I Bought A House at Minicon!

That's what I should have titled my entry yesterday! Ugh.

Conducting all this house offer business during Minicon really distracted us from the convention. We left opening ceremonies early to meet with our realtor for the first offer, and then kept getting calls while attending panels with subsequet offer negotations. The final deal was made during the closing cermonies time, but we were already away from the hotel at romeoa and cleo's BBQ.

We spent a lot of time talking with friends about the house during the con. B. was giving us some stern bargining advice, which I wasn't very good at. He correctly pointed out that I should never be a poker player. But after a certain point, I let Joe deal with the realtor, which definitly saved us a bit of money.

Furniture...

If you have any furniture and such to get rid of, check out Bridging.

From their website:
At Bridging, we collect and distribute donated furniture and household goods that provide our clients with a bed to sleep on, a chair to sit on, and a dish to eat from, which turns their house into a home. Bridging benefits those in desperate need including refugees, immigrants, victims of domestic abuse, natural disasters and the homeless, who are given a sense of dignity and stability as they rebuild their lives. You can help make a world of difference by helping someone establish a new home and a better life.

Bridging is a non-profit 501(c)(3), located in Bloomington and Sauk Rapids funded by private donations from individuals, corporations, foundations, churches and civic organizations. Approximately 100 families a week are referred to us and participate in this once in a lifetime opportunity to receive basic household necessities.

Sadly, it doesn't look like they will accept the big metal desk that we have in the garage. Anyone know how we can get ride of that??? Any suggestions, basementbearmn???

Home security

Does anyone have any recommendations for home security systems?

I see that Brinks Home Security is doing a $99 standard installation special right now.