# I am now a homeowner! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 4, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-now-a-homeowner/402805 "2007-05-04T20:26:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-now-a-homeowner/402805/21 "2007-05-07T16:28:41Z")
[QUOTE=Ogre] Sounds like a beautiful house. Do you have any photos? [/QUOTE] Soon. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-now-a-homeowner/402805/22 "2007-05-07T16:37:02Z")
Congratulations! _pops champagne cork_ (Does this mean we get to throw a virtual homewarming party? :D) ---
**Author:** ![AHoosierMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@AHoosierMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHoosierMama)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-now-a-homeowner/402805/23 "2007-05-07T17:01:33Z")
While we are toasting, let’s raise a glass to my dumb luck. As my realtor was putting the FOR SALE sign in the front yard of my house, a guy walked up and got a flyer from her. His realtor showed him the place that night and he made an offer in the morning. This was despite the old pink (yes I said pink) carpeting, various needed repairs and general neglect of the landscaping. So here’s to home ownership as well as home sales. Cheers BMalion. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-now-a-homeowner/402805/24 "2007-05-07T17:54:37Z")
Again, thanks. I look forward to hosting a future Westside Dopefest. But, I have to buy a BBQ, some chairs, tables, tiki torches and whatnot first. and \*\*HoosierMama \*\*, congrats! When I looked at this one, I was in every room a dozen times, crawling all over the place. Then I sat down on the living room floor, the realtor said “You’re going to buy this place, whenever a guy sits down on the floor I know he’ll buy it.” She was right. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-now-a-homeowner/402805/25 "2007-05-25T21:17:14Z")
Update: Signed the papers today, I get the keys on Wednesday! ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-now-a-homeowner/402805/26 "2007-05-25T21:31:31Z")
For reasons beyond my ken, I saw the thread title as **I am now a lawnmower!**. Either I’m getting dyslexic, or you’ve got a leg up on that yardwork. Oh, and congratulations by the way. I’m in an apartment, myself, but tentatively thinking of housing. So expensive though! (And I hate yardwork.) ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-now-a-homeowner/402805/27 "2007-05-25T22:52:43Z")
[QUOTE=BMalion] Update: Signed the papers today, I get the keys on Wednesday! [/QUOTE] Congratulations BMalion! I hope to be the one getting the keys at the end of June. It’s been a long time too - so much so that I (hopefully) will be getting an attached house in an adult community, hehe. But first, the anxiety and the sleepless nights (argh). Here’s to the best of times in your new place! ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2007, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-now-a-homeowner/402805/28 "2007-05-27T01:52:20Z")
I was thinking about you while I was mowing my backyard last night, wondering if you were going to mow YOUR yard while wearing the famous UtiliKilt, and wondering if I could watch if you did! If you need a new keychain for your new keys, I know where you can get a great deal, you homeowner, you! You must be just giddy! I’m just waiting on my new computer, and I’m giddy about that, so I can only imagine your level of joy. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![groo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecd19e/32.png) [@groo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groo)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-now-a-homeowner/402805/29 "2007-05-28T10:35:12Z")
Congratulations! It’s never too late to turn things around. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-now-a-homeowner/402805/30 "2007-05-28T14:56:49Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] Congratulations! _pops champagne cork_ (Does this mean we get to throw a virtual homewarming party? :D) [/QUOTE] No, it means we get to throw a virtual _housewarming_ party. He bought a house. Congratulations! I’m closing on my first house in July, and losing sleep every single night, lying awake thinking about what I’m going to do to it. Exciting, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-now-a-homeowner/402805/31 "2007-05-31T02:10:48Z")
It’s Wednesday! Did you get your keys yet? Are you taking tomorrow off to just bask in the homeownership? ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-now-a-homeowner/402805/32 "2007-05-31T14:53:09Z")
He’s probably been too busy toting stuff around. Hey, dude… I’ll be glad to give you a helping hand with the moving! awww man…what have I just done? ---
**Author:** ![StinkyBurrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@StinkyBurrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StinkyBurrito)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-now-a-homeowner/402805/33 "2007-05-31T16:05:34Z")
I’m not sure how I missed this thread before now, but congratulations. I have some personal things I need to accomplish this weekend, but if you need help with some of the bigger items, I could swing by… let me know. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-now-a-homeowner/402805/34 "2007-06-04T13:49:15Z")
Wow. People offering to help you move, and not hiding behind the couch, pretending not to hear your message on the machine…that’s the power of The Dope! ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-now-a-homeowner/402805/35 "2007-06-04T13:55:44Z")
Congrats. Now what you need is a T shirt with “Yes!! this house is mine, all mine” for when you mow the grass. Just to make people jealous:) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-now-a-homeowner/402805/36 "2007-06-04T14:07:02Z")
Dang, that’ll teach me to only use the computor at the office, all that help offered down the drain . 😉 Got the keys Wednesday. Took Thursday and Friday off to move my crap, didn’t even rent a truck, just made multiple trips with my van. Spent most of Saturday and Sunday putting stuff away. Sat in my living room and just drank it in. Picking up a lawn mower today after work. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-now-a-homeowner/402805.md?page=1)