We got the house!

[LostinVA]

We got this awesome 100 year old farmhouse. We're sure it's going to be a money pit, but neither myself nor my Spicy Spam Haruka care. We love it! The living room and dining room have beautiful wood paneling. There's an amazing fireplace and the most gorgeous wide-planked wood floors. It's on almost an acre and it's in a wooded area, so the cats will love it!

I'll post some pictures once we move in.

[lost-in-nj]

1. WHERE?? WHERE??? WHERE???

OMG


CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



:party: :party: :party: :party: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

Does it have a barn?? can I board my horse????


YEAH!!! YEAH!!!! YEAH!!!!!


lost

[LostinVA]

3. It's 20 minutes west of you

It's a farmhouse, but there's no longer a farm connected to it. So there's no barn, but it's still a really cool house.

[lost-in-nj]

6. Oh fuck

everything is 20 fucking minutes away....
even NYC!!!!

pm me a town!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


lost

[LostinVA]

9. OMG -- even I'm saying the 20 minutes thing now

The other day I said NYC was 20 minutes away and I'm 20 minutes west of you.

Check your PM in a minute.

[LeftyMom]

2. You forgot the best feature of all

Your crazy vacuum-wielding mother in law doesn't live there. :D

Congrats!

[LostinVA]

5. You're not fucking joking

Don't forget I'm a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

[Debi]

4. Woo Hoo!!

When's the house warming party? :toast:

[LostinVA]

7. Not for awhile

We love it because there's no close neighbors, so we can be really pevy. And we have some pevy gifts from LeftyMom and Flvegan that we haven't "broken" in yet.

[LeftyMom]

10. best store ever. seriesly.

:D

[LostinVA]

12. Of course, the day after I placed the order

They put up a promotional for a free "personal massager" with orders of $45 or more.

[LeftyMom]

15. And you didn't tell me?

I still have room in my underwear drawer for some underwear. It's kinda sad.

[LostinVA]

16. That's just because you don't wear underwear

[LeftyMom]

19. Of course I do

The pics would get repetitive otherwise I think.

[LostinVA]

22. The edible vegan kind doesn't count

[LeftyMom]

28. Good thing I don't have any

Is there even such a thing?

[LostinVA]

29. I'm not sure

I added "vegan" when My Spam told me that that edible undies have gelatin in them.

[LeftyMom]

34. the correct vegan method is to fling the normal sort across the room ASAP

Or so I'm told.

[LostinVA]

35. That's also the normal peskytarian and carni method

[LeftyMom]

37. Smart folks.

:D

[Debi]

18. TMI TMI TMI TMI

:banghead:

I'm such an innocent young thing.....

Just no animal sacrifces, mkay???

[LostinVA]

23. The only animal sacrifices will be seafood

And you are certainly not innocent.

[Sugar Smack]

8. CONGRATULATIONS!! It sounds positively posh.

I especially love the idea of a fireplace & woods and cats! I'm so happy for you *and envious*. LOL. You'll have such peace and tranquility there.

:woohoo: Post pictures, willya?

[LostinVA]

11. Of course, we'll be living on ramen and Trader Joe's stir fries for the next six months

But it's worth it.

[Sugar Smack]

13. It WOULD be. You can think of yourselves as camping for now.

Just camping. Simple and so great. For six months. Then, when you've got it covered, you can think of it as living the dream. I wish you well in that. With your combined efforts, it ought to be very pleasant.

[Mugu]

44. The most treasured things in life are the ones you have to sacrifice for.

Without some anguish, you will never appreciate satisfaction, and can never fully achieve serenity. People like Paris Hilton may "have it all," but they will never know your joy. Congratulations on your new home!

Regards, Mugu

[SeattleGirl]

14. Congratulations!

:toast: :bounce: :bounce: :toast:

[LostinVA]

17. Thank you!

[Haole Girl]

20. Sounds great!

Congrats!

:toast:

[LostinVA]

24. It's a pretty great space

I can't wait till we have it all set up.

The basement is really scary though. There's even an extra-scary sub-basement that looks like it'd have a prohibition era still in it.

[Mugu]

46. When I first moved into my old house in 1994

(first taxes paid on the house in 1894,) my ladyfriend was sitting on the stairs in the basement while I was pouring salt into the water softener. She suddenly jumped up and started to run upstairs, stuttering the whole time, something she doesn't normally do (running or stuttering.) Sna, sna, sna, I had no idea what she was trying to say. I finally looked down and observed a Garder snake crawling out from under the brine tank. I took the snake outside and released it, and have had no further snake problems. My ladyfriend has only recently (13 years later) been willing to reenter my basement. And then only with my assurance that there are no snakes. With my high-voltage experiments, she is unwilling/scared to venture onto my porch (some phobia about things unexpectedly catching fire.) You would think that at some point she would become claustrophobic. But, for some reason she's willing to set aside her prejudices to visit me. There's no doubt that she's a keeper, even if she trembles/quakes uncontrollably at times.

Regards, Mugu

[LostinVA]

55. Haruka is on snake detail

I don't do reptiles. She loves the things, and since I love her, she gets to keep her lizard collection.

[Gormy Cuss]

53. There you go, competing with Delaware again.

LynneSin's wine press makes you SO jealous.

