Enthusiasm

So I don’t think I can begin to write everything that’s happened in the last two months so I’ll keep it short to a bullited list. To sum things up, we did a lot, many things were accomplished, we got very tired, we are just now catching up to a semi-normal (for us anyways) way of life.

• End of April / beginning of May made offers on the Pasadena house we were renting
• May 15th, found out that it was a no-deal with our x-landlord, started searching on our own for a new house
• May 16th, got a realtor (Lynn Cumberland, refered from Brad Hansleman who was refered by Mark Nortman), did drive-bys on the first huge set of houses
• May 17th, did walk throughs of the first set of houses
• May 18th, made a deal on Derry Lane house
• May 20th, no-deal on Derry Lane, went on to search for more
• May 21st, through drive by’s and other things shortened 3 lists of 50+ houses down to 12
• May 23rd, saw all new houses and fell in love with Cougar Place, made an offer
• May 24th, we had an accepted offer
• May 27th, home inspection
• June 3rd, had appraisal
• June 6th, we got boxes and the packing begins!
• June 11th, FHA docs to sign
• June 15th, notice to Pasadena landlord
• June 22nd, my 30th birthday
• June 23rd, conditional approval
• June 26th, final approval
• June 29th, signing
• June 30th, closing and got our keys at 7:30 PM PST
• June 30th – July 4th, move-in of delicate items
• July 3rd, our fridge arrived
• July 4th, rewired / upgraded our ethernet in the house
• July 5th, the big move in thans to UHaul and A+ Student Movers
• July 6th, our washer/dryer arrived and comcast got us setup
• July 6th, my final term of my Bachelor’s degree begins
• July 7th – July 11th, move of final items including plants
• July 11th, final cleaning
• July 13th, move out inspection
• July 16th, saw Dave Bixel, a tax professional that works with Mark Nortman (our financial advisor)
• July 18th, went fishing
• July 19th, painting in Kerrie’s office is compelte
• July 20th, life returns to a semi-state of normal