I flew out to Omaha last week on thursday for the big closing of the oma-house. Here's the play by play. I anded (only slightly delayed) around 2:45 pm. Frank met me at the airport and we headed straight to the Nebraska Furniture Mart and dropped some serious coin. First, we bought a washer/dryer (the previous owners of our house took theirs with them...). Don't ask me now what we bought - I honestly don't remember (it was like 4 days ago!) :) After we left the "appliances" warehouse, we headed over to the "home furnishings" warehouse and we picked up a twin bed for Nathan - he is about due for one and we figured, if nothing else, it would serve as extra sleeping space for all of the visitors that we are expecting :) (did you all get that hint???) We started to look at sleeper sofas for the basement, but we decided that we didn't have the mental energy left for another "major" furniture purchase.
We went to our new house at 6:00 pm on Thursday night for the final walkthrough. It was all well, except for a couple of things -- there were major stains on the basement carpeting that were obviously and purposefully hidden under furniture when we went through previously - and we're not talking normal wear and tear type of stains -- we're talking like hi-lighter markers explosions, wine stains, and maybe even a murder or two - it was unbelievable - and sort of impressive that they could cover it all up with their furniture... Anyhoo, we (our realtor) complained and we got the sellers to cough up some cash for carpet (not the whole amount, but anything is better than nothing, we figured...)
After the walkthrough, we went to dinner at "the club" - la-dee-da! It is nice - I am anxious to take the kids to the pool there. Dinner was good -- extremely quiet - there were only like 3 tables "full" that night. After dinner, we went to Target to pick up the "move-in" necessities - TP, water, pop, shelf paper, etc.
Friday morning, we finished packing Frank up at his apartment -- he could not WAIT to get out of the Biltmore! Can't blame him, I guess. We stopped for a quick bite at Panera and then it was off to the closing - fastest closing we have ever been a part of! 30 minutes at the most. In Nebraska, they don't really use real estate lawyers - I am convinced that they are the ones that really slow down the whole process! I could not believe how smoothly it all went.
After the closing, we went to Home Depot (paint, mostly! Lilac for Ellie, "Madras Blue" for Nathan, and "classic taupe" for who knows what, but we are truly "taupe" people!) Then, we went to "carpetland" to order up some new carpet for the basement. We figured it might be smart to try to get in installed before we have furniture arrive. When all was said and done, we finally got to our house around 11:00 am. Frank enjoyed to spaciousness of the 3 car garage by pulling in the car sideways (it was hilarious, but I don't know if we need to be "those" people in the neighborhood!). The washer and dryer were delivered around 11:15. Then, Frank went back to the apartment to turn in his keys and get the rest of his stuff. I stayed at the house and cleaned out the fridge (like for 3 hours! Why is it that other people's dirt is so much more disgusting than your own?) When Frank got back with lunch (around 2:00) -- Arby's, of course -- we started with the shelf paper in the kitchen. I think it will be nice to be able to just put stuff awa when it arrives. Even with the two of us working on it, it's such a slow job! We worked on that until it was time to leave for the airport, around 4:30... whew!
We crammed a lot into those two days -- it was a weird time. I was split between being really excited and really depressed. I have a feeling that is was the next few months will be like.
This week, me and the kids are here with the movers, and Frank is in Omaha, trying to do a few more things before we all get there... more soon!
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