Archives for February 2011

Wow, so many things happening this week.  I feel like I’m getting bowled over with everything.  Nothing fancy today, just some updates.

#1 – I want to blog more about this since I haven’t mentioned it but I just finished up 10 days of a Daniel Fast this weekend.  I did it for both spiritual and physical reasons. I’ve never done a fast quite like this and let me tell you, it has been amazing in so many ways.

#2 – This week I finish reading the Bible in 90 Days.  I’ve loved it just as much as the first time. I can not recommend it enough.

#3 – I GOT THE JOB.  It took forever to get approvals but I got the offer on my job this morning and pending drug tests, fingerprinting, etc I should be working full time by the end of the month.  There are going to be changes around here.  And no, I’m not sure all for the better.  Definitely some sacrifices.  However, lots of wins too.  Yay!

#4 – We found out this morning we have our closing for our financing on the addition on Thursday.  Hoping to break ground next week!

Wow, those are huge!  All happening in the same week!  Crazy right?  I mean, this job thing has been in the works for 8 months, we’ve been holding out on the house for weeks and now it’s all happening within days of each other!

In other random news, Emma caught a stomach bug so she is home with me today.  We’re a little tired from being up so much and I think that is adding to what feels like the craziness going on today.

Hope you’re having a great Monday!

Sooo…the appraiser turned around the appraisal in a few short hours yesterday.  The bank called last night with some bad news.  Not devastating but bad.  The house appraised about 18K short of what they were expecting and they can only lend us 11K below what we requested.  They will give us what they can and anything over that will have to be covered out of pocket.  Now.  Thank goodness for our emergency fund and savings and we have some cash available but we don’t want to spend that much.  The good news is we know we can get some materials at a lower cost and Scott can do some of the work.  We think we’ll be close but yeah, we’re going to be on a tight budget for the whole ride.  I had hoped to sail through without a worry but thinking about it, I think it’s good that it’s going to force us to be wise with our money.  We all know I like a good deal so I’m going to have to do some serious deal hunting without sacrificing the plans since that’s what got the appraisal even where it is.  Which means…we’re getting the fireplace.  So excited about that!

So next steps are to order the title search and then close, probably next week!  Eek!