beststephi and I put a bid in on this house, and it was accepted. So on Saturday we go in with the home inspector so that he can tell us if its going to sink into a mine or something below it. Actually, I’m not really worried about sunken mines. If anything, I’d worry about the fact that the house us surrounded on two sides by a cemetary. Actually, there are lots of cemetaries in this area, including one right across the street from where I currently live. So the question is, did the cemetary builders actually leave spaces for houses or are we built on top of old graves? The current owners have a cross hanging on like every room in the house. I wonder if there’s a reason for that. I’m going to have to make sure Steph doesn’t get sucked into the television. Anyway, new place has a pool, we’re talking about putting in a hot tub. Aloha Jam should be awesome. Who’s afraid of a little poltergeist anyway?
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woohoo! house!
And the theme from Ghostbusters is currently on my playlist…fitting!
oddly I was just talking about the theme from Ghostbusters II with someone yesterday.
Oh, how cute! Congrats and good luck with the inspection!
It will be even better once we de-Santa-fy it. Actually, its entirely possible they’ve taken all the Santas down by now. I bet there are still a whole lot of crosses though. To ward off the evil poltergeists, no doubt.
Unlike most people, I see what the house is, not the decorations on it. I didn’t even notice the santas. I’m convinced that’s why we got our house so easily. Because most people see the furniture or wall color and decide based on that. I just see the empty room as it could be.
I’m so visionary. 😉
yeah, I try to do much the same. I actually looked at houses’ potential to the point of “this will be really great once I tear out that wall and build a new room over there”
Well, it’s an above ground pool — there’s obviously a reason for that. Don’t go digging in the backyard!
Well, if I remember correctly, in the movie the pool was actually dug into the ground. Maybe that was the problem.
Yeah, that was my point.
well… maybe it’ll be a friendly ghost… like casper.
Neat! Is this on the South Side too?
more or less. Technically, its in Carrick, but to someone who doesn’t live on Mt. Oliver, you’d never know the difference. Its about a mile from Mike’s house. You can easily walk it.
very cool!
our house was very heavily crossified when we first saw it. there was even a little alcove-like thing with what appeared to be a shrine to mary. weird.
I think there may be a virgin mary in there somewhere too… *shrug* they’ll probably take them all with them anyway… unless of course they decide we’re godless heathens, then maybe they’ll bolt them to the wall.
yeah, they took theirs too. but it was weird – the owners had moved to FL a few years beforehand and (as far as I know) didn’t really live there.
all the more reason for the virgin mother to look over and protect their land.
If it helps, I can hook you up with some crosses and the like blessed by the pope. We’ve got a crucifix he blessed that worked very well whenever the poltergeist in the washing machine in our old place would try to escape. 🙂
we’ll see how it goes… any unholy spirits that might be inhabitting the place were there before me, and I don’t want to be that bastard new kid who just comes in and immediately starts bullying (undead) people around.
Yeah, good point. No need to escalate to the nuclear option immediately. They give you any shit, though, I used to go drinking with Bishop Wuerl’s assistant. I can hook you up.
so what you’re saying is, you know a guy who knows’s a guy…
No, I know a guy. Fr. Jim (the assistant) is _the_man_. A heavy drinking priest who gets into bar fights is exactly the guy you want for exorcisms.
My favorite Fr. Jim story: He was at Denny’s (the bar in Oakland, not the restaurant) and some guy starts a fight with him. Why, I don’t remember. Anyway, the bartender calls the police, and by the time they get there, Jim’s got the guy on the ground, and he’s standing above him with his foot on the guy’s neck. Cop walks in, sizes up the situation, and says, “This guy giving you trouble, father?”
heh… cute… if there were more pipe hitting priests and warrior nuns, maybe I would become a catholic.
Well, you know, I know a preddy damn badass warrior monk, but I think he’s perhaps the wrong kind of monk…
what, are you doubting the power of shaolin?
Very cute!!! Congratulations, and good luck with all of the official-type house buying and moving stuff 😉
thank you. Hopefully it will go as painlessly as possible.
what do we call it?
The Entertainer?
Re: what do we call it?
dude… I wonder if the city would be upset if I changed the street sign.
Congrats, guys. Hope the inspection goes well, and you don’t have a leaky basement or something.
thanx… actually the inspection went very well. Not much that needs to be fixed at all.