…well, tomorrow morning it will be anyway. This evening we had our Realtor over to cover all the details about selling, checking area prices, and sign official papers to get the deal moving. Before he came by, we cleaned up the house real nice, staged it up for him, and took pictures of all the rooms and the exterior, which I handed off to him to put into the MLS system.

We’re listing our house for $164,900.00, which is a more than reasonable price to what other similar houses are going for in our area—in fact, we think our price is pretty competitive and priced to sell after doing our area market research.

Our house officially will enter the market tomorrow, our for sale sign will arrive sometime early next week, and the waiting begins. Granted, I’ve still got some stuff I need to do around the house before I’d be willing to say, “the house is yours”—small things like repair a screen, touch up paint here and there, clean the garage out, fertilize our lawn, etc. Just small stuff, nothing monumental.

Bob, our Realtor, commented on just how much work we’ve put into the house—new bathroom, new laminate flooring on the main level, new vinyl floor in the basement, new furnace, new dishwasher, new washer—this house is ready to sell and has quite a bit of appeal despite its modest size.

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May 2, 2007, 9:36 pm

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I wish I could take vacation time today and tomorrow to work on projects around the house; but I’ve got essential meetings that I have to go to at work. Meh.

Last night I started clearing out the basement and consolidating some of the various boxes of crap. I’ve discovered that I have enough computer innards (mobos, cables, cards, etc.) to fill a large storage bin. I’m not sure why I’ve held onto them (other than that I can’t just throw them away); I think in the back of my mind I thought oh, I’ll just save this mother board and build another computer with it. But how many older generation computers do I need? I think I counted five old mobos. Granted, one of them is my parents’ old one; but sheesh.

Two trips to the storage facility later, I still have a basement full of crap. It was then that I really stopped to consider just how much my life over the years has been driven by consumerism—I’ve got to have this, I’ve got to have that, or I really need this. I’ve got a Hi-8 video camera that’s just sorta sat in a box for the past two years collecting dust. I also packed up a ton of audio and video cables that I’m just not using at the moment. Lots of crap. Old video games I no longer play. Too much crap.

Anyway, I biked to work this morning—first time this year. Man it was chilly…only 56 degrees this morning, but the wind was piercing. And though it was exhausting, it did sort of feel good to bike in again. Lord knows I need the exercise and I haven’t been all that good about going to the Y. But beyond the exercise, my car is slowly making more persistent noises from the front and back end of my car, specifically from the axle areas. Not good. But then again, my car is 15 years old and over 150,000 miles. We’re due for a replacement.

May 1, 2007, 9:25 am

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