House update!

Okay, guys, we now have taken "Before" and "During" pictures. We shall soon have "After" pictures! :-) We put up the X-mas tree and decorated for Xmas, so that's pretty exciting! I can't wait! First Xmas in our own home! Yay!

Check out my pics on my facebook page...
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We have a house!

Okay, so I already said it, but I can't seem to say it enough! So exciting!!! The carpet is currently finishing being installed. The cable/internet guy is coming today. We got the washer and dryer yesterday. The bed is in and Saturday is the big move-in day! It's going really well! Yay!

Um, yeah, we have a house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is official, ladies and gents! We own a home! It is beautiful! We are in the process of fixing it up a little (painting, carpeting, cleaning, etc.). More pictures to come when the internet is working in the new place. Things are a little crazy right now, but soon things will be awesome!

WE GOT THE HOUSE!!!!!

Okay, it is now official! We have been approved for our mortgage and will be closing on December 1st. Yay! I'm going to see if I can add this picture!

Getting closer...

So, I got a call from the realtor, and it looks like the appraisal went through well. It was appraised for $230,000 (which is $18,000 more than we're paying for it!). Also, she called about them picking out a color for the roof, so that sounds good, too! Now we're just waiting for the mortgage to be approved.

Also, I got my bridesmaids' dress for Debbie's wedding. It's very pretty! And, I'm planning her bachlorette party, so that's cool.

So, things are really good!

More pics...

Here are more pictures from the wedding!

Charlene's wedding!

It was a blast! I had such a great time! We laughed, we cried, we danced! We screamed the lyrics to "Dancing Queen". Charlene looked beautiful and so did everyone and everything. I love weddings!

More house stuff!

So, we met with the mortgage guy last night and that's looking pretty good. We signed all the stuff and wrote out a check, and he's holding that until we get the radon test back and the sellers sign to fix stuff from the home inspection.

We made a little list of some stuff for them to fix (very small things that an electrician/plumber would need to do). So, we'll see what happens there!

House news!

Okay, so we had the home inspection on Monday, and it went well. There were no major issues. A couple of small safety things (outlets and wires), but nothing big! Also, we talked to the mortgage guy and he's working out a "Good Faith Estimate", and it's looking good so far. So, I'm feeling much less anxious now. We're still waiting for the radon info, and we're meeting with the loan guy on Thursday, so maybe we'll know more by next week.

Also, Charlene's wedding is the 4th! I can't wait for that! I'm going to bring my camera and put on a couple pics!

Contract signed!

Okay, so here's the scoop. The seller's signed our contract, and the people they're buying their new house from signed their contract. So, we're pretty excited, but we want to wait to get super-excited until after the home inspection next week. I'll update you later!

Counteroffer...

Okay, we put an counteroffer down...and we'll see what they think. We hope to hear back today. Who knew buying a house was so complicated??? haha.

House drama...

Okay, guys, so we heard back from the sellers with a counter-offer (finally!), and we're going to counter-offer their counter-offer tonight! More news to come...

On a very happy note, Julio and I went on a church retreat this weekend. It was soooo much fun! Hopefully I'll get some pics from church people. We got to know people at church, and we got to do really cool stuff, like play basketball, swim, go down a zipline into a lake, and do a ropes course 30 feet up in the air. It was awesome! We were so happy that we went!

House fun!

Okay! We officially put a contract on the house! Now we are waiting to see if the sellers will accept our offer or not. Very exciting! We'll show pictures later...

Visiting houses (and the hospital)

I am officially gall bladder-less. On August 29th, it was taken out. Yay! I'm well-recovered, as well.

Now, more exciting. Julio and I looked at houses yesterday! Our favorite is MS#64667, which you can check out at www.century21reu.com It is totally awesome. My dad is going with us to check it out tonight. So excited!!!

Jetta pics!

Julio washed his new car today! Here are some shiny pictures...

Pre-approved!

On Saturday, Julio and I were officially pre-approved for a home loan of $220,000 (which is nice for Harrisonburg, VA). I contacted our new real estate lady, Norma Gardner, and emailed her all our wants and needs for a house. Very exciting time!

Also, this weekend, I went up to visit New Jersey. I stayed with one of my suitemates from college, Sara Greco, and I got to hang out with her and her family and fiancee. Then we went to Charlene's, my roommate from college, bridal shower. So much fun! Can't wait until the wedding on October 4th!

Jetta!

We are officially the proud owners of a silver 2000 Jetta! So exciting! I will put a picture on soon!

Jetta

We went on Saturday to fill out the forms for the Jetta! Yay! By Thursday evening, we will have a beautifuly silver 2000 Volkwagen Jetta sitting in our driveway! Yippee! :-) Pictures to come...

Tango lessons!

I just had my first tango lessons last night! It was awesome! It was at Dancing with Karen in Harrisonburg, and it was so much fun. Way cheap, too. Only $9. Love it! I'm going with my buddy, Erin, to a Foxtrot lesson on Thursday. Yay!

What's going on...

Okay, so here's the latest info on us. We finally finished paying off our relatives around May, so that was exciting, and now we've been saving up for a car for Julio. He's looking for a Jetta, and hopefully that will work out well. We also saw a loan officer about being pre-approved for a home loan. That's looking pretty good. I looked up some houses online in the Harrisonburg High School district, and there are a lot of good houses between $180,000 - $220,000. We've decided to buy the car on credit, so we can have more money faster for the down payment of the house. So, maybe we'll get it by Octoberish! Yay! We're also thinking about going back to Guadalajara in February, maybe make it a yearly thing. We'll let you know...