7 Days Until Closing

We are officially 7 days from closing on our house! We went by today to check on the progress of our punch list and inspection. That probably wasn't the best idea! The blinds are hung and the floors are done,...and that's about it!!

When we were doing our punch list, we noticed that most of the walls only had one coat of paint. So o course we added that to our list. Well, today it looks like they spot painted, with the wrong color. So it even looks worse than it did before....UGH!! Along with many, many other things, they have to fix a lot.

We are suppose to have our final walk through on Saturday...uhh HELLO!! They need to get their act together, because Josh and I really want to close on this house and we refuse to move into a brand new house with things to fix.

On a good note, the floors look fantastic! It really adds that little something extra! Here is a couple of pictures from upstairs.

We couldn't resist but to bring Bella so she could get a feel for her new yard. She was SOO happy, it was quite funny! I think she is a little confused by all of the boxes in the kitchen! Once she figures it out, I'm sure she won't be able to contain herself!

Keep checking back for more updates!

Inspection Day!!

There is nothing that I enjoy more than on my only day off this week to ramble around my almost new house to find all of this imperfections...NOT!

Believe it or not, today was really tough! It's hard to be attached to something so much and have to look at it's every imperfection. On a good note, I was able to spend several hours in our new house! I didn't want to leave! It really started to feel like home. Ahh...the felt like velvet running off the tongue...HOME!


We are so blessed to have my parents! They were able to come up and help us out this weekend. And thank god, because I wouldn't have been as detailed as I should have been. My house has the blue painter's tape measles.

If you don't know, you can use painter's tape to point out imperfections. That way the builder can come back and easily find what you are mentioning on your punch list and hopefully fix it. Most of ours is painting issues, but some were simple repairs.

My sweet dad doing the best home inspection...EVER! It only cost me a BIG hug. You gotta love Dads!!

With all that being said, we typed up the inspection and punch list to be given to the builder tomorrow. Hopefully they will get started on all the work to be finished by closing, which might I add is only 16 days away!

Could I Be A Wife Who Visits The Farmer's Market??

Josh and I rode by the house today, except we went a different way. Only to find that our house is within walking distance of a Farmer's Market. Here is what we found:

Doesn't this look like something off of a movie?

Don't mind my hair- It does it's own thing often

Look at this HUGE dandelion. I have never seen one that big before.

So after all of this beautiful-ness, I have decided that I am a woman/wife that will visit the Farmer's Market often! We loved this place! Everything is organic and fresh and cheaper than Wal*Mart.

In matter of fact, to celebrate this great news (of living so close to the market), Josh and I had nothing but veggies for dinner....and some gummie bears (I couldn't resist)

Send me your fresh veggie recipes, I'm going to need them!

Serious Storm Brings New Insight To Life

So this past week we had a crazy storm come through Auburn. So, I'm going to take a short break from house stuff, God knows I need to!

The day that the storm came through was a crazy day. We had our Faculty Staff Fiesta at work, so everyone was running around like a chicken with their head cut off. From preparing to cleaning, we were all busy. We finally finished up the best we could and everyone went home. I have to admit walking out to the car that night was a bit eerie, just TOO quiet, ya know?

Josh was working and Jeremy was already asleep. So, of course I came home to a dark quiet home. There's nothing new to that! What was so different was that Bella wouldn't leave my side. Then I knew s**t was about to hit the fan. All of a sudden around 11pm the wind picked up from out of nowhere and we lost power.

Jeremy, my brother, came out from his hole, his room,  as I was scrambling to find a candle. Then, there in the middle of the night with no power, Jeremy and I had the most purest conversation! We just really took the time to listen to each other and respond honestly. I mean what would we have been in a hurry for? The power surely wasn't coming back on soon.

Eventually, we both feel asleep in the living room on the most pitiful furniture I've seen (we are saving for the new house). I hear stories from family members all the time of Jeremy and me "hiding out" or doing things together, but I can never remember fully. I would assume that night would have been very close to what it was like. No wonder we used to get along so easily! It was nice for both of us to have grown up and have families, with grown-up responsibilities; however, still be able to connect so genuinely over a power outage.

So the next day, I didn't have to come in until late- THANK GOD! However, I wasn't there an hour and the power went out there for the WHOLE DAY!! I wish I could say that we got to go home, but Lady Luck wasn't in my life that much!

We were able to sit in the break room and get some work done, only because our office is like a bat cave without power, see below.

Very rarely do we have the time to sit and laugh and have true conversations with each other. In the past 6 months, this was by far the best that I have been able to "bond" with anyone at work, only due to the rush of our everyday schedule.

So the power outage brought to my attention, if it was this great for a day without power, what must it have been like when electricity was a luxury and not a necessity? Don't get me wrong, I love my power just as much as the next woman. However, for me this power outage was like an emotional vacation. VERY MUCH NEEDED!

SOLD!

Josh and I ran by the house yesterday to only find this!!

AHHH! So excited!! We can't wait for the inspection and closing. Our mortgage agent, contacted us this week with tons of paperwork to complete! Let's hope we can get everything done by the 28th! Stay tuned for inspection photos!