So technically we don't even own the house yet, but I can tell you right now that if/when we get this house, I'm never buying another home. It's not the moving part that would deter me as Adam and I did some packing this week and although it's time consuming and annoying to weave through boxes in your living room, it's nowhere near as terrible as the feeling I have right now.
Maybe it would help to have family around or someone else to reassure me, but just the idea of jumping into something that neither Adam or I have any experience in scares the hell out of me. We're the ones putting our entire savings on the table and I feel like we have no control over ANYTHING. Negotiating the selling price was the easy part, but negotiating repairs, money in escrow, etc. makes me want to pull my hair out. Not to mention that every little thing must go through an attorney. For instance, last weekend we had our home inspection. Our attorney reviewed the requested repairs with us and faxed to the sellers attorney almost one week ago and we still haven't heard anything. This past Thursday we had a pool inspection. Again, we have to go through the inspection papers with our attorney, so they can write up a proposal to fax to the other attorney. I feel like we're doing everything we can and we're just waiting. We are dishing out money left and right and getting no feedback. We're researching financing options, New Jersey state pool codes, estimated heating costs, insurance costs and the list goes on and on. We're buying a house, shouldn't we be calling the shots?! It's just so aggrivating to be putting in everything you have and feeling so helpless and out of control.
Can't we just get everyone together in a meeting and negotiate this?
Other than house stuff work is going well. I don't have much time for anything else. I babysat Saturday and I'm going to babysitt again this upcoming Friday night. I'm looking forward to hanging out with Kendra, Sarah and Sara this upcoming weekend in the city. I also would like to go dress shopping with Kendra but I think I'm going to wait until after all the house stuff is done.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Photo updates
The House-
We had our home inspection yesterday. Nothing too major but we'll definately have to have the sellers fix some minor things before we move in. Keep your fingers crossed for us. Below is a photo of the front of the house.
Valentine's Day-
This year we kept it fairly simple. I got Adam 2 NY Giants t-shirts (one that I previously posted about) and I was also very excited for these:
For those of you that aren't familiar with Nintendo Wii, the characters above are called "Mii's" and these are the characters you play the Wii Sports games with. They came in a little box that looked like the Wii console and you can see the cute little label that came on it.
Adam suprised me with new perfume which he picked out. It's Versace and it smells really good. He did a good job.
Other stuff-
We went to Blondies last night after our home inspection. Walt, Adam and I took the train and made in just in time to watch the Spartan basketball game. It's too bad we lost...
After Blondies we went to Yogi's for a night cap and made it back to Penn Station for the last train back to our apartment. The boys went into the city last weekend as well and on their walk back to the apartment stopped at Quick Check for some drunken snacks. This weekend was the same deal and Adam couldn't have been happier with his breakfast sandwich at 3:00am.
I must say my toasted Italian sub was quite tasty as well.
After scarfing down some food we attempted to play guitar hero slightly intoxicated. First of all it's much more difficult and secondly it made me kinda nauseous so I passed out after a game or two and didn't wake up until noon today.
So far today I haven't showered, haven't changed out of my pajamas and have been vegging out all day. I couldn't be happier.
We had our home inspection yesterday. Nothing too major but we'll definately have to have the sellers fix some minor things before we move in. Keep your fingers crossed for us. Below is a photo of the front of the house.
Valentine's Day-
This year we kept it fairly simple. I got Adam 2 NY Giants t-shirts (one that I previously posted about) and I was also very excited for these:
For those of you that aren't familiar with Nintendo Wii, the characters above are called "Mii's" and these are the characters you play the Wii Sports games with. They came in a little box that looked like the Wii console and you can see the cute little label that came on it.
Adam suprised me with new perfume which he picked out. It's Versace and it smells really good. He did a good job.
Other stuff-
We went to Blondies last night after our home inspection. Walt, Adam and I took the train and made in just in time to watch the Spartan basketball game. It's too bad we lost...
After Blondies we went to Yogi's for a night cap and made it back to Penn Station for the last train back to our apartment. The boys went into the city last weekend as well and on their walk back to the apartment stopped at Quick Check for some drunken snacks. This weekend was the same deal and Adam couldn't have been happier with his breakfast sandwich at 3:00am.
I must say my toasted Italian sub was quite tasty as well.
After scarfing down some food we attempted to play guitar hero slightly intoxicated. First of all it's much more difficult and secondly it made me kinda nauseous so I passed out after a game or two and didn't wake up until noon today.
So far today I haven't showered, haven't changed out of my pajamas and have been vegging out all day. I couldn't be happier.
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Randoms
I'm stealing Kendra's title only because I haven't updated in about a month so this post will be a bunch of random updates from the past few weeks of my life.
