This should go under "you can't make this up" !!!

Well we had a very interesting week. Last weekend we had an open house on Sat. and Sun. On Sunday we had a couple look at the house and within 5 minutes wanted to give us an ernest money check. I suggested that they think about it and then call our agent. I told Carolyn then that this lady was "nuts". On Monday they came back to sign a contract (with no contingencies at all), she said she would be paying cash. On Tuesday the lady wanted the names of flooring people, drapery people, etc., we got that to her. On Tuesday night she wanted to know how fast we could be out?  On Wednesday morning she notified our agent that she wasn't buying the house, was putting a stop payment on the check!  Since then it's gotten to the point that the real estate broker, the head guy, is quite aggravated especially after hearing the lady and her boyfriend threatened our agent, long story short, we're staying out of this mess as much as possible, there may be law suits? arrests? who knows?  So, we're still marketing the house even though there's a "contract" on it. Crazy, crazy ! Now we're laughing about it. But everyone else is madder than wet hens :)
Not much else happening, though this last week was enough!
Rain overnight has knocked down the pollen which was just crazy this spring. Everything is starting to green up!  Looking forward to next week! :)

Spring or summer?

It seems like mother nature is having a hard time deciding.  We had a week of 85+ temperatures and the pollen exploded! We set new records, on Tuesday the pollen count was over 9000, now remember anything over 120 is considered extremely high. Even if you're not alergic it will bother you.  After some light rains we've cooled into the 40s this morning. I'm afraid without our spring rains again we're well into our second year of drought which means paddling lakes only unless we go to the coast and paddle some tidal rivers.
Rebecca's trials and tribulations seem to be on the mend. She received her checks for the repairs on her townhome and bought another car.  She's looking forward to getting those repairs finished!
Last night grandma and I babysat Tinsley while Ashley and Josh went out to dinner.  Everyone had a good time.
Carolyn and I will be having an open house this weekend since homebuyers seem to be out and about. Carolyn has been steadily geting ready for her classes she has coming up soon and I have been puttering around using up scrap wood in the garage, I've started a canoe paddle and next will be turning "things" on the lathe, I also have been reading documents provided to me for my "consulting work".  Next weekend I'm sure will be the beginning of regular lawn mowing. So all things considered, a relatively quiet two weeks.

I hate having to mow the lawn... maybe I can have Jeeves do it after he washes the Mercedes!  :)

You Can't Make This Stuff Up

Carolyn's last CT scan was good! Dr. Carter "likes the results" and says he'll die of old age before he's concerned about anything. :)
What a crazy week.  Rebecca gets into a car accident (she's fine), her wrecked car gets towed to the tow company.  USAA sends a wrecker to the tow company to take it to the body shop. Tow company says, her car was just picked up by another tow company and they don't have it! Well two days later the tow company finally finds her car and sends it to the body shop... this saga will continue, I'm sure.  Rebecca's house is coming along, she's waiting on the funds from insurance before she can continue repairs, that's a whole new story, apparently as a sign of the times, there are folks who damage their homes just before being foreclosed, get the insurance money and then walk away. So now, people in Rebecca's shoes have to endorse a check, send it to the mortgage company, they endorse it, and then send her the funds, then she has to show she actually made the repairs.
We've been busy showing the house, our new agent is proving to be a hustler, we've had more showings in the last 2 weeks than we did the previous 6 months.
I'm waiting for an "official" opinion from DEA's legal counsel in reference to me working for a linguist company and represent them to DEA. So far, so good. At a minimum I can work "behind the scene", kinda scary that I became a subject matter expert and that its actually worth something.
Ashley, Josh and Tinsley are going to Josh's youngest brother wedding today, we're skipping out, Carolyn woke up with a migraine this morning.  Tinsley is growing fast and healthy, hopefully tomorrow Carolyn will feel like a little trip up to see them. That's it for this week!  Hope you all like the new layout of the blog here, continuing my experiments with this. :)



Amicacola Falls, during our last severe drought in 2008.

March! Spring rains and tornados...

Hi All!
Well March came in like a lion! in the south that means tornados. We spent last Friday night watching the weather on TV and discussing getting weather radios.  Ashley and Rebecca were in the crosshairs most of the night and luckily were spared. They had tornados touching down all around them. Since then we've cooled down and the winds are steady.
There really isn't any new news other than I again may be back to work.  DEA in their infinite wisdom has decided to "re-do" their linguist contract proposal and to break out the Atlanta Field Division into their own separate contract worth about $50 million.
So, I've agreed to assist a local company with consulting services... film at 11 on that.
Rebecca's home repairs are progressing but not as fast as she'd like. She has decided to test for SSgt., and looks like she may stay in the USAF reserves, we'll see what next month brings.  This last week she worked the full week to help the unit prepare for an upcoming inspection.
Tinsley is growing fast and last check up was declared healthy!
In the next couple of days we'll hear on Carolyn's last regular CT scan, our fingers are crossed.