O Little Town Of Bethlehem

To thee we'll soon draw nigh...

The End Is Near

This whole home buying saga is nearly at an end (or more technically a beginning, I suppose.) After weeks of dragging things out, the lenders (and everyone else involved), have finally locked in a time and date for the closing. As of 4 PM next Thursday (or whenever all the paperwork is finished and everything finalized), Monica and I will officially be home owners. :)

I wish we would have closed this past Tuesday (or last Tuesday) like we were supposed to, because I wanted to be IN the house on Halloween, not MOVING IN, but at least we'll be in by the end of the month (AT the end of the month actually!) It's been a long, stressful process (more so for Monica, because she's been the main one dealing with everything), but it's finally coming to an end.

Once we get settled in the new place, we're going to have a house warming party at some point, so those who want to can come visit us. Stay tuned for more details on that.

That's it for now. I have to get back to my Web coding, but I wanted to update this blog with some good news for a change. Have a great weekend everyone! :)

More Hoops To Jump Through

Today, after I got off work, I had to zip up to HD to pick up Monica, then fly over to Regions Bank to get a print out of an account summary, then take it BACK to HD so Monica could fax it to the FHA people. Earlier today we were informed that we were one of the "lucky ones" that were "chosen at random" to undergo an audit, with regard to our loan. Lucky us! We did find out that we have until the end of NEXT month to take advantage of the $8K new home buyer credit, but the plan was to be out of our current place by the end of THIS month, when our lease runs out. Supposedly this is still possible, but we were supposed to close on the house tomorrow, and it's only been, what, a MONTH since they accepted our offer?!? This whole process is really starting to tick me off.

What's next, jumping through literal rings of fire? I wouldn't be at all surprised.....

Rainy Day Blues

Hello all. I know it's been a long time since I've written on this blog, a fact that I intend to remedy once we get settled in the new place. It might be a little while though, because we still don't have a definite closing date yet. We're still hoping for this coming Tuesday, but that's looking less and less likely as each hour goes by. We HAVE to close before the end of the month, or we lose out on the $8,000 first time home buyer credit. And then we'll probably have to sue someone, because they delayed the process too long, and cost us that money. We're not really the "suing" type, but the offer was accepted in the middle of September, so this is getting a little ridiculous. I think it's about time to start applying thumb screws to certain individuals, to speed this process along. But it's not Tuesday yet, so they still have time to enjoy the use of their thumbs...

On another note, I'm really sick of all this bloody rain! (No, not rains of blood, that would just be messy. "Bloody" as in "This rain bloody well needs to stop!") Yes, I know most of you knew what I was talking about, but I was trying to inject some of my twisted humor into these proceedings, to lighten up the depressing mood said rain has inspired in many of us. *smile* Monica thinks that all this rain will turn to snow this winter, and that we're going to have a severe season of inclement weather. I hope she's right, as long as I don't have to drive in it, and the power stays on in our new home. (At least we'll have a fireplace again, to keep warm if/when we DO lose power. I'm really looking forward to that!)

This week has been an interesting one at work too. We had a shoplifter on Monday or Tuesday (who I'm fairly certain has been in to pinch stuff multiple times in the past), and the individual made the mistake of coming back in yesterday (Friday), and using the same technique to try and steal 2 more 10-packs of blank CDs (he stole 2 of them earlier in the week too.) This time though, we recognized him, knew his method of operation, and were able to catch him before he left the store with any merchandise. The police were called, and they escorted him from the building and took him home to his mother, but no charges were filed this time. He has been banned from our store though, and if he makes the mistake of coming back in, it's off to jail for him.

I've been finding the packaging for all sorts of stolen items around our store lately, so we've obviously had multiple people stealing things. If they would only issue us tasers, we could put a stop to that! hehe I'm just kidding. I'd be happy enough to be given permission to use the telescoping, flexible metal baton I carry with me in my bag. Getting hit would that would definitely deter ME from trying to steal anything, that's for sure! I doubt management would approve though, somehow. lol

Anyway, Monica is in the other room taping up boxes to start packing more stuff in, so I'm going to go see how she's doing. I'll try to write more soon, but in the meantime, have a great weekend, and try to stay dry. And happy belated birthday, Josh! I hope you and Clare had a nice time out last night. :)