Easter

Well, my hopes for a Christams baby were dashed on Friday. After a very weird short AF it's on to month three. We're getting to that point where we're going to have to take a break on the baby making for three months, so that I'm not far along for my sister's wedding in May 2010. So here's hoping this month is the month although I though last month was the month...we had perfect timing and everything, eh such is life.

Hubz and I had ANOTHER date on Friday. We went to the Improv to see Aisha Tyler. She was hilarous! Of course the date didn't start out so perfect we had to hike like six blocks b/c the GPS took us to the wrong place and we'd already paid twelve bucks to park. OF course I was wearing cute shoes and by the time we finally made it I thought my feet were bleeding. Needless to say we took the Metro back to parking. However all in all it was still a great nite. We're gonna try and go back next month.

It's back to school Tuesday. I've already started my online class, Law, I think it's going to be good. The syllabus is already way better than last quarter's. If only the same could be said about my live class. Only time will tell for both.

We're finally getting all the paperwork together for our refi on the house! Hooray it works out that we're going to save almost $400 which brings us to our ideal amount of what we wanted to pay originally. So excited! Those credit cards will be paid off before we know it.

It Ours!!!

Well, we finally closed on our house. By 1030 yesterday morning we were finally and officially homeowners. Hubz says it was anti-climatic, guess he wanted streamers and balloons to fall from the ceiling, but I didn't care I was just excited to finally have our houses. The payments wound up being about $40 more than we expected, but we'll refinance in a few years (hopefully) and then that won't even matter. We're cleaning carpets this week and then we move our stuff in on Saturday...I can't wait. Pictures and what not to come...

FINALLY!!!

The stupid bank finally signed our deed on Tuesday. We're closing on Monday. Only 2 1/2 weeks late! BASTARDS!!! At least everything, except for the gas, is already on. I'd already scheduled for the Verizon to come and activate our FIOS on the 18th so it'll be movies for a little bit but not to long. Besides I'll be to busy unbacking and tearing apart the half bath to worry about TV. I tell you what I'm excited that'll I'll be able to get my GH and Army Wives back. The only stressful part is that we move next weekend and then we're in the house for one week exactly before we leave for vacation. When we get back it's school, soccer, cub scouts and RCIC for Aidan. Bowling for me and the hubz and in October I start school.

Did I mention I'd registered to start my Master's? I'm nervous and excited all at the same time. I think we can still work it so we can statr TTC next fall. If we get pregnant right away I'll just be super pregnant when I recieve my diploma, but it'll be so worth it. It means when my 10 year HS Reunion comes around I'll not only have an MBA but I'll also have baby. Of course seeing as things haven't gone as planned since I left undergrad we'll just have to wait and see.

Day 4...

We've been homeless for four days now and it doesn't look like it's going to end anytime soon. We rushed to get all our paperwork together for our financing and what not and now we're just standing still. It's frustrating and completely unacceptable. What gives banks and settlement companies a right to treat people this way. I wanna know what the hell the hold up is. And the excuse that this paper we're waiting for is computer generated doesn't wash with me. Computer generated or not everything starts with a human. So find out what dip shit screwed things up and get me in my house!

While I appreciate that my BIL & SIL have given us a place to live I want and need my own space. I survived two years in college sharing my space and it was HORRIBLE. I need to be able decompress with my stories, which I've now missed two weeks of, and a nice snack before starting dinner. I need my dogs to be driving me nuts. GRRRRRR...I'm losing my patience very quickly now b/c we're going on a week and half. WTF!

AMAZING!!

So it's looking more and more like we're really going to be homeless. Now add to that that we have a place to stay, but our dogs don't. Nice right.? What really pisses me off about this whole situation is that if no closing had been our fault we'd have had to pay the bank $100/day that we didn't close. However, since it's their fault not only are we assed out of a place to live and paying for utilities on TWO houses, at least until Friday, but we get NO concessions from them. They won't pay for our termite remediation , they won't let us move our stuff into the house NOTHING. WTF!!!!!! When you think about it the banks are the ones that got the economy into the mess we're in now to begin with and they have yet to have to do anything about that and it looks like they will continue to be allowed to screw your every day joe. We're going to start moving our things into the ILs garage tonite. And in the mean time I have to figure out what to do with our dogs.

