I am aware that most of my posts have to do with showers. Perhaps this is because showering is one of those beautiful remnants of the past, back when I had "me" time, and nobody bothered me, and how they tend to play out now in comparison to those days is traumatic at best.
As I near the end of my pregnancy (less than two months left!), I increasingly need and crave relaxation, but where would one find such things? I was taking a shower, hurrying as usual, and right as I had a head full of shampoo, Selah jerked the door open, and shouted, "I need you to wipe my bottom!" Closing my eyes, I decided I could hope that all had gone well on the potty (just outside) for the moment, at least while I was taking a shower, and just clean up if need be later. Shampoo dripping into my eyes, throwing water all over the bathroom, I performed the requested/demanded duty, and then leaned back in to rinse.
I didn't realize that Selah left the door open when she left--until the smoke detector right outside the bathroom went off, as it always does when steam leaves the bathroom. I squeezed my eyes shut again, trying to ignore its shrill shrieks, as I was unable to reach the door knob to shut the door. Of course Selah was frightened by the noise, too, so started running around the house screaming, "Aaaa! Aaaaa!" The volume of her screams competed with that of the smoke detector's, and I finally gave up my quest for a complete, full bathing experience and got out to make everyone shut up.
I wasn't even mad; all you can do is laugh.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
We're selling our adorable home!
I am writing to enlist your help. We are planning to sell our lovely little house, and we are blessed enough to be working with a broker who wants to help us. If we find someone to sell it to ourselves, it would save us a lot of money, and if our buyer wants to work with our same broker or just deal with us, we would be able to pass some of the savings on to them as well. Not to mention I am very attached to our house, and I'd love to send it off into good hands! We will be putting it on the market for 322,000, but we could share the savings if we end up selling it ourselves, so that would go down a bit.
So here are some specs: It's a single story, but the basement is fully finished, giving it a third bedroom, a second bathroom, and another living room/den. The special thing about the house is it would serve someone well who wanted three bedrooms/two baths, but it also can be used the way we have been using it for the past three plus years--you can rent out the basement as a separate apartment, with its own laundry room, kitchen, and entrance. It also could be helpful for someone who wants a relative or someone to live with them, but have relative independence. Most appliances can be included.
The (newly painted) house is located in an amazing neighborhood, at 48th and Fremont, right off the Beaumont Village business district. You can walk to groceries, restaurants, coffee shops, pubs, and cute little shops; a bus to downtown stops right at our corner, two houses down, and we are up the hill from the MAX in the Hollywood District. The Hollywood Library, the post office, a couple of banks, a pharmacy, and some medical offices are also within walking distance, down the hill, and they are opening a Whole Foods there as well. I often walk to Safeway or Trader Joe's for a little bit further of a walk.
It's also in a great school district: Alameda Elementary, Beaumont Middle, and Grant High schools. We love our neighbors, who are a mixture of young families, older folks, and a random assortment of others, all of whom have been very friendly and supportive. The neighborhood is very safe, and there are people out taking walks at all hours, alone, with their families or dogs, etc. The main living space has nice hardwood floors, and there is a fireplace in the living room. Its social/living spaces are large enough that we were able to host a home group in it for several years with no problem. There is a dining room, living room, kitchen, two bedrooms, a bathroom and a mudroom on the ground floor, and the basement has the aforementioned rooms. The house is a total of about 1500 square feet.
Anyway, we'd be thrilled if you yourselves were interested, or if you passed on this information to someone else who might be!
Best,
Laura, Jeremy, and Selah
So here are some specs: It's a single story, but the basement is fully finished, giving it a third bedroom, a second bathroom, and another living room/den. The special thing about the house is it would serve someone well who wanted three bedrooms/two baths, but it also can be used the way we have been using it for the past three plus years--you can rent out the basement as a separate apartment, with its own laundry room, kitchen, and entrance. It also could be helpful for someone who wants a relative or someone to live with them, but have relative independence. Most appliances can be included.
The (newly painted) house is located in an amazing neighborhood, at 48th and Fremont, right off the Beaumont Village business district. You can walk to groceries, restaurants, coffee shops, pubs, and cute little shops; a bus to downtown stops right at our corner, two houses down, and we are up the hill from the MAX in the Hollywood District. The Hollywood Library, the post office, a couple of banks, a pharmacy, and some medical offices are also within walking distance, down the hill, and they are opening a Whole Foods there as well. I often walk to Safeway or Trader Joe's for a little bit further of a walk.
It's also in a great school district: Alameda Elementary, Beaumont Middle, and Grant High schools. We love our neighbors, who are a mixture of young families, older folks, and a random assortment of others, all of whom have been very friendly and supportive. The neighborhood is very safe, and there are people out taking walks at all hours, alone, with their families or dogs, etc. The main living space has nice hardwood floors, and there is a fireplace in the living room. Its social/living spaces are large enough that we were able to host a home group in it for several years with no problem. There is a dining room, living room, kitchen, two bedrooms, a bathroom and a mudroom on the ground floor, and the basement has the aforementioned rooms. The house is a total of about 1500 square feet.
Anyway, we'd be thrilled if you yourselves were interested, or if you passed on this information to someone else who might be!
Best,
Laura, Jeremy, and Selah
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