And we're off, sort of

We are off to Disney, well not yet. We head to the hotel today near BWI and fly out tomorrow morning. I have given my family plenty of warning that if they start to stress me out, my segment of the family is going off on our own. This goes for the traveling part too. Sorry Sarah but if you are just too slow in the morning and Brian is getting all stressed out about leaving then we are leaving and will meet you at the gate. Wish us luck!!! The weather should be nice at least.

Talk about stress...

So we put a contract in on a house on Sunday and on Monday, very late, we heard that it was accepted. Yippee! OK now onto the mortgage part. So I call up the bank and complete the mortgage process via the phone. Then onto homeowners insurance for the new house and changing the existing coverage on the current house (all this is post dated). All in all I spent at least 2 to 3 hours on the phone on Tuesday getting things squared away and still not completely done. Oh and when I was on the phone I was not working on the mound of work that is on my desk right now. I am sure my boss loves that. Now my realtor is trying hard to get a copy of the contract into the bank for their review and I am hoping my loan package arrives in the mail before we leave for Florida on Sunday. So much to get done!!!

The timeline looks like this right now: closing February 19th, moving van comes to Belcamp on the 20th and drops of in York later that day. Sometime in between now and then we need to pack up the house, we are packing not the movers they just load and unload. We also need to purchase a washer/dryer and a fridge for the new house and figure out when they will be delivered and who will be there to greet them.

So if anyone wants to come help pack boxes we would really appreciate it.

Contract in...

We put a contract in on a house in the same neighborhood as Danielle in PA. It is a new build and so much bigger than what we have now! I guess I am still kinda of numb about the whole thing. I feel a little overwhelmed but it will get done. Hope to hear tomorrow about the contract.

The hat is out of the bag...

Well I guess the hat is out of the bag now. LOL. So my mom crocheted this hat for Josie that she loves. Well Megan admired it and so I got the pattern and made a hat for Ethan but it was too big but it fit his sister. So now I am making one for her but in "girl" colors. Then it was suggested that it would be cool if all of the "gangs" kids had the same hat. So now I have decided to make a hat for all the kids. It only takes me about an hour or so to make a hat and so far I have just used leftover yarn to make them. It seemed like a good way to use it up, however I seem to have a lot more blue yarns then pink yarns. So I guess I will have to make a stop at Joann's for some yarn. Either that or maybe I can persuade my mom to mail me some of her pink scrap. So be on the look out for hats arriving in the mail but keep in mind that I am trying to move and go on vacation all at the same time.

Congrats to Kelly

Congratulations to Kelly, Jake and Will!!!! We are all so very happy for you. They say if you have trouble with the first the second is a snap. This means I need to start yarn shopping and brush up on my crocheting skills. Not that I didn't get some practice with the hat I made Ethan which is too big. Maybe it will shrink in the wash....

We're Moving!

So we have been thinking about moving for a long time now and we took the plunge. We have decided to move to the York PA area. We can get more house for the money and I am so ready to get out of this little house. My Christmas wish was to move into a new house and now it seems like it is about to come true! We are already approved for a mortgage, we talked with a listing agent yesterday about selling and we meet with a buyer agent on Sunday to look at houses. We decided that we just need to do this and do it fast. Our plan is to buy the new house first, move out, fix up the condo and then sell it in move in condition. That is of course if the lady that works with Brian who is looking to be a first time homeowner doesn't buy first. This is all so crazy and my head is swimming.

To top it all off I have to start thinking about what to pack for the Disney trip at the end of the week. We are going with mom and dad and Sarah and her clan. Can you imagine all the luggage????

Blogging....

So Megan and Kelly started a blog and I really enjoyed it so here I am (with Kelly's encouragement). I know I have enough stuff to do in my daily life with working full time, being a mom and a wife as well as all the other crazy stuff I do but I really hope to keep this up. Plus I can get onto this site at work so I can post at lunch if all else fails. My hope with this is to keep everyone up to date on what is going on with this branch of the Grimes family. Please bear with my grammar and spelling. I know there is a spell check on here but that doesn't mean I won't screw up. As many of you know I am mildly dyslexic so have pity on me. Here we go.....