It's Ours!

Well we did it! We all went to closing yesterday at 10am. Mom, Matt, Miked, and I went out to Fairfax and left Dad to take care of the Littles. (Thank you GT. They would not have had a good time at the settlement office and therefore neither would we!) We signed a gagillion papers. Then we signed some more. Mom made note of the fact that hers was the only signature that could actually be read.

We went to the settlement office expecting to be able to give them routing numbers and account numbers and that they would wire the monies to mom's account. We went expecting this because this is what 2 different people at the office told us to do. However, that was not the case. So when we left the office Miked went to our places to wire money and then to work. Mom, Matt, and I went to his bank to wire his funds, only to be told it would be a 40 minute wait to see a counselor who could wire the funds. So Matt and I got back in line and got a certified check instead. Then we took Matt to work and finally got home to relieve Dad. By this point Dad was a little stir crazy so he came with me to take the check back to the settlement office and this time the Littles stayed with Mom. (Thanks Mom!)

So now we can get going. As soon as our clearing and excavating guy finishes his current job he will start on ours. He thinks that he should be able to start mid week of this coming week. I can't wait to see it really start. One thing we should do before then is inform the mom's of the squatters that their fort in the woods is about to be demolished and if they want their office chair and lounger they should come retrieve them soon!

Clearing Limits

It's really happening! We are heading to closing at 10am tomorrow. Mom, Matt, Miked, and I will head out and Dad will be in charge of Thing 1 and Thing 2. Today Pat and Barbara came out to set the limits of clearing so that our guy doing the clearing and excavating will see what he is supposed to stay away from next week. They came out in blazing heat and humidity and then went right from here to play music for the old folks at the Jefferson. Thank you a gazillion times! Below are some pics from the work today. I will let you all know how tomorrow goes. I am going to go to Red, White and Bleu during the day tomorrow to get a bottle of prosecco to celebrate tomorrow night.

Unpacking to get started.

"Now that's a knife."

This shall be cleverly titled "Clearing Limits"

I just liked this picture of Pat. I really can't tell you
what he is doing though.

At one of the lot corners. Near the old chicken
coop for perspective.

Finding the lot marker on Lincoln Ave.

Pat's neat handwriting surprised me!

Again..."clearing limits"

Barbara siting something for Pat.

The First Bit of Demolition

Ok, so it's not really demolition, but we had to take Claren's dog run down. Ok, so we didn't have to take it down, but we were itching to do something back there and it turns out we can use the old fencing for the tree protection fencing that we are going to have to put up. Yeah! It will save a scant bit of money and be a little green in the process as well. We actually did this a while ago, but now that this all seems really real, I figured I would post the pictures.

Miked getting ready to pull some more staples.


Barry prying boards off after got the fencing removed.

Even Grandma Jeanne swung a hammer!

Miked mid staple pulling.

Mom, Lynn, Miked, and Barry trying to dig up the posts that we discovered are set in concrete. We left those for the excavator to remove.

Almost Almost There

Dare I write it? Will writing it jinx us? After so much waiting and planning it is almost here. We are supposed to go to closing for the land and construction loan this Friday. The clearing should start the following Monday. I can't believe that what we first talked about so many years ago after Gram's death is finally coming to fruition. I can't believe that the house we have dreamed of building for our family and Uncle Matt is going to become a reality. I can't believe it. I will keep you posted.