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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:52 pm
Post subject: The Highland Kitties (and humans) arrived safely in Iowa
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Sorry I haven't updated recently, but things have been a bit busy here.
Our drive from CA to IA was fairly uneventful, and we got into Grinnell,
IA on Friday. The place we rented turned out to be way smaller than we
expected (yes, we rented it sight-unseen), so we put 3/4 of our stuff
into storage, and are basically camped out on the ground floor of this 2
story house for now.
Saturday we ran into Newton (where my job will be moving this summer),
intending to look for a larger house to rent. Much to our surprise, we
found a nearly perfect house, set up just the way we would like, at a
price we can afford to BUY! So we made an offer on it, and it was
accepted. Now it's just a question of arranging the financing.
The kitties traveled pretty well. None of the them enjoyed the trip, but
none of them were overly traumatized either. Ranger-man (who can now be
called Ranger Roadcat, since he rode in the big truck with me for 2 days
of the journey) and Harri have been pretty cool and laid-back about the
whole thing, but all the other kitties kept themselves pretty well
hidden for the first 24 hours. Now, however, everybody seems to settling
in nicely and all seem to be comfortable in our new place. Perhaps a
little TOO comfortable - our mattress starts to feel like a racetrack
late at night, when all 6 of the kitties come to snuggle for at least
part of the night.
I'll post more when I get a little more time. Thanks, everybody, for
your purrs! A few more would be appreciated, until we get the new house
purchase completed.
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:52 pm
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"Daniel Mahoney" wrote in message
> Sorry I haven't updated recently, but things have been a bit busy here.
>
> Our drive from CA to IA was fairly uneventful, and we got into Grinnell,
> IA on Friday. The place we rented turned out to be way smaller than we
> expected (yes, we rented it sight-unseen), so we put 3/4 of our stuff into
> storage, and are basically camped out on the ground floor of this 2 story
> house for now.
>
> Saturday we ran into Newton (where my job will be moving this summer),
> intending to look for a larger house to rent. Much to our surprise, we
> found a nearly perfect house, set up just the way we would like, at a
> price we can afford to BUY! So we made an offer on it, and it was
> accepted. Now it's just a question of arranging the financing.
>
> The kitties traveled pretty well. None of the them enjoyed the trip, but
> none of them were overly traumatized either. Ranger-man (who can now be
> called Ranger Roadcat, since he rode in the big truck with me for 2 days
> of the journey) and Harri have been pretty cool and laid-back about the
> whole thing, but all the other kitties kept themselves pretty well hidden
> for the first 24 hours. Now, however, everybody seems to settling in
> nicely and all seem to be comfortable in our new place. Perhaps a little
> TOO comfortable - our mattress starts to feel like a racetrack late at
> night, when all 6 of the kitties come to snuggle for at least part of the
> night.
>
> I'll post more when I get a little more time. Thanks, everybody, for your
> purrs! A few more would be appreciated, until we get the new house
> purchase completed.
>
> Dan
New home purrs are on the way. It sounds as though Bast is looking after
you, what with finding the perfect house right away.
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:50 pm
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On Mar 26, 3:52 pm, Daniel Mahoney wrote:
> Sorry I haven't updated recently, but things have been a bit busy here.
>
> Our drive from CA to IA was fairly uneventful, and we got into Grinnell,
> IA on Friday. The place we rented turned out to be way smaller than we
> expected (yes, we rented it sight-unseen), so we put 3/4 of our stuff
> into storage, and are basically camped out on the ground floor of this 2
> story house for now.
>
> Saturday we ran into Newton (where my job will be moving this summer),
> intending to look for a larger house to rent. Much to our surprise, we
> found a nearly perfect house, set up just the way we would like, at a
> price we can afford to BUY! So we made an offer on it, and it was
> accepted. Now it's just a question of arranging the financing.
>
> The kitties traveled pretty well. None of the them enjoyed the trip, but
> none of them were overly traumatized either. Ranger-man (who can now be
> called Ranger Roadcat, since he rode in the big truck with me for 2 days
> of the journey) and Harri have been pretty cool and laid-back about the
> whole thing, but all the other kitties kept themselves pretty well
> hidden for the first 24 hours. Now, however, everybody seems to settling
> in nicely and all seem to be comfortable in our new place.
