Blessings From Home

Moving Along

Things are really moving along for us. My husband's 401K check came in. That is what we're using to help us pay for closing. We had to cancel his account and get all the money out. It was a last resort for us. He's starting it up again in September. We just decided that it was more important to buy a home right now. The check ended up being 5,000 dollars more than what we thought which is such a blessing. With that money we will be able to make some of the repairs and fixing up that we were wanting to do, but thought we would have to wait for a while.

We were going to go ahead and use it all and put in central heat and air, but have decided instead to go with several smaller projects. We don't want to use it all, though. We want to make sure we have some in savings for just in case. Here's a partial list of some of the things we're going to do.

~Paint throughout the house

~Fix leaky toilet in Master bathroom

~Put in shower in Master bathroom, just a plain ole tub in there now.

~New shower head in other bathroom

~New flooring in both bathrooms

~New dishwasher in kitchen. There's a hole already cut for one, but there's no dishwasher there.

~Above the stove microwave to maximize space in the kitchen

~New chest freezer, something we've been needing for a long time.

~Possibly a new refrigerator, ours is about to kick the bucket.

~A computer. We have a laptop right now, but could really use a desk top for the kids and homeschool.

Some are neccesary, but some are just because we want them, which will be nice since we'll be in a house that is finally ours. Some of these may not happen for a while, but it's nice to have a wish list. And there may be other things that we will decide to do. I know I would really like to do some work in the yard and get it ready for a garden next year.

We're not scheduled to close until next Thursday, but since we're good friends with the people who own the house, and since my hubby has the whole week next week off from work, they're allowing us to go ahead and start working on the house now, so that we can go ahead and move in next week, while hubby is off. Isn't that sweet!

So I called and got all the utilities turned on and we'll start cleaning and working this afternoon. Before we move in we have to...

~Trim the bushes in the front. They're nearly blocking the stairs to the front door. And they really attract bees, which is okay, except when you brush past them and the bees start attacking.

~A deep and thorough cleaning. It's not completely filthy, but it definately needs a good scrubbing.

~The people who owned the house left a lot of their stuff their, and told us to do what we wanted to do with it. Sell it or trash it. So we need to move all the appliances-an old fridge and stove, a washer and dryer, and all the other little things they left out of the way until we have a yard sale.

~Take the carpet and tack strips out of the hallway and front bedrooms. There is nice wood floors underneath that need a little refinishing.

And that's about it. Then we'll move in. I'm going to make sure and take lots of pictures of before we even get started, so we can see the progress we've made.

Hubby will be home for lunch soon, so I better run. More updates later when I have a chance.

Blessings, sara