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The Molehill and the Mountain
Dec. 15th, 2005 08:17 pmThe small: I am personalizing a Christmas stocking for the EB. Everybody in my family has stockings that were knit by my grandmother - our names are on them and everything, and each is different. (Actually, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
galagan's was store bought, because she wasn't knitting anymore by the time he came along.)
I bought a red velour stocking - it's a gorgeous deep red. I have cut block letters out of white felt, and I'm going to sew them on, and silver metallic thread will be involved. Yay for craftiness!
The big, nay, huge: We have a verbal agreement to sell our house! Our former roommate is interested, and we had a price estimate done - and after careful consideration of that, he has accepted!!! I'm thrilled - on every front. Financially this is nice, because we won't be officially listing the house on the market, so expenses are cheaper (the realtor will get 1% for her fee instead of 6%, for starters). He will buy it as-is, so no worries about painting or fixing up. (He's an architect, and already has big plans for the place. Measurements have been taken. I can't wait to see what he'll do with it!) This is also wonderful on an emotional level. When I first moved back to Billings, he was the person who *found* this house to begin with, and I lived here with him and our friend Mary (who died last year). This feels appropriate - like we've come full-circle. He belongs in this house, and now it will happen!
Okay.... back to the stocking.
galagan's was store bought, because she wasn't knitting anymore by the time he came along.) I bought a red velour stocking - it's a gorgeous deep red. I have cut block letters out of white felt, and I'm going to sew them on, and silver metallic thread will be involved. Yay for craftiness!
The big, nay, huge: We have a verbal agreement to sell our house! Our former roommate is interested, and we had a price estimate done - and after careful consideration of that, he has accepted!!! I'm thrilled - on every front. Financially this is nice, because we won't be officially listing the house on the market, so expenses are cheaper (the realtor will get 1% for her fee instead of 6%, for starters). He will buy it as-is, so no worries about painting or fixing up. (He's an architect, and already has big plans for the place. Measurements have been taken. I can't wait to see what he'll do with it!) This is also wonderful on an emotional level. When I first moved back to Billings, he was the person who *found* this house to begin with, and I lived here with him and our friend Mary (who died last year). This feels appropriate - like we've come full-circle. He belongs in this house, and now it will happen!
Okay.... back to the stocking.
