What I think

Today the appraisal came back. A little higher than we paid so that's good. Now, I think, the repairs just need to be made and we can close.

The official approval of our home loan is in and of course they want more paper work. But the appraisal is still not done so they have to put closing off 2 weeks. Hopefully, the seller is ok with that. And because this week has already not been great; the neighbors daughter came over yelling and swearing about the dogs barking. Not a good first impression or the best way to get people to do what you want. She is standing on the porch yelling and the dogs are barking and that is what she uses  to prove her point that the dogs bark at a stranger screaming in their space. Can not get out of here fast enough.

We watched the eclipse. Hank would not look even with the glasses on because he didn't want to go blind. Tried to get pictures but they really didn't turn out. Have heard nothing about the house for almost 2 weeks. And then we were just waiting for the appraiser. I am not surprised, really, the mortgage people and agent seem to communicate. I think by now the agent would have called if he hadn't heard anything since repairs need to be made after appraisal and before closing. And if the appraisal didn't get done they would have to change the closing date. I will probably email tom. Lots of places were opening later because of the eclipse. And then Spooky died. She seemed ok this am but sadly she left us. I still need to tell Callie but she is working and would be way too upset so I will wait til I pick her up tonight.

The home inspection came back and there were some problems so we asked the seller to fix them. She did finally agree to that with minor changes. We went in to sign papers at the mortgage place. There must be a 3 inch stack of papers just on us and we had to bring in more. They do not seem to be very organized. He gave us all the wrong numbers then when we had signed most of the papers realized he was wrong and found that my numbers were right. They still had not ordered an appraisal. And as of 2 days ago it had still not been done. Now we are dealing with yet another person in that office. I would still recommend them. They do seem to know what they are talking about and are very nice. The office must be really casual. The senior person in the office wears shorts and t shirts to talk to clients. On a side not I was able to pick tomato and hot peppers from the container gardens. And on another side note Chelsie got a call back for an interview.

We have signed, on line not less. lots of forms.  And so far so good. The home inspection is Monday.  I have been packing boxes. But there really isnt any room to put the boxes. Checked into a pod but it's about $500 to have it for up to a month. Not sure it is worth it. Triple digit heat is not helping any one to get motivated to do anything.