Teachingmommy: Inspection Tomorrow

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Inspection Tomorrow

We accepted her offer so our house is officially OFF the market and under contract! Very scary and stressful but exciting just the same.

Our inspection is tomorrow...we scheduled it quickly so we would know just how many things the buyer (T) is going to want us to change so we know now if our contract is going forward or if we or she is going to back out. Fun.

I'm leaving work early on Thursday afternoon to look at houses w/ Marcus and Kevin. We're going to start in Lakewood and work our way back to Denver from there. We really think we can get the most for our money out there...the houses are much bigger (ie: more than 1300 sq feet) than what you get in Denver for the same price.

Thursday is my LAST day with kids! It's crazy...I've been so busy at work and now I'm busy at home packing and painting and touching things up before the inspection. I leave on Saturday night for 2 nights in Disneyland w/ my mom so Kevin will be playing "Mr Mom" this weekend...that should be fun for him and MaeMae.

I'll keep you posted on how everything is going...it's crazy stressful knowing we're going to be homeless in about 40 days but I have faith that it will all work out!

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Must Read Books & Great Authors

"A Tree Grows In Brooklyn" is a novel by Betty Smith first published in 1943. It relates the coming-of-age story of its main character, Francie Nolan, and her Irish-American family struggling against poverty in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. The novel is set in the first and second decades of the 20th century. The book was an immense success, a nationwide best-seller that was distributed to servicemen overseas.
"Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell. This is my all-time favorite book and you MUST read this at least once in your lifetime. It has won the Pulitzer Prize, it is available in 31 different countries and it has been hearlded as "The Great Amercian Novel"
"My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult is a heart-wrenching novel about what it means to be a good parent, a good person and a good sister. Kate has had cancer since childhood and her younger sister Anna was concevied to be a perfect-match bone marrow donor for her. As Anna grows up, she struggles with how she and world will see the rights of her own body. This novel is the first book in years that had me crying. It was very well written and very enjoyable if you're in the mood for a tear-jerker.
"The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls is a memoir about a nomadic, deprived childhood told with the wonderment of a child who always wants to believe that Daddy will be a hero in the end and that Momma really does know best. You are enrapt reading about Walls and her siblings rifling through trash cans at school looking for food, doing the skedaddle in the middle of the night, or waiting for Dad to come home after another bender. It's a riveting story and a testament to Walls' desire to rise above a life that could have easily turned her into just another tragic headline. I really appreciated this story because of the very real probability that some of my students are living this very life.
One of my favorite authors (I have everything she's ever written) is Marian Keyes whose stories are set in Britian or Ireland. She is the internationally bestselling author of Watermelon (which is my favorite), Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Rachel's Holiday, The Last Chance Saloon, Angels, Sushi for Beginners, Under the Duvet, and her latest, The Other Side of the Story. Her books have touched readers around the world, and they are now published in 35 countries and in many different languages.