This has been such a beautiful week in the country. The weather has been cool, the days have been sunny, and the farm neighbors have begun harvesting their crops. I watched from our front door this afternoon as one farmer took down a whole field of corn in a matter of minutes. Sometimes I can't believe this happens just across the road from my house. Since I'm a transplanted city slicker, any activity involving huge farm implements piques my interest.
This week is fairly calm compared to the challenges of the previous seven days. Last Thursday I had a frustrating day with my mother and on Friday there were last minute glitches in the closing on Glenn's dad's house. I spent the whole day fielding phone calls from the realtor and trying to schedule the pick-up of furniture from the house. We thought we had 30 days to vacate the premises, when actually the contract stated the new owner would take immediate occupancy. Why that information hadn't been shared with us is still a mystery. Apparently it was just an unfortunate oversight. We learned about the immediate occupancy clause only after I contacted our realtor late Thursday night, for my own peace of mind.
OUR NEIGHBORS, BRIEN AND STEVE, AND THEIR SHEEP
HARVEST TIME IN THE COUNTRY
On Friday we were led to believe the new owner was angry with us, but when we met with him at Glenn's dad's house Saturday morning he said he hadn't fully understood our situation. He had first indicated he wanted us to leave him the furniture but his realtor later said he had wanted it free-of-charge. We offered him all the furniture for a very reasonable (meaning extremely low) price. That supposedly upset him and he demanded we have everything out of the house within 24 hours. (We were later told he had been making plans to sell the furniture on Craig's List.) Sometimes I wonder what people truly expect. The realtor and we set the selling price for the house at a more than reasonable level and we negotiated in good faith, but still the buyer wanted us to give him the furniture as well so he could make a profit on it. I contacted a friend who owned an antique mall and asked if he might be interested in buying some vintage furniture and he was, so he met us at the house and bought all that we offered. In the end, it all worked out fine and we had the furniture removed on Saturday morning. We were glad we didn't have to cancel plans with our neighbors and friends, Brien and Steve, who had invited us to attend the Eaton, Ohio Pork Festival with them on Saturday. We had arranged to meet them at the fairgrounds and easily located them once we'd arrived. http://www.porkfestival.org/photos/ We enjoyed a great meal, attended a fantastic concert by the group, Tonic Sol Fa - http://www.tonicsolfa.com/, attended a wood demonstration, and visited craft booths in the barns on the premises. Glenn and I had a great time and we hope the guys did too. Thank you, Brien and Steve, for helping us end the week on such a positive note.
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