Well it looks as though we will close Tuesday July 24 and take occupancy Thursday July 26 at 6:00 pm. That gives us friday to get moved and saturday as buffer if necessary.

We leave for our vacation tomorrow at 5:30 am. We should have internet access ont he boat, so hopefully I can update the blog with some pics from our vacation, otherwise I will when we get back Friday July 6.

In the immortal words of orphan annie. . . "Oh my goodness. . .Oh my goodness!"
It would appear that after 3 formal offers we asked to split the difference and we have a verbal agreement. So I believe we are homeowners.

Hey all

So Jeff and I had company in from out of town this weekend so got to get out and see some of the sites. Friday we went to Marietta to wander through the antique shops in the square. Saturday we went to the general, a museum on locomotive and civil war history and today we drove downtown and saw the aquarium. It has been a fun weekend.

No news on the house yet, we made a low offer monday and it was met with mixed reception. We are going to make another offer today or tomorrow. I would really like to have this wrapped up before we leave for vacation on saturday.

Well I am trying to update my blog more often as I have recieved several requests to do so. Let's hope I can keep it up. LOL!

It has been a busy week. Friday I looked at more houses, (God bless our realtor he showed us over 50 homes). I liked two we saw. Today Jeff and I looked at our short list (mind you it was 9 houses, so it was not that short). Together we narrowed down our list to a top 4 with a clear winner on top.



It is a ranch on a full basement about 10 miles north of where we currently live. It has a rocking chair porch (I am a sucker for rocking chair porches) It is 4 bed, 3 bath. It has been wonderfully maintained and does not "need" any work to move in. We may choose to update some aspects of the home. Amazingly it is on 1.5 acres of land. The best part is it is very comfortably in our price range and even a little on the lower end of our range. It will be a little bit of a drive to get to work, but we think it is well worth it.

We are looking over our mortage options and hope to make an offer in the near future.

So it was a busy and exciting week, new job, new house.

Wow. Ok I have been very busy. School finally finished May 25 for the students and May 30 for teachers. It has been a busy few weeks though. I flew out right after school on Wednesday for Florida for a funeral and returned home that saturday.

I spent last week interviewing for new jobs as I decided that Sixth graders were a not a good fit for me. I was very blessed to recieve 3 different offers (2 high school and 1 middle school) all at wonderful schools. I spent a lot of time thinking but finally decided to accept an 8th grade physical science position at Dickerson Middle School in East Cobb County. While I was tempted to take the high school positions I really kinda like being the crazy 8th grade science teacher. That and it is a smaller school than either of the high schools Dickerson has about 1100 students, while the high schools had 2100 or 2600 students. You can read more about the Dickerson at: http://www.cobbk12.org/~dickerson/

I really felt most at home when I walked into the school. The interview went well and I feel it is a great fit for my personality. While my year at Marietta was difficult at times it gave me a great deal of self knowledge about my strengths and weaknesses as a teacher, as well as my likes and dislikes. I really think Dickerson will be a great fit. The teachers there all seem very friendly, it is a family atmosphere. Also they have an excellent music and theater program. Reminds me of Ridgefield and ironically they also have a large percentage of asians/koreans. LOL Can you tell I miss Ridgefield?

In other news Jeff and I have been house hunting the past few weekends, we hope to find a house before the end of July when our lease expires, although if necessary we can go month to month (we would prefer not to as it costs a premium).

The only other big news is our vacation plans. Jeff and I will be taking a 5 night 6 day riverboat cruise (paddle wheel and all) from June 30-July 5. It is on the American Queen. I hope to post some pictures and more info as we enjoy.

I guess that is it for now. I will try to update this blog more frequently.