2943 Leaving the nest.

Friday, April 23, 2010

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
-- Douglas Adams --

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Piper and I made a quick trip to NJ today, to look at the house being built across the street from Daughter & Hercules, and to talk with the builder. The house has the sheetrock and kitchen cabinets in, doors hung, and so on, but not floors, toilets, bathroom stuff, counter tops and so on. So the builder took us to another house a few miles away that is almost done, using the same plans. Looked good. Piper was impressed.

On the drive home, we talked about it a bit, and halfway up the Garden State Parkway Piper called the builder and made an offer, they dickered a bit, and our offer was accepted.

I just bought a house in NJ. Ack! 2300 sq ft. Small lot. Contract will be drawn up next week. Daughter had given me the name and number of the lawyer she and Hercules had used when they bought their house, so I'll call him on Monday.

The house will be finished in about two months.

Eeek!
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