So we put in a back up offer and that was over a week ago. Our realtor sskedasked the other realtor if there were any updates a couple days after we submitted it. The other realtor said "no updates". I asked ours to specifically ask if they would be accepting it...but the other realtor is apparently not responding to ours now. We even tried calling the sellers rearealtor directly a couple days ago. We left her a message and she didn't get back to us either. Weird thing is she had suggested that we make the backup offer on day 2 when we wanted to make an offer, but the house was already under contract. WWhy would she ignore us now? We assume either the seller doesn't want a backup offer, he doesn't think he needs one or there is always the possibility of something shady. Maybe his realtor didn't show ours because it is over asking ans probably more than what they accepted, as she had made the comment that "the seller hahad a number that he wanted to get to and once he got to it, he accepted." Maybe she actually encouraged him to accept it and it's less? Maybe it was a buyer that was represented by a friend or who the heck knows? I just don't see why a simple no thanks, we don't want your offer would not be sent our way. I know it's probably nothing sinister, but I wonder. Maybe sincsince the buyers options period is over, the seller is comfortable with that offer and sees no need for a backup. Maybe he saw ours was over asking and figures that he may get more from going back on the market if things fell through with his current offer. Maybe his realtor never even presented our backup offer. It's all so frustrating. I'm just looking for a sliver of hope, but reality is that we are incredibly unlikely to somehow get another chance at ththat house anytime soon.

kjenshoej - that floor of your house is very similar to ours. My kitchen is almost identical except my stove is on the dining room wall and I have a peninsula where your dishwasher is (tight U shape), and our eat in area isn’t open to the downstairs family room. We even have the sliding door in the eat in area but ours is only 11” from the wall (rail in your house I guess?) so it had to be moved to make that far wall usable. We are also taking out the walls between the living and dining rooms. We are doing our redesign differently (we are putting an island where yours is but taking the kitchen into the eat in area too), but I totally get what you are saying about the increase in storage and prep space! I can’t wait to get to where you are! We don’t even have a start date yet.

The person in question here sent me an email several months ago identifying himself, and he's also on Mumbo Jumbo Gumbo. I almost never go on Facebook anymore, but now that the election is over, it might be okay. I really do not like it, but I did join Twitter last week and find that I like that better than Facebook. Twitter seems to be a good source for news tips, and there are quite a few people there that I enjoy following.

Well, I’m not sure she’s just barely hanging on, but she is getting older. It was latish in the day for her, and she had probably been busy getting ready, then waiting at the venue for her time. But, Lady Gaga has experience from performing with Tony Bennett on helping people who might not be at their sharpest, to do what is needed and she does it graciously. She guided Liza where needed, but clearly Liza was enjoying herself. She still seems to be pretty high-energy! I thought the applause was genuine. I was especially impressed with Lady Gaga. Like nekotish I used to roll my eyes, but now, wow.