Weekend, etc.
Mr. Tldz and I had a lovely, lazy, relaxed weekend. It has us looking forward to the upcoming long weekend!
We went out for pizza Friday night to clear out for some showings, and noticed that the ice cream parlor across the street from the pizzeria that has been “coming soon” had a banner up announcing a grand opening on Saturday. So Saturday afternoon we went over there for ice cream. Agent Murphy enjoyed his cup of strawberry for tea time very much. Though the ice cream was good, unfortunately we were a little put off by the place because they had their “best customer” out collecting signatures for a petition to turn some flashing lights outside their store back on. It didn’t really make sense, and when we didn’t just agree to sign immediately (partly, at least, because I had ice cream in both hands and Mr. Tldz had ice cream in one hand and a toddler hand in the other) she said loudly to the next group of people she approached, “They didn’t sign because they must be Communists.” Way to lose some customers when you’re trying to build business for a new venture.
We had another showing on Sunday while we were at Mass. Then in the afternoon we finished watching season 1 of Matlock while a pot of lentil and brown rice stew simmered away on the stove. We’re happy to report that Agent Murphy likes this stew, which is good since it’s a family favorite. (Tasty, and really inexpensive to make a vat.)
Although we’ve had an uptick in showings of the house since we reduced the price (6 since the change), no sign of an offer yet. Hopefully we’re beginning the process this week of listing with the new realtor so we have a seamless transition — one listing expiring on July 2, the new listing going up July 3.
Today I’ve been busy with laundry, and Agent Murphy and I went to play group at church. Small crowd today — one family of 4 kids, and a little girl just a bit older than the Agent. The 4 siblings are 3 girls and a boy, so the boy, though he’s almost 5, was happy to have Agent Murphy to play with when we arrived. (I use the phrase “play with” loosely.) It was very sweet — he asked his mom if he could tell the Agent something, and when she said yes, he went over and whispered in our little guy’s ear. His mom told me he wanted to tell the Agent that he’s going to his friend Frankie’s house. I guess he was just very excited to have another boy to talk to.