It's moving day and the relocation company just showed up with a crew of 5 people and 2 trucks. We are excited to get on the road so let's hope they can get the house packed up quick.
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Friday, April 6, 2012
New Layout
We’ve had that old orange layout for about a year now and it’s time to update it. So, here is the new one. I’ve changed the text fonts, colors and background text color along with background image. My goal was to try and create a cleaner looking blog that was still fun to look at. Please let me know you thoughts about it. You never can tell how XML & HTML code will read in different browsers so I would appreciate feedback if it's not reading correctly in browsers other then IE such as Firefox or Safari. Also, since this is coded for computer screens if you log onto the blog with your mobile device (iPad, iPhone, Android) you will be directed to the mobile website instead. Thanks!
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Virtual Tour of Our House
About 4 weeks ago Karen and I went up to Iowa with Lilly and did some house hunting. Click here to read about that. In the few weeks that have gone by the realtors, attorneys and banks completed the home inspections, prepared the title and deed and wrote the loan. The only thing standing in our way of ownership was our signatures on it.
Karen didn’t think it was necessary to fly all the way back up to Iowa just for the closing and since it was a savings of $400 in airfare we decided to have her sign a power of attorney; giving me signing authority on her behalf.
Well, I flew up to the quad cities on Friday morning, did the final walk through and then closed on the house that afternoon. I decided that since we wouldn’t be back for a few weeks that I should change the locks and mow the lawn. So, I went to Home Depot and bought a Honda Mower (they don't make Deere walk behind mowers anymore) and new door locks. That evening I setup the mower, put on the new door locks and went to bed on an air mattress I brought in my suit case.
The next morning I got up, mowed the lawn and went back to Home Depot to get a garden hose to wash off the mower. Once everything was done and put away I took video of the house so that anyone who would like to see it can take a virtual tour of or home here.
Note: I increased the frames by 50% so the video is a little jumpy but it takes less time that way.
Karen didn’t think it was necessary to fly all the way back up to Iowa just for the closing and since it was a savings of $400 in airfare we decided to have her sign a power of attorney; giving me signing authority on her behalf.
Well, I flew up to the quad cities on Friday morning, did the final walk through and then closed on the house that afternoon. I decided that since we wouldn’t be back for a few weeks that I should change the locks and mow the lawn. So, I went to Home Depot and bought a Honda Mower (they don't make Deere walk behind mowers anymore) and new door locks. That evening I setup the mower, put on the new door locks and went to bed on an air mattress I brought in my suit case.
The next morning I got up, mowed the lawn and went back to Home Depot to get a garden hose to wash off the mower. Once everything was done and put away I took video of the house so that anyone who would like to see it can take a virtual tour of or home here.
Note: I increased the frames by 50% so the video is a little jumpy but it takes less time that way.
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