Wednesday, December 17, 2014

the fun doesn't stop

like, really.. it just doesn't :(

Monday morning I did my daily walk.. then went to a local apartment complex to look for more empty boxes (it was supposed to start raining that afternoon and I wanted to grab as many 'pre-mush' boxes as possible).  while out searching, the realtor called, she said that escrow had questions - so I rushed home to find the phone number. called them for wire instructions as there was a problem with my GFE deposit - rushed to credit union to wire it out. I missed 10:30 deadline, so had to settle for next-day funds. got back home and emailed title that wire was requested - was after deadline so would be effective the following day.
Tuesday afternoon, realtor called again that title was still waiting on closing documents from finance. called finance to find out they are waiting for corrected documents from title.  :P  title also had 2 other documents we needed to sign/initial.. and an extension form - now we won't be able to close by the 19th.. hoping for 29th..
we planned to be in by this weekend for some quick repairs, and do the full move-in on Christmas weekend.. now we hope to be out before New Year so we don't have to pay another month of rent.

oh the stress..
there is a possibility (with luck) that we can close by 22nd, and still be in for Christmas - that just leaves us little-to-no time for repairs before move-in.




received an email yesterday on an accounting assistant position I applied for in Valencia - they opted to go with an internal candidate.

today is my deadline to send my transcript for the office secretary position at CoC. haven't received in the mail yet.. *hopefully* it arrives with today's mail, and I can quickly scan it & email it to her. Otherwise, I'm out.. Hart High will be the only option at this point.

I will reapply with companies in the new year. once I'm in Frazier Park and have more time on my hands. when we first move, I'll be unpacking, settling, acclimating. all the critters will be freaked for the first few days, possibly the first couple weeks. I can start doing outside trips for couple minutes.. then an hour or 2. don't want to leave for 10 hours.. at least not right away.

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

scads of paperwork

boy.. will this paperwork ever end?
we've done 2 more stacks of paperwork.. not even sure what it all is. 
the appraisal came in right at our purchase price (A*W*E*S*O*M*E!)
so far, we're still on track.
got the insurance quote yesterday.
we will start moving some items up to a friend's house, store it in their shed.
we expect the big move to start Christmas morning.. through to the weekend (until Saturday hopefully).
the packing started Monday.. cleared out the bathroom.
Tuesday, started cleaning out kitchen cabinets. (still more to go)
today will be ALL DAY packing.
gotta keep busy.. Christmas is only 2 weeks away (O!H! B!O!Y!) :O


have put job-hunting on hold. 
once we move, I need a week to stay with the critters. so they don't flip out in a new place. 
then I can continue looking in Santa Clarita/Valencia.
already have an application in at Hart High & CoC
CoC requires a college transcript showing my AS - - waiting for that to arrive from ITT.

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

O.K. been a month now :(

oh what an update I have. we found a house. 'ages' ago. we had seen it on a Saturday, 1st day.. emailed Stacey right away, called Stacey, called Stacey's assistant. Sunday we drove out and looked at it at 9am. 3 bed, 2 bath, huge living room, huge kitchen, awesome garage (with a loft!), decent sized yard.  listed at $134,900
we went back to Stacey's office to fill out our offer. that in itself took hours as well. lots of paperwork goes into an REO property, bank-owned property.  offered $130,000
Monday waited, Tuesday waited.. then find out it has to be on the market for 5 days first before we can submit an offer. waited 3 more days, then Stacey resubmitted our offer.
then we had paperwork.. and more paperwork.. and more paperwork. 
we did our inspections Monday (yesterday). home inspection, & termite inspection. 
escrow started December 1st (yesterday).   
when filing the offer, we requested November 28th as finance deadline.. and we requested December 19th as close of escrow.. we also requested termite and septic covered by seller (bank). when offer was accepted they denied our request for termite and septic, and adjusted finance deadline to December 19th (same day as close of escrow).
now we wait. 


NOTHING new on the job market - zero still. 
applied to more positions, no luck as yet. 
keep ya posted..