LOVE the look of that
D23 Dooney!
I didn't even realize that there was a D23 Do money! I preordered the Harvey tote, but I may check out the Dooney on our pre Expo show day.
Yep, those funny Americans
We thought it was funny that whenever DH ordered coffee at Starbucks or McDonalds or wherever they'd always get his name wrong. We didn't think our accents were that strong
I found it easier to shorten my name for orders.
Heck they get MY name wrong at Starbucks! And I don't even have an accent!
And Alison, I don't know of anyone who says 'don't come the raw prawn with me'
I don't even know what that really means! Although I do love cold cooked prawns dribbled with a squeeze of lemon - yum. If you can, try and find some old Australian tv shows from the 60s or 70s - their language is more 'traditional' than how we speak now. I think our 'accents' were more pronounced back then. I find language fascinating. Crikey!
PIO used that phrase on me a while ago and had to explain it to me. I was so thrilled when we saw Priscilla Queen of the desert. They used that phrase and I was so happy that I knew what it meant!
I'm not sure where I would find any Australian shows, we are fed a steady diet (another silly American phrase) of British sitcoms, but I don't know where I would find Aussie shows other than DVD imports.
We don't have those great discounts like you do. I loved couponing when we were in Montana. DH's aunty put me in charge of finding things for when we went to the supermarket and I was like a pig in mud
I wish we could have all that here.
That's too bad! We love coupons. Fran has been known to buy them on eBay to save money.
I haven't gone through the whole F&W list yet cause i'm waiting for DH to come home from his game. Excited to see what they'll have! You said the list wasn't complete...Do they add more items to the menus? Very excited to see some of the options!
Each kiosk usually has two to three food items and as many drinks, so there is a lot left to be announced.
When can we expect news on the your lovely house? What is the deadline when the vendor says who won the offer ( if that's how it works if not forgive my British ignorance we don't work that way ) .
Well I've been waiting too! We finally heard something just before dinner last night. See below.
I'm wondering the same thing. The property market in America is very different to what I've experienced both buying and selling. I've got my fingers crossed, that is such a gorgeous house.
OK, quick lesson in US home buying. Unless you plan to pay cash for your house, the first step in house buying is that you apply for a loan so that you know how much of a loan the bank will give you. We did that with another Real Estate agent and bank last Fall, so we had an idea of our price range when we started looking a couple weeks ago.
Wrong! There were changes in our financial situation from September to July so we didn't look as good on paper any more. Since Friday when we left to visit my parents we have been back and forth with the loan agent. Our situation is rather complex because our income is from multiple non traditional sources. Monday evening I was digging back through my old emails and other saved documents trying to find documentation of our interest in various investments.
Finally we had provided sufficient documentation, and yesterday around 5PM we got a call from our Real Estate Agent that we were approved for a loan, but we needed to put down a down payment that was substantially larger than we expected. We had to think long and hard to find out if we could afford it. Ultimately we decided yes, but we need to get busy selling stuff on eBay as soon as we get home tonight!
Then we had to reprint the first page of the contract (very difficult with my parents silly Mac/PC network), sign it and then scan it and send it back. Luckily Fran had brought a scanner along with us. That accomplished, we finally went out for our 7PM dinner reservation (which I pushed back twice as we kept hitting snags in the contract printing process.)
In the meantime, our agents were presenting the offer to the listing agent. It turns out that a few of the items (furniture) that we requested to be included were not actually possessions of the home owner. They were borrowed items for "staging" the house. So at this point we just wait. They have 72 hours to respond. We need an answer or counter offer by Friday evening. If they make a counter offer, we may have to walk away. The changes in the down payment have stretched us as far as we are willing to go. So we wait and see. But we are now one step closer.
if you don't get that horrible show there you can hit the internet and see what I mean and consider yourself blessed that they aren't your neighbors
