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« Last post by Dartman on May 06, 2013, 02:03:41 AM »Well it's been quite a long time since we got newbie, over 3 years now, and he mostly likes us now and wants to fly to our arms and shoulders to hang out. Finally decided on a name for him a while ago, he's big and green and runs over when we ring the bell on his perch so we call him Lurch like the butler in the Adams Family from the old TV show and movies.
He's settled in nicely and loves to fly and land on our shoulders or hang out with me on my recliner to get scritches and steal food if I'm eating. He loves the new house and flies all over reaping havoc and bouncing off the lights and ceiling as it's much higher and bigger then our old place.
Been slowly loading the mini barn/shed and have the floor mostly cleared out in the middle and the loft partially filled with the crap we want to keep but don't use or need much. Also slowly clearing out and organizing the main living areas and rooms of boxes and junk but it's hard to believe we got all the crap we still have in that tiny house before after seeing it spread out all over now in the new place. The fence is great and all the extra cars and crap are parked behind it and locked away and pretty much unable to be seen from outside. We sold sisters 71 Plymouth Scamp to pay the taxes we owed from buying the house with the extra income we got from partially cashing in our IRA's, plus I sold a few rare parts to the same guy, got 1500 for the car and the extra parts I saved for it, plus my stuff for 750 so all paid off on taxes and one less car in the yard.
The neighbors on either side of us are nice and we get along fine with them so life's good. Water bills here are stupid high due to the city being greedy and adding on non water related crap and the sewer bill with it so been 300 and 276 for every 3 months bill so far, everything else including the mortgage has been reasonable for what we have and can probably get a payment reduction on the water bill for proving we aren't rich and need the help when we jump through the right hoops.
Family bought us a new Sony LED 42" TV for Christmas for our new house and it surprisingly looks really good black level and over all pop wise considering the MEH tech it uses so enjoying that. I guess I can post some pics if there are any requests and it's slowly feeling more like home and getting settled in and sorted.
He's settled in nicely and loves to fly and land on our shoulders or hang out with me on my recliner to get scritches and steal food if I'm eating. He loves the new house and flies all over reaping havoc and bouncing off the lights and ceiling as it's much higher and bigger then our old place.
Been slowly loading the mini barn/shed and have the floor mostly cleared out in the middle and the loft partially filled with the crap we want to keep but don't use or need much. Also slowly clearing out and organizing the main living areas and rooms of boxes and junk but it's hard to believe we got all the crap we still have in that tiny house before after seeing it spread out all over now in the new place. The fence is great and all the extra cars and crap are parked behind it and locked away and pretty much unable to be seen from outside. We sold sisters 71 Plymouth Scamp to pay the taxes we owed from buying the house with the extra income we got from partially cashing in our IRA's, plus I sold a few rare parts to the same guy, got 1500 for the car and the extra parts I saved for it, plus my stuff for 750 so all paid off on taxes and one less car in the yard.
The neighbors on either side of us are nice and we get along fine with them so life's good. Water bills here are stupid high due to the city being greedy and adding on non water related crap and the sewer bill with it so been 300 and 276 for every 3 months bill so far, everything else including the mortgage has been reasonable for what we have and can probably get a payment reduction on the water bill for proving we aren't rich and need the help when we jump through the right hoops.
Family bought us a new Sony LED 42" TV for Christmas for our new house and it surprisingly looks really good black level and over all pop wise considering the MEH tech it uses so enjoying that. I guess I can post some pics if there are any requests and it's slowly feeling more like home and getting settled in and sorted.
