Have We Ruined Homeownership For You?
First, I’m sorry for the dearth of posts regarding actual progress on the Devil Queen. There has been some made (painting the bathrooms), but there isn’t much to look at yet. Our Zombie Black-Ops is moving along slowly. That should be no surprise, what are zombies if not slow? However, once their mission has been accomplished and all danger has passed, you’ll get some pictures.
Ms. Scarlet and I were talking about our Halloween party last night, and she said, “It’s too bad none of the housebloggers live closer, you could invite them.”
“That would be pretty cool. I know one lives in Little Rock and there are two more in Fayetteville I think.”
[For any of you housebloggers interested, you are invited to experience the evil of the Devil Queen first hand.]
“What happened to that guy living in Australia,” Scarlet asked.
“They moved back to the US. I think they moved to Detroit.”
“I always liked his comments, they made me laugh,” Scarlet said. “I think we actually scared him away from home ownership. I feel kind of bad about that.”
“He hasn’t posted in a while. They just bought a house, but I don’t think it needs too much work. You know, stuff like paint. It’s definitely not an old fixer upper.”
“Do you think we’ve scare off anyone else?”
“I don’t know,” I said “We should ask.”
So, in an effort to satisfy our curiosity, here is our poll (a tip of the hat to Greg at The Petch House for introducing me to Pollhost).
Ms. Scarlet and I were talking about our Halloween party last night, and she said, “It’s too bad none of the housebloggers live closer, you could invite them.”
“That would be pretty cool. I know one lives in Little Rock and there are two more in Fayetteville I think.”
[For any of you housebloggers interested, you are invited to experience the evil of the Devil Queen first hand.]
“What happened to that guy living in Australia,” Scarlet asked.
“They moved back to the US. I think they moved to Detroit.”
“I always liked his comments, they made me laugh,” Scarlet said. “I think we actually scared him away from home ownership. I feel kind of bad about that.”
“He hasn’t posted in a while. They just bought a house, but I don’t think it needs too much work. You know, stuff like paint. It’s definitely not an old fixer upper.”
“Do you think we’ve scare off anyone else?”
“I don’t know,” I said “We should ask.”
So, in an effort to satisfy our curiosity, here is our poll (a tip of the hat to Greg at The Petch House for introducing me to Pollhost).
posted by John | 8:33 PM
8 Comments:
You need to add a category for:
Oops, i already bought my old house, but after reading your blog i realize just how bad it can be and after reading Greg's realize i will never have the time or patience to do it that well and so now am looking to flip it. Paint over wall paper here i come! Or something along those lines. ;)
Annie,
Damn. That is an excellent point! I wish I would have thought of that. I'd add that to the poll, but, once you've created one, that is pretty much it.
I'd encourage anyone who is in the same boat as Annie to leave a comment and I'll figure that into the "offical" score.
Not only am I deranged enough to be moving on to my second fixer-upper (much larger and older than the first), but you have actually encouraged me to start a house blog! I thoroughly enjoy reading your adventures and love to know someone else is in the same/similar boat as I.
Thanks...
Travis
It goes without saying - I picked "deranged."
Also, I didn't realize you guys were having a Halloween party, too! I just posted abuot ours on our blog. Now I'm going to hunt down more details on yours.
I would have suggested yet another poll response choice: "We've already bought our ghastly old house, but your blog makes us feel better because at least we didn't cut ours in half and move it."
Wish I could come to the party--I will send cyberbrownies and a case of cyberBrooklyn Lager in our stead!
I'm a combination of Annie and Brenda: "We already bought our old house, but after reading this blog have given up all delusions of milk painted carpentry, staining trim, or anything that involves major demolition"
One more thing - if you have a Christmas party, when I'm in AR, we just might show up!
Thanks for all the comments. I wish I had fine tuned my questions a little better before posting the poll. Next time I think I'll ask for some suggestions first.
Travis,
Bless you. I think you may be one of the only people that has been positively influenced by us.
Kristin,
You are a lady after my own heart. I'll post a few more details for you regardin our Halloween.
Brenda,
Thanks for the refreshments; they were excellent.
Allison,
If you're down in Arkansas for Christmas, you'll definately have to look us up. I don't know if we're having a party; that is still a little bit beyond our planning horizon. In any case, you have an open invitation whether there is a party or not.
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