Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Home Sweet Home

Well, as of about 11:30 this morning, I am officially a home owner!!!

We had planned to go for a final walk through with the real estate agent before the closing. First, we had to stop at the bank to get a certified check for the closing costs. When we got back in the car, Roland looked at me and said, "let's go home." He turned on the radio, and the song that was playing was, "There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays." Roland and I couldn't believe it. I decided that must be a good sign.

We went over to the house and waited for our agent. While we were waiting, he called my cell phone and told us that the selling agents had supposedly left us a key, maybe in the mailbox, or taped inside the front door. So we looked, but couldn't find a key. Our agent showed up, and we all searched for the key, but no one could find it! Our agent called the selling agent, and would you believe the selling agents couldn't find a key??? Apparently they'd gone over to check the fire alarms and whatnot, and had duct taped the key to the inside of the screen door when they left, but when we got there there was duct tape, but no key. No one from the seller's office could seem to find a key. They gave our real estate agent a key code for us to go have one made! So after closing, we had to go to two different places to find a place that could make us a key, then we got to go to our house.

Late this afternoon we took Paige over. We told her we were going to see a surprise. When we pulled in the driveway, she said, "Who's house is this?" and we told her it was ours, and she said, "no way!" :)

I am so happy to have finally been able to bring my baby home. :)

8 comments:

  1. Congratulations! It's one of the most wonderful feelings in the world, enjoy it! You've certainly earned it!!

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  2. Yay! I'm so happy for you.:)

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  3. OOH! I'm am SO happy for you! I know you have wanted this for so long! Happy all is well! ENJOY IT!

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  4. Congratulations!!!! You guys have waited so long for this and I'm all teary for you. So exciting!

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  5. Yay! Home ownership is empowering.

    I love your self-description of caterpillar/butterfly. I have a thing with that concept for my special needs daughter. I also love the quote in your header. So true!

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  6. Congratulations on your home!!

    (And thanks for stopping by my blog!)

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  7. Congrats on your new home. Enjoy!

    Thanks for visiting my blog.

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  8. Blessings on you and your new home!

    Sarah

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