Seeking the Rainbow

Here is a web page I knocked together with some pictures Jeffrey took of the house we’re buying.
New House

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What a difference a day can make. 
This morning, I woke up, stumbled my way to the coffee pot, and Jeffrey stops me and says he’s had a change of heart on the Tacoma house after reading the crime statistics.  What a thing to drop on a person who hasn’t had their morning coffee yet.  He gives [...]

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Today we looked at 12 or so houses, and think we found the one.  It was actually the last one on our list to look at, and we almost gave it a miss because it was slightly outside the geographical area Jeffrey wanted to stay in.  Four bedroom/three bath, large lot with excellent landscaping, first and [...]

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Not much to add today, but it’s been a few days since I posted anything.  We let the first offer expire, for reasons mentioned before.  WIth the other house we were looking at, I guess they got some very positive feedback and the sellers are trying very hard to get us to buy, especially one [...]

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Well, we got a counter offer on our first offer.  As background, the house is in a good neighborhood, but not on a good street.  The seller had vacated the house but left some furniture there to help with the “showing” of it, I guess.  If you regularly watch HGTV or similar programs, you know [...]

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This weekend, we spent most of our time across the water on the Kitsap Peninsula (home of one of the only temperate rain forests in the world), and most of that time was in Bremerton.  They had their Gay Pride fest yesterday.  It was a rather small venue compared to what I’m used to, but [...]

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I’m going to have to start titling my posts differently. I’m starting to lose track of the days.
One of the great things about the northwest is the lack of light pollution. I can see the stars at night, again. In south Florida, the only places you could really see the stars were out in the [...]

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Today we entered the Bluetooth age.
We’ve been resisting for quite some time, not really seeing a need for it. Our requirements are simple, and email and/or a quick phone call are usually enough. We don’t use the internet browsing features on our cell phones, since we are almost always within easy reach of [...]

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Today was a slow, leisurely day. I got to sleep in until almost 8 AM and then enjoy my morning coffee and newspaper. Jeffrey started feeling a little antsy, so we decided to empty some more stuff out the cars and put it in storage, and then check out some neighborhoods for houses.
Gawds, [...]

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Yeah, yeah, I know I didn’t post the next day like I promised, but I had to set up a computer center and try to get situated to work remotely. That took most of the day. Anyway, it’s now Saturday, July 12, for at least 10 more minutes.
The drive from Elko was surprisingly smooth. Heading [...]

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Another to short post with more to follow in the morning.  We made it!!
Hit the edge of Bellevue just as rush hour was starting.  Took over an hour to get to Edmonds.
More after I’ve had a few hours sleep.

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Early post today.  Most of yesterday’s drive was like a trip down memory lane for me, but this time I was driving instead of mom or step-dad.  It was a trip seeing city names and historic markers that I hadn’t even thought about since I was a kid and we moved to Montana when I [...]

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This is another short and sweet post.  We arrived at mom’s a little before 6:30, PST, safe but exausted.  Mom made us a very nice dinner, we watched a little TV and are calling it a night.  I’ll write more about today’s escapades after I get some sleep.
One more thing to note.   We’re going to [...]

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Happy Independence Day!!
Greetings from Fort Collins, Colorado. 
Sorry for the short post yesterday, but we were both exhausted.  Today was an even longer day, but we’re holding up much better now.  In fact, we’ve made up enough time that we’re going to be back on schedule and arrive at my mother’s place in Elko tomorrow afternoon [...]

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Except for the length of the day, today went fairly smoothly.  We set out from Tuscaloosa about 6:45 this morning and got to our hotel in Tulsa 4:50 PM.  If we hadn’t already made hotel reservations, we might even have pushed on to the next big town.  Instead, we had a nice dinner at Appleby’s [...]

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