We close on the new house tomorrow and I’ll be glad when that’s over. Of course, the real work starts from there. The move. Thanks to Lara, that probably won’t be as painful as it could be. She’s been ruthlessly efficient, building spreadsheets detailing what will go where in the new abode and ruthlessly discarding the crap we’ve accumulated during our 10 years in the house in Hardin Valley.
Today, we did the walk through, which gave us a final opportunity to measure things and plan what will go where. In this picture, Lara is standing on our dock with Hidden Cove in the background. It was pretty exciting to stand there and look around, and it took everything I had not to jump in the water to celebrate. There will be time for that tomorrow …
I added a few photos from today’s walkthrough to the Flickr set I created for the house. Hope to add more as we get moved in.
2 replies on “Getting ready to close the deal”
does this move mean more mosquitoes for you guys?
Hey Bob…
saw your comment on the Trib site and followed the link…
congrats on the house. I pass by the house you and Lara had on Gold. Ave. in ABQ pretty regularly and think about the XMas parties and the one housesitting stint I did… the place was up for rent up til a few weeks ago and I nearly checked on it just out of pure nostalgia.
Anyway, just thought I’d drop a line and say hey. The Trib was never the same for me after you guys left… and I never did find another person in newspapers that was half the mentor you and Lara were to me.
Hope all is well.. sounds like it is.
paz,
kEnnrodriguez
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