buying a house today

At 12:30 today, we go to the Land and Title Company and write a very big check for our new home. It isn’t brand new, but it’s new to us, and we love it. We don’t actually write a check as those are no longer accepted. Paul wired the money to their bank on Monday, so all we’ll be doing is signing lots of papers. Officially, we take possession of the house tomorrow, but if they have it vacated as we’ve been told they have, then we might get to go over there this evening and play. I’m so excited!

Tim and I have been living with Mom and Dad for 11 months and two days, Paul a month less because of his visa delays. If I’d known it was going to be this long at the start I would have done something differently, but it’s been a great experience. The best part has been watching the relationship that has developed between Tim and Mom and Dad. Our main reason for moving to the US and the only reason we moved to Fort Collins was so that Tim could get to know them. Mission accomplished.

We've been slowly packing over the last few weeks, so you can imagine the state of things down here in the basement.

tim's got as much to move as either one of us

It burst over into the garage last night as we started to move things in preparation to move out.

the garage

When I say ‘we’ moved things, I really mean Paul and Dad moved things. I get scolded if I so much as look at a box. One of the nice things about living here is that we don’t have to have everything out in one go, but we’re going to try to get as much as we can.
Neither of us have slept much in the last few nights; we are so impatient to be home owners again.

We’ve got a considerably bigger job of getting this place sorted than we did the flat, but we’re doubly ready for the challenge. I want to post pictures this weekend, but we may not have internet and I may not have time. Trust that I will get it done, eventually.