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Dec. 26th, 2018 10:59 amWell, that's that over with then! I hope everyone here in DW land has had a merry, happy, peaceful whatever-they-celebrate.
( We had a trip to my in-laws' in Chicago, which is often a stressful experience. )
( But Mom had planned this year's Eve dinner to serve 17 people... )
So: stress and hassle and fatigue.
( Which wasn't helped by the fact that I managed to slice my hand open... )
( Christmas morning itself was mainly unremarkable. )
In other, more important news: it should be perhaps 10 days or less (? depending on what day the final offer was submitted to seller's lender) before we know for sure if we're going to get the house we're trying to buy. I have, perhaps unfortunately, not restrained my internal overconfidence on this deal. Of course it could all go sour and we could lose the place, but all the signs point to Yes unless someone on the far end of that deal is just being impressively capricious and greedy. I've visualized every inch of that house with our stuff in it - I've done test floor plans, made wishlists, and even got a rough idea of paint colors we'll want (to minimize the effects of the dusty rose carpeting we won't have the means to change out for at least a few years) - G and I have discussed at length the various projects he'll have on his list to build from scratch, and even a future addition to convert the screened patio into a fully insulated sunroom for plants and a hot tub. This place will be less than 10 minutes' drive from my workplace, will cost us over $400 less every month for our total loan/property tax/insurance payment than we currently pay every month for rent and renters' insurance, has the extra bathroom and the two car garage we need plus a generous amount of off-street parking for visitors, and will give us plenty of space for us and all our Crap(tm) without being Too Much space to easily maintain. And there will be so much privacy! I haven't been onsite long enough to tell exactly how much airport noise we'll have there - but with both sets of my grandparents having lived in areas with very present jet noise, I automatically associate those sounds with calm and peace. Even if we turn out to be directly under a main takeoff or landing path (for those that don't know, my workplace is in a commercial building just bordering the airport), it will be tons more pleasant than the continual sirens of emergency vehicles on the main thoroughfare where we currently live, and the thumping club music from what used to be a church across the street...
I WANT THE HOUSE NOW. GIMME GIMME GIMME.
ahem.
Fingers crossed, yes? :)
( We had a trip to my in-laws' in Chicago, which is often a stressful experience. )
( But Mom had planned this year's Eve dinner to serve 17 people... )
So: stress and hassle and fatigue.
( Which wasn't helped by the fact that I managed to slice my hand open... )
( Christmas morning itself was mainly unremarkable. )
In other, more important news: it should be perhaps 10 days or less (? depending on what day the final offer was submitted to seller's lender) before we know for sure if we're going to get the house we're trying to buy. I have, perhaps unfortunately, not restrained my internal overconfidence on this deal. Of course it could all go sour and we could lose the place, but all the signs point to Yes unless someone on the far end of that deal is just being impressively capricious and greedy. I've visualized every inch of that house with our stuff in it - I've done test floor plans, made wishlists, and even got a rough idea of paint colors we'll want (to minimize the effects of the dusty rose carpeting we won't have the means to change out for at least a few years) - G and I have discussed at length the various projects he'll have on his list to build from scratch, and even a future addition to convert the screened patio into a fully insulated sunroom for plants and a hot tub. This place will be less than 10 minutes' drive from my workplace, will cost us over $400 less every month for our total loan/property tax/insurance payment than we currently pay every month for rent and renters' insurance, has the extra bathroom and the two car garage we need plus a generous amount of off-street parking for visitors, and will give us plenty of space for us and all our Crap(tm) without being Too Much space to easily maintain. And there will be so much privacy! I haven't been onsite long enough to tell exactly how much airport noise we'll have there - but with both sets of my grandparents having lived in areas with very present jet noise, I automatically associate those sounds with calm and peace. Even if we turn out to be directly under a main takeoff or landing path (for those that don't know, my workplace is in a commercial building just bordering the airport), it will be tons more pleasant than the continual sirens of emergency vehicles on the main thoroughfare where we currently live, and the thumping club music from what used to be a church across the street...
I WANT THE HOUSE NOW. GIMME GIMME GIMME.
ahem.
Fingers crossed, yes? :)