> late at night, when all 6 of the kitties come to snuggle for at least
> part of the night.
>
> I'll post more when I get a little more time. Thanks, everybody, for
> your purrs! A few more would be appreciated, until we get the new house
> purchase completed.
>
> Dan
((Our drive from CA to IA was fairly uneventful,))
Uneventful can be good! Grand that you found the perfect home. That
difference in cost of living between CA and IA, eh?
((Perhaps a little TOO comfortable - our mattress starts to feel like
a racetrack))
Awwww.... You're their link to stability in all this nasty
upheaval. :)
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 7:06 pm
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wonderful news!!!, Lee
Daniel Mahoney wrote in message
> Sorry I haven't updated recently, but things have been a bit busy here.
>
> Our drive from CA to IA was fairly uneventful, and we got into Grinnell,
> IA on Friday. The place we rented turned out to be way smaller than we
> expected (yes, we rented it sight-unseen), so we put 3/4 of our stuff
> into storage, and are basically camped out on the ground floor of this 2
> story house for now.
>
> Saturday we ran into Newton (where my job will be moving this summer),
> intending to look for a larger house to rent. Much to our surprise, we
> found a nearly perfect house, set up just the way we would like, at a
> price we can afford to BUY! So we made an offer on it, and it was
> accepted. Now it's just a question of arranging the financing.
>
> The kitties traveled pretty well. None of the them enjoyed the trip, but
> none of them were overly traumatized either. Ranger-man (who can now be
> called Ranger Roadcat, since he rode in the big truck with me for 2 days
> of the journey) and Harri have been pretty cool and laid-back about the
> whole thing, but all the other kitties kept themselves pretty well
> hidden for the first 24 hours. Now, however, everybody seems to settling
> in nicely and all seem to be comfortable in our new place. Perhaps a
> little TOO comfortable - our mattress starts to feel like a racetrack
> late at night, when all 6 of the kitties come to snuggle for at least
> part of the night.
>
> I'll post more when I get a little more time. Thanks, everybody, for
> your purrs! A few more would be appreciated, until we get the new house
> purchase completed.
>
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 7:58 pm
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Daniel Mahoney wrote:
> price we can afford to BUY! So we made an offer on it, and it was
> accepted. Now it's just a question of arranging the financing.
Yay!!!! Congratulations!!!!
> I'll post more when I get a little more time. Thanks, everybody, for
> your purrs! A few more would be appreciated, until we get the new house
> purchase completed.
We're sending quick financing purrs now. I really like ditech.com
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 7:59 pm
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On 2007-03-26 16:52:41 -0500, Daniel Mahoney said:
> Sorry I haven't updated recently, but things have been a bit busy here.
>
> Our drive from CA to IA was fairly uneventful, and we got into
> Grinnell, IA on Friday. The place we rented turned out to be way
> smaller than we expected (yes, we rented it sight-unseen), so we put
> 3/4 of our stuff into storage, and are basically camped out on the
> ground floor of this 2 story house for now.
>
> Saturday we ran into Newton (where my job will be moving this summer),
> intending to look for a larger house to rent. Much to our surprise, we
> found a nearly perfect house, set up just the way we would like, at a
> price we can afford to BUY! So we made an offer on it, and it was
> accepted. Now it's just a question of arranging the financing.
>
> The kitties traveled pretty well. None of the them enjoyed the trip,
> but none of them were overly traumatized either. Ranger-man (who can
> now be called Ranger Roadcat, since he rode in the big truck with me
> for 2 days of the journey) and Harri have been pretty cool and
> laid-back about the whole thing, but all the other kitties kept
> themselves pretty well hidden for the first 24 hours. Now, however,
> everybody seems to settling in nicely and all seem to be comfortable in
> our new place. Perhaps a little TOO comfortable - our mattress starts
> to feel like a racetrack late at night, when all 6 of the kitties come
> to snuggle for at least part of the night.
>
> I'll post more when I get a little more time. Thanks, everybody, for
> your purrs! A few more would be appreciated, until we get the new house
> purchase completed.
>
> Dan
This sounds really great! How fantastic you found a house to buy that
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:09 pm
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On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:52:41 -0500, Daniel Mahoney
yodeled:
>Sorry I haven't updated recently, but things have been a bit busy here.