Almost Homeless

So with only three days left in the month and no rent paid for August we're almost homeless. We're hoping for positive news today, but I'm not holding my breath. Our house is almost completly packed and tonite I'm going to start moving things so we can get carpets cleaned in the master bedroom. Tomorrow will be the kitchen and Wednesday I'll tackle all the bathrooms, except for hubz because his is gross. On Wednesday we'll start moving stuff across the street to my BIL & SIL basement, unless we're moved/moving in to our house. Keep us in your prayers that we're in our own house before Friday. I don't want to share a house, I want my own house DAMN IT!!!

It a little more positive news I've decided to sit for my GRE the day we leave for vacay. I figure I'll take it and then either celebrate or commiserate while on vacation. Wish me luck!

WTF

So SURPRISE!!! We're not closing today. We now have no cable and all our movies are packed. Add to this I found out last nite that our rate expires on 5 August and nobody can say when we'll be able to close. Which means come next Friday..we'll be HOMELESS!!!! Sure we have family to stay with but that won't be our home it'll be us taking up space in someone elses house! Oh and we have to find somewhere to put all our crap. When it rains it pours. I can't even find a silver lining in this crap. I'm PISSED! I mean WTF it's not like our closing date was a suprise for this other settlement company. Jackasses! Woosah!

Now I'm stuck here at work, when I should have been moving into my very own house today. Oh and on top of the stress of not closing and being stuck in the crap hole that is our current home...Curtis' mom is here. It's going to be a great weekend. Maybe I'll take a road trip.

But wait there's more. I stopped at Starbucks this morning for a soothing White Chocolate Mocha, it makes me happy, and when I walked out the shop I see my stupid car pouring something out of the bottom. Please keep in mind and don't know the first thing about cars, except for where the oil, windsheild wiper fluid and gas goes, but I was almost 100% sure I knew what this lovely fluid flowing from car was...COOLANT!!!! WTF!!! Can't I catch a break, I just got this hunk of junk back. Sure enough I get down on the ground to check it out and there's nice green tint, DAMN IT!!! Now my mother is bringing me more coolant so that I can get home. I think this may be a weekend full of lots of grown-up beverages. Does that make me an alcoholic?

It Figures

I should have guessed that things were going to smoothly. Chances are we're not closing tomorrow. GREAT!!! My house is a maze of boxes. I have a pot, a skillet and a frying pan unpacked and no Gladware b/c it too is packed. Not to mention my cable gets disconnected tomorrow and I start paying for utilities at two houses tomorrow as well. GREAT!!! Ya know if we didn't have bad luck we wouldn't have any luck. Why can't things just go the way they're suppose to? Oh and if we don't move this weekend and get stuck moving during the week the only help we'll be guranteed is our siblings and in my case my sibling significant others. Should be fun right?

Let's keep our fingers crossed the stupid foreclosure company gets our title work today. Otherwise we're screwed. The only good thing about it is hubz will actually have pretend like he wants to hang out with me. He's done with softball too which means I'll have him all to myself....hmmmmm what shall we do?

BUSY

This house buying process is a little exhausting. Besided the packing who knew there was so much entailed? Inspections, insurance quotes, more inspections, papers to sign, checks to write, more papers to sigh...whew! However, all our inspections have gone GREAT, I only had to call one other place to get an insurance quote that wasn't totally absurd and so far only two semi-large checks have been written. Of course we haven't gone to closing yet so that could all change. We're still waiting on our apprasail, hopefully the apprasail isn't crazy.

Now I just have to pack the rest of the house with no help from my wonderful husband, he's too busy at least that's what he keeps saying. Apparently I do nothing so I have all the time in the world to pack an entire 3 bedroom single-family home! But I'm not bitter.

I already have plans for the bathroom on the main level of the new house...it's going to be my first project. I'm hoping we can have a birthday/housewarming in October, but we'll see.

Let the Games Begin

So we are officially under contract. The lender locked in our rate today...6.325%. It's high but the market's in the toilet so what can you do. The plan is to refi in a couple of years with my credit union so we'll deal for now. The inspection is scheduled for tomorrow and the termite guy will be out by the end of the week. I can't belive how fast things are happening. It took forever to find this house and now it'll be ours before we know it.

I guess for once good things really did come to those who wait. We knew our house was out there, but it just took a while for us to find it.

Well, fingers crossed everything goes well for the inspection. It's just for informational purposes, since the house is a foreclosure, but I would hate for there to be anything major wrong with it and we have to walk away. Listen to me being Ms. Pessimist, as I tell hubz all the time...I'm just being a realist.