Reading: more Vonnegut
Music: Little Liza Jane
TV/Movie: Fight Club
Link o' the Day: West Warwick Public Library



I've been a little coy about a Big Thing Margaret and I are embarking on. We've been openly house hunting, but we've been a little quiet on the most recent developments, partially out of fear of jinxing something. I think given the most recent developments, it might be okay to reveal a bit more.

After some negotiations and competition with other interested folks, Margaret and I have successfully bid on a house. Our first. It's a nice little colonial in West Warwick with three bedrooms, 1 1/.2 baths, new appliances, two sun rooms (front and back), partially finished basement that walks out to the back yard, and some other neat features.

We never thought we'd end up in West Warwick, but it's a nice neighborhood. Looks like we'd be able to work a dog in at some point. There are ambitious plans for a backyard paradise. The basement becomes my domain for the home office, which I'm more than fine with. I'm not looking forward to some of the work I'll have to do to finish the basement, but I'll at least start out with a level floor and power supplies. Plus, it'll be a cat-free zone, so I won't have the cats trying to make up their own filing system (i.e., everything goes to the floor).

The kitchen is real nice. I'll have some real space to work with. The back sun room is right off the kitchen and it looks like a great place for a small table for spending the morning sipping coffee and reading the paper.

We're very excited.

We still have a number of steps to go through before the closing. Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork. Inspections. Moving arrangements.

My god...the moving arrangements. I've already started the Grand Purge. There's talk of trying some yard sales, which would help defray the moving costs, but that's a lot of work. We'll see what happens over this week.

Expect quite a lot about this topic off and on over the next couple of months.

It's gonna be a bumpy ride.

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I can't think of anything new to add to the old work log today. It's pretty much the same as yesterday except even further along. Doris Day. Design Integration. Medical journal--which is heading to the printer today.

Speaking of magazines, I know the SFWA Bulletin made an appearance at the Nebulas, but I so far I haven't been able to find any pictures online of the banquet. Usually I can spy copies of the magazine on the tables. This year saw fewer attendees than usual--blame the economy--so I guess I'm not too surprised not to see more Nebula galleries.



If anyone reading this was at the Nebs and happens to have a picture of the Bulletin at the banquet, please send me a copy.


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Today's link goes to the West Warwick Public Library. Why? Because it's there? Because even though I don't spend much time in libraries in Providence, I'm looking for signs of culture and community in my prospective new town and this seems like a good place to start.