Wonderful Fun
I'm sorry I haven't posted in so long. Seems like I am used up by evening and too busy to post in the daytime. Life is full and wonderful.
Tuesday, in celebration of my upcoming birthday, Athena and Brian treated us to a delightful time of exploration at the Science Museum and topped that fun off with a delicious meal at Chez Vincent. We always enjoy spending time with them and they always seem to think up great things to do.
I'm not sure if I wrote about our house buying success (at last). Our offer was countered, and we accepted and even then, the appraisal came in well above what we are paying, so we are quite blessed. The house is almost move in ready. We plan to have the carpets steam cleaned and do some painting to create our own look. Right now everything is beige or white, very vanilla and much too plain for my liking.
We are due to close on the house on the 28th, however today our loan processor said we may even be able to close earlier. That would be fine with us since we have almost filled our storage unit and have more to buy. There is so much to do both here and there, plus we will be traveling to two weddings and a family reunion in September. The sooner we can get moved into the new house and get this one on the market, the better.
It seems that there is only one concern we have and that is the news that many lenders, including Countrywide, are reaching their line of credit limits and running our of funds to lend on mortgages. We have no idea where our lender stands in all this, but they have said nothing to us except that we may be able to close early. We are trusting God and proceeding as if there were no mortgage crisis.
Thanks to http://craigslist.com, we have bought furnishings for several rooms including the guest room, Florida room, kitchen (a cool table, chairs and hutch with great character I got with birthday money from my brother and Richard), plus some living room furniture. I think we have found some great pieces. Looking and shopping this way is lots of fun but pretty time consuming.
So, with the house decided on and the mortgage approved (I don't need to find any more records, yay) all we're doing is getting furnishings and decor and cleaning, decorating and setting up our place to sell. All in all, it's been fun and we are both actually enjoying it.
Tomorrow, I'm renting a truck, buying beds, dressers, a recliner and more. Richard will help me load it when he gets home.
So come along and I'll commit to posting something every day, even if only one sentence.
Tuesday, in celebration of my upcoming birthday, Athena and Brian treated us to a delightful time of exploration at the Science Museum and topped that fun off with a delicious meal at Chez Vincent. We always enjoy spending time with them and they always seem to think up great things to do.
I'm not sure if I wrote about our house buying success (at last). Our offer was countered, and we accepted and even then, the appraisal came in well above what we are paying, so we are quite blessed. The house is almost move in ready. We plan to have the carpets steam cleaned and do some painting to create our own look. Right now everything is beige or white, very vanilla and much too plain for my liking.
We are due to close on the house on the 28th, however today our loan processor said we may even be able to close earlier. That would be fine with us since we have almost filled our storage unit and have more to buy. There is so much to do both here and there, plus we will be traveling to two weddings and a family reunion in September. The sooner we can get moved into the new house and get this one on the market, the better.
It seems that there is only one concern we have and that is the news that many lenders, including Countrywide, are reaching their line of credit limits and running our of funds to lend on mortgages. We have no idea where our lender stands in all this, but they have said nothing to us except that we may be able to close early. We are trusting God and proceeding as if there were no mortgage crisis.
Thanks to http://craigslist.com, we have bought furnishings for several rooms including the guest room, Florida room, kitchen (a cool table, chairs and hutch with great character I got with birthday money from my brother and Richard), plus some living room furniture. I think we have found some great pieces. Looking and shopping this way is lots of fun but pretty time consuming.
So, with the house decided on and the mortgage approved (I don't need to find any more records, yay) all we're doing is getting furnishings and decor and cleaning, decorating and setting up our place to sell. All in all, it's been fun and we are both actually enjoying it.
Tomorrow, I'm renting a truck, buying beds, dressers, a recliner and more. Richard will help me load it when he gets home.
So come along and I'll commit to posting something every day, even if only one sentence.
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