Home Inspection, Doctor Appts., etc.

Today we had the home inspection done on the house we are buying. It was also appraised by the bank-hired appraiser to make sure it appraises for as much as or more as our loan. Getting a loan was contingent on that. Thank goodness, it appraised for more! We also had a termite inspection done.

The home inspector spent a few hours looking around and didn't find much more than a missing shingle and a loose handrail. The only thing that we are going to have to fix for sure is a leak around the fireplace on the roof. We had to have that done on the house we are in now as well, I don't remember it being too expensive. The termite inspection turned up nothing. So, we are for sure moving forward on buying this house and are so excited!

I took some pictures on my phone. I'll post them, but they are not good quality at all. I'll definitely take some more "before" pictures before we start remodeling.

Here's the dining area. And the ugly red carpet. And the chandelier.



One of the bedrooms

Other bedroom


Full bath


1/2 bath. Flowered wallpaper painted over in bright orange. Lol.


Master bedroom


Living room


Kitchen. This picture actually makes it look better than it does.


Hallway and basement stairs


Front door. At least that's nice and new!


That's all I got. I should have brought my camera. I couldn't take any pictures of the basement because there weren't any light bulbs in the light fixtures.

Now comes the fun stuff. We have already priced kitchen appliances. We're going with "clean steel" as opposed to stainless. Less fingerprints was all I had to hear to make that decision! We've chosen a nice brownish neutral carpet for the whole house. We would like to do hardwood but that would completely blow our budget so we're going to wait on that. Someday....

Tomorrow I've got to take Camryn to the doctor for her 18 month check-up. I can't believe she is already that old!! My mom will be watching Summer for me, and then we're going to take my car to get new exhaust. It has been making weird noises for awhile now.

Friday, we are taking Summer to the children's hospital to have her stitches taken out of her eye. They will be putting her under, because they are also going to do an in-depth exam to make sure everything looks okay. We're going to be putting a ton of eye drops in her eye for awhile after this. Hopefully that goes better than it did last time.

Yesterday was Caylee Anthony's memorial service. I watched it live online. It was less of a circus than I thought it would be. In fact, the music that was sung and the words spoken by her family were very beautiful. Hopefully this can be a bit of closure for them. A calm before the storm that is the trial against Casey Anthony.

I've got to get up pretty early tomorrow to get a shower before I take Camryn to the doctor so I am going to try to go to bed now. Hope you're all having a good week!

Fourth

I was tagged by Emily. You're supposed to go to your 4th pictures folder, and find the 4th picture.

Since this laptop is fairly new, I don't have many of our own pictures saved yet. My 4th folder was my miscellaneous folder.

The picture is of Caylee Anthony, it's one that I got from someone on Websleuths.

If you haven't done this, do it :-)

6 Tidbits

I was tagged by Bridgett.

The Rules:

1. I write 6 interesting tidbits about myself.
2. I pick 6 other friends to also write interesting tidbits about themselves.


Ok, let's see...

1. When I was a kid, I didn't have an imaginary friend, I had imaginary brothers and sisters. 16 of them. I can still remember their names.

2. Joe and I plan on being foster parents some time in the future. I have always felt that I was meant to do that. There are so many kids that need loving families that do not have them, we want to provide a home for some of them.

3. Ever since July when it all started, I have been obsessed with the Caylee Anthony case. I am a member of a website called Websleuths, and I read their forums throughout the day. I've also read the hundreds of legal documents released. I feel a connection towards Caylee, probably since she's around Summer's age, and I want her to be recovered and memorialized properly. It's so hard to think that her mother could have done something to her, and I'm sure I will be glued to the TV/computer when her trial starts in January.


4. When my brother and I and our friend Erica were young, we were very bored one summer. We blended up a huge concoction of things, like dog food, tomatoes, hot dogs, and mayonnaise, and put it into little bags that my brother put on neighbors' porches. We had made up a name for it and wrote that and "free sample" on sticky notes and put them on the bags. Apparently someone thought it was poison or something and next thing we know, a cop was driving around, collecting the bags with gloves and tongs and putting them in his trunk. We freaked out and confessed what we did to our parents, and were grounded, even though we never heard from the police. I never said I was a smart kid ;)

5. I love horses and took riding lessons when I was 9 or so. It was really fun and I'm hoping that Summer and Camryn can ride as well. The house we're living in is next to a field that my mom and her family kept horses in when she was growing up.

6. I personally believe that clear is a color.


I'm tagging everyone who hasn't already done this!