Another Long break...

Oh blog you have been missed! We have been so busy! Like annoyingly busy... I will try my darndest to get some pics of the house up this week!

Ps the dieting/ working out starts this week...

Not so fast...

This whole moving thing is taking way longer then I thought! We've been repairing, moving, building, etc every weekend since June 3. It is the most tiring thing I've done in a looooong time but man is it worth it! Dennis and his parents are seriously the best! They have done so much hard work building and painting and cleaning that I will never be able to thank them enough! I can't forget Stace, she's has been a great help too!

Every time I walk into the house, I'm filled with such happiness. It may sound lame but seriously i never new how much I really wanted this house! The house was literally one of the first houses we saw :) I knew it was home but wanted to give other houses a chance. I like to think we were meant for this house. :)

Were having our housewarming part on July 2nd. I can't wait to have everyone over and show off the casa! I will be posting pics soon enough! A lot has been done and I can't wait to show it off :)

Our Little Piece of Heaven

I seriously can't wait until this weekend! Were finally moving our things in! I will be posting pictures soon enough.. I just really want the pictures to be before and after pics!

Tonight we are going to look for a rug for under the dining table... I seriously can't wait!!

Short and sweet...

We got the house Friday June 3rd at about 6:00pm! Not that I'm being too specific :)

I thought this renovation thing was going to take a week or so... Not when your working with the Correia family. 2 days and Bam almost all of it is done. I will blog more and post pics when I don't have my niece and nephew running a muck...

I can't decide how I feel right now...

Happy or anxious... maybe a little of both!

There IS a little bit of good news...

The city gave their final approval so now were just waiting for the bank (Wells Fargo) to draft up the final loan docs (Basically, here sign your life away J/k but no really here sign this paper for a 30 year loan, yeah don't worry that you will be 59 when its paid off). I will admit that this is probably the GREATEST loan ever... I'm just a little bitter that this process is taking so long... and by long I'm being a tad dramatic since we just started the process in February... Some people go 6+ months waiting just to get approvals in this market. I just have zero patience so Praise Jesus for Dennis, otherwise I would be going insane and bugging everyone daily to get some sort of answer.

I was really hoping that we would get the house before Memorial Day weekend. It's not looking too promising as it stands now... We just heard that the bank wants a new Termite clearance before they can draft up the loan docs. To top it off the Termite company is swamped so they won't even be able to supply it until Friday or Monday... Another wasted 3 days...

I guess I should just be happy that we are getting a house and not be such a buzz kill...

I just want to be in OUR house already! :)

On another note. I have decided that I really have an interest in DIY projects... Not just in the I watch HGTV all day, and see something I like and say "oooh that would be awesome, I soo want that" (which we totally do) I really, really want to start making stuff. I guess simply put: I want to make ugly stuff pretty! I was thinking about making a new blog but I think I'm just going to keep this old blog and make it more about the house and things we do since in reality the house is going to be the focus in our lives... 

(I really want to post a picture of the house right here, but since I'm superstitious I'm going to wait until the keys are in hand. I have a feeling there will be a picture of that too!)

So....

Were STILL in escrow... The anticipated closing date is May 12, 2011. Since the city still has to do the inspection (should happen this Tuesday: May 11) I'm assuming that we aren't going to close for another week or so... Then after the city signs off on the house, it's just the documents that need to be signed. That shouldn't take that long (fingers crossed).

I can't help but keep thinking: Please hurry people! I want to get into our house already :)

We have design ideas already and have mostly decided on paint colors and all of that good stuff. I was pretty schocked about the variety of paint colors. Behr has like 16+ shades of Grey. Seriously... as if standing in front of the paint display isn't hard enough. You find the perfect shade of whatever color and then you have to find a color that matches that base color. Not to mention that you have to be mindful that the color dries darker on the wall then on the little piece of paper.
I think I need to stop watching home improvement shows... They keep giving me ideas. Right now I think about the house as a blank sheet. Every show I watch they do some nice wall art or stripe or something that I fall in LOVE with. Unfortunately I fall in LOVE a lot with DIY shows and poor Dennis cant keep up, since I keep changing my mind...

I just can't wait to get started! Will be updating along the way :)

It's happening... like really happening

So... I've been waiting, and waiting, and lets be real, waiting to blog about this...

Were in Escrow!!!

Well we've technically been in escrow for 13 days but hey who's counting...  :)
I don't want to say too much (or post any pictures) about the house yet since I don't want to jinx anything... (Keep your fingers crossed please!) but I will say that it is PERFECT and I can't wait to start our life in it!

As of today we are waiting for the City to approve the house or give us a list of repairs that need to be done... Waiting to get anything back from the city feels like watching paint dry... It kills me. I'm trying to keep my mind off of it for the time being. Thankfully it hasn't been to hard since this year is flying by. If everything goes as planned (which I hope it does) we should be closing escrow around May 12th.

Wow, we're going to be homeowners... Crazy!

Too long... So sad... oh well... New Begining

So... It has been too long to even try and apologize to you reader, yeah you, who ever you are, for the Loooong gap since my last post. Lets just say A Lot has changed and I am going to start fresh starting today.

Brief recap of our current situation:

Dennis and I said goodbye to our first apartment and Corona temporarily (I'll get to why in a minute). It was bitter sweet, but still sweet in it's own right.  We had decided a while back to try and move closer to work. Closer to work meant somewhere in Orange county.... Well that means, MORE MONEY, literally double what we were paying in Corona! Money we really didn't want to spend. So after talking to his parents they offered to loan us money to help us buy a HOUSE! Let me emphasize LOAN. They have done so much for us it's hard to accept any more from them. They have the kindest hearts. Dennis and I are truly blessed to have the parents we have. We had talked a little about it in the past about buying a house but both thought that right now we didn't have the kind of money we would need so we just pushed the thought out of heads... After his parents offered to help us we realized that we really could afford a house we just needed the kick in our rear ends.They also offered to let us stay and save even more money.

So with that said we plan on buying in Corona, and hopefully soon!

We got lucky when we were looking for our first place together. Cheap rent super nice place. Done and done. Now, looking for a house is no joke. There are so many more things to consider, it's not about thinking short term like when your searching for an apartment, were in this place for the long haul. Our lives are consumed with online searches for homes, and weekends are spent looking at houses. We are making the best out of it and having a blast.

I just can't wait to set some roots and start a concrete life in a house, in OUR house. Hopefully soon after Marriage. Were quickly approaching our 9 year anniversary... Yes, you read that right 9 years. I wonder what Dennis has this year planned. I put the planning in his shoes this year. :)

Until we meet again...