On the house hunt - Part II

Well tonight was a bit of an interesting evening when it came to our current house hunt.

I guess I should have been a little suspect, when she turned to me and immediately after getting off the phone with the potential landlord, she says "Baby, this guy is WEIRD.  I am not too sure about this...".

I think to myself that, it can't be that bad, so we go for it.

This guy was a straight weirdo.

I don't think that in meeting prospective clients, would I tell someone to meet me at one place and take me to another.  Not only were we lead down the block to the other house, but literally walked 3 paces in front checking his blackberry.  "How has your evening been?"  I ask.  Not even a grumble or a look back, he proceeds to walk for a bit and then without even turning his head, he decides to say..."Wha?"

The houses that he had were not bad.  There was some thought in putting in the unit and I think that not being overtly excited about seeing some care taken into some of the renovations, may have rubbed him the wrong way.

As he completes his tour of the first unit, he shows us the second place, his supercillious nature did not end.

He continued to be just plain old crazy, weird man!

As we started the tour our "gracious host" allows us to enter the apartment.  The first room that you see in the place is to the right, which has the main bedroom.  Connected to the main bedroom is the master bathroom, or so I believe.  Which prompted my next question "Is there another bathroom within the unit?", believed to be said with non ill will, confrontation, nor arrogance or pride.  I was returned with the snarkiest, sarcastic, condesending return "How many bathrooms would you like in the place, 3 or 4?"  The smirk on his face not even any where near ending, I calmly replied " Seeing that this is the master suite, with the master bedroom, I wanted to know, in the event that we have guests over, that we only have the single bathroom, meaning our guests will have to come to our bedroom".

This to me sounded quite logical, and merely a question without having seen the rest of the house.  I thought his reaction was quite....weird.  He was definitely put off by the fact that I didn't recognize he value that he believed he put into the design of his "wonderful" basement apartment.  Needless to say, with sales techniques like that, I bet that I see this place on the market for a long time to come.


Well this is the majority of the story.  Thanks for endulging my brain exercise for the evening.

Until next time.  I bid you adieu.

R

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On the house hunt

Well here we are on the house front.  Looking for a new domain to rest our heads.

It is a great ordeal to have to move.  The packing, the sorting, the throwing.  For me that will eventually equal out to a very large miscelleaneaous box.  But for now, the thought of that is giving me chills.  We currently are not involved in packing...yet, but it is soon, very soon.

So 3 places we saw today and the viewings will continue.  I realize that sometimes it is easy to let your emotions go and start to envision what you would look like in the space that is provided.  Sometimes the visinos are grand and unlimited, and other times it feels as though the space was put together haphhazardly and all you can see are bad layouts.



Well things will become increasingly better from the current location, because layout was an issue, but we dealt with it as best as possible.

I think that we saw 3 great places today, all very different from one another, all having their advantages as well as disadvantages.  For me I thought that there was one that clearly stood out over the rest, due to not only the direct features of the place, but the indirect factors that could play a large part in keeping  both of us happy and ready to attack at a minutes notice.  HAHAHAHA.

Well we continue to search, and I continue to procrastinate on getting things done.

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Happy No Year 2011

Welcome to a new year. Welcome to another new beginning.  This is the time where all things become equal.  This is the time where we all can be anything

It is fascinating how the new year can be quite cleansing.  It washes away the factors of the past, and ushers in a new wave of motivation and possibility.

It is great to see that we all can start over.  We all can change.

It is funny how much pressure can be put on the start of a new year.  The pressure to stay perfect.  The pressure to start, maintain or suffer through the excrutiating pain of those unpleasant resolutions that we know will not last.



As I see it, enjoy who you are.  Enjoy life.

It was a pleasure to enjoy 2010 with you.

I hope that we will be able to have a fantastic 2011.

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Gone to the UK

Sunday morning. Very sporadic.

Saturday night...Fifa and lots of beer. Not a bad way to spend a cold saturday night. It was great to have everyone over for lots of laughs and again lots of beer.

But when someone starts calling on the shots of tequila and Jack Daniels...well that is where it can get messy.

All I really wanted to say today was the "Munka" is in London, UK, having a blast.

I am still here holding down the fort until the return.

I have always wanted to head to Europe in the winter. I know that I have always said that if you are going to vacation in the winter, why oh why would you head to another winter destination. It is crazy, yes I know, when the prospects of having sun, sand and water are so appealing.

I think of the level of intimacy that I have associated with the beautiful snow falling on old European cobblestone streets. Quaint homes steeped in history and traditional blanketed with a layer of gorgeous white snow is an image I have dreamed of partaking in. Being able to come in from the cold and enjoy a hot cup of tea and speak of the history of the land and the upbringing of generations upon generations.



Well either way...I miss you baby!

Talk to you soon.

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