Progress

So, story of my life, the septic inspection for our house failed.  There are four things that have to be fixed, and two things that are recommended to be fixed.  Seeing that I know absolutely nothing about septic systems, I hear that there are problems to be fixed and I automatically think big money.  We don't have the money for a huge septic overhaul.  There is a guy that we go to church with that is licensed to work on septics, so I had Nick call him that day to find out what kind of work this is.  Thankfully the issues are minor and should cost only $300.  That was encouraging. 

So the septic system has been taken care of.  I finally heard back from the mortgage company about all the extra stuff they needed from us.  After about 3 weeks of pretty much stand-still, I feel like we're back on track and progressing.  We are set to close the end of the month.  Still not sure when that date is, but hopefully we'll find out this week when it will be. 

We're not sure what the sellers are going to do with all the personal belongings that are still in the house.  They may leave them, but they may have an auction company come get them.  The seller's grown children are actually taking care of all of the house stuff, but they live in New Jersey and New York, so they don't have the time or resources to come and get their stuff.  Shoot, just leave it in the house and we'll take care of it.  By taking care of it I mean keeping the good stuff and either selling the other stuff at a garage sale or giving it to the salvation army or something. 

But at least I feel like we're moving in the right direction.  After we get the keys to the house, we have some mold issues to tackle.  Thankfully it's just surface mold and just needs to be cleaned and painted with that special mold preventing paint.  Then we'll move in to live.  I'm excited to finally grow some roots.  It's going to be a long road to get the house the way we like it, but it'll be fun, for the most part, getting there!!