Woo hoo ^ .. ^

House news: A DRUM ROLL PLEASE - we had 3 bids/offers on the house after only 4 days of showing it! Wild! The realtors began showing it last Sunday, 7.5, even before the "sell" sheets from the realtor w/ all the pretty color photos were done. We have set a contract w/ a woman who wrote us a fan letter about the house. We rec'd $500.00 above the "intent" price that we had set. Wow.

We will be putting a bid on a house tomorrow AM - send us a good tho't please. SJ & I loved it from the get-go. I had the intent to place an offer on it before we saw it. The Realtor tho't me a tad brash. Pish tosh, I say to you. I am eager & I had/have a feeling about the house. Please send us a good tho't.

And to top all that off, a week ago, our Toyota car was hit upon by professional thieves: they absconded w/ power distribution system (the fuse box & relays if I understand our wonderful mechanic properly), plus the air filter & air flow system & our 6 month old battery. May they rot in hell! They forced open the hood by a pry bar or some such device & basically popped the hood. Then they cut the engine harness cables which house ALL the electric wires for the entire car. Bastards! The police came in full force & fingerprinted the hood of the car. Shitfire. What a pain in the arse. State Farm has totaled it so besides looking at houses & having people look at this house, we are looking for a car. No more Toyotas for me: the police said that someone had a shopping list for Toyota car parts & they picked ours 1st. Apparently Toyotas & Hondas are the cars most hit upon for this type of crime. What a predicament! Shit again.

Keep your fingers & thumbs crossed please!