Getting there!

s of right now, L and I are 14 days away from owning our first house! That's right, after viewing dozens of houses, writing up 3 purchase offers (one of which was a short sale going nowhere, and the other sellers bailed out on the sale), we are going to be closing on our home on December 14th.

Everything has been going very well with the negotiation side of the process and it looks like we've come to a final agreement on the price, closing costs (which the seller is going to pay), and he has agreed to complete the electrical repairs that we asked to be done, along with handing over a certified check for $500 to complete the other repairs that will need to be done in the spring! Today was spent gathering L's pay stubs, account summaries, and signing document after document before going over to D's to have him help us scan and send to our mortgage broker. Basically, all we need to do now is wait for our financing to go through and then we'll be all set to close!

I've also become much more excited about the upcoming holidays, as it looks like we might even be hosting Christmas Eve in our new home!


Everything is moving so quickly- so many boxes to pack and so little time.