We made an offer on a house today. A house so close to perfect, so close to everything that we wanted with a few things we didn't even know we wanted thrown in (like his and hers walk-in closets in the master bedroom, I shit you not) that I am tempted to drive over there, get on my knees and beg the owners to sell it to us.
Everybody start doing the good juju house buying dance for us now, please. Oh, and also the good juju house selling dance, because now we've really gotta make that happen pronto.
(Hey, maybe if you all video tape the dancing, we can have a contest. The world's first internet dance off!)
Comments (26)
We just saw Evan Almighty last night, and he does this dorky, silly dance - I'm thinking this is the dance for this house! Oh, please please, all homebuying deities!
Posted by Sam | June 24, 2007 7:42 PM
Sell Sell Sell! buy buy buy!!! We just bought our first house ever... I'm so excited! We will have a hot tub... never on our list of things we thought we wanted, but cool! :-)
Posted by Aurora | June 24, 2007 7:54 PM
Good luck!
Posted by jodi | June 24, 2007 8:03 PM
Honey, I am praying on bended knee right now!
Posted by Maribeth | June 24, 2007 8:33 PM
Hey, it took a couple visits, lots of wine and letting a sweet old man hold our baby to get the house we're in now. Sometimes it's the personal touch, yo.
Posted by Elaine | June 24, 2007 8:38 PM
I'll send good juju, but I'll be damned if I'm dancing on a video for you.
Can't I just sing?
Posted by Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah | June 24, 2007 9:04 PM
I am sending so many good vibes you won't even be able to deal with all of them.
Also, can it be like Pants Off Dance Off? I would TOTALLY do that.
Posted by Leah | June 24, 2007 9:33 PM
I hope you guys get it!!
Posted by Stephanie | June 24, 2007 10:00 PM
Congrats and good luck!!
Posted by Kelly | June 24, 2007 10:36 PM
Congrats and good luck!!
Posted by Kelly | June 24, 2007 10:36 PM
Good luck! I hope you sell quickly and get the house!
Posted by Kelley | June 24, 2007 10:47 PM
Honest to God truth, when we found this house, they were asking way more than we could afford. I wrote a letter to the family selling it telling them about us and why we want the house, etc. It worked! Not that they wouldn't have taken a better offer if it had come (that would be dumb) but they accepted our contingency of having to sell our old house which they originally didn't want to do, as well as a sincere but way low ball offer.
Couldn't hurt - heck, direct them here. They'll take one look at that sweet Mia and offer to help you move!
Posted by Em | June 24, 2007 11:07 PM
Fingers and toes all crossed for you (although it's difficult to dance like that).
Posted by ann adams | June 24, 2007 11:57 PM
Eek! Good luck! We're just waiting on a condition to go through before ours is sold - and then I *really* have to find a new place to live!!
Posted by Heather | June 25, 2007 12:12 AM
What kind of crazy people would sell a house with his and hers closets like that? UNBELIEVEABLE. Oh well for them! I'm pulling for you guys to get it!!! ;)
Posted by andrea.ream@gmail.com | June 25, 2007 12:25 AM
For when you need a decent voodoo spell...
www.spellmaker.com
I've also heard that burying St. Joseph works too. They sell kits at Catholic bookstores. (dude, I am totally serious!) Not being a Catholic myself, I did wonder if it works for non-Catholics. So I did some askin' around. The answer? YES. My friend's MIL, who is Jewish, buried St. Joe in her yard and her house sold the very next day.
Now, I must go do the mentadent experiment and see if I get flashbacks from college. They wouldn't be MY flashbacks of course, they belong to my roomate. ; )
Posted by Devra Renner | June 25, 2007 12:55 AM
all the luck in the world to you!!!!
* crosses fingers, toes, legs and eyes*
Posted by Aurelia | June 25, 2007 3:59 AM
I'm doing the dance but everyone in the office is staring at me...
Posted by Katherine | June 25, 2007 4:09 AM
Good luck! Sending good vibes your way for both the buy and sell!
Posted by coolchick | June 25, 2007 6:23 AM
Good luck! Got everything crossed for you!
Posted by Lisa | June 25, 2007 8:26 AM
Doing the juju for the cactus-fish family. Now the videotaping of the dancing is going to take some bribing...
Posted by diane | June 25, 2007 9:32 AM
Like I done tol' Chris, you listen here now, y'hear? Y'all done been prayed over, and that house been prayed over and the juju been workin' from down here in Nafcalina.
And that ends my ridiculously Southern morning.
Posted by A Girl Gone Mad | June 25, 2007 9:59 AM
I agree with Em, write the owners a letter it really does just take a personal touch sometimes. Also if you just tell them to come here I think she is right there as well, they won't just accept your offer they may just help you move =o)
Posted by Dawn | June 25, 2007 10:03 AM
As I told Chris (as my blogroll is in alphabetical order) I am sending thoughts, prayers, and anything else I can think of for both buying and selling of the houses. As for the dance, I'll have to see if D will tape it when he gets home. ;-)
Posted by Krush | June 25, 2007 10:57 AM
Oh, yay! I'll keep my fingers crossed!
Posted by AndreAnna | June 25, 2007 1:57 PM
Dude, here's hoping you get the house and you sell your house.
(and once the internet makes that happen, let's get my house built. Okay?!)
Posted by Isabel | June 25, 2007 2:45 PM