it's a convoluted mess
Three weeks in a nutshell: … Joel got a new alternator and a new battery. … Bob’s car got two new tires to replace two bald tires. … The washing machine tried to escape the fucking laundry room. I’d thrown a blanket in to wash and went back upstairs to sort the rest of the laundry. Sometime during the cycle, something downstairs sounded like the whole fucking world was caving in. I went down to… Keep reading…How it used to be…
We have forty-five days to closing. Forty-five days until the house is OURS. Bob and I are both getting restless and incredibly excited. This last month and a half is going to be both the longest and shortest six weeks of our lives. We had our professional inspection this week. He walked us through and explained in great detail what he was looking for, and gave us a lot of information about being first-time home… Keep reading…Countdown…
…pation… Yesterday Bob and I met with our realtor at our future house to do our own “inspection” and finalize some paper work and other things. As we wandered through, I snapped some pictures and took in the sights, imagining what it will be like to live there in just under two months. I can’t wait to start experimenting in the kitchen. I can’t wait to pick out furniture to fill up the living room…. Keep reading…Antici…
Bob called me. They accepted our offer. They want us to close May 16th. Holy. Crap. So unless the world implodes between now and then…we’re going to be HOME OWNERS in less than TWO MONTHS. FLAIL. —
Saturday we went out and looked at four different houses. Two of which we really liked. One we made an offer on……after much debate on which one best suited our needs, required less work, et al. Monday they came back with a counter offer. We countered their counter offer. And now we’re waiting to see what they say about our counter-counter offer. Waiting…waiting…waiting…Hoping…Hoping…HOPING…….. Last Thursday after I got out of the shower, I was toweling… Keep reading…The waiting game…