takin care of business...

...and "workin overtime!!" Today we met with our loan officer guy, Dan Parkinson, (He's wonderful, if any of you need a referral, I'd suggest him) and we signed all our papers for the loan application for our house! I'm getting great practice with my signature and it gets better every time. :) I must say I had to keep from jumping up and down and giggling like a little girl while we were signing the papers. I figured that kind of behavior isn't appropriate for someone who is purchasing a home.

But what can I say... I AM FREAKING EXCITED!!!!! I did tone it down a bit while we were there at Dan's office but you better believe once we got in the car I was singing with joy! Everything looks good and he said underwriting for the loan is taking about 3 days (which is REALLY good), but it could take up to 2 weeks max. We'll see how everything goes. Our closing date was pushed back to June 19th, and at first I wasn't too thrilled about that, but I'd rather have more time as a buffer in case we need to meet any additional conditions from the underwriter. BUT... that being said, if everything goes well, we could be looking at getting the title and moving in sometime the first week of June!

That is still really soon! We have a checklist of things to accomplish before closing, but they are just tedious items of business and aren't time consuming, it's just that no one wants to do them. However, I am glad we have some sort of checklist at all, because it makes me feel like I am doing something and contributing to the workload, even though there are so many people who work a lot harder than us so we can get the loan and move in. Plus, if I have things to take care of, it keeps me busy and not thinking about how badly I just want to move in now!!

What am I saying... to keep me busy? I'm already taking 3 classes this summer block and working about 5 hours everyday after school til late at night, and I want to add more on top of that?! Yes, I am crazy! I can't wait to pack up all our stuff and organize and PURGE! I say this 100% sincerely and not at all sarcastically. I am a freak when it comes to purging and getting rid of stuff and organizing. I LOVE moving. I have moved 6 times since I graduated high school and I have loved it every time. It's a fresh start, a change, and a new opportunity!

Wahoo! Things are progressing quite well! Now we just sit back and wait for a while... and that's the hardest part! :) Oh Oh, speaking of the meantime--

Much to my chagrin, I have succumbed to Travis' request to have a Yard Sale, and we are thinking about doing it on Saturday, May 30th. We'll be selling off a lot of dresser drawers, clothes, knick knacks, small appliances, other fun items, and possibly our upright piano. (My parents are considering giving me the baby grand piano since I'm the only one in my family who plays. My mom is all a go, but my Dad is a little apprehensive. We'll see.) Travis' parents will be selling items there as well. We're not looking for racking up moolah from this yard sale, we really just want to get rid of some stuff before we move, so things will be fairly inexpensive. More to come about this later...

Anyway, that's all for now! What a wonderful time! We feel so fortunate to be in the position we are and we know we are being blessed. Hard work pays off!