I am in the midst of purchasing a house. It’s quite nice. But it needs a new roof. That’s the outcome of the house inspection I paid for on Wednesday. I am in the middle of negotiating the price and the repairs. I am certainly not interested in buying a house and then discovering there are severe damages above and beyond replacing shingles.

Oh, and not only is it a beautiful place, but it’s also close to where we already live, so we won’t have to drag stuff all the far. Still, we are probably going to use movers if we get the place. I’m too old to be moving heavy crap up and down narrow stairs.