Addendum addendum.

My bank doesn't allowe seller concessions. Ergo, the $2,000 credit for the termites from the seller...that is so lame I can't even describe. So somehow the $2,000 will be credited otherwise. Still lame.
I wish I had never bothered mentioning working for Deb. It's just a big hassle now to spell stuff out. I can't even remember when I brought it up! Ugh. Whatever.

I am SO sore from painting practically ever day since Wednesday. I got this weekend off, but it didn't do much good--just more painting. Anna's house, that is. We got the kitchen, guest bath, living room, and hallway done. I think I'm done painting there. Now there's the two bedrooms and a bathroom left. Oye.
It will be so nice to paint my own house. I think I'll tackle it myself--I usually paint by myself anyway. I've painted nearly every room in this house, at least the rooms that are painting. I did mine twice, the kitchen twice, the living room (twice on the one wall), and that doesn't include primer and everything else. But even better is that I actually know what I want my house to look like--at least the main parts. The living room will be tannish/green walls with lots of yellow and natural woods.
The kitchen is going to have pink in it. I saw it in Martha Stewart and am totally sold on the idea. I am Martha Stewart's bitch.

I got several calls today from my processor at the bank, just tidying up a few loose ends.
I called State Farm and they were so super nice, it was refreshing. I got a quote, they're mailing me that so I have it in writing, and then that's all set.
I should have over $5k in the bank by the end of the week. Yay! I have nearly $4k in another account accruing interest (has been for about five years, I never touch that account, thankfully). That's my "emergency" fund, with more than 3 months of living expenses set aside in case something happens--like losing my job. I don't think I will, but why risk it? I also have several bonds I want to cash in since they've more than matured, but I'll leave several alone. But since I have about, I think, $2k in bonds, I'm pretty well set. I know that money could disappear like *that* with unknown expenses for God knows what, but at least it's THERE.
Furniture and appliances are going to obviously be some of the most expensive purchases, but obviously necessary. I think at least $1500 will go into fixing up--paint, drywall, etc. I don't want to buy garbage, but I know I can't afford really "nice" things. But nice doesn't have to be expensive, either. I will be stingy about my appliances matching, however.

It's rather amusing that the price of a cheaper stainless steel stove is the same as what I paid for my freakin' glasses. GLASSES. They fit in my pocket. A stove...well...you know how big a stove is. For $400! That's less than my laptop, too. And my camera...
Anyway.

I need to get to sleep. Early start tomorrow!

Rather quiet around here.

I know it's silly, but I bought a fisheye lens/filter for my camera so I can take wide-angle photos of the rooms in my house for before and after pictures. Obviously it's not a real fisheye lens because those costs more than my down payment.
I mailed out my signed commitment letter for the financing, I'm going to call the insurance agent today to set that up, and then...I wait for the dreaded appraisal. I have no idea how that's going to go.
Yesterday I took Anna to see it, just the outside since I obviously don't have a key (yet) and we all noticed that the backyard had been mowed. Turns out my neighbor (ha!) mowed it. We thanked him and got to see his dog--it was a beautiful little Sheltie that jumped out of the car and stood with it's head high all but posing in the sunlight with the wind blowing it's hair. It was almost comical, but a very nice looking dog and obviously well-behaved.
Even for a rather busy holiday weekend and there were obviously people out barbequing and what not, it was still very quiet. There is so much work to be done on the outside, let alone the inside, and I think I'd rather work from the outside in as far as renovating. I need to tear out these weed-trees that someone had the bright idea to not only continue to let grow, but they defined that space with stones! Dumb. The side chainlink fence has to be painted since it's all different colors and I noticed that the braces that would attach the chainlink to the posts are missing and the only thing keeping it up, really, is the overgrown vines and weeds. That'll be fun to sort out...but there is nothing quite as rewarding as a well-kept yard.
I've discovered that just about everything that I want for my house is at K-Mart because of Martha Stewart. So not only will it look nice, it's all super affordable. Which is always a good thing. Oooh! I didn't even mean to say that but it fits so perfectly.
I'm hungry, I might go try to find something to eat.