Arizona, Arizona, Arizona

I keep saying the name and trying to get used to the fact that in a week I'll be living there! Man it's been so stressful getting ready for the move - the packing and the saying goodbyes and the packing and buying our house, it's rough stuff! But, in a week (hopefully!) everything will be done and I can start on fixing up our new home. :)

This is it - ain't it cute??? Just cute, little, and in a FANTASTIC location where it feels like a small town and it's away from the busy city. (Sigh) Oh, and that's not dirt - it's called Desert Landscaping, and it's rocks. Very popular there. :)

The home has been a bit of a hassle lately. Since it's late and I can never remember what I've said in previous posts (probably because I'm not consistent enough with blogging?) I'll review the facts: We are buying a HUD (government owned after a forclosure) home, which means we are getting an amazing price and it's in not great shape (people don't tend to tidy up the house when they get foreclosed...) There are a lot of things that need to be replaced, put in, or fixed. Now when people hear this they say "Oh I hope you're not in over your head!", but really our last home was also a HUD, and we fixed it up and loved it. We can do pretty much all of the repairs ourselves, so it's really not a big issue. Plus, again, we're getting it for an AMAZING price, so we'll be able to fix it up and (hopefully) sell it for more than we bought it for. But even if we can't sell it for more, heck even if we sell it for $10,000 less, we'll still be paying a LOT less than rent in the long run, so I figure it's a win-win. :)

Now back to my hassle. There have been some overexaggerations and some incorrect information being said about where we stand with our prospective purchase, so I am going to clear that up in a very simple way. Because the market is crazy and the mortgage companies are being extremely stringent on their loans, we've been thrown through some hoops lately trying to close. We're pretty sure it's all figured out now (there could always be something unplanned and unforseen that pops up, but there shouldn't be...) and we should be set to close next Friday. Just cross your fingers that everything goes smoothly and we'll be able to close next Friday like we have planned and so we'll have a place to live when Jon starts school on the 6th! :)

And on a different note, I think I'm going to try and do that 30 day blog challenge thing. Maybe this will help keep my thoughts organized when I actually blog! ;)