Moved In!!

We finally moved in! It has taken awhile to post because we had a little bit of a internet dilema. After moving in we realized there wasn't a phone jack in the room we wanted to put the computer in. The closest was in the kitchen and I wasn't having a wire running through everywhere. So we finally figured out how to set up wirelessly with just having the modem and router be in the kitchen. I was pretty proud of me being all computer techy and figuring it out, cuz I am horrible with computers. But we are finally in and I will post pics once we are all settled and more out of boxes :)

Harry Potter

I broke my tradition this year and didn't go to the midnight showing :( I thought we would be closing the next day, so didn't want to stay out that late. When I found out we weren't closing, I needed a stress relief and my WONDERUFL friend Katie took Landon for us so we could escape reality for a few hours and go to the movie. It was really good! WARNING for parents though, I don't know if I would take little kids to it, it is a little violent and dark (cuz the book is). I'm weird with movies from books, I never love it the first time, but like it more and more each time I see it, but this one was actually really good for my first time critique :) Thanks again Katie, you're awesome!!

Closing Horror Stories

So, I want to hear if anyone else has had horror stories with closing on their house. I have heard it can be ridiculous, but want to know that we aren't the only ones to have drama with closing :) So my agent calls last night and says that the guy buying our house needs to move closing from wednesday to friday. I guess he forgot to sign one little initial on a paper to get his down payment and so know the under writer needs 2 more days because the source of his down payment has changed or something. So, now instead of getting the keys to the house on thursday we wont get them until MONDAY!!! Because closing on friday, they won't be able to verify funding until the next business day. SERIOUSLY!! We had work taken off and babysitters all lined up to move over the weekend. It's just so frustrating that you find this type of stuff out barely 24 hours before you were supposed to close! I spent like 3 hours on the phone the other day changing our address and getting utilities switched over. I had peeps coming to the house friday to set up internet and cable, so now have to call and reschedule all of that! Sorry, just had to vent, but leave me a comment and let me know if we aren't alone in our frustration!

So Weird

So my house feels so weird right now! I have started packing and pretty much don't have anything on my walls anymore. It's crazy how much decorations can change a room. I'm so excited to decorate the new house. I have all these ideas in my head and can't wait to put them in action. It will be a work in progress for a bit, but will be worth it in the end :) So we are good to go on both selling and buying, YEAH :) Just need to sign now. So I will shortly be posting some before pics of our new house :)

Help?

So I still have all my old prom dresses for some reason and wanted to try and sell them, since they cost a pretty penny when they were new. I put them on KSL, but I was wondering if there are any stores that buy used prom dresses. I know there are websites, but I'd rather just drop them off and get the cash :) So does anyone know of any such place that buys used dresses?

We're NOT HOMELESS!!! YEAH!!

Yeah!! We have a house! We finally came to an agreement! So this is our beautiful house. It was built in 2005. It's a split-level/multi-level/california-split (I've heard em called so many different names I don't know the correct term). It has a living room, family room, kitchen, and dining room on the main level. 3 bedrooms and 2 baths upstairs (I love my closet! It's a HUGE walk-in :). The basement is un-finished, but one day (hopefully sooner than later) will have a laundry room, 2 rooms, and half-bath. I'm so excited to have a new house, but I do have to say I'm NOT excited to pack and move :(
We both LOVE the backyard! Our favorite thing to do is sit in the backyard on summer nights. So we can't wait to get some patio furniture and spends evenings sitting back there watching Landon play. The yard seems huge! It's only like .22 of an acre, but it feels massive, this picture doesn't fully capture it :)

3rd Time, Schmerd Time

Quick house hunting update. Apparently 3rd time wasn't the charm we needed. We went out again on Monday and saw our top 3 houses again while we were waiting to hear back on our offer. Going through the house in Roy, we found some things we didn't love as much as we thought. It makes me laugh too, because the house had been listed since Feb. and in the agent remarks it said: Sellers motivated! Bring us an offer! So that makes you think they need to sell and will negotiate, right? Wrong. They were so unwilling to negotiate and thought the house was worth way more than it is. The best part was finding out they don't have anywhere to move and are debating on building and aren't in any hurry to sell :) So what's with the motivated remarks? We did however make a different offer on a house in Clinton. I know, I know...we need to make up our minds already. But now we are negotiating that one, so we'll see how this one goes :)