So I am moving closer to the closing date of closing on my mortgage. Seems like the more excited we are about seeing our vision through the longer it takes to happen. Maybe I need to learn a little bit about patience. I know that I have not been in the cheeriest of moods as the cloud of "additional documentation needed" looms overhead. But here I am in the last week of October and I can actually see tomorrow...and it looks like I can yell hooray shortly.
In the last month I have driven to the new place about four times. It looks more raggedy as the days go by because it is not being lived in right now..(the owner moved in with her fiancé, and the grass needs to be groomed. But hey...some repainting was done on the trim and fence. I am so grateful to call this place mine one day soon. One of the things I look forward to is driving by just to drive in the driveway!
When that happens I will have a paper trail of everything I had to do to make this purchase happen, and the experience to share with any future home buyers. I could write a book by now. The docs and records stack at least 9" high and fit nicely into a canvas shopping bag. And I have saved the entire process in a file on a computer, copies of everything I submitted with dates and everything, duplicating my online mortgage lending file account that my lender maintains. The knowledge I have now of this entire journey could be of use to someone else someday.
So moving on I just want to decorate my place for the upcoming holidays. First, Thanksgiving. I envision a bale of hay with some nice fat pumpkins on my porch. I see perhaps a cornucopia sitting atop one of bales..and perhaps a couple of planters of mums. Or...better...here are a couple of pictures I found on the internet for beautiful outdoor decorations for Thanksgiving:
Stand by. I hope to share some of that kind of decorating as soon as I am moved in the place. I look so forward to showing all of you my new pride and joy.