Our purchase of our friend and neighbor's property is proceeding rapidly. Closing is scheduled for next Wednesday. The real estate people involved seem a little befuddled by how easy the transaction has been – no series of offers/counter-offers, a handshake (literally!) agreement on price, all cash, no seller incentives – they almost don't know what to do. :) I have to line up a surveyor soon, to let us split up that lot into two pieces: one that we're keeping, and one that we'll be selling.
Debbie made us a memorable meal yesterday – we got fresh mussels from our grocery store, and she cooked them in a white wine, butter, and garlic base. Damned fine, they were! Next time we see them, we buy more – a pound between the two of us left us wanting more.
Friday night we went to the Cache County Fair and Rodeo, and had a grand time except for having sore butts and backs from sitting on the stadium seating for four hours. The barrel racing was again my favorite event – it was a very close competition this year! I just ordered us some folding stadium seats, as we seem to be doing this four or five times a year...
Saturday was sod day – our yard workers cut out a bunch of sick and dead grass and replaced it with new sod. They also prepped our “dead zone” – two acres of lawn-to-be. They're getting ready for seeding it all in a few days, after the abject failure of the seeding last fall.
