Well, everything didn't go as planned with the house this weekend. We signed all of our papers on Friday, but the sellers couldn't get in to sign papers until Monday, and the bank can take as long as they want (up until Friday) to sign them. This means that we certainly aren't getting keys today, and we really really hope that we get them sometime this week, as we have to be out of our house by tonight.
So, on Saturday I headed to Evanston for Elise's baby shower at Nicole's house (can't wait for that new little nephew to make his appearance!), and Andrew started loading up the moving van. After the shower Nicole, Elise, and Aubri all came back home with me and helped me clean our place; while Dad and Matt helped Andrew load everything into the moving van and truck and take it all to a storage unit in South Jordan. It took all afternoon and evening, and after some quick dinner out, everyone headed home and Andrew and I were left in our mostly empty house.
Yesterday Andrew and I took another trip to the storage unit to unload more stuff (it's unbelievable how much stuff we fit in our tiny duplex), and then headed home, stopping at Lowes for a few last minute cleaning supplies and walking out with new pantry shelves. All that's left in our place is our bed, the TV, some various cleaning supplies, and enough clothing/showerstuff/makeup for the work week. That will all be hauled out tonight, when we turn the keys over to our landlord and officially become homeless. Hopefully it won't be for too long, but we plan to take advantage of our displacement by living out of a nice hotel for a few days while we wait for someone to finally hand us those blasted keys.
Ironically, I feel like I've had a giant weight lifted off my shoulders, and I feel less stressed out than I have in MONTHS. I think part of it came from doing our final walkthrough, part of it came for signing papers on the house, and part of it is knowing that we no longer have to worry about making any deadlines in getting everything moved in time for us to be out of our duplex and into the new house. Did we miss our deadlines and end up homeless? Yup. We sure did. Did those papers mean we finally get keys to our house? Nope. They sure didn't. Is the house starting to get a little blurry again as it gets longer and longer since we saw the house last? Yes. It sure is. I think it's just the simple truth of knowing that everything that could go wrong has gone wrong in the last week and the last month and the last six months of this house, and yet we're totally fine still and really feel like it's where we're supposed to end up and eventually we will. If it means a little hotel hopping in the mean time, then who cares. Heaven knows I'm happy for the excuse to eat our for every meal.
I promise when we finally get those keys, I will overload you with pictures and stop the very boring, whiney posts that have been ever present for awhile now.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
Sooo close!
Well, it's finally getting down to the wire on this whole house thing. We're hoping to close on our house this afternoon! This week we've been waiting for our loan paperwork to go through the underwriting process, with new things to send or sign or explain everyday. It's been frustrating and nerve wracking, but we're finally about there! Good thing too, because after Monday we're homeless...
We were both feeling pretty discouraged about the whole thing this week (anytime anyone asks me about it I burst into tears--no matter where I'm at) because even though we are so close, it's been a very long road and we're very much beyond our stress limits.
In going through all of this drama, sometimes I forget what it is that we're being frustrated for. I forget exactly what the house looks like, or exactly how roomy it is, or how much I completely ADORE the kitchen. I look at pictures of listings of other townhouses on the same street and think that I must be remembering ours wrong. That perhaps it isn't worth all the trouble and we should just find something else. How much better could ours really be in comparison to all the other town homes on the market?
Last night we did our final walk through on the new house with our realtor. It was just what I needed to remember that it was all going to be worth it in the end. The house is clean and empty now, and I can't help but picture all of our furniture in place throughout the entire house. I walked around and thought of all the fun projects I have planned for each space, and how I can't wait to paint the whole house something other than tan and buy a new kitchen table and set up an actual office for Andrew. Don't get me wrong, I'm completely in love with that boy, but we're very much over living in a 1 bedroom 700 sq/ft house together. We're ready for SPACE. And CARPET....oh how we've missed carpet! We have seriously awesome original 1902 hard wood floors throughout our current place, they're GORGEOUS, but we've ready to have a little softness and warmth back on our feet for awhile. And some actual insulation from the lovely Utah Winter. And it truly would be nice to stop moving our appliance delivery date back every week. I think we've moved it about 10 times at this point. As of now, they're scheduled to be delivered NEXT WEDNESDAY. If I had to pick 1 thing I'm absolutely most excited for, it would be my NEW GAS STOVE. It's sooo PRETTY. Plus it will be nice to have 4 working burners, which we haven't had the pleasure of in about a year.
So the plan is to sign all our closing documents today, and then we will get keys to the new house on Monday (hopefully early!). That same day will be a mad rush to get everything out of the current place and into the new place, because we have to be out of there before Tuesday Morning. Should make for a pretty eventful Monday!
So hopefully in 3 days we will finally be in!...a mere 5 months later.
