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Okay, I realize it's been far, far too long between updates here. It's possibly a little unfair of me to friend people and then just lurk on my Reading Page for all their updates...I'm still unconvinced that anyone will find my prattling interesting here, anyway.

Oh well.

So, the house purchase is still not finalized, but is drawing ever nearer. We unfortunately didn't make it through Seller's Bank approval stage (it's a short sale) before the government shutdown went into effect - and as it turned out, it wasn't "seller's bank" we were waiting for, as had been previously explained to me; it was HUD, solely because the seller had fucked up a reverse mortgage. Whatever, I know I can't explain it properly, but it was a whole *thing* and thanks to D***** T**** we had the pleasure of waiting an extra six weeks before we knew if we could make the purchase. UGH. Once that finally went through, though, things started to move along more quickly - at this point we're down to waiting on my bank's appraisal and the final loan lockdown. So we may close as early as next Tuesday.

ONE WEEK OMG
or, more realistically because shit tends to drag, TWO WEEKS OMG

I can't believe I'm finally going to be a homeowner at the ripe age of forty-one... ;D

Two posts for the price of one

I didn't quite mean to post that yet. I was going to witter on about some other stuff, too - but the excitement got the better of me, apparently. Did you know that if you hit Enter after typing a tag, it posts? Oops.

( This is all stuff about my brother and a different house situation... )

( And this is stuff about the crazy art sewing project I'm doing this week. )

I'll post a photo or two when it's done, I promise!