Lazy Post

Since I have been so busy as of late with house stuffs, I thought I would post a fun, crafty music video for everyone to enjoy in my absence.  This was posted on the crafster homepage a few weeks ago and I love it.  You can pretend this is what I have spent the last few days doing.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSaPbVjcrp4

In the weeks leading up to the closing, I kept telling Paul-John that I wanted to get to work right away and do as much as possible as quickly as possible, because we have a lot to do before we can move in.  

It sounded like a great plan, but all day yesterday and all this morning all I wanted to do was to sit outside, smile and wave at anyone walking by, hoping they would ask if we were moving in so we could tell them we bought our first home.

Its Official!!

Paul-John and I are now officially homeowners!  Everything still feels very unreal for both of us still - but also very, very awesome.

Yesterday we did a final walk-through of the house, just to make sure nothing crazy had happened, at 9:30am and then made our way to the lawyer's for the actual closing.  While we were in the lobby we met the seller's agent and he was so unbelievable that I may dedicate a whole post to him later.  

We were done signing all the paperwork  by about 11am.  Paul-John was able to remain calm while I kept giving everybody high fives and dancing around.  Of course, we drove to the house and opened a bottle of champagne.  Later we went to our new local deli and ate lunch on our porch.  Paul-John did have to go back to work and I went to Sherwin-Williams and bought primer, paint and supplies, and ordered wallpaper.  Initially I want to get a lot done the first day, but it turns out I was way too excited to get any work done, but thats what Sunday-Wednesday will be, since I have time off from work.  

Finally!!

Today at 3:15 Paul-John called to tell me that we will be closing at 10am on Friday! Yay!!!

House not-buying

The closing date we set back in early April when we first applied for the mortgage was last Friday.  Our mortgage broker initially said that since we were approved for a mortgage and the house was unoccupied there was no reason why we wouldn't be able to close by the end of April (ha!)  Last Tuesday we found out that the seller's deceased husband's name was on the title and that she would have to go through probate to get that straightened out.  Friday came, our lawyer called at 8am to say that it wouldn't be happening that day, so we said either Wednesday or Friday this week would work.  Wednesday came and went, no closing.  Today our lawyer said we won't be closing tomorrow either.  

The awesome rate we have for the mortgage expires next Friday.  Our lawyer has no idea what the hold up is - she has been calling the seller's lawyer and has not gotten any returned calls.  Today she said that if she needs to call them every half hour in order to get someone to talk to her, she is going to call them every half hour.  She also said that if they are purposefully trying to delay this, she is getting ready to sue.  

We really just want to buy this house.