Stephen said that as we left town for the last time after signing all the closing papers. (It only took 15 minutes, who knew? I can't believe we drove 3 hours for like four papers ( Read more... )

So our real estate agent called at 8 p.m. yesterday to tell us that we are closing for sure in 4 to 6 days. OK, nothing is REALLY for sure until it's over, but our house passed the VA inspection and somehow miraculously, the buyers managed to get financing. Of course, the orginial extension we signed from March 20 only went until tomorrow so we ( Read more... )

I guess no bad news equals good news at this point. They have a week to get qualified for a loan. (Yes, they were prequalified before making the offer.) They are declining to do an inspection, even a VA one. (?????) And as soon as they are qualified, the house will be appraised. This is I guess my only worry left. A friend of mine just had a deal ( Read more... )

I had my 34 week appointment today, and asked to be checked, even though it's two weeks earlier than they would normally start checks. On Friday, I was having contractions that were 6 minutes apart and it was scaring the crap out of me. They were uncomforatable (but not PAINFUL) and I did eventually call the midwife and ask what I should do ( Read more... )

Our house has been listed for SEVEN MONTHS now. About 15 people have looked at it. No one has made an offer. Not even a bad one ( Read more... )

They have not yet made an official offer, but the real estate agent called us tonight and told us that someone was interested but they had a question for us. (Stephen is chanting to himself, please don't be the price, please don't be the price ( Read more... )

I missed you internetz, but I was spending time with my family!!!! Wow ( Read more... )

We've now lived at my mom's house for a month. And we haven't been back to Aberdeen to check on the house in three and a half weeks. I think our neighbors would have called us if it burnt down, but I'm still really worried. We had to leave the heat on so our stuff wouldn't warp (and so it would be showable if the time ever comes for that) and ( Read more... )

Boy, you think we're having trouble selling our house here in Aberdeen? I can't even imagine how hard it would be if we lived in New York, where everything is so very expensive and there's a ton more competition. The for sale by owner thing is great if you can get it to work for you, but if we lived there, I think we'd shop around through all of ( Read more... )

No one who saw the news can believe that we didn't suffer any damage in the huge Dec. 2-3 storm that whipped through our area and left thousands without power for more than a week. Even though our home is old, and even though our roof was only guaranteed to last five more years (and that was 18 months ago) we made it through without a speck of ( Read more... )