delays

Sometimes it's the smallest deals that take forever.

We're trying to get a final deal completed, but are running into normal family drama.

Thankfully, though we've experienced drama of this type before, this particular drama is among another family and not ours.

Hopefully this week our costs will increase by 33%.

We're still investigating dumpsters as, with our work so far and the time change, we can't really move around and do much in the house right now. Hopefully we'll have the place cleaned out, the lot cleaned up, and the plans for the renovation up in the next month.

We did run a very nice scheme though. We traded 1.5 hrs of babysitting for some of the reusable materials in the house. We have less to dump and were able to have Madeline play with someone else one morning! Great trade!

Filed!

Papers were filed with the clerk of court.

We officially own the N. Elizabeth house.

Once we got the news, Harris went over and changed the deadbolts to the doors. In at least one instance (as a testament to how good our hood is) he installed an actual deadbolt where a dummy plate had been.

We think we own it

We have not yet changed the locks on the house, while we closed today, Freddie Mac has not yet signed the papers. We are waiting for the deed to be filed in order to go padlock the crawl space and change the locks.

Considering we just turned the contents of our savings account (including couch cushions, diaper bag, and pants pockets out turned) over to a lawyer to turn over to a bank, I am hoping that we get some sort of confirmation soon.

No plutonium was stored in the house prior to closing. We checked.

We had plans for today and I took off work because I knew I'd be too excited to focus on my job and we had to scrap them. We did go for a lovely lunch at VITA and 2/3 are now enjoying a nap. After lunch, I'll admit it, we did go to the property and hack some bamboo :)