We almost had a new Boxer...Brody was dumped by his owners and after some diligent work, phone calls etc, he ended up here on Friday July 5. Introductions with Sophie and Sadie took some time, but went far better than I had hoped. Brody was settling in here and suddenly a week after he was dumped, the owner calls the Found Ad in the paper:(. Long story short, after calls to SOS and the EPD, I have no legal rights to the dog and need to return him to his dreadful, lying owner. We took him back on Sunday. He was a REALLY nice dog, very obedient and loved attention. Sigh....
Now additionally upset about losing Brody, on top of the whole Big Bass thing.... Mark has come up with a 2nd plan. Our Big Bass neighbors, the Tanks called us last fall when Jeff Tank was transferred to Louisville. They were advising us that they would be putting their house on the market and with Holiday Lakes Property Owners Association's Right of Refusal clause was offering it up to us as an alternative to us building on our lots, since his 3 abutted our 2. At that time we were told him we are planning on having plans drawn up and are actually very close to starting a build. Well.......I have been concerned about the lot size on Big Bass since talking about building....our dogs are used to a lot of room to run, and I am used to a BIG yard! So Mark's thought process now is this: Building our dream house per Steve's plans is looking to be out of our league. We have already invested about 10k on surveys, permits, plans etc..... So basically that $$$ is gone. We have refinanced our Telegraph Rd house, exercised some of Mark's stock options etc, so funds are available. The Tank house, albeit not my style at ALL, is not that old.... having been built in 1994, with a new roof in 2012 and a new above ground pool.... since we bought our lots in 2007. Hmmmmm maybe we are onto something here.... Purchase price for house, pool and 3 lots is very reasonable....and since we could make it a cash deal, eliminating the need for a real estate agent, thus further reducing costs, this may truly be a viable option. But after we go thru it, do we talk to an architect :( or to a builder about making it into a home more to our style? So......the thought process continues.....And more waiting.....
Mel and Joe are still in limbo over their house....they are cleared to close on their Nantucket house, but their Sycamore buyer has not closed on their old house yet....so they wait not wanting to risk the chance of Sycamore falling thru. Mel has a camp in Valley Forge Mon - Thurs then Fri - Sun at CSU. She and Tyler are coming tonight and staying indefinitely. I worked another loooong day 8-4:45 so much for summer hours. I never even took a bathroom break or a lunch break. Sigh.....
Tomorrow Tyler and I need to go up to the lake to meet the Time Warner tech to have the phone installed, with the new bundle setup Mel contracted so we'd have Internet up there. Lots to do....no word from Steve even tho he told Mark he would call today..... Hmmmmmm
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