Catastophic

Today the adjuster cam by the old house. Jason spent 5 hours with her to find out what the coverage would be. we have not been told the total yet but the term catastrophic has been applied. I can't say that i am surprised as the whole first floor has to be replaced. the cabinets, all appliances including the washer and dryer in the basement and all the flooring. Jason is not taking this well with all the work he put into the house i can't blame him. I'm on the oposite side of the fence as I'm really ok with it, though I didn't see the damage. Part of me never really felt like that was my home where as Jason really was attached to the house.

For me as long as the insurance will pay (and they will) I'm not inclined to panic.

M minus 6 and counting...

We officially have movers and have a date in which we will be in the new house which means that we are trying to cram all the last minute stuff into the weekend and hope that we do not put too much stuff at the new house that we can't cook dinner and do what we need to do during the week. Once we are moved and settled I will feel better about everything. This week starts my weekly check ups (I will be 37 weeks) I hope that by the end of next weekend I will be in a place to feel like it would be ok to have the baby. this means that Evelyn's room is done; and it better be done this weekend. I really want to put her closet together Sunday morning. and the banister is secure on top of the stairs so that we can use a baby gate up there. I would also like by the end of next weekend to have the flooring in the baby's room in but I'm thinking that would pushing my luck. Jason was working on molding today and I don't know how far he got in the process. With everything going on and how hard his parents pushed him I am almost afraid to ask. I just can't wait for this to be over - I hope I have a week or so in the new house for Evelyn and I to settle before the baby comes. If we do get in next week that should be the case unless the little guy decides to come early and i think i am the only pregnant person on the planet that does not hope that he comes early.

Paint

Jason started to paint the new house yesterday so I need to have all of the colors chosen for the room. I have teh room with the fireplace picked out the nursery and our bedroom. I sitll need colors for Evelyn's room, the living room and the hallway. I would love to do a ragging or another texture for the hallway but that would just take too long. I am goign to decide tonight and Jason is going to pick out the final colors of the flooring tonight so that he can get it ordered. He said he wanted to do all one color upstairs though with the difference in lighting in the rooms that may not be the best idea. I told him to put the samples in the rooms too see how they looked though they will not be painted the proper color yet. I hope he will have everything painted by this weekend (providing I have the colors picked out tonight and he orders them...

So do I do Evelyn's room Purple or Yellow?

Moving out...

The moving date and closing date are moving up though we are not sure when. The paperwork has been sent in and we essentially just need that to go through before we close. It is a bit odd to me that they were going to need the rent back and all of a sudden they seem like they are in a hurry to get out. But that means more time to settle in before the baby comes so I am happy! I hope Jason will let our friends help with the tearing down of the wall paper - I know at least one will. I wish I could help.

I am considering the idea of hiring someone to come and clean the kitchen and bathrooms thoroughly before we move in. Jason does not like me using chemicals and I want it good and clean before we put our stuff in. I guess I'll have to look into how much this will cost... and see if it will fly. I figure the carpets I can borrow a friends steam cleaner (I hope) then we should be in good shape. Maybe I'll take a vinegar solution to the walls I'm not sure but I'm getting a little ahead of myself as usual!

Moving up the closing date

So we heard from our REA (real estate agent) that the sellers are moving earlier than they expected too and that if we wanted to we can move up the closing date. I'm not sure how much earlier they are wanting to close but I definitely am a fan of this idea and just the idea of it happening has me excited. So although I have some good news I don't know the extent of it at the moment. I hope this works out and that we can get into the house quickly I am anxious to sell the old and get settled in the new although we will be doing this in the opposite order.

Moving forword

We have decided to go with the house even with paying half of the cost of the flu fix. I am excited but still a little sad we didn't end up in a better school district. Though some of the schools in the area have better ratings than the others. Some are close to the rating of the better school districts so hopefully they will work out for the kids.

We sign the paperwork tomorrow and send it over.

The Inspection

The inspection on the house went well there is one major repair that the sellers are going to have to do and several minor repairs (a few of which I wanted J to ask them to do but he didn't want to) but they are minor enough that J will (should) be able to do them himself. I would have been willing to ask them to do a credit of some sort just to see if they would go for it. We got our one request in and they will be making the fix which should not change our current close date. We still have to do the radon test this weekend but as long as that goes well I don't see any further problems. I am starting to collect boxes and trying to get things ready at casa de Hirsch as I want to push our house on the market ASAP! I'm just not sure what to do with all of our stuff - we have way too much!

Offer accepted!

So tonight while I was on the walk with the neighbor (and Evelyn) J called on my cell the reception sucked so I couldn't hear him but I was pretty sure he said the 30days was not needed. meaning they accepted our offer. We continued our way home and talked about what he said and the neighbor agreed that it sounded like we got the house. we continued walking and J came up on his bike and said that they accepted our offer! And the neighbor offered to help take down the wallpaper :) I'm definitely taking her up on that since we couldn't make the owners take it with them (we joked while writing the offer to have that dis-included) So now we start the legal process and do what we can to get our place ready to sell!

House hunting

Things have been quiet on the house hunting recently. we have been looking but not seeing anything that we really like. Today Jason sent me one that he really liked. You could tell he liked it a lot because he sent it to me even though it was in a place that he didn't want to purchase a house. There were several problems that I saw with the house the largest being there was ONE bathroom - and 4 bedrooms. Really who builds a house with one bedroom and four bathrooms??! not even a half bath. So I mention that and look up where the house is in the town. IT IS RIGHT DOWNTOWN - I used to drive pretty close to it to get to work. I did a walk near there and J was concerned that I would be in the park in that area - and he wants to move there. Yeah great location babe, So I said no. Hopefully this will be the end of it.

