Life N Stuff is GOOD!

I'm choosing "happy" as my mood, because folks are going to get sick of seeing "ecstatic" in that field.  I am just so darn full of happiness right now, there is no way to explain it.

We didn't do the kids' rooms tonight.  I know, I should, but we enjoyed a normal home life after work this evening.  Mom was gracious enough to offer leftovers of yesterday's wonderful meal for our dinner, since we have yet to go to the store.  This after she sat a half a day in my house, waiting for the cable guy.  Thanks mom.

Yeah, that's right, we have cable and INTERNET!  Back to normal feeling.  I am sitting here in my family room, surrounded on three sides by windows letting in a wonderful breeze, updating my journal from my new home.  Life is good.

My second favorite place in this house is the back porch.  It, too, is surrounded on three sides by windows.  It has a view of the river bottoms, and the breeze is delightful, since we sit on a hill.  The porch isn't finished; it needs drywall and light fixtures, and the floor is cement, but I sit at my poor old card table with the existing light turned out, so I can watch the neighborhood (in all it's quiet wonder) undetected.

The cats love all the windows, too.  They go from window to window, worried to death over birds and squirrels.  It's so funny to watch.  They didn't forgive us for the move for a full two days.  Stayed in hiding and ran from us at every turn, but they've become comfortable here now.

There are things that need to be done to my paradise.  I need to bring it out of the 70s in a lot of ways.  It needs carpet, eventually.  Although, it is clean and in good repair, it's quite old...and brown.  I don't like dark rooms.  My white lace curtains brightened it a lot, but I'll eventually get new carpet...After finishing the back porch, of course! :)

Yeah, I'll post pictures, tomorrow.  I took some today, but we got home kind of late, and I have to go to work 2 hours early to run statements, so I'm heading to bed.  It's nice to be back "home" here.  Thanks for all the congrats and blessings.

Settling in

Mom cooked a wonderful meal today, so we took a break to come eat, and I took advantage of the chance to update here real quick.

The house is incredible.  The upstairs is done, from curtains to pictures.  I'll take some pictures and post some as soon as I have internet.  That will have to wait until Saturday, since I'm not available 8-5 during the week. 

I will have some great moving stories, too.  Kevin worked his butt off to carry our washing machine upstairs at the townhouse, we moved it in, and now it's not working.  At least mom is close, so I can do a load or two here.  We're buying one from a friend of his next weekend.

Well, time to get back to work.  The basement is getting there, but there's a lot more to do. 

More hard work

Well, the girls room is steam cleaned, scrubbed down, and shut tight.  Ditto Brett's room and one bathroom.  The trailer is backed up to the garage, ready to load.  I'm sore and exhausted but so happy.

We are taking a quick computer/coke break.  We refuse to ask folks to help us move (let's face it, it's a crap job, and we like our family and friends too much for that) but we've got some family that wants to help, so that's great.  Mom and Dad have offered their services, as have my Aunt Charlene and her husband Pat.  Mom's even making Potato Soup (my favorite) tomorrow, so we can stop in for a quick bite of lunch.  Cool!

There are a few things left up in the air, like when they'll be completely out of the house, but we're in constant phone contact, and they're doing a lot to help us out (like leaving the big dumpster an extra day or two at no cost to us) so it's ok.  God Bless small towns.  Most sellers wouldn't give a crap about our needs.  They're shampooing the carpets tonight, and gave our kids a set of encyclopedias and we bought a bigger fridge and a deep freeze from them today (cheap!) LOL

Well, break time's about over, see ya 'round!

It's over!!!!!!!!!!!

It finally happened!  We are homeowners!!!!!!!!!

OK, we don't get to move in for two more days, but it's OURS, baby.  I kept feeling like it wouldn't happen, the whole time we were doing the closing.

