He got home at 715 am and we got everyone ready. We dropped off the girls at school and headed to the closing office down the street. We actually got meet Jack Manfield and his son in law, Billy. We were a little scared to meet them - we had negotiated back and forth so much.
Well our fears were quickly put to rest. Jack was a kind man, who was moving back to Laramie WY. Although we are not sure why, it seemed like selling the house wasn't exactly what they wanted but a situation had come up. We talked about some questions we had and they were very kind. They loved that we had a young family and even said that the fact that we were a young family helped in them choosing us. They talked about the fireworks you can see in the back yard on July 4th and the school in the back. They talked about the cat's his wife had and how the swamp cooler worked great. The talked about the roof being replaced just 5 years earlier. They talked about the house having great bones, but needed fixing.
The papers took a long time but after studying we felt really great about it. No last minute changes or crazy things were found - we had prayed a lot that we would not have any surprises in the closing. Pat was there and Brian, our loan guy, were there. It went super smooth. We took lots of photos - the feeling was calm and excitement - no fear.
When we finished Pat took us to lunch at Ted's Buffalo Steak House - SOOO good. It was right in Bradburn - which is the area we love. After we went to the house for the first time. We were giddy driving up because now it was ours!
The house was smaller than we remembered and we quickly realized just how much work there was - but it was ok because we were taking it one thing at a time.
I left to pick up the girls and take them for naps - Tyson changed and got to work. he got all the carpet taken out. He is pulling out doors, floors, lights .... anything he can. After naps I drop off the girls at Amanda Calley's house and I headed to help Ty. We pulled out tacks from the wall and I started to take off switches. The basement smelled SOOO bad with the carpet up. Oh it was so nasty! We opened all the windows trying to air it out. We headed to Home Depot to buy our first supplies - a tarp, tape, water pump, gloves it was $101 - the first of MANY more trips I'm sure.
Tom Razo met us at the house and we figured out the load bearing walls and the downstairs configurations. I started to get really anxious around this time - it seemed like the project was just too big! I could feel my heart start racing. Tom and Tyson seemed so sure of themselves.
Tom left and we continued to take doors our and more flooring. Tyson started on the popcorn cealing. I picked up the girls at the Calley's and headed home. I worked while the girls had a snack and we all went to bed at 9 pm, which is very late for the girls.
Tyson got home at 930, prepared his seminar lesson, took a shower and went to bed.
Talk about a busy first day of home ownership!!!!
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