Two Days To Go.....

I'm starting the count down again to closing.

I have to admit I was completely bummed about not getting to close on my house on Friday. But I got over it quickly when I did some shop therapy on Saturday.

I know, probably not the best thing to do since I really don't have much, if any, money left to spend at this point. But I finally figured out a design for my bedroom after watching HGTV. I'm going to paint one wall a silver blue and the rest of them will be a beige type color. Then I will dress the bed in a chocolate comforter and the furniture will eventually be a dark brown/ coffee color.

I've got the paint colors picked out but I need to wait on those due to cost. Anyway I was shopping on line at Kohl's and found the most perfect chocolate comforter. It really was perfect with the detail I was looking for. The original cost was about $200 and it was on sale for $90. Ugh, I wanted to buy it so bad but the budget won't allow for it. So I shut the web page down.

Later on Saturday I ended up going out shopping (which was my shop therapy)at one of my favorite discount stores and I headed straight for the bedding section. And there it was, sitting on a shelf marked 50% off a chocolate comforter set. It was originally $100, then because it was a discount store it was marked down to $60 and then with the 50% off I got an eight piece comforter set for $30.

I have to admit it was not the most perfect comforter (I really really fell in love with the one at Kohl's) but considering I'm on a tight budget it was comparable and will work for the time.

So after finding an awesome deal on a comforter for my new house I'm getting all excited about the closing again. Just two days away, I'm crossing my fingers and I will have a new house.

Will It Ever End?

It seems like it will never end.

I was supposed to close on my house on Thursday but there was a problem. The appraiser did the appraisal on Tuesday but forgot to turn in the documents. So Thursday came and for some reason no one was able to get a hold of the appraiser. And the documents were still MIA.

So my 2:30 closing was pushed out to 4:00pm. At 5pm someone was able to get a hold of the lady and she scrambled to throw the documents together and get them out the door. So with this bit of information we reschedule for Friday 11:30am.

Friday morning came and I received another call...the documents were not filled out correctly. Multiple things were wrong with them and, of course, the under writers rejected the appraisal. So now it's back in the hands of the appraiser and she has to redo all the documents.

The Closing is now pushed out to Tuesday at 4pm.

Some where in all this mess I've lost some excitement for this. Maybe my excitement will come back when I'm at the closing table signing those documents. Maybe it will be when I am handed the keys to my new house...who knows, I just hope the closing will actually be on Tuesday.

One Week and Counting

I can't believe that my closing date will be on July 28! This is a dream I never thought I would reach.

We did the final walk through this past Wednesday. There is still a lot of stuff that needs to be completed before closing but the building contractor assured me that it would all be completed in a week and by closing.

Another bonus! A lady from work came over last week and informed me that Sherwin Williams is going to have a 40% off paint sale. I thought I would have to wait to paint...which was killing me because I can not stand living in a house with no color. Anyway I finally made my mind up on which colors I was going paint the great room, dinning room and kitchen.

I'm still working on my bedroom and master bath...I just can't seem to come up with a color scheme yet.  Once I'm in there I know something will come to mind.

So here is my crazy plan for the next couple of week ends.
Sign on Thursday - drive to the house and start taping the trim
Friday - come back and paint, I'm not sure I will be able to get all three rooms done in one day but I'm going to make my best effort.
Saturday and Sunday - work on the fence....oh yes, putting up a fence in 90 degree weather and high humidity is the joy of my life...ugh!!!! Luckily I have family and friends who have volunteers to help.
Following Saturday and Sunday - finish the fence.
Then I can finally bring the dogs in and show them their new house.

I still can't believe the closing is less than a week away. I've called all the utilities and have them scheduled to be transfered into my name on the day of closing. I'm ready to move!!!!

Don't worry pictures will be coming shortly:)

My realtor suck!

So what do you do when your realtor does nothing? You put a little fire under their feet to get them moving or ask them to release you from the contract.

So here's the back store.

I hired a realtor who I thought would get my house sold. I did tell them that I had a potential buyer but due to financial reasons may not be able to purchase my house. They said great here's the contract we can sell your house.

I signed

6 weeks later potential buyer couldn't purchase the house and I've only had one person come an look at it. We held one open house for only 2 hours and didn't have anyone come and look...main reason, the realtor didn't advertise the open house.

So a week ago I sent an email asking what else could be done. She asked if I thought about a short sale.....hell no! I haven't and the biggest reason is because I won't qualify for a short sale. So I very plainly said I'm not doing a short sale and I'm not renting. We need to sell this thing.

She came back and said I need to drop the price another $5000.  WHAT!!!

So, I sent off another email asking what they are doing to market my house outside of putting it on the Internet and holding the one open house that had no results.

Now I will wait to see what she says.

My end result will be they will either release me from the contract, because they are doing nothing to get my house sold or they will get off their bottoms and do something to bring me people. Either way I will get my way.