The Advisor Advises

I have been alive for three decades. wow. it doesn't feel like it...sometimes.
Our picture is showing on MLS now. 2 days after we accepted an offer. they have a week to clear their conditions...it seems like forever already...not 3-decades-forever, but forever nonetheless. i have to take the inspection report for our next house to the insurer tomorrow morning...it's old, so they want to know more...bloody paperwork. it's starting to feel a little more real - the fact that we're actually moving in two months - again. this will be our 4th residence in the 6 years that we've been married, all within a 20 block radius...funny eh? we must like this part of town. the nice part is, this will be our first place that's not on a bus route, I'm looking forward to that... oh well, g'night!

well, we're finally appearing on mls.ca this morning...but it says we have a fireplace - which we don't... and there's still no picture.On a brighter note, we got an offer last night, from only one showing (to a realtor), and we're waiting on the response to our counter-offer...

well, we've had one realtor come through and take a look, but that's it so far... 

Well, we're still not showing up on MLS, but our listing does appear on the Realty Executives site (without a picture...).

I'm feeling a little pissed off right now. We signed the papers with our realtor on Sunday afternoon. It's now Thursday night, and our house STILL isn't listed on the MLS site! We're going into a 3 day weekend, and no one surfing the real estate site will know that our house is for sale! I guess I expected a little more from our realtor. We've been ready to show our house for 4 days now, and it's not even listed anywhere! Aaaaarrrrrgh. I've been patient and friendly to dumbasses all week at work (for any students reading this, no, you're not the dumbass I'm talking about, it was the dumbass beside you), and I'm in no mood to screw around with a realtor that can't get the job done. I certainly hope that this is not a sign of things to come...we're stuck with this realtor for 90 days... Oh well, I'm going to go check on my ebay stuff, a few items are ending tonight.

...this is the page that our house should be listed on. Nothing yet. It must be real busy in the office where they prepare these listings...it seems like it's taking forever.
The 'House For Sale' sign went up in our yard this morning. It makes mention of our 'Basement Suite'.We're SO ready to show our house now, everything is clean and organized. The clutter has been uncluttered, now we just need someone to make an appointment to see it. I just want someone to come look at it while it looks this presentable, 'cause it feels like we won't be able to keep it this way for long...

still no MLS listing...and now the New Listing sign in the front yard is covered in snow...
I listed some fun stuff on eBay this week...we're trying to clear out some things as we get prepared to move...

we're not on MLS yet, but there's a 'New Listing' sign on our front lawn...

Well, we listed our house for sale today. It should be on the MLS listing by tomorrow afternoon sometime. I hope it sells quickly, I imagine it could get fairly stressful if it sits on the market too long. I'll post a link once it's up...

plus Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick

well, I've been here for one...
We made an offer on a house this week. That sounds simple, but it sure causes a lot of stress. Lots of it is good stress, I guess. Our offer was accepted verbally last night, so we just need to formalize it today. I'll try to keep you all updated...

I sent away for some free kids books a few weeks ago. They came with a free clock. They also came with 2 other books that I could keep and pay for, or request a return mailing label and send them back at no charge. Here's the email correspondence that followed...

----- Original Message -----
To: customerservice@grolier.qc.ca
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 9:54 AM
Subject: Return: Acct#...

Good morning,
I’d like to return the Finding Nemo and Home on the Range books.
Thank you for you introductory offer, my son just doesn’t seem to be interested in them enough for me to purchase them.
Please send a Postage Paid Mailing Label to: etc...

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From: Grolier Customer Service [mailto:customerservice@grolier.qc.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 1:17 PM

Thank you for using our services. We appreciate your interest in our products. We have stopped any further shipments on the account. However, in order to promote our material and for you and your family to enjoy our publications, we would like to take this opportunity to offer you to pay only for the introductry offer without you having to fulfill any minimum purchase. Can this be something you would be more interested in.
Awaiting your response.

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To: 'Grolier Customer Service'
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 7:15 PM
Subject: RE: Return: Acct#...

No thank you, I would still like to return them.

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From: Grolier Customer Service [mailto:customerservice@grolier.qc.ca] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 11:00 AM

Thank you for using our services. We appreciate your interest in our products. We have stopped any furtther shipments on the account. However, in order to promote our material and for you and your family to enjoy our publications, we would like to take this opportunity to offer you a 50% discount on the introductry offer. Can this be something you would be more interested in.
Awaiting your response...

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----- Original Message -----
To: 'Grolier Customer Service'
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 12:48 AM
Subject: RE: Return: Acct#...
No, thank you.

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We cancelled the account and you can keep the books free for you and you child to enjoy.

Thank you

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So...is anyone interested in a copy of Finding Nemo from Disney's Wonderful World of Reading? I now have 2 copies...

D'oh!