Quick summary of things:
1) House closing went fine. As the attorney said, "You now own a house and a mortgage. Congratulations and condolences!"
2) The contractor has been working away on the bathrooms. Hopefully sometime this week he'll be done and I can finally move in! I've been staying at Brandy's condo in the interim, as I didn't want to pay for another month of rent at my apartment.
3) Brandy and I have been super busy working on the place ourselves. Lots and lots of painting. We're basically repainting the entire interior. We also laid down a new laminate floor in the basement which makes it significantly more livable. Don't be fooled by how easy this stuff claims to be, especially if you're installing on an uneven floor like the basement! It took us about 20 hours for ~250 sq. ft. of floor. Sheesh.
4) We've spent/financed a ton of money at Home Depot :) Our appliances (Fridge, washer/dryer, dishwasher) were supposed to be delivered a few weeks ago, but they showed up damaged so we refused the delivery. New delivery date is this Wednesday.
5) On of my favorite parts of the house so far is this sticker we found in the back of a kitchen drawer:
Ultimately, things are progressing a bit slower than we hoped, mainly because the contractors are still working on the bathrooms. We expected that to be done much sooner, but it is really a big job. The contractor has been working quite hard, and doing quality work, so we don't really have any complaints. Just bad time-estimates. Apart from that, we're quite excited about how well the house is shaping up. Can't wait to move in! (Especially since my PC is languishing unused at the house every night.... I haven't played WoW in weeks!!)
