today is the new tomorrow

I say that because it has taken me now like a week to get to "tomorrow" when I said I'd post more about how there is a giant U-haul parked in my parents' driveway...

Well thank goodness that is no longer a current statement... it's old news... because we now live in a house, not a U-haul. And for $30+ a day, I can find a pretty decent apartment to be livin in... the truck just didn't cut it ;P

And since today is the first day in almost 2 weeks I've actually had internet on my computer I'm finally catching up with a little of what I've missed! I've got a droid but it's hard to keep up with emails, facebook etc on it since the typing isn't the easiest. Back to my trusty rusty desktop ;) mmmmmalicious!

Anyways, here is the truck with the giant mushrooms on the side...



anyone know anything about the humongous fungus? I was like omg that's totes disgusting. TOTES people! (btw I just made myself barf a little just typing that word)



And heeeeere is a pic of the house! I will eventually post more nice ones, but everything is so disheveled right now... I just want to get off here and put some stuff away!



Oh ya, and that's me on the right side... wearing my bills hoodie with the hood up, because apparently it only ever rains and snows here now.

on buying a house

What would the house buying experience be if there wasn't a crazy story to go with it? I mean, for awhile things were going so smoothly that I was afraid we might make it through without a hitch and when the conversation started round the dinner table I might be met with blank stares as I explained, "well, when we bought our house, there were no problems. it was easy peasy. everything went as planned."

Well let me tell you how relieved I am to know that will never happen to me! I was starting to get worried...

When we wrote up the purchase offer agreement, it was stated that the closing date would be on or before April 18th. Now, although this is a nebulous date (moreorless) we were still told that it was ok to plan around it... and hopefully things would just fall into place.

Common problems not allowing us to close by then would most likely involve the bank, or some unfinished paperwork. So we decided to move out of our apartment on Sunday April 17 and stay overnight at my mom and dad's, close sometime Monday the 18th and then move in then and the next day.

On Sunday evening we went to the house for the final walkthrough... and found that the sellers had taken pre-posession of the house they are buying and were still in the process of moving out of our house but had no plans to close the next day.

At this point, we live in a U-haul.

Apparently, closing on the 18th wasn't convenient for them.

It's more convenient for them to have posession of both houses while they take their time to move.

So it's Tuesday night and we still have not closed.

The bank is ready. The lawyers are ready. We are ready. But the sellers, well, they're not.

What a great story right? I know, that's what I was thinking too ;)

Here's to hoping this all gets sorted out in the morning :) and I will have to dig out my camera from the bottom of my car and take a picture of the moving truck outside my parents house so you can see just how giant the humongous fungus from michigan is on the side of it.

I laugh so I don't cry ;)

touring the apartment (office and bathroom edition)

If you've been reading closely, you may have noticed I made mention of the fact we are in the process of buying a house... consequently, all we are waiting for now is the lawyer stuff and we should be closing in a few weeks! And so I realize I need to get my booty in gear and finish posting pictures of this apartment before we move!

Yesterday I did something I've been dreaming of doing for literally years. I got to pick out paint. And noone else's opinion mattered. I don't have to worry about painting back over it when I move along, I don't need approval from my mom, I am free! No more mish mash paint, muddy blues and greens... ugh. So done!

Such a great feeling. Seriously. But you probably know that ;)

At any rate, you might think I hate my apartment after that little rant, but it's simply not true. Yes, we don't have to decorate for Halloween because the outside of the house already fits the description... but this little apartment has a lot of good memories.

So here are the final 2 rooms.

This is the office/2nd bedroom. It was a disaster for most of the year, but a few weeks ago we really cleaned it up. There were boxes and boxes of stuff that had never been unpacked... which had more to do with the fact that we just didn't know where to put it once it was unpacked and less to do with wanting to unpack it. Well now that it's all unpacked I can pack it up once again... but there's a lot less. That's one of the things I like about moving and organizing... it gives me the best excuse to purge and get rid of old things I just don't need.



This is the view from the doorway above, then the picture below is the other side of the room to the right.



When Steve first moved in last winter the tool chest there was his night stand...



Then there is our guest bed to the right in this picture, but it's a twin. When we move, we'll have our double bed in the guest room, but that's in storage at a friend's house right now since we don't have room for it!

So that's that... now on to the bathroom.



It's super tiny, but you know what? I absolutely love it. I especially love being able to wash my hands while still sitting on the toilet... :P But seriously, the light is really awesome in there and it's cute and cozy :)



I absolutely love this shower curtain! Pretty much everything about it. Needless to say, the bathroom in the new house will be decorated very similarly... I'm still trying to decide what to do as for paint in there though... I'm almost leaning towards just white. I'm afraid it's possible I could overdo it with the teal. If you have an opinion feel free to tell me!