It’s been a challenging time at work, going from paper to paperless charts. Besides my usual work I’ve spent many hours (most of my nights and weekends) getting it all working. I cleaned up over 200 charts with faults, so my ‘reminder’ pie chart is now ‘all green’ viz. nothing wants my attention. I think I got the hang of the work PCs; handling notes, refills, and charting will soon be smooth and I can have my free time back. I look forward to Sunday, when I can enjoy the day. I haven’t read any blogs in over a week, so I suppose I’ve missed all the excitement in blog-land that occurs when I leave the room. I look forward to catching up.
I don’t have anything profound to write, as the Muses have left the area. Apparently they are taking the neighbors with them. The across the street neighbors – call them “A” – walked away from their house last month. A few days ago the across-the-street-diagonal neighbors “B” put out a ‘FOR SALE” sign; their kids are grown now and the house is too big. Last night their next door neighbor “C” put out their for own for sale sign. Now when I look out the front door I see a vacant house and two homes with sale signs. There goes the neighborhood – literally. “B” and “C” were in a long time feud over whose responsibility it is to clean up the droppings of the tree between them. I wonder if both “B” and “C” thought of moving away from each other, only to discover the other one has similar intent. I knew all of this prior to their formal announcements as The Lovely Neighbor (to my left) told us. We have a neighborhood right out of the “The Lucia” novels by E.F. Benson. Goodness knows what sort of talk Someone and I generate.
When we moved to Phoenix in 2005, houses would not stay on the market for more than 48 hours. A few years later you couldn’t sell your house to save your life. I am keen to see how readily and quickly A, B, and C sell their houses.
Spo-fans are quite welcome to move to Phoenix – we have houses galore. The neighbors (or what’s left of them) are fine people many well over four feet. The Lovely Neighbor will come over with a welcome cake. I promise to come over with a pitcher of something. Name yer poison and come on down !
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June 16, 2012 at 4:48 PM
Ron
And here I thought it was something I said to offend you was why I heard the silence from Spo Land.
June 16, 2012 at 4:52 PM
Ron
We have a similar situation in our neighborhood. Fortunately, the houses are beginning to sell again (for what price I do not know but I suspect quite a bit below the market value that we paid back in 2006). We no longer have any foreclosures in our neighborhood after having going through a spate of them the last year or two. Tomorrow we visit our old house in Pennsylvania which was sat vacant (the buyer walked away from it after a year) for two years before a young couple (so our former neighbor informed us via Facebook) bought it for a steal ($302,000 versus the $500,000 I sold it for in 2006 which was $125,000 under market value then). This should be interesting. Look for my next blog posting which I will tell all about our visit assuming the new owners welcome us on our former property. Do you realize what I’ve just done with this comment? Since you’re not reading blogs now I posted a mini blog!
June 16, 2012 at 5:10 PM
Jay
I am glad you are caught up. As to the Muses they will return. Think about Opera.. Perhaps you could blog about your favorite opera/diva/etc. You will get new neighbors, probably more interesting than the ones who abandoned ship.
June 16, 2012 at 8:49 PM
anne marie in philly
I would love a tour of your spo shirt fabrics, and the shirts in progress!
June 16, 2012 at 9:16 PM
wcs
Sounds tempting, but I think the heat would do me in.
June 17, 2012 at 4:27 AM
Blobby
if A walked away from their house, they are not selling it anytime quickly. Banks and forelcosures can take forever even if there is an interested buyer.
….and maybe you showing a picture of Mrs. Kravitz would have been better.
June 17, 2012 at 5:22 AM
Shawn
and …What is the teperature outside today Spo?
June 17, 2012 at 5:22 AM
Urspo
111
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June 17, 2012 at 7:10 AM
Rick
I also have 3 houses in a row for sale on my rather short street. I think it’s rather odd and could affect the sale.
You’ll have to offer more than refreshments and low humidity.
June 17, 2012 at 5:17 PM
Cubby
Temp is 111? That’s a little too close to Hell for my taste
June 17, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Urspo
it’s a dry heat, and we all have pools and don’t wear much clothing if any at all
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June 17, 2012 at 7:04 PM
Erik Rubright
We could all move to the Spo-borhood! How would that be for blog fodder?
June 18, 2012 at 5:51 AM
Stephen
I think the secret to living in Portland, Oregon is to visit Arizona for 2 weeks a couple of times a year… I could announce: “I am going to my desert house for a while…”
June 18, 2012 at 6:18 AM
Urspo
Sensible plan: the best times are Oct-Nov and March and alternative weekends in February.
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June 18, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Old Lurker
You could purchase one or more of the houses and set up a gay B&B!
No doubt your blogger buddies would give you steady business.
June 19, 2012 at 1:11 PM
Scott
In our neighborhood houses for sale rarely sit on the market, we’ve had four of them go up for sale in the past year and I don’t think any of them went past 2 weeks before they were snatched up.
June 26, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Mark H
Maybe it’s a good thing the feuding neighbors are gone, but, yep, you do NOT know who the replacements will be…. We lost the blue collar “Macey’s” across the street 15 years ago and cheered, then Lisa moved in and has been nagging ever since about everything under the sun. SO. Best of luck, wish we could buy close to you both, and yes, alternate hauling gallons of iced tea, cookies, and MORE back and forth.