-The House
Adam and I found a house we liked. After going back and forth with the sellers negotiating price for a week, we finally made it to attorney review. We've been in attorney review for 2 weeks now which is a little lengthy for a process that normally takes 3 days. The sellers and their attorney have been extremely difficult to deal with, even threatening us by asking their realtor to hold an open house this weekend. Hopefully next week this will all be wrapped up and we can finally proceed with the home and pool inspections that we've been tentatively scheduling for the past two weekends! Right now our closing is scheduled for March 14th, which means that I'll have to postpone my weekend trip back to MI; however, with the way things have been going I wouldn't be suprised if the closing gets pushed back as well.
-Work
2008 Fall/Holiday samples are high priority and I've had to put most of my other responsibilities on the back burner. Luckily, Mason has been doing most of the work during the work day so I've been able to finally catch up on some of my post due work. Last night Mason, myself and a few others from the office went out for drinks which put a nice ending to our insane work week. Next week it's back to Columbus for the 3rd time this year but you won't hear me complain because a day traveling is far better than a day in the office.
-Super Bowl
What a game!!! It was pretty cool to have a "hometown" team to root for in the big game, especially since the Giants play all their home games no more than 10 miles from our apartment. We went to our friend Giancarlo's (GC) house to watch the big game, which marked my 3rd Super Bowl party with GC and out NJ friends. It's crazy to think that I've been here for almost 3 years, and even more bizarre to have the same group of friends since our first summer "down the shore."
In honor of the Giants big win I bought Adam and I matching t-shirts:
Pretty sweet, huh?
-Puerto Rico
As I mentioned in my previous blog, I went to Puerto Rico at the end of January. It was so nice to get out of the cold and visit a place I've never been before. The family I babysitt for was kind enough to ask if I wanted to go with them and help watch the kids, which was a nice break from work and a great 5 day vacation. We stayed at the El Conquistador Hotel and Casino in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. We stayed at the Las Castistas in a 3 bedroom/3 bathroom house on the ocean. The below photo is a picture from our balcony
And the little houses at the top of the hill is where we stayed
Another favorite of mine was the infinity pool. Ryan really liked that as well
They also had a boat that took you to Palomino Island. The water was the bluest I've seen and the views were amazing
Other than that, nothing new here. I haven't spent much time wedding planning but as soon as this house business is done, I'm hoping to spend my summer months by the pool reading Modern Bride and picking out flowers, hair styles, etc. So much to look forward to!
-The House
Adam and I found a house we liked. After going back and forth with the sellers negotiating price for a week, we finally made it to attorney review. We've been in attorney review for 2 weeks now which is a little lengthy for a process that normally takes 3 days. The sellers and their attorney have been extremely difficult to deal with, even threatening us by asking their realtor to hold an open house this weekend. Hopefully next week this will all be wrapped up and we can finally proceed with the home and pool inspections that we've been tentatively scheduling for the past two weekends! Right now our closing is scheduled for March 14th, which means that I'll have to postpone my weekend trip back to MI; however, with the way things have been going I wouldn't be suprised if the closing gets pushed back as well.
-Work
2008 Fall/Holiday samples are high priority and I've had to put most of my other responsibilities on the back burner. Luckily, Mason has been doing most of the work during the work day so I've been able to finally catch up on some of my post due work. Last night Mason, myself and a few others from the office went out for drinks which put a nice ending to our insane work week. Next week it's back to Columbus for the 3rd time this year but you won't hear me complain because a day traveling is far better than a day in the office.
-Super Bowl
What a game!!! It was pretty cool to have a "hometown" team to root for in the big game, especially since the Giants play all their home games no more than 10 miles from our apartment. We went to our friend Giancarlo's (GC) house to watch the big game, which marked my 3rd Super Bowl party with GC and out NJ friends. It's crazy to think that I've been here for almost 3 years, and even more bizarre to have the same group of friends since our first summer "down the shore."
In honor of the Giants big win I bought Adam and I matching t-shirts:
Pretty sweet, huh?
-Puerto Rico
As I mentioned in my previous blog, I went to Puerto Rico at the end of January. It was so nice to get out of the cold and visit a place I've never been before. The family I babysitt for was kind enough to ask if I wanted to go with them and help watch the kids, which was a nice break from work and a great 5 day vacation. We stayed at the El Conquistador Hotel and Casino in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. We stayed at the Las Castistas in a 3 bedroom/3 bathroom house on the ocean. The below photo is a picture from our balcony
And the little houses at the top of the hill is where we stayed
Another favorite of mine was the infinity pool. Ryan really liked that as well
They also had a boat that took you to Palomino Island. The water was the bluest I've seen and the views were amazing
Other than that, nothing new here. I haven't spent much time wedding planning but as soon as this house business is done, I'm hoping to spend my summer months by the pool reading Modern Bride and picking out flowers, hair styles, etc. So much to look forward to!
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