It has been two weeks since the house went under contract, and some
days it seems like it has been an eternity. The house inspection and
survey are both complete. Charlie is calling today to schedule the
termite inspection, and the only thing left is the appraisal. Then,
we shall wait some more… Let me remind you that I am not a patient
person. Charlie catches most of my frustration with the length of the
process. I do realize the amount of time it takes is out of our
hands, but it just makes me feel better to vent my frustrations. My
apologies to Charlie for all of my complaining and questions during
the process… please bare with me. I am looking forward to this whole
process being over, which makes the days seem to drag on. Closing
should occur sometime during the last week of October, but we haven’t
been given a specific date yet. Even if we had been given one, we all
know those are not set in stone… so my estimate is probably as good as
any date we could be given right now.

Charlie and I discussed houses more this weekend, and we are now
leaning toward an A-Frame. His cousin has one, and we went to visit
her this weekend to take a look at it, and I really liked it. Charlie
really wants a house out of the norm… and A-Frame’s are not
excessively common in the area. So, as of now, that’s what it looks
like it is going to be.

Ok, now that I have bored everyone to death, there really are no new
developments to share… but this entry has possibly saved Charlie from
a gripe-fest this evening… so I am sure he appreciates it. 
Until next time…

Tarah

Yesterday was the home inspection. We haven't got the final report yet but from talking to the realitor he said there were no major issues and he thought there would only be a few minor things in the report.

Every thing seems to be moving along. It won't be long now.

Charlie

Quick Update: I just talked to the realitor and the home inspection is scheduled for Wednesday so it looks like things are moving forward.

I didn't really do anything with the house site this weekend. I worked on fixing my utility trailer which needed a new deck. Dad and I managed to finished at all up. This weekend depending on weather I might get back to clearing the drive way.

Charlie

I spent yesterday morning and this morning making sure the house is ready for the home inspection. I just wanted to go through and double check everything and make sure there isn't anything that could hold up the process. We are waiting to hear when they are going to send someone out to do the home inspection.

I'm trying not to get to excited yet and I can tell Tarah is doing the same. It will be nice when this is done and final.

Charlie

Quick Update:

We are under contract on our house. After the guy looked at the house this evening he decided to put in a offer. After a little back and forth we came to an agreement. Closing is supposed to be in 45 days if everything works out. I know we have been waiting for this but it's hard to believe it's really happening.

When I was on the phone with Tarah making the deal it didn't really hit me. Then a few minutes later all the memories of our time in this house started flooding in. I'm happy to be taking a step forward in our lives together, but at the same time I'm a sentimental person and I'm a little sad inside leaving our life here behind.

Charlie

We made this weekend another 3 day weekend and took Friday off. I was able to get some more trees cut and cleaned up for our future house site. I still need to clear the road coming in to the site and install some culverts. The picture is the future view from our living room.

Friday we spent time with friends watching the Marsahll vs WVU football game. I think Tarah was a little crushed that Marshall got so close but ended up loosing it in the end. But it was nice to spend the time with friends and Alex got to play with his little friend Chloe.

We are getting more and more excited to move all the time. It seems like it's getting closer. We are hoping our house sells soon. We have another showing tonight and at least one other couple still interested.

Charlie

…and… we wait! Just when we thought the waiting might be over… bam!
No such luck! We got an offer last Thursday. It was a great offer
(minus the 60 day until closing)… we didn’t even need to counter
offer. This was it - our house was under contract!!! Well, all of
that lasted for approximately 45 minutes! No sooner did we find out
we were under contract, did we get the call telling us we were NOT
under contract. Talk about disappointing. It felt like someone
realized I was getting too much happiness, and decided to come steal
it away. It broke.my.heart. Charlie recognized immediately that I
was GREATLY disappointed, so he came along with some encouraging
words. He knows I do not take disappointment well, so thankfully he
put his disappointment aside, and focused on trying to cheer me up.
To Charlie: Thank you for that – I love you! We do have another
person who is very interested, at least from what we are told. I
mean, she has been to look at the house 3 times in a 5 day span. She
just can’t make that final step. Apparently the idea of change is
holding her back. I am hoping that for whatever reason, she makes an
offer this week. That would be WONDERFUL. I do realize our house has
only been on the market just over 2 weeks, and that some people wait
months and months for even their first offer. I am trying my best not
to get discouraged. I am trying to be optimistic. I am really
trying… its just hard. As mentioned previously (and likely to be
mentioned again) – I am just not a patient person.

On to better things… Charlie worked to clear several trees off our
house lot this weekend. It already looks much better! There are
still 3-4 more we need to clear before any excavation is done, but
every step is progress made. We also have a house plan that is likely
to be “the one”… assuming other factors work in our favor. Only time
will tell.

Well, just wanted to give an update, since neither of us had posted in
over a week… until next time.

Tarah