December 12

The papers have been signed and we have a tentative close date of December 12. We had the termite inspection yesterday and they found soft wood in one corner of our garage. We went ahead and treated the house so that we could get a termite letter stating any problems had been fixed. $$$ OUCH! Saturday is the house inspection and I'm sure shortly there after will be the appraisal. Surely the inspector won't find too much wrong with the house. When we had the house inspected when we bought it, there wasn't much suggested to be fixed and anything suggested was fixed by us over the last year. I'm nervous about it all but at the same time, everything has worked out so wonderfully that I know the house will sell and I know the Lord is blessing us tremendously!

We meet Tuesday with the builder and realtor in Smyrna of the house we found a few weeks ago. The house is sitting there empty waiting for a buyer and I hope the buyer will be us. The builder is already offering 3% towards closing. We want to close no later than December 12 so that we can move straight from our house to Smyrna without being in limbo. I have done mortgage shopping and finally ended up with our mortgage broker. I look forward to everything working out and getting back home before Christmas...that is our goal!

Another blessing

Today we officially sold the explorer fire truck...It went to another firefighter from north nashville who will LOVE it. He was so excited to be getting it. We took some of the money and went to buy Ben a tool box for his truck so that he would have a rain free place to store his fire gear and protect it from sun damage. He is happy now. :) It was definately a blessing to sale the truck quickly and for what we thought it was worth. Yay! Check that off the list...now onto getting the potential buyers to make up their dern mind about our house...buy it already!!!

Happy Birthday Ben!

Ben's birthday is thursday. He will be 25! Crazy...Life is so hectic right now when him in Smyrna more than Winchester. We have to celebrate tonight since this is the only night I get to see him this week. I am making his favorite cake and we are going to sit on the porch and hand out candy to all the kids..woo hoo...haha... Thanks to everyone for a fun get together Monday night for his birthday. Shannon the lasagna was great!

For Sale!

We signed all the paper work with Rusty Monday evening to get our house on the market. Rusty is taking pictures friday afternoon, but our listing should be posted Thursday. I did a deep cleaning of the house today and it looks much better after I did that. There are still a few items I would like to take care of but it isn't anything that will keep me from feeling confident about showing the house. We are thanking God for the rain we have recently received. This will make our roses and our new bushes look really nice for Rusty's pictures.

I really don't think the house will sit on the market long. That is my hope anyway. I'm still shooting for moving before Christmas. Wish us luck!

The race is on

Well, we have six months to get ourselve moved to Smyrna. In my mind, we should've been moved yesterday...it is going to cost us so much money driving back and forth to work. We are in the process of getting everything in the home ready for showing the house. We just replaced our rotting back door. I'm working all the hours I can get at St. Thomas so that we can save save save. We are going to set aside a carpet fund to offer the the buyer for our home. I want to do some landscaping this weekend while the weather is nice. We had some shrubs that died and we need to rip them out and replace them with something alive..haha

We found a house in Smyrna that we fell in love with. Rusty checked the comps for us and they have a reasonable asking price. So once we put our home on the market, I want to make an offer on the home contingent that our home sells. :) I would be absolutely tickled if we could be in Smyrna by Christmas. Hopefully our home will sell in no time. We've done so much work to it. My goal this weekend is to declutter and haul it all to the dump!! Wish us luck!

HE GOT THE JOB!!! Woo hoo! Thank you everyone for your prayers and love!

Fantastic!

They finally called today. Ben got a call after 2pm. They told him that the chief wanted to meet with him on Wednesday morning. He will ask him some questions about his goals, interests, etc. Then the administrative assistant said he will more than likely offer him the job. She said he likes to offer the jobs in person instead of over the phone. I can't tell you how excited we are. Ben is staying very reserved about it all. He won't gush over it until he gets the official offer. I'm proud of him for that but I can't contain myself. I want to be in Smyrna yesterday! Thank you EVERYONE for your prayers and your love. We love all of you! See you soon!