Nine Days!

I've been trying to keep busy to pass the time, but that's a lot easier said than done. Although, we were up in New England on Friday-Saturday for a wedding and ended up having car issues. That has kept us at my in-laws until the car could be fixed by a family friend. The bad news is that it took three days. The good news is that it passed the time and I guess prevented me from driving by the house 45,000 times this week. It will make our pre-settlement walkthrough that much more exciting next week! I plan to wait to walk through the house until a week from today.

PM called and said that the house is essentially DONE!! Appliances arrived this past week and all of the final touch ups with the paint and walls were completed. This weekend they'll seed the lawn and begin the basic landscaping they provide.

We are ITCHING to get out of our teeny tiny apartment and into our new home. Pre-settlement walkthrough is Wednesday morning 7/25 and settlement is Friday morning 7/27. I feel like this has been a long time coming, but at the same time it feels unreal that we are just days away at this point.

We haven't done too many major purchases yet. We have a lot of furniture in storage and are inheriting many pieces from my husband's aunt, so until everything is in place, I think it's best to wait to see what we still need. Quite frankly, so many things have been in storage for so long that I can't really remember what we own! I also can't wait to use some things that we got as wedding presents four years ago. Yes, that's another point. We will be settling on our first home almost four years from our anniversary- August 9. This is the best anniversary present I can think of! Well, we did splurge on a king sized bed, so I'm counting that as a present as well!

Here's to a smooth walkthrough and an easy closing next week!