Moving Forward

The other day I mentioned that we were in a waiting place. Well, we are still in a waiting place, but a waiting place that is not nearly so painful. Before we were waiting for approval and acceptance. Both of these have come to pass.

You see, we have been looking for a house for several years now. When we first moved down here, we saw the median home price was well above what we felt we could afford. Ever. The locals loved to complain that it was all those “dang people from California”, moving in and forcing the prices up. I don’t know if this was really the case, but in the past few months, prices have been dropping.

I have a friend who is a real estate agent. She has been watching the market for us, and a few weeks ago she mentioned a few possible finds. SH and I decided to start looking at a them. The first home we saw was nice but old. It needs a lot of updating. I mean a lot. Plus, it is on a septic system where I would prefer city sewer, etc.

Anyway, to make a long story short, last Monday my friend showed us a bank owned foreclosure. The second I drove up to the house, I knew I wanted it. The more I saw, the more smitten I became. SH as always, was the voice of reason, holding my feet to the floor with logistics. So, we made an offer and then the waiting began. Neither of us could sleep, we were all consumed with the possibilities.

We didn’t want to tell the girls till we were pretty sure. It is in Kanab, so we would be moving to a much larger school district, with more options… including a *gasp* music program! The house is near the schools, in a beautiful neighborhood, where there seem to be plenty of kids to play with. We can hope anyway! Friday, we took the girls through and Saturday, my dad (who is a builder) inspected every inch of the place for us. We have decided to go forward with this, and hopefully we will be moving in about a month. Did I just say that? A month?! Wow, how things change quickly. Let’s hope the loan underwriting and closing go smoothly… I am so excited!