We were both feeling pretty discouraged about the whole thing this week (anytime anyone asks me about it I burst into tears--no matter where I'm at) because even though we are so close, it's been a very long road and we're very much beyond our stress limits.
In going through all of this drama, sometimes I forget what it is that we're being frustrated for. I forget exactly what the house looks like, or exactly how roomy it is, or how much I completely ADORE the kitchen. I look at pictures of listings of other townhouses on the same street and think that I must be remembering ours wrong. That perhaps it isn't worth all the trouble and we should just find something else. How much better could ours really be in comparison to all the other town homes on the market?
Last night we did our final walk through on the new house with our realtor. It was just what I needed to remember that it was all going to be worth it in the end. The house is clean and empty now, and I can't help but picture all of our furniture in place throughout the entire house. I walked around and thought of all the fun projects I have planned for each space, and how I can't wait to paint the whole house something other than tan and buy a new kitchen table and set up an actual office for Andrew. Don't get me wrong, I'm completely in love with that boy, but we're very much over living in a 1 bedroom 700 sq/ft house together. We're ready for SPACE. And CARPET....oh how we've missed carpet! We have seriously awesome original 1902 hard wood floors throughout our current place, they're GORGEOUS, but we've ready to have a little softness and warmth back on our feet for awhile. And some actual insulation from the lovely Utah Winter. And it truly would be nice to stop moving our appliance delivery date back every week. I think we've moved it about 10 times at this point. As of now, they're scheduled to be delivered NEXT WEDNESDAY. If I had to pick 1 thing I'm absolutely most excited for, it would be my NEW GAS STOVE. It's sooo PRETTY. Plus it will be nice to have 4 working burners, which we haven't had the pleasure of in about a year.
So the plan is to sign all our closing documents today, and then we will get keys to the new house on Monday (hopefully early!). That same day will be a mad rush to get everything out of the current place and into the new place, because we have to be out of there before Tuesday Morning. Should make for a pretty eventful Monday!
So hopefully in 3 days we will finally be in!...a mere 5 months later.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Good Ridence 2011
2011 has been a challenging year. It was certainly not without it's challenges, but was also full of blessings .
The hardest parts of 2011 are attributable to my lack of a job from September of 2010 until April of 2011. Those were some looong, lonely, and trying months. However, we learned an awful lot about ourselves and our relationship and came out better in the end having been through it all.
In January, Andrew got promoted to study coordinator in the GI department at University Hospital, following his December graduation.
In January, I redoubled my efforts to find a job after my graduation in December, and I discoverd online deal sites. This led me to the realization that while I couldn't force someone to give me a job right that moment, I could at least put some effort into making the money Andrew brought in go as far as possible. So from January through March I became a hard-core couponer and managed to stash away a ton of food storage and a ton of other stuff, spending next to nothing. It was really fun.
We also welcomed sweet baby niece Bethany during this time as well, making the Cox grand kids even at 3 boys and 3 girls. We love her.
At the end of March I interviewed and landed my job as a study coordinator in Pediatric Genetics working in immunology and rheumatology. This was the biggest of blessings to say the least, and things started to get a heck of a lot easier financially. After being unemployed for the last 10 months (since June 2010 when I quit my job working for the WORST BOSS IN EXISTENCE), it was a major adjustment to say the least, but it felt really nice to be challenged again.
April through July was pretty uneventful and was mainly filling with work. And I stopped being a hard-core couponer because I was too tired to go the Smiths next door to our house. We did get to watch Josh graduate high school in May, and made an impromptu all night trip to Seattle for the holiday weekend. We probably won't be doing that again for awhile. Day time is a little easier.
In August Andrew and I went to Hawaii for our 1st anniversary, put an offer in on a house, and then did a whole bunch of waiting (interspersed with drama) for the remainder of the year. I also discovered Pinterest and decided that I would become the queen of diy. Or maybe I discovered Pinterest, wanted to become the queen of diy, and so I decided we needed to buy a house....it's debatable.
Fall and Winter were pretty frustrating and nerve-wracking, as we learned to live with the fact that we had no idea when we were going to move, or if we were going to have a place to live in the next few weeks. This situation unfortunately hasn't changed, but we've learned to adapt and go with the flow rather than constantly worry about each passing day. We've also learned to live without all of the things that have been packed away in boxes since the beginning of November. This included learning to live with the walls of boxes throughout the entire house, that continue to grow weekly as we accumulate Christmas and birthday presents as well as stuff for a house that we hope to eventually have. Andrew also spent a couple of months studying to the GMAT, so that he can apply to grad school this year. It meant a lot of hard work for Andrew and a lot of boredom and loneliness for me. It sucked.
