Arrange for a settlement attorney. Find a homeowner’s policy. Negotiate with the seller for fixes, per the inspection report.
Register the car. Find a notary, before registering the car. Also get retirement policy switcheroo form notarized.
Do the laundry. Get stuff drycleaned.
Make cookies for Evie’s “weather party” and also […]
In this video, she sings out a tour of our house.
What do we really know about him? Through her school, Anna is entering a DAR-sponsored contest which asks fifth-graders (a bit coyly, I think) to discuss his “political contributions” (or those of Ethan Allen, but she has chosen to learn about the former).
I had wrongly believed that, once he betrayed the American revolutionary […]
October 4: In a not-insignificant change of personal practice, I hereby return to starting sentences with the word “however” (followed by a comma) when the intent of the word is “nevertheless.” Strunk and White have instructed us not to do that, but sometimes in life the mob and good sense must prevail.
October 11: Present […]
.. to purchase the house we are renting. We are offering what we think is a reasonable price, but somewhat less than the owner is asking. At this moment, I feel nervous, optimistic, excited, and, most importantly, willing to take No for an answer.
Update: It’s done! We are buying a house!
It seems that a method used by the Carrboro Elementary PTA to get people to attend its monthly meetings is to have different grades “present” after the business of the evening is concluded. Tomorrow night highlights the second grade, in which students will give brief oral reports that celebrate Hispanic Heritage, each child choosing […]
It’s too bad, really: Life is rich and interesting, here in North Carolina. Anna has been provisionally admitted to her school’s gifted program (she has to take a test in January, to make it stick) and is challenged every morning with high-level discussions about international trade and consumer purchasing decisions (and the intersection thereof). […]