Saturday, April 14, 2012
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Happy Easter!
Things are going great around our "neck of the woods." Here are a few things that happened last week:
1. we gave our mortgage underwriters more paperwork- and still have two more things to track down or sign. we're getting there.
2. the house's realtor is getting an estimate for painting up some cracked/peeling paint around the house. we're awaiting this estimate so we can select what else we'd like to have fixed up prior to closing.
3. we bought a bunch of seeds to start inside for our future garden. yay gardening! I am very excited to see what I can grow.
4. we bought a couch! it's a nice L-shaped sectional that will be perfect in the living room.
5. we have a showing of our apartment on Wednesday- we are very lucky to have an opportunity to break our lease at our apartment if they can find people to move in. This could save us a lot of money!
6. we bought two lamps that I plan to paint for our living room. I'll post pictures as I embark on this project.
7. we ate Easter dinner with the family and now our bellies are full of ham and sweet potatoes. yum.
8. we have 22 days left! it will go by very very quick.
good times.
Well- I've got a few papers to grade and some laundry to fold- so I better bolt. Have a great week family and friends!
1. we gave our mortgage underwriters more paperwork- and still have two more things to track down or sign. we're getting there.
2. the house's realtor is getting an estimate for painting up some cracked/peeling paint around the house. we're awaiting this estimate so we can select what else we'd like to have fixed up prior to closing.
3. we bought a bunch of seeds to start inside for our future garden. yay gardening! I am very excited to see what I can grow.
4. we bought a couch! it's a nice L-shaped sectional that will be perfect in the living room.
5. we have a showing of our apartment on Wednesday- we are very lucky to have an opportunity to break our lease at our apartment if they can find people to move in. This could save us a lot of money!
6. we bought two lamps that I plan to paint for our living room. I'll post pictures as I embark on this project.
7. we ate Easter dinner with the family and now our bellies are full of ham and sweet potatoes. yum.
8. we have 22 days left! it will go by very very quick.
good times.
Well- I've got a few papers to grade and some laundry to fold- so I better bolt. Have a great week family and friends!
Friday, March 30, 2012
Strap On Your Big Boy Pants
We're taking care of more adult matter today like home owners insurance and car insurance. Yes- we know we're adults, but when your mommy and daddy still pay for your car insurance at 27 you're still a reliant kid. So, we're adding another notch to our belt and adding insurance to our lives. We got our commitment letter from our mortgage people- that's exciting because it means we're getting closer to the actual closing date for our house!! 31 days people! 31 days!
We'll be staining/water proofing fence panels all weekend- it really doesn't feel like work when we're keeping busy.
Have a great weekend!
We'll be staining/water proofing fence panels all weekend- it really doesn't feel like work when we're keeping busy.
Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Chicken coop
I am getting really serious about building a chicken coop. I spent the afternoon watching YouTube videos regarding "how to build a chicken coop," and the inspirational juices have really started flowing. Check out my crazy/pretend engineer/architect drawings.
Building it before we move is its only chance of actually being completed this year. Once we move in, I think we will have about one million "to-do" list items and this might end up being item number 890,853. Wanna be a crazy person with me and watch YouTube videos devoted to "urban chicken coops?" Well check out the videos that have http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFi7W7oFGzE&feature=related
http://youtu.be/913219qCdDM
http://youtu.be/842wA0mZY-M
Tata for now.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Spring Break
We've got a pretty slow week ahead of us this week. We had our appraisal today (which I was incorrectly calling an assessment over and over again- woops- teacher jargon- not real estate jargon) Our mortgage person said that we will get the results of the appraisal on Thursday. In the mean time, our mortgage has gone from the person who organizes the paperwork to the mortgage underwriter. Progress!
I think the progress may be a little slow this week. Which is okay- we have our fence panels to keep us busy and I have plenty of grad school work to tackle. 34 days! Nick and I are going to create a countdown- much like the countdown that my bf, Kelly, and I created during our freshman year in the dorms when we were beginning to feel homesick and couldn't wait for thanksgiving & Christmas breaks. In the mean time, let's distract ourselves with pictures of Kona when she was a puppy. Sound good?
I think the progress may be a little slow this week. Which is okay- we have our fence panels to keep us busy and I have plenty of grad school work to tackle. 34 days! Nick and I are going to create a countdown- much like the countdown that my bf, Kelly, and I created during our freshman year in the dorms when we were beginning to feel homesick and couldn't wait for thanksgiving & Christmas breaks. In the mean time, let's distract ourselves with pictures of Kona when she was a puppy. Sound good?
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| So little. |
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| Now that's a sleepy puppy. |
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| Pretty Girl |
Monday, March 26, 2012
Water Sealing/Staining the Fence
We water sealed a few fence panels this weekend. We still have 35 days until we close on the house, so we have to keep busy. We chose Thompson's Water Seal with a Cedar Tone Stain, we'll also use it on our deck when we move in. This week is my spring break-- holla! -- so I'll keep busy with our fence panels on the sunny days and read up on gardening on the rainy days.
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| Nick and his cousin, Kyle, loaded our cart with 10 gallons of Thompson's Water Seal. |
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| Ready to begin |
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| Work in progress |
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| Check out the difference! |
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Hurry Up and Wait
Next step for the house will be the assessment. We are getting an FHA mortgage, so it must meet the criteria of an FHA loan. I really have no idea what that criteria is, but I think it means that house must be livable and in good repair. So yea, you know that recalled electrical box? I think that won't meet the FHA guidelines. Oh well. Whatever isn't up to standard will be repaired before we move in. Our realtor assured us that this is standard protocol and will not effect our closing date.
Until the assessment (which hasn't been scheduled yet), we have some waiting time. Once the assessment is complete, the bank will hire a contractor to fix things, and then we can progress forward. Until then, I am going to focus on grad school, regular school, and my fence panels. Spring Break is next week!!! Yaya!
Until the assessment (which hasn't been scheduled yet), we have some waiting time. Once the assessment is complete, the bank will hire a contractor to fix things, and then we can progress forward. Until then, I am going to focus on grad school, regular school, and my fence panels. Spring Break is next week!!! Yaya!
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