First, many people know this already, but here is the official blog mention, I'm pregnant! Yay! I'm excited! I'll do my best to not be obnoxious. At 9 weeks, I haven't actually cried, really, and definitely no emotional breakdowns. I think all my crabbiness is related to being hungry...thus, I'm convinced my blood sugar dumps on me at those times and that is why I'm crabby. Absolutely no vomiting. But, since I usually have more than enough of my own life and happenings to talk about to annoy anyone who reads this blog, I started a second one about all things baby. I actually am currently referring to my baby as my minion (the second definition is my favorite), so my new blog is: I'm Expecting a Minion. It's complete with 2 posts already and pictures! Enjoy (or ignore, as you see fit!)
Moving on, we've put an offer in on a house AND we're out of the option period, meaning we're total dogs (and not in a good way) if we back out now. My real estate agent said the inspection report on the house has to be the "shortest I've ever seen," which made us happy! We checked with the people we'll have home owner's insurance with and they approved of the roof, so that's a big, GO! (Side note here: If you're like us and checked with State Farm first for a home owner's insurance quote since you have car insurance with them already, please, for the love of God and your banking account, get a second opinion! We got a second from Farmer's Insurance and it was HALF the State Farm quote with amazing coverage! I know this sounds like I'm pushing one company, but the Farmer's guy said that State Farm home owner's insurance is often high, so, on that note, just shop around no matter who you're with or who you get a quote from. Can't hurt. That's my main point.)
Assuming all goes well, closing is scheduled for May 11. I heard a rumor that the sellers would like to close earlier, but they rejected our first closing date which was two weeks earlier, so we were confused. Oh well. They haven't said anything official, so, May 11 it is! I'm told from here on out it's a waiting game, but the big things that are going on is the loan application and the appraisal. We sorted through a 53 page loan application and faxed it in this morning! We locked in a rate of 4.875%! We were excited about that! (if you're curious, its a 30 yr fixed rate FHA loan we're doing). I think the only hiccup I'm worried about is if the house appraises high enough, but I'm told not to worry. (well, that and all the money we're about to dump into this shin-dig, but, hey, I was expecting it, right?)
So, I'll keep ya updated on this ordeal.
My brother got accepted into a really amazing neurosurgical residency!!! I know he's really excited and it is such a really great school and hospital. He'll do great! Congrats!!!
Work has been overwhelmingly busy, as usual. I keep hoping it'll settle down...but it never seems to do so. :( This adds to my never-ending fatigue.
My car got the body damaged fixed and, the day after it was out of the shop, it DIED! It wouldn't start on me. We knew the gas gauge was off from the repair, but we thought maybe there was fuel line issues causing it to die like that. So, back in the shop it went. The update on the car, now, is that it's been moved to another shop that is better able to deal with engine/etc problems (it was at a body shop before). Their first guesses is that there are issues stemming from the check engine light that's been on forever now rearing their ugly heads. I compared it to the recent report of Jetta's stalling when you honk their horn and my dad said, "EXACTLY!" So, no matter how much I try to rationalize what's happening with the car...it seems it may be an irrational issue. Time will only tell. Until then, Daddy and I are sharing big brown once again.
That's it. Hopefully I'll be back to more regular posts and come up with interesting things to say. I know I'm excited about Spring/Summer (lets be honest, Spring is like an afterthought of winter before Summer sets in) and leaving bundling up behind, even though there is no chance for me to get "bikini ready" as many other people will be attempting. I'll just be enjoying what I got!
Here are pictures of the house we're trying to buy, taken by the real estate agent selling it. Yes, the colors seem weird, but, I assure you, it's beautiful!
See the cute front porch? I may have to get chairs or something, but the flowers and bushes are so perfect up front!
Laminate wood floors!!!
Granite counter tops and under-the-cabinet lighting!!!
The fridge isn't staying. Boo. But it seems the dishwasher is the only non-stainless steel appliance in the kitchen. But the water fixtures (and all around the house) are upgraded!
Master bedroom.
Master bathroom. It has the most amazingly huge closet, too!
View of the living room from the kitchen. Behind the cross wall is the study/4th bedroom. The hallway to the left leads to the second bath, the laundry room/garage, and the other two bedrooms.
One of the two bedrooms.
The study! The walls are expertly done in yellow. This will most likely still be used as a study (aka: computer room).
The backyard. The little metal shed is staying. It's not huge, but a place for the dogs to run off some energy and do their potty jobs between the walks we'll need to be doing regularly.
