Crystal’s Adventures

No, I don’t really mean my mood. I’m talking about the carpet.
On Sunday night, unbeknownst to us, Violet knocked one of Clinton’s paint markers onto the floor, and Charlie literally ATE it while we slept. He chewed up the entire marker and injested the (not non-toxic!) acrylic wood paint inside of it. When we woke [...]

Clinton and I spent three hours at a used car lot yesterday expertly wrangling down the price of this beautiful 2004 Toyota Corolla Luxury Edition. She’s a true gem - 100% clean in and out, one owner, low mileage and best of all: POWER SUNROOF, baby! Obviously, Durham used car salesmen were not prepared for [...]

The inspection went very well today. The inspector spent three hours with us explaining the mechanics and construction of our new home. We followed him around all over the place while he did funny things like turning everything on and off and crawling underneath the house. I learned so much that I typed it all [...]

So far, this has been a great weekend.
On Friday night, Clinton and I were absolutely floored by a free all-ages concert sponsored by the local library in downtown Durham. It was Harry and the Potters, the coolest pair of rockin’ Harry Potter-look-alike musician brothers, ever! I couldn’t believe how great their music was - they [...]

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Okay, so we don’t have the house yet, technically. But when we do, the following list is what I’ll want to put in it.

Beautiful wooden king bed, from Costco

King-size mattress and box spring, from Costco
Down-alternative comforter, king
Toaster oven for Clinton
Clinton wants a bread knife
These dishes!
Dishwasher
This sofa

Coat tree
Two rocking chairs
Ceiling pot rack
Cast aluminum plaque to have [...]

Here’s what the front looks like. Check out more photos here!

So the sellers’ counteroffer was very reasonable, and we accepted! We’re having the house inspected on Monday 1/15, and then we’re closing on February 20th! Woooohoooo!

This evening, we made an offer on that beautiful house. Anna the realtor is faxing it over to the seller’s agent right now, and she says we may even receive a counteroffer (or a positive answer) TONIGHT!

Clinton and I found a house we love that is exactly perfect for us and under-budget! It is in a beautiful north Durham neighborhood, backed up (literally) to the Eno Woods State Park. Right off the backyard is a nature trail into the park! Check out this picture of the yard!!!! Three bedrooms, two and [...]