That's because everything that I've had to talk about - I didn't want to jinx by telling everyone.
We are buying a house in Hutch. We close on the 8th of October!! For the most part - everything has gone okay. We have been watching ads and spending A LOT of time walking around Home Depot! We did luck out and got 30% off a brand new washer and dryer - plus when I signed up for the Sears card - we got an additional 5% off and no interest for 12 months! Can't complain! I realize how much I am growing up when I realized how excited I got that we bought a fridge! Since we don't know how long we are staying at this house, we decided to go with a simple very energy efficient fridge. Drew will have to live without his in door water and ice dispenser. We even got the fridge for less than the advertised sale price - plus 12 months no interest! Energy Star appliances amaze me. With average use and cost of electricity - the fridge we bought is estimated to cost $35 a year!! Granted I never really checked into things like that but to me it seems like a fridge should cost a whole lot more to run for a year! I also decided that I really like the 12 months no interest thing. We have the funds to pay off all of the appliances, but since starting a new house has a lot of hidden costs, it's nice to save some of the liquid funds as a just in case. As soon as we're settled we're gonna pay those puppies off!
We are getting ready to say good-bye to cable. Oh DVR - how I will miss you. On the other hand, we will be attempting the Netflix/internet tv route. Most of the shows that we like to watch are available free online so we'll be hooking my computer up to the TV and we'll see how that goes. We've (me especially) been watching a lot of HGTV in the last month. If you have the ability to watch HGTV you need to check out Holmes on Homes. I have learned so much about houses and building codes from watching his show. I consider watching it research :) It doesn't hurt that I have gotten some great ideas for shower tile remodels and other fun projects.
Keep your fingers crossed that these last few days will continue to go well! I can't wait to get into my house! Pictures to come!