1. Kevin's middle initials were wrong on about 3/4 of the paperwork.

2. Kevin's social security number was wrong on about 1/3 of the paperwork.

3. The assesment that we paid for in advance, was being paid for again in the closing costs.

Oh, there were more, but it worked out.  My uncle/realtor was getting pretty ticked before it was all over, and 90% of the mess was due to the mortgage company, who have been causing this heartache all along.  He will NOT be dealing with them again.

I should be real mad at them, but I'm not.  I'm just so freaking happy that it's over!  Since we won't have the same ISP, this journal will be affected.  Any pictures that are posted in an entry (not the YGP) will disappear.  Those are hosted on my online storage with Comcast, and when they cancel service, the pics will disappear. 

It will probably be a week or so before I have cable/internet again, so my posts will be few and far between, when I get a chance at Mom's house.  Thanks for all the support you all have offered in comments, and for all the thoughts/prayers.  They helped.  Thanks for the green candle too, Russ.  I'll take all I can get.

Peace out!

Grrrrrrrrrr

Today's surprise?  Closing will now be at 1:00, not 9:00.  No problem, right?  I AM FREAKING OUT AND NOW I HAVE TO WORK A HALF DAY WONDERING WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN!

There, that's better.

Another day (full of torment)

Well, another day has passed.  In 35 hours, we'll be closing on our house.  Today, we were thrown not one, not two, but THREE more curve balls.  We caught them.  I am freaking out, hardcore, but it's working out so far.

Heck, the mortgage folks just confimed Kevin's employment today...TODAY!  Preapproved my fat white butt!  Then they mentioned that *WE* needed to get an insurance quote.  We've never bought a house before, but when we were told it was included in the closing costs, we thought it was handled by them.  WRONG.  The termite inspection wasn't done?  Oh, no problem, call me 2 days before closing, I'll handle it, dangit!

Anyway, we're catching the curve balls and calling strikes.  I will do what it takes to make this happen, as long as it's in the realm of possibility.  They say that they are just waiting for one final piece of paperwork, which we'll fax first thing tomorrow morning.  They say that'll do it.  They say that it's done. They say a lot, but it's all crap.

I'll never buy another house.  It's too much stress.  If I win 40 million dollars in the lottery, I'll just build on.  Build out and up, that's my motto.  It's too much trouble to buy a house.  Even if I had cash to offer, I'm sure they'd want a certified check instead.  I won't do it again.  Wellington is where I'll live out my years.  Never.Again.  If I win the lotto, I'll have a 15 story house, but I won't move.

Will it be worth it when we're sleeping there on Sunday night?  Yes.  Will we laugh about it in retrospect?  Yes.  Will we forget the hassle soon?  NO WAY!  I can't take the stress.  I'm weak.  I'm done.

Tired, and sans kids

The girls stayed in Carthage when we came home yesterday.  It seemed weird for them not to be here.  We were pretty busy, so it wasn't horrible, but it was weird.

Today, Brett left for his dad's.  He'll stay there all summer.  Now things are REAL weird.  Just me and Kevin.  How do you handle that?  Get busy working  your ass off, in preparation for moving.  Tonight, we tackled the girls' room.

First, we cleaned the living room, and moved everything against the wall, ready to load.  No need to have the living room set up, when we don't spend any time in there.  Then, we started carrying stuff down from the girls room.

Kevin disassembled the bunk beds, I packed boxes.  It all went down until the room was empty.  Then we vacuumed and scrubbed down the walls.  Finally, we hung a mini blind, to replace the one with the broken slat.  That room is done, except for cleaning the carpets.

Brett said he'd come home Thursday or Friday to pack up his room.  Thursday, we'll probably pack up our room, which will mean an end to internet until service is established in the new house.  In the mean time, we'll pack up the downstairs bathroom, linen closet, and most of the kitchen.

Dang, moving is hard work.  It also makes for boring journal entries.  Sorry 'bout that.  I am tired and ready for bed, but felt the need to document my hard work.  You suffer for it.  LOL.  I'm excited, and happy, and lonely, and tired.  So many emotions at once.  I bet I sleep good tonight!