>
>Our drive from CA to IA was fairly uneventful, and we got into Grinnell,
>IA on Friday. The place we rented turned out to be way smaller than we
>expected (yes, we rented it sight-unseen), so we put 3/4 of our stuff
>into storage, and are basically camped out on the ground floor of this 2
>story house for now.
>
>Saturday we ran into Newton (where my job will be moving this summer),
>intending to look for a larger house to rent. Much to our surprise, we
>found a nearly perfect house, set up just the way we would like, at a
>price we can afford to BUY! So we made an offer on it, and it was
>accepted. Now it's just a question of arranging the financing.
>
>The kitties traveled pretty well. None of the them enjoyed the trip, but
>none of them were overly traumatized either. Ranger-man (who can now be
>called Ranger Roadcat, since he rode in the big truck with me for 2 days
>of the journey) and Harri have been pretty cool and laid-back about the
>whole thing, but all the other kitties kept themselves pretty well
>hidden for the first 24 hours. Now, however, everybody seems to settling
>in nicely and all seem to be comfortable in our new place. Perhaps a
>little TOO comfortable - our mattress starts to feel like a racetrack
>late at night, when all 6 of the kitties come to snuggle for at least
>part of the night.
>
>I'll post more when I get a little more time. Thanks, everybody, for
>your purrs! A few more would be appreciated, until we get the new house
>purchase completed.
>
>Dan
Purrs continuing. Great to hear from you again!
Theresa
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:16 pm
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Daniel Mahoney wrote:
> Sorry I haven't updated recently, but things have been a bit busy
> here.
>
> Our drive from CA to IA was fairly uneventful, and we got into
> Grinnell, IA on Friday. The place we rented turned out to be way
> smaller than we expected (yes, we rented it sight-unseen), so we put
> 3/4 of our stuff into storage, and are basically camped out on the
> ground floor of this 2 story house for now.
>
> Saturday we ran into Newton (where my job will be moving this summer),
> intending to look for a larger house to rent. Much to our surprise, we
> found a nearly perfect house, set up just the way we would like, at a
> price we can afford to BUY! So we made an offer on it, and it was
> accepted. Now it's just a question of arranging the financing.
>
> The kitties traveled pretty well. None of the them enjoyed the trip,
> but none of them were overly traumatized either. Ranger-man (who can
> now be called Ranger Roadcat, since he rode in the big truck with me
> for 2 days of the journey) and Harri have been pretty cool and
> laid-back about the whole thing, but all the other kitties kept
> themselves pretty well hidden for the first 24 hours. Now, however,
> everybody seems to settling in nicely and all seem to be comfortable
> in our new place. Perhaps a little TOO comfortable - our mattress
> starts to feel like a racetrack late at night, when all 6 of the
> kitties come to snuggle for at least part of the night.
>
> I'll post more when I get a little more time. Thanks, everybody, for
> your purrs! A few more would be appreciated, until we get the new
> house purchase completed.
>
> Dan
Glad to see you back, Dan! Good trip. I was concerned about your trip
given the icy weather en route. Hope the kitties made the trip okay.
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:32 pm
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Daniel Mahoney wrote:
> Sorry I haven't updated recently, but things have been a bit busy here.
>
> Our drive from CA to IA was fairly uneventful, and we got into Grinnell,
> IA on Friday. The place we rented turned out to be way smaller than we
> expected (yes, we rented it sight-unseen), so we put 3/4 of our stuff
> into storage, and are basically camped out on the ground floor of this 2
> story house for now.
>
> Saturday we ran into Newton (where my job will be moving this summer),
> intending to look for a larger house to rent. Much to our surprise, we
> found a nearly perfect house, set up just the way we would like, at a
> price we can afford to BUY! So we made an offer on it, and it was
> accepted. Now it's just a question of arranging the financing.
>
> The kitties traveled pretty well. None of the them enjoyed the trip, but
> none of them were overly traumatized either. Ranger-man (who can now be
> called Ranger Roadcat, since he rode in the big truck with me for 2 days
> of the journey) and Harri have been pretty cool and laid-back about the
> whole thing, but all the other kitties kept themselves pretty well
> hidden for the first 24 hours. Now, however, everybody seems to settling
> in nicely and all seem to be comfortable in our new place. Perhaps a
> little TOO comfortable - our mattress starts to feel like a racetrack
> late at night, when all 6 of the kitties come to snuggle for at least
> part of the night.
