I can feel the acid churning in my stomach...can someone get me some Rolaids?

The frustration never ends. Maybe one day (hopefully soon) I will post something more positive and light-hearted.

Here are a list of my current stomach acid churning beefs:
1. House inspection scheduled for 9am today. Scenario: I take off work to keep the dogs entertained and away from the house for an hour or so. After a leisurely stroll at Target, I return to the house to find that NO inspection has taken place.

2. Call real estate agent-she said she showed up at 9 with the buyer's inspector. 20 minutes later pass with no buyer or buyer's agent and no phone call.

3. Buyer's agent calls my agent, says no inspection b/c contract is missing "a few initials."

4. Real estate agent calls me to tell me all the news. I semi blow up and say that I can't continue to miss work for this crap.

5. Real estate agent says buyer wants a new contract with a different asking price. Too complicated for her to figure out so she takes it to the closing company to decipher. WTF?

Note: If you can't afford to buy a home and have to take a 106% loan out on a house, maybe that is a sign.

Note: Who is selling this house? Me or the buyer?

Happy Heart Day!

STRESS!

The girl who is buying my house wants to close on the last Wed in Feb now, not March 12th, as originally agreed to. Normally, I would say heck NO, but she is in a nasty custody battle with her ex-husband. If she can legally prove that she lives in Tulsa Co, the judge will grant her full custody instead of her ex-husband. What have I gotten myself into? Say a prayer, or five, for me!

It's Official...kinda.....

Pending the inspections, our house is almost officially SOLD. Even thought we are going to have to sign our lives away at the closing table, it is a great weight lifted off of our shoulders. Now we just have to figure out where to live, what to do with our dogs, etc...

Sadly, I think we are going to have to find GOOD homes for our Beagle and Dachshund. I hate to do that, but the reality is is that we can't move anywhere with 3 dogs. We've given those dogs very good lives so we hope that we can find someone to continue to do so. I've made the executive decision to keep Bella, the Lab. Mainly because she was my first "big purchase" when I graduated a got a job. Her demeanor is so good and she is a good dog in general.

Oh, I passed my Speech-Language Pathology Board Exam. I'm almost officially a speech-language pathologist:)

Have a great weekend! Keep the good wishes coming until we are actually at the closing table!

Contract Schmomtrack

Ok, I can't remember being a demanding first home buyer, but apparantely I should have been. The potential buyer wants to pay us 5K less than our asking price PLUS she wants us to help with ~6K of closing costs/fees, etc... AND she wants a home warranty AND our washer and dryer? This is not including the repair costs of up to 2K!

Is this for real? Let me make sure I'm doing my math correctly....if we took this offer, we would be SO UPSIDE DOWN! Plus we still have to pay the realtor fee! So, we came back with our SELLING PRICE plus all the junk she wanted. She came back with 1K more than her original offer.

Seriously? I realize it is a buyer's market but come on!

Exciting News?

I have a contract on the house!?!? I don't know whether to be excited or not. Obviously, the person that was talking like the "potential buyer" is really a potential buyer! Keep your fingers crossed!

A beautiful day

It is such a beautiful day here in Tulsa. The weather, as always, is surprising as ever! Last Thursday, it snowed. Today it is 74. Tomorrow it will be 38. I am enjoying every bit of this sunshine. My home was "open" yesterday. There was a great turnout. My realtor said there was a young girl with her mother that "talked like buyers." I'm not sure if that is good or bad or how you distinguish a buyer from a non-buyer but I trust my realtor. I am scared that the house will sell before I move. Where will I live for the short 2-3 months? I'm told not to worry about it. So, for the first time in my life, I'm not going to.

This weekend I took a trip down memory lane. I looked at my senior book and it was funny to see how I thought I had my whole life planned out at a mere 18 years of age. Here are some funny facts:
In 10 years, I hope to be: a computer programmer or an elementary school teacher
My love outlook: Hopefully someone will want to marry me
I'd like a yearly salary of: at least 60K
Family plans: A house, dogs-preferably Dalmations and 4 children, maybe some adopted
I'll drive a: Toyota Land Cruiser
I'll own a: mansion
I'll live in: Dallas, TX or Albequerque, NM
I'll travel to: far away countries and my native homeland, Vietnam

10 years later.....I have a home, dogs (Lab, Beagle, mini-Daschund) and someone did want to marry me (but that is now over....long story, will write more later)

It's funny to see how your perspective changes in 10 years. Even in a year, my thoughts are different. Heck, I think of something new every minute!

Has your life worked out the "way you wanted it to?"

I'm back!

Hi friends,

After a long hiatus from blogging, I am finally back into the swing of things. Life has been hectic, but I suppose it wouldn't be fun if it wasn't.

Here is a quick recap of what's been going on since I blogged last...

November: Our house went on the market. We thought we were going to have a chance to sell that month until.....

December: Huge ice storm in town. It was as if a mini war zone hit Tulsa. This is our home one day after the ice storm. We were w/o power for 11 days. Luckily, we had a warm place to live. Others were not so fortunate. Our neighbor passed away that week. She fell in her home and became hypothermic. Needless to say, she was found too late. We were fortunate enough to have wonderful friends, family and guardian angels. Whomever it was that put our meter box back on our house is truly an angel in my book. Thank You! Unfortunately, we still have piles of limbs in our yard and half broken branches in the trees. We are hoping for good weather here on out.

We traveled to Houston for the holidays. It didn't really feel like Christmas though. It was nice to be with family.

January: I took my board exam on the 12th. I am patiently waiting for my scores (4 weeks!). Keep your fingers crossed and say your prayers that I passed. I started my school rotation on the 2nd. I am currently at Northeast Elementary in Owasso. It is interesting. My heart goes out to the teachers and staff! Working in a school is tough. There is so much paperwork and so little money-those who teach are truly doing it because they are passionate about it. It amazes me every day! I have 53 kids on my caseload right now. That's a lot of paperwork (mainly IEP's). My favorite part is working in the multi-handicap classroom. These kids are the sweetest ones. I have found that I don't have much patience when it comes to working with children in the mainstream classrooms. I don't know if it because they are so spoiled (i.e., me: what did you get for xmas? them: a wii, xbox 360, horse, plasma tv, etc) or if I would rather work with the kids in the multi-handicap room instead. Either way, it has been an eye-opening experience and it makes me really really ready to graduate!

I guess that brings me up-to-date for now. I'll write tomorrow.

See you then!