Our closing date is almost here - Nov. 29th. We ended up with 2 extra weeks due to a small hiccup with the loan. However, now we are down to less than 1 week until we move. The girls and I went out of town last week which didn't help the packing situation, but it's going pretty good now.
The Living Room is over half done, the playroom is all done (other than the TV and Wii), the kitchen is 2/3 done, the bathrooms are partly done, and the bedrooms and bathrooms have barely been touched (luckily those rooms con't have much other than furniture). The family room is full of boxes from the other rooms. We still have the mudroom and attic to work on too. Hoping to get it all done by Wednesday night so that all we have to do on Thursday is finish last minute packing of little things here and there.
Friday hopefully brings moving all of the boxes to the new house and then Saturday is moving all of the furniture and the shed, attic, and things from the yard. We are so excited and ready to be in our new home and start this next chapter of our lives. Just wish the moving didn't happen days before the girls' birthdays, but what can you do. We just had to postpone our birthday plans for them.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Buying our first home
So we are so excited to be buying our first home. We have been renting a house for 5 years and are glad to finally be in a place where we can buy a home. We are due to close in less than 2 weeks. It has been a very long and aggravating process at times. Brett losing his job when he did set us back a little.
We first figured out how much we could afford and then we got up with a realtor who was able to help us find a few homes in our desired area and within our budget. We were able to narrow it down to the perfect little starter home for our little family. It's a beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house that sits on a third of an acre in a nice neighborhood in Fuquay Varina. That will put us much closer to Brett's job and with in 5 miles of everything else that we do on a weekly basis.
It has been a long road of ups and downs through the whole offer, counter offer, earnest money, due diligence period, and all the other things that go along with buying a home. Now we are down to just a few things left (mostly dealing with the loan) before we can close. Everything is looking good for us to close on time.
Unfortunately that means we have less than 2 weeks to get our house packed up and ready to move to the new place. Hoping that we can get it all done in time, but it's proving to be a slow and stressful process. Can't wait until we are settled into our first home and can start enjoying our lives as home owners.
We first figured out how much we could afford and then we got up with a realtor who was able to help us find a few homes in our desired area and within our budget. We were able to narrow it down to the perfect little starter home for our little family. It's a beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house that sits on a third of an acre in a nice neighborhood in Fuquay Varina. That will put us much closer to Brett's job and with in 5 miles of everything else that we do on a weekly basis.
It has been a long road of ups and downs through the whole offer, counter offer, earnest money, due diligence period, and all the other things that go along with buying a home. Now we are down to just a few things left (mostly dealing with the loan) before we can close. Everything is looking good for us to close on time.
Unfortunately that means we have less than 2 weeks to get our house packed up and ready to move to the new place. Hoping that we can get it all done in time, but it's proving to be a slow and stressful process. Can't wait until we are settled into our first home and can start enjoying our lives as home owners.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Job trouble and blessings
So on August the 12th my husband got back from a week long training out of town. We had a great afternoon and evening. Monday morning he got up and went in to work ready to talk to his boss about all that he had learned and excited to utilize the new techniques and things he had learned. He got to the office before everyone else and went to disable the alarm and his code didn't work. He called his boss to tell him and his boss said he was just around the corner.
When his boss got there he asked Brett to come into his office to talk to him. He went on to tell Brett that while he was in his training the company had lost one of their contracts (the one that was 70% of their business) and so they would have to close. He was getting laid off immediately. It was quite an unexpected blow to our family.
Brett was immediately on the hunt for a job. He filled out probably 50 applications within 2 days and called lots of places. He even got called for an interview at one local company. It didn't pan out, but that was ok. He ended up getting 19 companies (that are part of the franchise he used to work for) to e-mail him and offer him positions all over the country. We now had the problem of too many choices - a problem we have never had before. We were just about to e-mail a few of them to get more information on their offers, when my husband got a call from a different local company about an interview.
Yesterday he went in for the interview and they said that depending on how his drug test and back ground check came out that he would get a job there. Yesterday afternoon they called with an offer for him to start today making a little more than he did before. He was only unemployed for a week. He was so lucky and blessed by Heavenly Father. We are so thankful for our friends and family who prayed for us during that stressful time for us. It was nice that it didn't last for long.
When his boss got there he asked Brett to come into his office to talk to him. He went on to tell Brett that while he was in his training the company had lost one of their contracts (the one that was 70% of their business) and so they would have to close. He was getting laid off immediately. It was quite an unexpected blow to our family.
Brett was immediately on the hunt for a job. He filled out probably 50 applications within 2 days and called lots of places. He even got called for an interview at one local company. It didn't pan out, but that was ok. He ended up getting 19 companies (that are part of the franchise he used to work for) to e-mail him and offer him positions all over the country. We now had the problem of too many choices - a problem we have never had before. We were just about to e-mail a few of them to get more information on their offers, when my husband got a call from a different local company about an interview.
Yesterday he went in for the interview and they said that depending on how his drug test and back ground check came out that he would get a job there. Yesterday afternoon they called with an offer for him to start today making a little more than he did before. He was only unemployed for a week. He was so lucky and blessed by Heavenly Father. We are so thankful for our friends and family who prayed for us during that stressful time for us. It was nice that it didn't last for long.
Friday, August 10, 2012
The Daily Life
Our families daily life is just like most - Brett goes off to work every morning and I stay at home with our two little girls. We enjoy a simple life and don't need much. As long as we have a house to live in and food on our table we are pretty satisfied. We all love doing things together and enjoying time with one another.
Morgan, Natalie and I love to sing and dance together as much as possible. We also love to go to the park and play once a week (we usually will do a little fishing if daddy comes along). The girls both love their daddy and can't wait to see him when he gets home from work every day.
We look forward to every minute we get to spend together. We love overcoming things together and learning and growing as a family. We love our life and can't wait to see what happens every day.
Morgan, Natalie and I love to sing and dance together as much as possible. We also love to go to the park and play once a week (we usually will do a little fishing if daddy comes along). The girls both love their daddy and can't wait to see him when he gets home from work every day.
We look forward to every minute we get to spend together. We love overcoming things together and learning and growing as a family. We love our life and can't wait to see what happens every day.
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