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House Moving- It’s Almost Done!
Ryan and I went to Currituck this weekend. We had another one of those 36 hour visits which are thoroughly exhausting.
We arrived Saturday at noon, just in time for Ryan to join my Dad and about 3000 other men for the Knotts Island Hunters Feast. The Hunters Feast is an annual charity event that supports [...]
House Moving- Update
On Christmas morning we took a quick ride over to the beach house to see the progress. In the six weeks since we had seen it, the rest of the pilings had been put in place, the siding had been removed and the 1st floor decking had been completed.
To see the previous house [...]
Photo of the Day 11.10.09
We hitchhiked a boat ride to the beach with my Dad early Sunday morning, he and the crew were meeting to try to sink a few more piles, for the new beach house.
The house moving company wants to sit the house down on it’s permanent foundation this week, so, they have a whole lot of work [...]
House Moving- INSIDE!
Two weeks ago, I posted about how my parents were moving a house, you can read the post, HERE.
Then, last week I posted a few more pictures of the moving process, HERE.
Well, on Saturday afternoon we decided to do one of those “less-than-24-hour-down-and-back” trips, and we had the opportunity to see the house for ourselves.
Here [...]
House Moving (Continued)
As promised, here are some more pictures of the Beach House my parents had moved last week.
You can see the previous post, here.
Here are my parents and their pups, standing in front of the house before it was moved:
(Look how big Mollie is getting! She was just a pup the last time we [...]
Photo of the Day 10.29.2009
I posted about the House Moving on Tuesday, but I didn’t include this photo of the house going over the dune.
What a site!
House Moving
Today my parents got a new beach house.
Well, a new, used, beach house.
To make a long story short, they made a simple deal with someone who was thinking about tearing down a really nice house.
The deal is: “We’ll get the house out of your way, and spare you the cost of tearing [...]
Why have roommates?
Today, I am going to address a question that has been asked to us a million times.
Why do we have roommates?
Why share your home? Why would you want to do that? Why would you want to have to clean up after someone else or their pets? Why?
It really may not make any sense [...]
She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy
We recently went through the process of buying a small tractor to make our lives more simple. We have about six acres to mow and a ton of landscaping to do so we thought it would make sense to buy a tractor to make things easier.
The most important things, I’ve learned when buying a tractor is:
1. [...]
PMI- Private Mortgage Insurance
When applying for a loan and considering “buying” points, you must consider all of the costs associated with your loan, PMI may be one of them.
PMI stands for Private Mortgage Insurance. It is mortgage insurance usually paid by the borrower to protect the lender.
PMI is required by lenders when you mortgage loan-to-value (LTV) is higher [...]
