Hi! Merry Christmas! Just a quick update here.. I know I get too lazy to log in and post sometimes... sorry!

ANYway...

So, I've been working in the service deli in the store officially for a week now (following a week of training at another store). So far it's ok... we had so much fun training at the other store, but I'm a little leery of the goings-on at my own store. I've got high standards, and was trained by the regional trainer for our area (who knows her stuff, and stressed protocol) and some of my new co-workers (been there longer than me) don't meet my standards. bleh. not sure what I'm going to do about that, but if there is going to be trouble, I don't want to be attatched to it!


We've been by the house a few times. There was a little bit of a scare that we weren't going to qualify for the loan after all. Because of the loooooong escrow, and the bad economy/housing fiasco the government is tightening the screws on mortgages and all of a sudden what was no problem a few months ago was just outside our grasp. (the debt-to-income-ratio was off by 4%... d'oh!)
But the builder's lender, who we've been dealing with crunched a few numbers and it's all good now. We even locked in with a pretty low percentage. woohoo!

The official closing date is January 29th. Hopefully we can use the extra day or two in the apartment to get some paint and floors down before moving in the furniture.
The builders didn't offer laminate, and we couldn't afford their hardwood, so we went with the cheapest carpet option they offered, and plan to rip it out immediately for laminate. Downstairs, anyway. Then, we'll have some brand spanking new, clean carpet to donate....to somewhere. Yay!

Counters should have arrived today, and our flooring should be in sometime by next week (they barely started it last week) but all the paint, etc is done, and it's starting to look like home! =)