Sold
20 Dec 2005 
in the early morning 
Matt Winckler
Te Deum laudamus, the reticent homebuyers have finally come round to see reason. They decided to accept our last counter-offer, adding the contingency that we have the carpets professionally cleaned. (Word from the wiser: check your Christmas tree stand for tiny cracks that lead to slow leaks every year. We had a tree skirt down and didn’t catch anything wrong for almost a week, until that blighter of a tree stand had soaked all the carpet and subflooring in a four-foot circle).
The home inspection is scheduled for later today, and we pray that goes well, because I am not in the mood to spend time or money fixing much of anything. I suspect, however, that I will have to replace the garage door openers, since they are non-functional. (Dysfunctional?) This fact hasn’t bothered me, because it’s probably been a clean year and a half at least since the garage has been clean enough to park cars in. Collecting hovercraft construction materials tends to do that.
So anyway, things are finally moving and it’s time to start looking for a rental.
Congratulations on selling the house! Perhaps an artificial tree next year? We like ours - no watering, no shedding, no fire hazard, and if it doesn’t look just right, we just bend a branch or two until it does!
Not a chance! I am a purist. No gas fireplaces and no fake Christmas trees. I take the bad with the good. At the moment I cannot imagine giving up the most excellent smell of a real tree.
I thought you’d see it that way. :-} I DO miss the tree smell, but only when I think about it.