Yes, I realize that it's been a little while since I posted. Partly because we have been moving and unpacking and partly because Mark wouldn't let me post anything. Moving and unpacking you ask? How could we have finished the house, closed, packed (stuff at the in-laws), and moved in without me posting anything? That's the part where Mark wouldn't let me post since we technically should have been moving. Let me tell you a little story...
We finished the painting and the carpet was installed on time, only barely though. On Tuesday February 12th Mark called me about 10 a.m. and asked if I wanted to hear some bad news. Like I was supposed to jump up and down excitedly?? Apparently the carpet people (who will remain nameless) had the install date down for March 12th instead of February 12th!! Mark had talked to them about carpet, the builder had talked to them about carpet and they still had the wrong day. By some miracle it was installed on the right day and we were ready to hang doors that night. The toy soldiers went up fairly smoothly (surprisingly) and we actually had real electricity and plumbing. The light fixtures were in and most of the outlets were covered, the city inspector would be there on Wednesday afternoon and the final appraisal would be done on Thursday. We were hoping to close on Friday the 15th so we could move over the long Presidents Day weekend. The city inspector came and went, we passed and a Certificate of Occupancy was issued. The appraiser was scheduled for Thursday but found out that we didn't have bathroom mirrors so he wouldn't come because the house wasn't "complete". Grrr! I was headed to Wal Mart for some little handheld mirrors to hang up when they assured me that the real mirrors would be in Friday morning and the appraiser could come then. It didn't look like we would be closing on Friday.
Our storage units were due that weekend and we had to have everything out or pay for another full month, which was sooo not happening. We rounded up the troops and emptied and and half storage units on Saturday and the rest of the second one on Sunday. Whew, that was a relief. We move more in on Monday, Presidents Day, and I even scheduled the Internet to be installed so it would be ready when we did finally get to close and move in. Yes, I realize that we really shouldn't have been moving before we closed but we were against a payment schedule and it was worth it to break the rules a little.
Tuesday rolled around and we found out that the loan officer didn't have the numbers from the appraiser yet and it was looking like the end of the week to close we decided enough was enough and in we moved. And so on Tuesday we spent our first night amidst boxes and bags. The dogs were super excited, so excited in fact that they both fell down the basement stairs and Scarlett limped until today. We spent the rest of the week unpacking and getting organized. We have blinds up, a kitchen table and four chairs, and a TV stand from IKEA all put together.
I finally got my washer and dryer installed on Sunday, YAY!! I've never been so excited to do laundry. I love my main floor laundry room and everything else about our house. Kan's Zebra bedding that she got for Christmas looks so cute and I have all my books out again. I know where my sewing machine is, although I haven't actually opened any Craft Room boxes yet. My kitchen is finally in order and tonight I mopped the wood floors and got rid of all the dirty footprints from all the moving help. Now that we are in and settled there isn't a reason to be wearing shoes so they should stay nice and pretty. Can't wait to have people over.
You notice that I haven't said we closed on the loan, right? We have now been in the house for almost a whole week and still no closing, I think that makes us Squatters. We were very close today. We were at the title company office and had pens in hand and then.... Mark wouldn't sign. Is that even possible?? Apparently it is, because we didn't and are meeting with the loan officer tomorrow morning so she can go over the final numbers with us. Yes, I know this is something we should have gone over before but Mark likes to do stuff backwards. I'm sure it's right but he won't sign until he sees exactly what we are paying for. I get that, I really do, but at the same time I just want to be done with this whole process. It's not like we can really dispute it and say we aren't paying it. Once we go over the numbers we are headed back to the title company for take two. I have my fingers crossed for a good day tomorrow.
In the meantime I am off to "Just Dance" with my kiddo.... Or not, since she just informed me that she is off to bed. I think she's up to something, it's only 8:38 pm. Very strange. Oh well, I have laundry to fold. I never thought that would be fun, but it is. :)
p.s. the dishwasher we spent a fortune on, it's amazing and oh so quiet. I love each and every one of my appliances!
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