our driveway, one 20-oz bottle Vanilla and 3 12-oz cans of Classic. Coke is among my favorite beverages, and as such I’m left to wonder why they aren’t finishing them? And then, why are they leaving them neatly standing on my property?

Can’t Wait!

Nick — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:19:41 +0000

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House Pictures

Nick — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:51:27 +0000

by Me

Our inspection went well, so that contingency was removed from our offer. Good to go! During the inspection, I had the chance to take a lot more pictures, so go ahead and appease your curiousity!

Anyone want a free sandbox?

Perfectly Reasonable

Nick — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:14:21 +0000

I hope that during our inspection tonight the guy checks for every possible detail. We don’t want company at breakfast!

Our House!

Nick — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 03:53:15 +0000

by Me

After an offer, counter-offer, counter-counter-offer, and counter-counter-counter-offer, you’re looking at what will soon be our new home!

After seeing a bunch of uninspiring condos, Amy talked me into looking at a few houses. I could tell by the stats on the listing that this one was impressive, but I didn’t expect to totally love it. Upon seeing it, we both did. Its new roof, windows, furnace and central are all great. Love the 2 car garage. The perfect, private back yard had me totally hooked. All in all, it just seemed like a lot of great space and a really good value.

That said, if you know of anyone looking for a fantastic one bedroom condo near downtown Minneapolis, have them drop me a line!