>
> I'll post more when I get a little more time. Thanks, everybody, for
> your purrs! A few more would be appreciated, until we get the new house
> purchase completed.
>
> Dan
You got it, Dan. It's great everything seems to be coming together for
you. Continued purrs for continued luck.
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:40 am
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Daniel Mahoney wrote:
> Sorry I haven't updated recently, but things have been a bit busy
> here.
>
> Our drive from CA to IA was fairly uneventful, and we got into
> Grinnell, IA on Friday. The place we rented turned out to be way
> smaller than we expected (yes, we rented it sight-unseen), so we put
> 3/4 of our stuff into storage, and are basically camped out on the
> ground floor of this 2 story house for now.
>
> Saturday we ran into Newton (where my job will be moving this summer),
> intending to look for a larger house to rent. Much to our surprise, we
> found a nearly perfect house, set up just the way we would like, at a
> price we can afford to BUY! So we made an offer on it, and it was
> accepted. Now it's just a question of arranging the financing.
>
> The kitties traveled pretty well. None of the them enjoyed the trip,
> but none of them were overly traumatized either. Ranger-man (who can
> now be called Ranger Roadcat, since he rode in the big truck with me
> for 2 days of the journey) and Harri have been pretty cool and
> laid-back about the whole thing, but all the other kitties kept
> themselves pretty well hidden for the first 24 hours. Now, however,
> everybody seems to settling in nicely and all seem to be comfortable
> in our new place. Perhaps a little TOO comfortable - our mattress
> starts to feel like a racetrack late at night, when all 6 of the
> kitties come to snuggle for at least part of the night.
>
> I'll post more when I get a little more time. Thanks, everybody, for
> your purrs! A few more would be appreciated, until we get the new
> house purchase completed.
>
> Dan
I'm glad the trip went well. Purrs that you can arrange financing at a good
rate.
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Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart.
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:10 am
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Congratulations on finding a house. Purrs that everything goes smooth with
the purchase.
Ann
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"Daniel Mahoney" wrote in message
> Sorry I haven't updated recently, but things have been a bit busy here.
>
> Our drive from CA to IA was fairly uneventful, and we got into Grinnell,
> IA on Friday. The place we rented turned out to be way smaller than we
> expected (yes, we rented it sight-unseen), so we put 3/4 of our stuff into
> storage, and are basically camped out on the ground floor of this 2 story
> house for now.
>
> Saturday we ran into Newton (where my job will be moving this summer),
> intending to look for a larger house to rent. Much to our surprise, we
> found a nearly perfect house, set up just the way we would like, at a
> price we can afford to BUY! So we made an offer on it, and it was
> accepted. Now it's just a question of arranging the financing.
>
> The kitties traveled pretty well. None of the them enjoyed the trip, but
> none of them were overly traumatized either. Ranger-man (who can now be
> called Ranger Roadcat, since he rode in the big truck with me for 2 days
> of the journey) and Harri have been pretty cool and laid-back about the
> whole thing, but all the other kitties kept themselves pretty well hidden
> for the first 24 hours. Now, however, everybody seems to settling in
> nicely and all seem to be comfortable in our new place. Perhaps a little
> TOO comfortable - our mattress starts to feel like a racetrack late at
> night, when all 6 of the kitties come to snuggle for at least part of the
> night.
>
> I'll post more when I get a little more time. Thanks, everybody, for your
> purrs! A few more would be appreciated, until we get the new house
> purchase completed.
>
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I'm so glad to hear that your trip went well and everyone is now there
safe and sound. Wonderful about finding the house. Lots of purrs for
financing to go well.
Debbie
On Mar 26, 5:52 pm, Daniel Mahoney wrote:
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> Our drive from CA to IA was fairly uneventful, and we got into Grinnell,
> IA on Friday.
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I'll post more when I get a little more time. Thanks, everybody, for
> your purrs! A few more would be appreciated, until we get the new house
> purchase completed.
>
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