The new place sounds like a great find. It's probably 20 minutes from my in-laws too.
;-)

[LostinVA]

54. We have a basement with a secret room

I bet you there's bodies in there. That's cooler than a wine press.

If your in-laws are in North Jersey, they're 20 minutes away.

[Gormy Cuss]

61. Bodies in a secret room in NJ? Perish the thought.

:-)

The in-laws are mostly in Sussex County. Some down on the shore are probably more than 20 minutes away even by NJ standards.

[LostinVA]

63. Sussex County is 20 minutes away

The shore is at least an hour.

[Shakespeare]

21. How cool! Congratulations!

I love old houses like that--so much character, and the quality of the workmanship is usually so beautiful. :toast:

[LostinVA]

25. We think so, too

However, I feel bad for Haruka's stepdad and her sister's bf, because they're going to have to move our heavy Thomasville bedroom set up the spiral Dutch steps.

[Shakespeare]

26. Oh, THAT'LL be fun.

Please be sure to have a video camera on hand, either for comedic potential or insurance purposes. :7

[LostinVA]

30. I think I'll drink a magarita and supervise

For all the "Friends" fans: "PIVOT! PIVOT! PIVOT!"

[Shakespeare]

33. HAHA....perfect.

Forgot about the "pivot" episode. :rofl:

[LostinVA]

36. "SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!"

Check your PM.

[flvegan]

27. Congrats!!

Awesome news. Can't wait to install the hidden cameras.

[LostinVA]

32. I'M HAVING THE PLACE DEBUGGED -- STAT!

[flvegan]

41. Meh.

Rebugging is just a 10 minute visit. Me and my friends is all..."stealthy" like, you know.

[LostinVA]

42. Great -- just what I need

A fucking posse of vegan ninjas.

[flvegan]

43. So, wouldn't it just, you know

be EASIER to send the pics I so desire?

I kid, I kid. Old habits...hard to break...you know.

[liberaltrucker]

31. HUGE Congrats!!!

:party: :toast: :bounce: :thumbsup: :hi: :grouphug:

[LostinVA]

40. Thank you

We'll be cracking out our Frozen Concoction Maker to celebrate.

[cboy4]

38. It sounds great! Wow. 20 minutes from everything ;)

Does the place have a basement or large enough pantry to store your Fresca, and Reese's Peanut butter cups for unexpected visitors/intruders?

[LostinVA]

39. It has a full basement, an attic and three pantries in the kitchen

And everything in North Jersey is 20 minutes from everything, even if it isn't.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

45. Congratulations!

:toast:

[LostinVA]

47. Thanks!

We can't wait to move in! We already got our living room furniture.

[Blue Diadem]

48. Congrats! Gotta love those old farmhouses..

Your sounds beautiful and amazing. Ours was built in the 1880's and we love it..even if I do mutter I hate this house sometimes..especially when it's costing us repair money. But hey..what house doesn't eventually require repairs?

One thing I've learned about our old houses..old growth trees were much stronger than the new/fast growth nowadays.

Enjoy!

ps..post pics when you can, I can't wait to see it!

[LostinVA]

56. We'll definitely be posting pics

[Midlodemocrat]

49. YAY!!! What great news!!!

:bounce:

[LostinVA]

57. You'll have to come visit, if you'll be traveling through NJ

[Midlodemocrat]

62. I don't head that way very often anymore

now that my parents are gone, but I will probably be coming up sometime during the winter to see my brother's new baby. S/He is due in November.

I would LOVE to see the house. It sounds absolutely beautiful. Your description of the floors has me really, really jealous.

[LostinVA]

64. Tell him congrats on the baby

We should be settled by the time you head up north. I'll make sure to get a magnum of Barefoot Chardonnay. Haruka informed me that a local liquor store sells them for $6.99.

[LynneSin]

50. Congrats sissy

Did you buy this - that's awesome

BTW - anytime after 10/5 you can come visit. I'll have bedroom furniture in the 2nd bedroom.

I just discovered a new amazing tea from Teavana - Plum Harvest. It's sooooo yummy and has a nice fall spicy flavor to it

[LostinVA]

58. Thanks!

It's rent to buy.

We'll definitely come visit sometime. I'm not sure when we'll be able to make it down, though. Things are pretty crazy here.

[Critters2]

51. Congrats!!

It sounds wonderful! I live in a house built in 1888, with TWO great fireplaces, and I know you and Haruka (say "hi!", btw) will really enjoy that on cold winter nights! And it's even a great place for the cats! It just sounds wonderful all around! Yay!!


Critters
available for house blessings in nice wooded places, for a small fee and mileage :)

[LostinVA]

59. Yeah -- the cats will love it

My cat, Punkers, likes to hunt deer out the windows. She's strictly indoors. Haruka's cat is indoor/outdoor and he'll have plenty of room to hunt.

[applegrove]

52. How very exciting. Enjoy.

[LostinVA]

60. We're planning on enjoying it lots

In every room.

[YankeyMCC]

65. Congrats and

enjoy...100 year old farmhouse will provide plenty of opportunity to enjoy or learn home repair I'm sure :)

[LostinVA]

66. Well, fortunately, I know basic plumbing and Haruka is pretty good at carpentry

[redqueen]

67. Aww that sounds wonderful!

Congrats, you two!

:toast:

When's the housewarming party? ;)