Thanksgiving was spent with my family in Woodruff, and Christmas was spent with Andrew's family in Washington. It was so nice to have a break from work and worrying about the house, and just get away from it all for awhile and spend time with family. We spent my birthday driving home from Washington all day, and Andrew's was spent in Woodruff with my family for church and dinner. New Year's Eve was spent on the couch in front of our new Christmas/birthday present TV watching movies, taking a short break to watch the ball drop and ring in the new year. We're super exciting people. This was probably an improvement from last year where we spent the 26th through the 3rd sick in bed, although we did take a PJ clad drive up to the U to watch the new years fireworks from Legacy bridge and that's a little less sad then watching them on TV....
So now it's the beginning of January and a new year. We have big plans for this year, starting with finally closing on our first home!--which should happen in the next week but we're not holding our breath or getting too stressed out about it. This will obviously be the first step to becoming the queen of diy :), followed by opening the boxes to all those power tools I got for Christmas--they're currently part of the wall of boxes.
Then in February we're getting another new little one, and this time we get a nephew! Pretty excited about that little guy!
We're glad to have it behind us. Here's to hoping for great things in 2012!
Also, I plan to be better about blogging and taking pictures this year as well!
The hardest parts of 2011 are attributable to my lack of a job from September of 2010 until April of 2011. Those were some looong, lonely, and trying months. However, we learned an awful lot about ourselves and our relationship and came out better in the end having been through it all.
In January, Andrew got promoted to study coordinator in the GI department at University Hospital, following his December graduation.
In January, I redoubled my efforts to find a job after my graduation in December, and I discoverd online deal sites. This led me to the realization that while I couldn't force someone to give me a job right that moment, I could at least put some effort into making the money Andrew brought in go as far as possible. So from January through March I became a hard-core couponer and managed to stash away a ton of food storage and a ton of other stuff, spending next to nothing. It was really fun.
We also welcomed sweet baby niece Bethany during this time as well, making the Cox grand kids even at 3 boys and 3 girls. We love her.
At the end of March I interviewed and landed my job as a study coordinator in Pediatric Genetics working in immunology and rheumatology. This was the biggest of blessings to say the least, and things started to get a heck of a lot easier financially. After being unemployed for the last 10 months (since June 2010 when I quit my job working for the WORST BOSS IN EXISTENCE), it was a major adjustment to say the least, but it felt really nice to be challenged again.
April through July was pretty uneventful and was mainly filling with work. And I stopped being a hard-core couponer because I was too tired to go the Smiths next door to our house. We did get to watch Josh graduate high school in May, and made an impromptu all night trip to Seattle for the holiday weekend. We probably won't be doing that again for awhile. Day time is a little easier.
In August Andrew and I went to Hawaii for our 1st anniversary, put an offer in on a house, and then did a whole bunch of waiting (interspersed with drama) for the remainder of the year. I also discovered Pinterest and decided that I would become the queen of diy. Or maybe I discovered Pinterest, wanted to become the queen of diy, and so I decided we needed to buy a house....it's debatable.
Fall and Winter were pretty frustrating and nerve-wracking, as we learned to live with the fact that we had no idea when we were going to move, or if we were going to have a place to live in the next few weeks. This situation unfortunately hasn't changed, but we've learned to adapt and go with the flow rather than constantly worry about each passing day. We've also learned to live without all of the things that have been packed away in boxes since the beginning of November. This included learning to live with the walls of boxes throughout the entire house, that continue to grow weekly as we accumulate Christmas and birthday presents as well as stuff for a house that we hope to eventually have. Andrew also spent a couple of months studying to the GMAT, so that he can apply to grad school this year. It meant a lot of hard work for Andrew and a lot of boredom and loneliness for me. It sucked.
Thanksgiving was spent with my family in Woodruff, and Christmas was spent with Andrew's family in Washington. It was so nice to have a break from work and worrying about the house, and just get away from it all for awhile and spend time with family. We spent my birthday driving home from Washington all day, and Andrew's was spent in Woodruff with my family for church and dinner. New Year's Eve was spent on the couch in front of our new Christmas/birthday present TV watching movies, taking a short break to watch the ball drop and ring in the new year. We're super exciting people. This was probably an improvement from last year where we spent the 26th through the 3rd sick in bed, although we did take a PJ clad drive up to the U to watch the new years fireworks from Legacy bridge and that's a little less sad then watching them on TV....
So now it's the beginning of January and a new year. We have big plans for this year, starting with finally closing on our first home!--which should happen in the next week but we're not holding our breath or getting too stressed out about it. This will obviously be the first step to becoming the queen of diy :), followed by opening the boxes to all those power tools I got for Christmas--they're currently part of the wall of boxes.
Then in February we're getting another new little one, and this time we get a nephew! Pretty excited about that little guy!
We're glad to have it behind us. Here's to hoping for great things in 2012!
Also, I plan to be better about blogging and taking pictures this year as well!
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