In case some of you might be wondering what’s happening with our home situation and moving thereof…

…we’re still waiting.

Okay, so that’s pretty boring I know but the fact of the matter is there’s a whole lot of steps that we have no control of that must take place before we can finally allow ourselves to stop sweating—meaning the final approval from the bank. But I can say that the appraisal has been done (last week) and we should have the final approval by the end of this week. Then it’s a matter of setting the closing date.

And since the lawyer handling the legal paperwork has already done the title search of the property before going on vacation without the final approval from the bank, I can probably take that as a sign that all is going well?

Speaking of dates and such, the closing date will be pushed back one week in order that we can take advantage of a grant provided by the state for new home owners that will shave a bit off the top of the mortgage. And every little bit helps of course. I also have a good friend of mine coming up from central Vermont on Friday to do an informal inspection of the place. Since the old house, although in great shape, has a few quirks here and there concerning plumbing and electrics (which were redone in 2008) one of the owners will be there as well to give us a good idea of what’s what.

I hate waiting. I believe I said that before?

In the meantime April around here has been rather unusual. I mean not only have the buds come out on the trees but the leaves have started to make an appearance. This usually happens in May for heavens sake! The grass is growing as well. In fact it’s growing very well which just means that not only will we have to mow once before we vacate the premises but 2 or 3 times before we lock this place up for good.

Oh well, that was the deal when we moved here and we keep our word. I’ll just make sure I check out the mower thoroughly before Laurie uses it. I’d hate for it to conk out on her while she’s out there doing the mowing.