House Update

It's been awhile since I blogged and after this weekend it will probably be longer, so I figured I'd better get one in.  First of all the pictures in this blog have nothing to do with the blog itself.  They're just pretty pictures my sister sent from her place last Fall when the aspens changed color and then the first snow on October 9th.  They are also serious wishful thinking because I just mowed my lawn and the temperature on my thermometer is 98 degrees.

Anyway, today's blog post is a house update.

The closing on the new house is Tuesday.  Three days away.  I'm finally feeling like it's actually going to happen, so I've started trying to schedule things.  I met with a painter to measure the house and talk about having the entire interior painted.   I've set up to have a carpet and tile installer come next week after the closing and measure for and schedule the carpet and tile.  I've picked out carpet and tile and have a pretty good idea about the paint.  Things are moving.

My real estate agent almost gave me heart failure yesterday.   She left a message on my cell phone (I was drinking margaritas and floating in my friend's pool.)  The message started: " I'm sorry to have to tell you . . ".  My heart just stopped right there.  I just knew she was going to say the seller had decided not to sell.  Instead, it was that the seller wanted to be out of the house by 5:00 pm Tuesday instead of being out by the closing Tuesday morning.  *heart starts back up*  Before I could call her, she called me again saying, never mind, they've decided they can be out at closing.   Good thing I was mellow from margaritas or I might not have survived that initial jolt.

So even though the mortgage company is STILL dragging their feet, the title company has the closing scheduled for Tuesday morning.  Hopefully the mortgage company will finish up their end by early enough on Monday to give me time to get a cashier's check.  I don't want to push the closing back.  I have a refrigerator being delivered to that house on Wednesday.

*grinning*  Yes, I went and bought a refrigerator/freezer this morning.  It's just a small one, for in the garage.  I've been meaning to get a garage refrigerator ever since my house refrigerator died that time and left me without one.  So I figured I'd get one and put it at the new house.  The move won't be for another couple of weeks after closing so it will be nice to have a way to keep things cold for the workman, and for me or whoever hangs out there with the workman until my big refrigerator gets moved.

Lord, there's so many details involved in moving.  I had forgotten.  And I haven't even really started packing, though possibly I should get serious about that now.  I have another project for today.  Call moving companies and get some quotes and schedule the move.  Right now, I'm hoping to move the days right after July 4th.  Sometime between Wednesday July 4th and Sunday July 8th.  From talking to the painters - they can be done by then.  Hopefully the flooring people can be done by then also.  

This week I also met with the owner of a lease management company about leasing my current house when I move out.   That meeting went very well, and I was very favorably impressed by him.  I'm no longer worried about leasing this house.  I told him I'd want to start leasing it August 1st, so that's another thing that's moving right along.  

Anyway, that's what going on with me these days.  You can see why I might not get around to blogging for the next little while.  See ya on the far side!