11:49 - Wednesday, Sept. 06, 2006
SOLD!!!
We did it!!!
It's SOLD! YIIIPPPPPPEEEEEEE!!!!!
Had a bit of a bidding war and we ended up with the final offer at $96,750.00! That's $6,850.00 more than the list price! Yeeeeeee-HAAAAAAAW!
HW was doing the happy dance all night and totally had a perma-grin, it was so cute. He kept singing "We're in the money, we're in the money, do do do do do do do do do do do do!" And such a cute little silly dance theng, kicking his legs like a leprechaun or something!
Me, I am so silly, how my stomach goes wild on me when I get worked up, excited or emotional in any way.... when the offers started coming I was just gagging and HW was just laughing at me - he's like "What are you gonna do when we get married, puke all the way up the isle and all over me when we exchange vows???" Haha... I guess I'll have to drink lotsa Pepto-Bismol or something that day!
Now we are soooo much closer to being able to get engaged & married... WOOOO!
But the money will be gone very fast. I mean, once we pay the realtor & the lawyer fees and the outstanding mortgage, I think that leaves us with about $35,000.00. The we'll pay off his car, only a few hundred bucks, and our credit cards etc... couple thousandish... and keep some aside to finish the work on my house. Plus maybe he'll buy me a ring! ;) Then the rest has to go towards a down payment on a new home. Then when I sell my home, hopefully I do as well... let's guess I make $105,000.00... Then pay my mortgage & realtor & lawyer etc... I'll have like $57,000.00. Then I have to pay all my outstanding debts... almost $20,000.00! OUCH! So another $35,000.00 left let's say, towards appliances if we need, furnishings, a wedding?, and more towards the house. And some for a cushion under us to have babies and a future... a new car? Wow... it'll be gonzo FAST - but hey - we were pretty fortunate to have bought our houses so cheap when the market was so low & to hit jackpot like this to start our lives. Yay. Oh ya, also, we're going to have to rent a storage unit asap, and who knows what that costs a month & how long we'll need it, but we have no where to put all his furniture & stuff until we find a house... and possession date of his place is Sep. 25! YIKES! That doesn't give us long, especially when we have a friggen birthday bash to plan & prepare for... wow... September is always a big month for me in my life... it always seems something BIG happens to change my life forever, in September.
My Dad passed away in September... OMG... I just realized, the anniversary of it is today. 13 years ago today... 6 days before my 17th birthday. HW will have to have a drink and say a toast or something for him later.
I'm sure I recall more things happening in September, but that one stands out big, and September of 2001... when I turned 25 and moved here to Winnipeg. That I consider like when I was reborn... The new Lilmisskewl came into the world and, scary as it was to leave it all behind, was the best thing I ever did... other than that fucked up year when I had a broken heart & felt like I was losing my mind over Honke, and the while I was off work with the health scare spensing so much time in & out of the Cancer Care centre, praying I wasn't going to have cancer & die, and the couple months I was laid up with my broken shoulder, it's all been better & better every day, every year...
OH CRAP! HW just messaged me & reminded me his Dad is crashing at our place tonight! The house is a mess! Eeek! I don't get off until 6:30... OMG....
Phew... okay he messaged me again... he won't be at our place till like 10pm. he is working late at one place & has to be at another here in the city early in the am so just wants to crash at our place instead of going out to their new place in the country...
Now that they've moved I wonder how often this is gonna happen...
You know what's weird... I woke up this morning & there was this smell in the living room... I didn't really like it... and I thought to myself... ew, it smells like my Dad's place. I don't know why - it's not that it's dirty in there or anything, I mean, I know I just said it's a mess, but I am picky, especially when the parents come over, the dishes aren't done etc, but it's not that bad... but the smell was so recognizable... I felt like my Dad could have been right there...
But I didn't think of the connection until just a little while ago when I wrote about him passing away 13 years ago today... I wonder if he was by for a visit... Am I being weird? Or rude? Or gross? It might sound that way, but I am serious... now I feel kinda weird... hmm.
And isn't it quite the coincidence that HW's Dad, who I've become very close with & feel like he's a Dad to me too, is coming to stay with us tonight, of all nights... *Cue the Twighlight Zone music here!*
Anyway... we've checked off one of the huge things on our list & that feels great. I loved to see him so happy too, and he kept hugging me & kissing me & cheersing me, like he was so excited that we were taking this step & making this move together... 'the first day of the rest of our lives...' If it wasn't permanent to anyone before, being common law for this long and everything, it must be clear now that we're together forever, I mean, c'mon - he sold his house!!! We're REALLY REALLY in this for the long run! I can't wait to start looking for other houses - guess we have to go to a bank & see what we'll be approved for... the houses that are decent for us are like $170,000.00 though... ikes!
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