Oh Crap II

The house on which we made an offer--you may remember from the last blog post that it was a short sale--has "anti-miraculously" gone off the market. We will probably not get it, although there is a non-zero chance we still could. Thus we have our first gloves-off encounter with the wild and crazy world of real estate. Also known as competitive back-stabbing.

Bird was crushed. We have self-medicated to some degree. Katie went on a shopping spree for Evi; true to Bird form, however, she got everything like 75% or more off the retail price. The clothes are super cute. She is also in planning overdrive for Evi's 2-year birthday party. As for myself, I convinced my good friend to drive down from Seattle and accompany me to Newport, OR where I was playing with the local symphony. After rehearsal, he and I went to Local Ocean and ate a GREAT locavore seafood dinner and then spent some quality-time at the Rogue Public House where we tried many, many samplers of their draft beer and spirits (such as hazelnut rum--delicious if a bit too sweet!), most unavailable at stores up here. We bought two gigantic Dungeness crabs and took them back to the fam. Katie's sister, Courtney, and I cracked the crabs and we had a seafood feast that night. I plan on using leftovers to make crab bisque tonight. Okay, enough obsessing about self-medicating through food.

Now it's back to house-hunting and preparing for Baby Girl #2, who is scheduled to arrive in early January, but who, if she displays her mother's penchant for financial wizardry and economy, will be born on Dec. 31 to take advantage of the tax credit that parents get for having children.

(Wow, only a week between posts...who knew we'd be so quick to post again after the last one? Not I!)