SOLD!!!

Well, almost........
We were very excited last week to get an offer on the old house. It wasn't QUITE what we were wanting, but, after a bit of negotiating, it was closer.....
THEN, on friday of this week, we got a second, full price, backup offer! Where were YOU three months ago!?! So, now we have 2, and we're feeling like we're in a pretty good position to be done here. The first inspection will be tomorrow, fingers crossed, and the next step is appraisal. Then we just wait for the paperwork to be prepared to close. Those are 2 big steps, and we'll be holding our breath until it's all done.

I've been over there weeding (dividing plants), and cleaning up the yard a bit. Almost done except the evil fennel, which will probably get chopped out today.

On the new house front......
I've been working on an idea for a zen garden in the bamboo.....

 

I have a little concrete bench to put there and also some shade plants I've rescued..... I think it would be cool with a little wind chime too. I'm going to finish cleaning it up, and put the bench there soon.

 

The landscapers have been delayed (made lame excuses), and now won't be here until may 14th. ARGH!!! The hard part is keeping everything in pots alive until they finish. There's a rapidly growing collection out there. (it IS plant sale season), and I don't want to lose it. I'd fire them, but at this point, it'd be extremely difficult to find anyone else, they'd probably be on a later schedule, and it's hard to be mean when someone tells you they had a death in the family...(there were more excuses that were lame, that one I believe) So, we're not so patiently waiting!

 

The garden is doing great.....

 

 

 

Those little green sprouts are carrots, beets, spinach, and a whole mess of lettuce and greens. Today, we're going to plant our apple and asian pear tree and also the blueberries you see there. In the garbage cans, the potatoes are about 10" tall. The warm weather this week made everything take off.

 

Next week, more old house news, another plant sale, and who knows WHAT else.

onward!