09-01-2009 - Just Catching Up!

Well, since my last post, we have all healed. In fact, we came down with the flu on Tuesday, and I was headed to Cedar Point (Sandusky, OH) by Thursday afternoon. I wouldn't really recommend that. :) Some teenagers had won an overnight trip during the previous year's candy sale. We arrived there late Thursday evening and spent the day at the Park on Friday. We left Friday afternoon and arrived at a decent time that evening. By Saturday, I was WORN OUT!

Saturday, we spent the afternoon and evening at my sister's and brother-in-law's house. He and Mike were working on the third installment of our church's 40th Anniversary. Long story there. Anyway, we included a mini celebration of my parents' 45th Wedding Anniversary.

Sunday, Mike was out at the house with my sister and her boyfriend. He has many investment properties as well as flips houses for a living. So, we were totally welcoming his opinion on the house. As the home inspector said, it is a good house, but it DOES need some work. We have a budget, and we are just hoping everything will fit into that budget. It is an investment, so things may not get done right away, but they will come in time.

Monday and Tuesday (today) were quite normal. Our realtor called today to let us know that the owning bank is having issues with the deed (the house's title). Apparently there was a 2nd mortgage taken out on the house, and when it was sold at the sheriff's auction, all of that information was not immediately known and cleared. So, now they are just getting there documents in order. We still do not have a signed contract from them. On one hand, that has been nice, since we "only" have 10 days from their signing it to back out if we wanted to. This has given us lots of time with lots of "eyes" to look at the house. On the other hand, our hopeful closing date of September 29th is probably not going to be realized. The big bummer about that is we are supposed to be out of our apartment by October 1st, and our landlord won't extend our lease unless we extend it until March 1st. UGH! What a mess! I know God is still in control though, and Mike and I both have a peace about all of this. We just wait on Him.