Construction Begins

Yup, construction began YESTERDAY! Ok, so not on my house, but on the road to get back to mine and Danielle's house. In about an 8 hour day, Tom and his workers along with my day completed almost 900' of road -wow! It looks really good, and the area where the brook is looks amazing!!

Tadpoles which were swimming and mass producing in the brook, now covered by a colvert and road:


View from the house:


Another view from my "house"


Construction:



So this morning the house was "lasered" and we can do our walkout basement, and put full sized windows in! I still can't get the picture in my head, but we'll see...

House Update

So it has been quite a while since I posted - and a lot has happened. We sold our house on South Peru Street at the end of June after much hassle. Geez... let's just say, you try to be nice and you get taken advantage of in the long run. But it's all said and done, and our lovely check cleared (thank god!).

As for the new house, we got our loan committment letter last week, and we are moving right along. We will order the house next week, for the simple fact that Ryan has to do some finish work inside and he leaves the first week of October for Sgt. School (so he can get a promotion with the army).

But for me, I have been slowely picking out colors and figuring out decorating schemes, as well as purchasing items, since I am currently without any heavy bills to pay. Color schemes so far:

(Olympic paint colors):
Living Room - Spiced Vinegar (a nice beige, oatmeal color) C14-13
Kitchen - Toss up between Shady Knoll (green C65-6) or Warm Mahogany (a nice warm red/violet color - C31-6)
Master Bedroom - Grape Leaves (C67-6), Holly Leaf (C61-6), Basil Pesto (my fav, B65-6), and a wall possiably in Black Magic (D58-6). The room is QUITE large, so a dark color will work.
Master Bath - Royal Palm (C62-3) or Delicate Mist (C61-1), both a light bright green (think along the lines of very very light green), and towels - EGGPLANT! Yes, eggplant. I will be picking those up tomorrow at JCPenny, can't wait!!

That's all for now!

Time for some Pictures!

Ok, so I have been taking pictures with my new camera and experimenting with a great FREE download paint.net, and here are some pictures:

A cute little picture of Jack (he was very into the Golf Tournament on the TV at that time:



Mommy and her little boy Jack:



And the rain coming off of the gutter - interesting!




Some grass:



And finally, Mr. Boone:





Hope you enjoy!!

New Look

Good Morning!! Today I am starting to unveil the new look to "Kate's Notebook", please let me know what you think. Currently, there is a new banner and a new background, but some more odds and ends will also be in the works. I have spent the last few days researching about blogs and things like that, and learning quite a bit. Let me know what you think of the new "do"!


HOME UPDATE:
Well we got our final price back on the modular, slightly over $175,00 - meaning slightly over budget (opps!) but we will pay for what we went over with in cash, and Wells Fargo seems to be working really nice for us right now. We have been told to keep reciepts for EVERYTHING we pay for out of our pocket, and Wells Fargo wants copies to give us credit (basically saying the house is worth more then what we are mortgaging), so that helps with the 10% we would need to put done, but don't need to. Complicated.

As for packing up the old house, I have deceided to clean & pack, instead of just pack. Last night I packed up the office and was left with closet full of items for a yard sale and 2 contractor bags of trash. Yea - trust me, I don't want to be brining trash to my new home!!

The Town of Beekmantown meeting occurs tonight, and let's hope all goes well!

Crazy Day

So I'm finally getting stressed about moving - mainly since the appraisal occured today and we have NOTHING, not a thing packed! We'll find out in the next few days if the appraisal went through ok, and if it did, we will close shortly after. YIPEE!! Now, it's time to pick out countertops and the last little pieces to the new home.

Side note - if you are looking for a new job, look no further:



Apparently it pays about $80k a year, but living in NYC or LA you def. need that kind of money.

As for me, it will be off to grad school hopefully in the Fall, if not the Fall, Spring. It will be a fully online program, Masters in Library Science. My director would like for me to go back to school to hopefully one day take her spot. So I'll be taking my GRE's next month and applying to so far just two colleges. Texas Women's University and Clarion University. Though I keep looking everyday for other schools with the program!

Under Contract

Yup - that's right, the house is now UNDER CONTRACT! We listed our house on Wednesday, May 13th at $134,900 - with us willing to pay for some of the buyer's closing costs.

Well, we never noted in the MLS that we were offering that since showings were being set up left and right! After C-21 came in on Thursday morning to preview (they all loved the home), one showing was set up for that evening, then 3 on Friday and 3 more on Saturday. Well the showing on Saturday at 10 a.m. went wonderful!

Both Ryan and I were working that morning, but Kenna sent me a text message saying "we may have an offer coming in!" Shortly after she called - an offer was being written up, FULL LIST PRICE, NO CONCESSIONS, NO HOME INSPECTION! Ryan and I were shocked!

So we signed the contract yesterday, and now it's just cross our fingers that financing goes through - expected close date, no other than Jack's birthday! June 26th. Hope this is a good sign!!

New House & City Home

Alright, so our current house in the City will be listed over the weekend. It's a 3 bedroom, 2 bath house with extra living space downstairs. A pool, shed, garage, and more..... so if you know anybody contact Kenna at Century 21 in Plattsburgh.

The New house - We heard back from Tom Maggy yesterday with a price, and well, it's way under budget! We are so exicted!! Frankly, we are making a lot of upgrades now since there is a nice cushion we have going for us. We are choosing to do in-floor heat in the basement, upgraded kitchen cabinets, looking into granite countertops, tile in the "wet" areas - and some upgraded siding. Yet, Ryan and I have wanted a red house for some time, but now I came across a nice Cypruss color. Um.... we are still debating. But I'm so excited about the new house, let's just hope our current one sells quickly!!