I did send him one that I liked though it was on a busier road than I would have liked. He never commented on it so I'm pretty sure that it got the axe - too bad it's in a good school district (Penfield).

On the plus side one (and only slightly off topic) of my friends found a house and are moving! I'm so excited for them though we will miss their daughter at daycare. Luckily it is locally so we can still do play dates. Evelyn needs more play dates!

Day 2 with the inlaws

They called at 7:30 just after J and I woke up, I wanted to still be asleep. I jumped out of bed and offered breakfast to J (assuming I would finish about the time they got there) he jumped on the chance and I asked bacon or sausage? His answer both when I actually cooked both I realized that I spoil him. So they started with a good breakfast.

They went to the bathroom and mil and me went to the back to dig in our compost pile and start our garden. My body is going to hate me in the morning and I can’t even take a hot shower paint is drying so cold shower is all I got. So we turn in the compost and run into some roots and after 30 min of struggling (me and the in-laws) we got the root up! So the garden was ready to plant and I was more than happy to take a break in the car to get the vegetable plants. That planted we started on the other side of the fence trying again to get the roots up thank god the worst of it was on the garden side. The good news is the garden looks great and I have another rosemary plant to kill (I killed the last one three times but then it stopped coming back so I needed a new one)

By the time all this was done it was time to make pizza! After dinner J and his dad put the vanity and sink in place and it looks great. The new lighting is up and though it is very bright (he really should have gotten frosted bulbs but he didn’t). I can’t wait to move the stuff in hopefully tomorrow evening. During the day I am going to lay on the hammock and relax.

The in-laws left early and I ran out side to get in the hammock they just brought us for our 1 year. J joined me so we could see if we could balance together it was a nice 5 minutes before he wanted to get back to work. But at least everything is back to normal and the house is passably clean.

Going on a treasure hunt...

Tomorrow is dumpster day at work which is essentially spring cleaning (who didn't figure that one out?). As such we are spending the afternoon cleaning out our desks and the company is getting rid of some of the stuff they have in storage - including some of the artwork that was not auctioned off at the wine tasting and silent auction. I liked two of the paintings (nature sceans and thought J might too so I brought them home (for $10 why not) unfortunately J was not as enthousiastic as I thought he would be. So I am deciding weather to just have him han them in the bedroom and livingroom or to take them back to see if anyone else likes them/wants them. I am thinking of keeping them since our walls have been bare forever and though he was correct in saying that we have otherstuff that we could put up we have not and these are ready to hang. and I think the colors go fairly well. he mentioned that they didn't fit the "decor" um what decor? we have 1 photo (nature scean by Jason) 1 wedding photo and my wedding sampler. that's it nothing in the bedroom to really clash with I guess I should just let them go to another home, sigh.

Day one with the in-laws

Jason set the alarm yesterday so that it went off at 6:15, I asked him to turn it off but it took him three snoozes before I told him it was Saturday and to turn the thing off. Unfortunately I was already awake so I got up around 7 and was cleaning the vanity out by 7:30. After I got everything out Jason opened one of the doors and to be helpful I asked what he was looking for (to find it for him) but he was looking for nothing (i.e. that it was empty). He went to tear it out and found that whomever put in the sink did not believe in shut off valves; I went two hours with out water in the house until he got them installed. I had to wash my vegetables at the neighbors house so that I could get as much of the dinner done as possible. The dinner is the in-laws my parents and close family friends (parents neighbors). All get along very well but these are all people I like to impress.
So after shutting off the water he got the vanity out with a little help from me and Paul (it was too heavy for me) he installed shut off valves onto the sink pipes and finished prepping the bathroom for his dad to come and fix the electric (have I mentioned that we only have one electrical outlet in the bathroom and it is next to the toilet?). The got it wired and he is finishing the job of getting it ready I’m sure when he’s done we will have a plethora of plugs.
My in laws get here and they have a futon with a maple frame that I really liked and was excited to move into our spare bedroom (we had a twin in there which was not great for guests) it takes up less space and is a queen. It also matches the crib that our neighbors are saving for us! We moved that in within 30 minutes but now we have the extra twin that J does not want to get rid of. It might be nice to have but unless he cleans out the den we have no place for it oh and I have an extra long twin at my parents house that I can take whenever I need it. His mom wants to sell it now (would not drop it as she is as stubborn as J is) where I’m willing to wait a few days until he gets sick of tripping over it when he will be happy to get rid of it, we shall see what happens.
Dinner went well though the roast was done oh 2 ½ hours before they were scheduled to arrive I was pretty scared that it would be dry when I pulled it out, especially after the look that J gave me. But they all said it was fine (and they would tell me the truth). The best part of the evening was when discussing my issues with roasting on the grill and J told them that I put the chicken on the rotisserie the wrong way. They all laughed at me (okay it was deserved but maybe he could have told me that when he figured it out rather than just there so I could laugh with them instead of wanting to go upstairs and cry. I honestly don’t know how a vegetarian is supposed to pick up this info as nothing I read told me this. Oh well it was a fun night and I’m looking forward to progress tomorrow.