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August 02, 2004 at 8:41 pm

Homo(wner) Sapiens...

At 4:30pm this evening, Julianna and I officially evolved into a different species: home-owner sapiens. It is a common species in this country; there are no signs of any impending extinction. It was actually a pretty easy process. We signed papers for about twenty minutes, handed over a check for our closing costs, and took possession of twelve shiny new keys to our new house.

Wait a minute… Twelve keys?! Huh?!

Actually, one of the first questions our Title Agent asked us in a very perplexed tone was, “So… How many doors are in this house?”

We don’t know why there are so many keys. In fact, they are all the same. Maybe one of the previous owners took up key-making as a hobby at some point. Maybe the previous owners had a lot of really close friends. Whatever the reason — which was probebly just that they had a lot of different sub-contractors who needed keys at various times — getting the ring of twelve keys was pretty funny.

Anyway, after closing on the house, Julianna and I went and had some dinner and then headed over to our house to check it out. There was really nothing much to check out, as we have seen it a few times now, but… I mean, come on! We wanted to revel in our new purchase a little. (And, really, we also had to measure some doorways so that we can purchase the right-sized refrigerator.) We also got to play around a little, check out a few of the things that needed fixing, and pretty much get intimidated by the daunting task that a house is.

All-in-all, we are very happy with our new 100-year old dwelling-place. It’s going to be a lot of work, but I’m sure we can handle it.

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Congrats!


Welcome to the club – homeowners, that is.

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