Things are new in our lives though. A new home (not newly built but new to us), a new city, and new neighbors. We started house hunting in March or April and found the "home of our current dreams" within a few weeks.
We dealt with the banks and had some surprises. We have excellent credit, a high credit score, and were told all along, "You will have no problem getting your loan." Yeah right....after lots of paperwork, bank statements, paystubs, and writing letters, the loan finally went through. Did you know that the banks don't want you to use cash anymore? Right?
Even though we used the same bank that our prior mortgage was with, we have two checking accounts with, and have dealt with for over 30 years, they had to ask us where the cash deposits came from. We had to write a letter and sign it stating that Ken cashes his paycheck at his credit union, then gives me whatever portion we choose to deposit into checking. Go figure! I remember people from the "old country" telling me when we were first married that they saved their money and paid cash for their home. Well the good part about that is that they wouldn't have had to deal with the bank and explain that they saved their money.
So within a couple of months, we searched, found, packed and unpacked our belongings (lots of stuff but not all) and are now in our new home. We have been dealing with two homes (three if you count the camper) for a couple months, getting one ready to move into, one ready to move out of, and the other as a retreat (the camper) when we feel overwhelmed.
We worked like busy beavers along with our family and friends getting the house as ready as possible before moving. We got three bedrooms, living room, hallway and the ceiling in the kitchen painted. The wallpaper was stripped from the kitchen and bath and the walls were scrubbed down in preparation for painting.
And yeah, Ken thought the house was "ready to move into." Quite a difference between how men see things and how women see things.
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