Ooo, La la

Dave and I had our final walkthrough today from 2-4:30 or so. We were instructed on how all the items around the house work and looked for any defects that we could see that needed to be fixed before we closed. There weren't many things that needed to be fixed honestly and it was so awesome seeing the whole thing completed!! Now, it's just a waiting game for 7 more days and it's ours to live in!! Here are two pictures where you can now see the wood floor is uncovered and the carpet is in...

Oh yeah...we found out because Pulte had a flaw in their paperwork...we actually got an additional $2k of upgrades that we didn't even know! (ceramic tile around our master tub and some crown molding in the foyer) He he...I guess it pays to sign early in a new subdivision, before they proof all their paperwork...

No more pics for a while, since we're on vacation next week moving. Although, I might just withhold anymore pictures so that we can have visitors come see us...since we refused to invite anyone over while living in our apartment.

Next time I post, I will live in a real house!!

Black Belt Fever

Dave and I had a very busy weekend...I drove with my Mom to Urbana to pick up my brother for Thanksgiving break. One thing that made me laugh is that there must be some unwritten rule for college kids that you should hold out doing laundry for at least a few weeks before Thanksgiving. That way, you can bring a HUGE bag of dirty laundry home for your Mom to clean!! I swear, every kid we saw coming out of the dorm had at least one huge mesh bag full of laundry! I guess every quarter counts in college though!

Saturday was a big event for my Dad and brother...they both took black belt tests (Dad - 5th degree and Patrick - 1st degree). It was a grueling 3 hour test with a total of around 12 people testing. The test was hosted at my Dad's facility in Yorkville, so Dave and I went to show support and helped set up the celebratory feast afterwards (and I made cupcakes...mmmm!). Of course they both passed with flying colors!!!

Sunday was pretty boring for me, Dave worked from 9-6:30p.m. and I just did errands around the apartment and started to get a few things ready for packing this next weekend....yee ha!

2 Weeks

As you can see by the pictures, our sod and mailbox are now there, kitchen island was put in and the final coat of paint was put on. We have our final walkthrough a week from today and closing 2 weeks from today! We're trying not to get too excited because it is 2 weeks away, but we're hoping with Thanksgiving right around the corner, time will fly by!!

On another note, I've discovered I'm starting to like sushi a little bit. We took Dave's Dad out for a birthday dinner at a place called Blu Coral on Saturday and I tried a piece of 'Red Dragon'...pretty good!

One other news item from this weekend...Dave's car was hit by someone in our parking lot Friday night! We came out Saturday morning and noticed his front, right panel was pretty badly hit! It's a shame with such a short amount of time left in the place and someone has to be stupid. We went around that night investigating all the cars in the lot that might've been responsible. We found one car that might've done it, but hard to prove without someone seeing it happen. So, time to call the insurance agent!

3 weeks

Here are pictures from this past weekend. They had our wood floors done, appliances were in the house ready to be put in, and all railings were done. I'm sure there were more little things they did that we couldn't see, but it's definitely coming together!! We can't wait to get moved in and start painting and getting our old things back! We took Sasha again this weekend and I really think she's starting to like the place! :)

Rowan Ashmore

Here is a picture of our new little niece!! She's so adorable! Dave's parents went out to PA to visit and sent us lots of pictures of Rowan. Dave and I can't wait to meet her in person hopefully early next year!