We've been inspected...

So, we are yet one more step closer to getting our house. Today, we had the house inspected - inside and out. We also got to meet the executor of the estate, which was nice. Apparently it was his aunt that owned the house, and she never had children so he wound up being the executor. We learned a lot about his aunt. Her husband died back in the 70's, and so she became a world traveler and took up painting. We saw lots of things that she had collected from Egypt, Japan, Paris...all over. We also learned a lot about houses that were built in the 50's, which our house was. Turns out that there aren't a heck of a lot of repairs we have to do to the house. Everything was in pretty good shape.
Anyway, the real magic happened when Ron (the executor) started asking us which of the things left in the house did we want. He pointed out the things we could have for free - the mirror in the dining room, the bookshelf in the living room, all the paintings in the bedroom, an original Victrola record player (whoa), all the little knick-knacks hanging in the kitchen, and some others. Then we bought some things from him - another set of bookshelves, a secretary's desk from the 1930's (wow), a rocking chair, an 18mm camera, another mirror and umbrella basket. All in all, we spent $60 for all of it. Most of this stuff is worth way more than that. It just kept getting better and better.
WE LOVE THIS HOUSE!!!