So ... Sunday afternoon we did the house tour. I didn't do the turn on faucets/flush toilets etc etc thing because with the homeowner right there with us all the time, it just didn't feel ... right.
I did however ask a lot of questions. 
At one point asked me if I had any more, and I pulled out my list of questions. His eyes got kind of big. 
There were some really good things about the house, but then some things that were questionable. One thing was the 1989 water heater! Another was that all three bedrooms were SO small. And the living room was minuscule! The garage had no direct access to the house - if we wanted to, the homeowner (a construction company owner) would put in a door - but that door would go from the garage to the living room ....
We decided to keep looking. In fact, we have an appointment with a Realtor on this coming Sunday.
There aren't a great many houses available right now, even with upping our price range a tiny bit. So, we'll see.
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Sunday night we also delivered the invitations to everyone who lives here in town.
One of them is someone who was a serious boyfriend of Mr FTs late sister many, many years ago. They've stayed in touch on a monthly, sometimes semi-monthly basis since then. When we told him the news, he said, "It's about time!"
Another person we stopped to see was Mr FTs stepdad. Mr FT hadn't seen nor spoken to him in 7 years. They didn't have the greatest relationship to put it mildly. However he is now 85 years old and has forgotten some of the ways he treated the stepkids. Around Christmas time he reached out to Mr FT via a card w/pictures.
So last night I got to meet him for the first time. We stayed there about 1 1/2 hours. He's an interesting character to say the least. One of his idols is Hitler. Yeah. He used a term I hadn't heard before for people of a certain race ... had to ask Mr FT if the term stood for what I thought it might. It did.
Despite not liking some of the viewpoints he has, I actually found myself liking him. Not enough to where I'd want to spend a lot of time with him - but once in a while would be okay - as long as Mr FT was with me. (He asked if he could kiss the bride ...)
He may actually come to the wedding!
Mr FTs sister was next. She already knew about the wedding, but we just wanted to give her an official invite.
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Today I had my second fitting for my dress. The hem works beautifully, and so does the bustle. Now she's going to be working on making sure the bodice doesn't do a Janet Jackson on me. Pins kept popping out every time I breathed ... 
2 months and 1 day. It hardly feels real. After 40 years of being single, and most of that time was being truly single (not in a relationship.)
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I'm thinking about seeing if I can find someone with a classic car to park at the B&B for pictures. On their site they have some pictures like that, which look really cool. (The groom had an uncle who brought the car...)
I'm not sure how to go about finding someone who'd be willing to bring their car out for a photo opportunity. Any ideas? I looked on Craigslist, but couldn't find anything.
By the time we were done with the house tour and the visits, it was about 9:30!!
The House Tour, etc.
February 23rd, 2016 at 04:07 am
February 23rd, 2016 at 04:35 am 1456202154
February 23rd, 2016 at 04:39 am 1456202365
I'm astounded by the amount of discrimination still felt, covertly acted out and often displayed openly.
February 23rd, 2016 at 04:52 am 1456203151
What ever house you buy get a warranty. They are about $600 and can be paid for by the seller (mine was for two years). In my first month I had my water heater and garbage disposal replaced. With the warranty they were $600. Without it would have been about $3300.
February 23rd, 2016 at 05:36 am 1456205798
I wonder if you would find it helpful to be mindful of price per square foot I've always felt M BdRm is over large while remaining bedrms only tolerate limited furnishings. DH easily makes an unreasonable mess for me to tidy. On the other hand, because he uses the dining rm as his home office, he carefully controls mess and it's spread. He tidies his work space at the end of the work day, just as he did with the office supplied by the university.
February 23rd, 2016 at 07:23 am 1456212228
February 23rd, 2016 at 11:38 am 1456227493
February 23rd, 2016 at 01:14 pm 1456233279
Size of rooms is definitely one that would be an issue for me. We saw one house where you wouldn't even be able to fit a full size bed!
February 23rd, 2016 at 03:54 pm 1456242841
I too, would ask a car club. Most people are anxious to show off their antique cars. We once were asked to drive our 1933 ford victoria to pick up the president of the local collage and deliver him on campus. It was a big hit with all the college kids. (The gave us a gift certificate to a local restaurant, but we would have done it for free, gladly.)
February 24th, 2016 at 03:30 am 1456284629
Snafu - I don't know - I need to look into whether there are groups like that here.
Kiki - We'll definitely be getting a home warranty.
LR - On the house we looked at on Sunday the roof was put on in 2009 with 30 year shingles.
VS - Thanks.
CCF - Interesting about older water heaters. Yep, I'm not sure if a full size bed would fit in the two smaller bedrooms.
Ima - That's not too much money. Did your dh install them himself?
That's what I'm hoping for! To find someone who wants to show off their car and have pictures taken with it - just for the sake of showing it off.