Goodness comes to me at last.
So... today was a really good day. I mean.. really good day. I'm so happy to be alive. Never, in a million years, if anyone told me that my life was going to turn out this way, would I have believed them.
Friday afternoon, talked to Mortgage counselor. They're moving forward on getting me approved for a loan. I have a certain debt that needs to be paid before closing, and it's only a matter of working out the logistics of paying it, but other than that, nothing holds me back from buying my own house. He said absolutely, I'm going to get approved.. just need to wait for the paperwork to be done and then get an amount that I'll be prequalified for. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to buy a house with the mortgage rates the way they are and it's a buyer's market. I'm in such a good place to be. A house shall be mine.. soon. My lease is up at the end of May. That's my goal. I have less than 60 days to find and close on a house. That should be plenty of time. Been cruising cbseal.com looking at houses within the price range I THINK I'll be approved for...and even if I get approved for more, a nice 200k price range makes for a comfortable mortgage. I am looking at the possibility of getting a 3bdrm anyway and possibly renting the room. We'll see. Maybe a 2 bdrm would be fine if I have some extra "office" area. I am just a happy person right now.
Also talked to Dad for awhile today. We're going to sell of Firecracker and look at getting an overnighter boat. This makes me happy too. I can't wait for sailing season to start. Kate (my step mom) was out sailing today. I think Dad is jealous and ready to get started on going out sailing. He's really happy too. Ben is out of their house and him and Kate are putting their lives back together. My brother and Jo are pregnant and looking to buy a house too right now. I gotta put aside some time to go be auntie Lewanna to the baby around about August. So excited about that.
What else? Oh yeah. A few days ago, Seamus got ahold of my phone. He chewed it up. I mean.. he chewed it a little and now the keys don't work. So, I went to the ATT store looking for a phone. I walked in and the guy told me to buy an iPhone. I scoffed and proceeded to go look at the other phones. Then, just out of curiosity, I went to check out the iPhone. I was impressed. I gotta tell ya. It was nice. I walked out with a new 16 gig iPhone. I am SO utterly addicted to the damn thing. I went out and bought a special case for it today to protect it. I love my phone. It has maps, I can make ringtones, I can watch movies/tv shows/whatever/listen to music. I can watch YouTube directly. I can browse the internet and it has wifi. I have an unlimited data plan (was only an extra 20 a month) that if there is no wireless, it will use the data plan. I'm so impressed and loving my iPhone. I don't care what you mac haters say. This is a geek toy and the geek in me is in love.
Rachel and David are still living here and I'm so incredibly happy with them in the house. They're cool and while they're not always the cleanest people, neither am I and they never say shit to me. They gave me the sweetest card today. It said "There needs to be more people like you in the world" and then someone else wrote "No kidding.. thanks for being the coolest "landlady" ever..". It totally made me smile. It seems that I rent out my spare room and I always get lucky and get people who are kick ass roommates. They're probably moving to Flagstaff when I get a house, though, so that Rachel can start school. I wish them the best, but I'm going to miss them so much.
Ok.. I guess I'm going to go now. I've been off playing WoW on the advice of my therapist (who advised me to play it if it made me happy). My rogue is all geared out and I've gotta go kill Gruul and get my Dragonspine Trophy. :)
Friday afternoon, talked to Mortgage counselor. They're moving forward on getting me approved for a loan. I have a certain debt that needs to be paid before closing, and it's only a matter of working out the logistics of paying it, but other than that, nothing holds me back from buying my own house. He said absolutely, I'm going to get approved.. just need to wait for the paperwork to be done and then get an amount that I'll be prequalified for. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to buy a house with the mortgage rates the way they are and it's a buyer's market. I'm in such a good place to be. A house shall be mine.. soon. My lease is up at the end of May. That's my goal. I have less than 60 days to find and close on a house. That should be plenty of time. Been cruising cbseal.com looking at houses within the price range I THINK I'll be approved for...and even if I get approved for more, a nice 200k price range makes for a comfortable mortgage. I am looking at the possibility of getting a 3bdrm anyway and possibly renting the room. We'll see. Maybe a 2 bdrm would be fine if I have some extra "office" area. I am just a happy person right now.
Also talked to Dad for awhile today. We're going to sell of Firecracker and look at getting an overnighter boat. This makes me happy too. I can't wait for sailing season to start. Kate (my step mom) was out sailing today. I think Dad is jealous and ready to get started on going out sailing. He's really happy too. Ben is out of their house and him and Kate are putting their lives back together. My brother and Jo are pregnant and looking to buy a house too right now. I gotta put aside some time to go be auntie Lewanna to the baby around about August. So excited about that.
What else? Oh yeah. A few days ago, Seamus got ahold of my phone. He chewed it up. I mean.. he chewed it a little and now the keys don't work. So, I went to the ATT store looking for a phone. I walked in and the guy told me to buy an iPhone. I scoffed and proceeded to go look at the other phones. Then, just out of curiosity, I went to check out the iPhone. I was impressed. I gotta tell ya. It was nice. I walked out with a new 16 gig iPhone. I am SO utterly addicted to the damn thing. I went out and bought a special case for it today to protect it. I love my phone. It has maps, I can make ringtones, I can watch movies/tv shows/whatever/listen to music. I can watch YouTube directly. I can browse the internet and it has wifi. I have an unlimited data plan (was only an extra 20 a month) that if there is no wireless, it will use the data plan. I'm so impressed and loving my iPhone. I don't care what you mac haters say. This is a geek toy and the geek in me is in love.
Rachel and David are still living here and I'm so incredibly happy with them in the house. They're cool and while they're not always the cleanest people, neither am I and they never say shit to me. They gave me the sweetest card today. It said "There needs to be more people like you in the world" and then someone else wrote "No kidding.. thanks for being the coolest "landlady" ever..". It totally made me smile. It seems that I rent out my spare room and I always get lucky and get people who are kick ass roommates. They're probably moving to Flagstaff when I get a house, though, so that Rachel can start school. I wish them the best, but I'm going to miss them so much.
Ok.. I guess I'm going to go now. I've been off playing WoW on the advice of my therapist (who advised me to play it if it made me happy). My rogue is all geared out and I've gotta go kill Gruul and get my Dragonspine Trophy. :)