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		<title>Pop the Champagne!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 12 - 
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We are now the proud owners of a home!
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Closing today was pretty uneventful. We did our good cop/bad cop routine, made sure transfer taxes were split 50/50, and that we weren&#8217;t paying for homeowners insurance through escrow, and tried to combat the incredibly high property taxes (we will have to go to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Homestretch</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 11 - 
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Tomorrow&#8217;s the big day. Closing on our new house. It has been a challenging process dealing with our formidable sellers. Believe me, it&#8217;s been hard removing them from the grip on their home. It looks like we finally have everything ironed out. Apparently, we weren&#8217;t the only ones who found them difficult. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Closing in One Week</title>
		<link>http://rationalizingmyinsanity.com/?p=670</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 5 - 
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Closing one week from today. There has been no real response to our last exchange regarding contractual items. Except for a back and forth between realtors on estimation for cost of repairs. Hmmm. In a waiting pattern right now, walking comfortably in circles like cows.
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But, moving forward we have lots to do. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The House with the View</title>
		<link>http://rationalizingmyinsanity.com/?p=664</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Offer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[HGTV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Radon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 2 - Out for blood! 
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Push back. Yeah, that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m calling it. Let&#8217;s see, so much going on, how to jump in&#8230; Home inspections. 
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Well, there wasn&#8217;t anything major, a few things that needed to be fixed, circa 1970 washing machine that leaks, sump pump that doesn&#8217;t work, a baffle that won&#8217;t close [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Locking In</title>
		<link>http://rationalizingmyinsanity.com/?p=660</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 1 - This being Easter (and Happy Easter Everyone) it is a time for new beginnings &#038; rebirth, so my count down changes. Day 1 of my families new adventure into a new home. 
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Locking in, gambling the monthly payment away&#8230; Oh, the fun never ends.
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Once we were under contract with our &#8220;house-with-the-view&#8221; we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations. You Are Now Officially Homeless</title>
		<link>http://rationalizingmyinsanity.com/?p=637</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 92 - A bit behind due to lack of internet. 
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Day 88 -
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I have never been so tired in my life. Two days of moving has turned into four with an additional two days of clean-up. When did I accumulate so much stuff? It just kept multiplying. It seemed every time we took a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stumbling Block</title>
		<link>http://rationalizingmyinsanity.com/?p=627</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Moving]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mold Remediation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[POD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Potential Buyer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 86 - 5 days to go! 
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 My house is almost empty. These movers are super efficient. We&#8217;ve used them before and just love these guys. They have one POD so neatly packed, to the top! They still need to attack the large pieces, bedroom furniture, couches, etc. Then, tomorrow, the home office.
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 As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving</title>
		<link>http://rationalizingmyinsanity.com/?p=618</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>losin it</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buying a Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contract]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elmer's Glue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In-laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mold Inspection]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 84 - 7 days to go! 
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 Well, we finally got a signed contract on the-house-with-the-view. Whew! Now we have to go through all the inspections on that place and try to close on April 15th. Mold inspection tomorrow morning. Whoo, hoo, mold, can&#8217;t wait.
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 But my thoughts are not on the new house, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stall Tactics</title>
		<link>http://rationalizingmyinsanity.com/?p=607</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>losin it</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buying a Home]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Heating Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Day 79 - 12 days to go! 
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 Stalling. That&#8217;s what these people are doing. Before our last walk-through of &#8220;the-house-with-the-view&#8221; we had agreed to a purchase price and fully expected that to be, well&#8230; that. We resubmitted the paperwork for a purchase price of $435,000, after we got home&#8230; Done. 
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 There agent actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Negotiation</title>
		<link>http://rationalizingmyinsanity.com/?p=594</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>losin it</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buying a Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Counter Offer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Offer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 77 - Two weeks to go! Wow! That&#8217;s soon!
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As you know we put an offer in on &#8220;the-house-with-the-view&#8221;&#8230;
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Our overall objective in this battle of life&#8217;s financial snags was to start over in a new house on a economic scale that would allow us to actually save money and maybe be able to someday send [...]]]></description>
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