Friday, April 28, 2006

we just scored a nice couch

The house inspection was Wednesday, and it went beautifully. We only found 3 minor problems. An interior door needed to be replaced, a window needs to be re-balanced and a leaky outdoor spigot fixed. Definitely less than $200 worth of repairs. Chris jokingly mentioned to our realtor that if the seller left the couch, we would take care of the fixes. The seller took us up on it!! The couch is really nice (chris thinks it is a lazy boy couch) and its not very old.

I finally have some REAL furniture!! Now we can get a nice loveseat and comfy chair to go with it.

woo hoo

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

well shoot

i just wrote a long blog and it disappeared when I tried to post it, so maybe I wasn't meant to post the info that I did. here is the condensed version.

i'm a little stressed right now because of the house, family, friends, packing, work, etc.

i have a dr appointment tomorrow to get an ingrown toenail removed.

we are getting the house inspection done tonight.

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

We close a month from today

Everything is moving smoothly so far. We are doing the house inspection tomorrow. We have already lost one tape roller, and ran out of tape on the other (can't find the refills). My pile of empty boxes that I thought was so big is quickly dwindling.

Forgive me if I don't update this regularly, or respond quickly. I intend to, but I haven't been able to log in the last few days. We are having problems with yahoo sites and our firewall.

Friday, April 21, 2006

We GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!!


Wow. Almost unbelievable. We made the offer, and he countered, and we have accpeted his counter. Wow. I'm very excited. Everything has come together so smoothly this time. I know it isn't over yet, and I know that there are other things that have to happen, but it feels really good. This has been a long 2 years of trying to buy a house. Between all of our money issues, and credit issues, and finding great houses and then seeing someone else buy them. And the best thing is that Chris and I have come through this TOGETHER and stronger than ever. We could have used our problems to attack each other, but we faced the storm together and have come out better on the other side. Okay, I'm going to stop being corny.

Thank you to everyone for their prayers, and advice, and encouragement. It has helped to make this process smoother and sweeter. I promise to post pics of the inside of the house as soon as we have them. I may even entertain you with packing/moving pics.

offer


We put in an offer on this house last night. It was awesome. It was nerve-wracking. It was unreal.
And now we wait.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Alias

ALIAS is coming back tonight. That makes me very happy. I'm sad that the series is ending, but I'm glad that we are supposed to get a good ending. Why do shows seem to end after I get really really into them? lol.

spoke too soon

I am very sad to say, that 319 Weil Lane is not our house. It was almost heart-breaking when we saw the inside of the house. The previous owners were evicted because they foreclosed on the house. Before they left, they decided to destroy the insides. There were huge holes in the drywall where they had kicked/punched the walls in. An animal had deficated on all of the carpet. They had knocked holes in the bathtubs, the cabinets, the fireplaces. Two of the bathrooms were unfinished (one you could see daylight, one you could see rafters and wiring). All of the carpet would have to be replaced. Some of the flooring on both the first floor and the seconf floor would have to be re-done. All in all, way way way more than we could afford and/or would want to do. The one positive thing about this is that the damage was so bad we knew there would be no way that we could have handled it. If there had been a good bit less damage, we may have tried to fix it up ourselves, and had a huge headache on our hands for the next 3 years. Plus it was going to be a nightmare trying to get it approved with our FHA loan (because apparently, they can be kind of strict). The house was being totally sold as is. The layout wasn't the best either.

But the good news is, we saw two other houses that we really liked, and we will probably be making on offer on one of them in the next week or so. We want to find out a little bit more about it. I'll post a picture soon.

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

319 Weil Lane


We may have found our house. I don't want to jinx it. We haven't been inside yet, hopefully we will do that today and/or tomorrow. Our realtor sent us this listing, and we drove by it last night. We love the neighborhood. The weird thing is, that we felt a connection to this house. It does need some work, but honestly, if we like the inside, unless there are major problems with it, I feel like we will buy it. We have seen other houses that we have liked, and could totally see ourselves buying, but we felt like there was something about this house. It just screams "CHRIS". :) Wish us luck. Here's hoping no one has already put a contract on it.

Monday, April 17, 2006

today

Pray for me today, I'm stressed.

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Alias

According to the Lexington Heral-Leader (local paper), in May, ABC will offer the whole season of Alias to watch online for free for two months!! Cool Beans. They will also show, LOST, Desperate Housewives and Commander in Chief.