Monthly Archives: November 2024

November 26, 2024

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Today was the last day of my vacation. Back to work tomorrow for 4 days. I tried to open my sunroof on my car yesterday afternoon and it wouldn’t budge. I kept messing with the switch and it finally opened and I heard a pop. I tried to close it and it wouldn’t work. I finally managed to get it almost closed and took it to Philpott. They ended up having to order a part because it was locked up. They offered to give me a loaner but it wouldn’t be ready till today. I went back this morning when they texted the loaner was ready. Brentlie had a vet appointment so I had the dogs with me. They were working on the paperwork and came and told me they charge $200 for pets to be in the car. I told them I would come back later without the dogs. I got back about 1015 and they gave me a 2024 Tucson. It was quite different from my Palisade. I’m very spoiled with all the extras on my car. They had no idea how long they were going to have my car for. I was only home for a little over an hour when they called to say my car was ready, lol. Got my car back and everything was good. Went and got my teeth cleaned, stopped at HEB, then came home. It’s gonna be hard going back to work tomorrow morning. The countdown is on. Four more months!

November 25, 2004

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Ricky and I did a thing yesterday. We’ve been house shopping for two years now, preparing for our move after my retirement. We finally made up our minds on the house and city we’ll be moving to. We decided on the David Weekley Conway model. We’ll be moving to the Escondido neighborhood in Magnolia, TX. We wanted a house with a 3-car garage due to not being able to have a building in the backyard. Turns out David Weekley sold all their 50 foot lots that were available by the time we were ready to sign a contract. Then we looked at Perry Homes and were interested in a house that had a porch across the entire back of the house. The price was pretty high for the amount of house we would get so we looked at the David Weekley’s on 60 foot lots. Turns out we could get way more house for the money compared to the Perry. The Conway model automatically comes with a 4-car garage in the 60 foot section and it also has a mother-in-law suite with a bathroom that the Perry didn’t have. We had been dealing directly with the sales women when we were looking in the beginning and I had seen some YouTube videos from realtors saying they could get good deals for people. I called Natasha Tessier who owns Dwell Realty in Montgomery, TX and set up a meeting with her. Turns out we don’t have to pay her anything as the builders have contracts to pay the realtors. Natasha is very nice and knowledgeable about the whole Houston area. We all met in Escondido and looked at Perry and DW homes. After we decided we were going to go with the Conway home we let her know so she could make a deal for us. Kristi Wells, the DW sales lady, told us they don’t make deals on new builds but they had a $15000 incentive. Natasha got her to increase that to $20000 and she said that’s all she could do. On our way home from there we decided we wanted the builder to install a whole home generator so we didn’t have to hire someone to do it later and also because it would be added to the price of the home. This all took place on Friday. We had a conference call on Sunday with Kristi and Natasha and signed the contract and then wired our earnest money. It feels so surreal. I’m beyond excited to start this adventure. Here are a few pictures of the outside, kitchen, master bathroom, and extra bathrooms! Our new address will be 1412 Florecer Lane, Magnolia, TX 77354.