december 26th: i had resolved the fact i was not going to hit month, quarter, or year! shit this sucks because i went from on top to the bottom - no ordinarily going from top to bottom isn't a bad thing, lol. sorry had to make you laugh!
december 31st: the largest company i was competing to earn its business PICKED ME! this put me NUMBER ONE in my company for the SECOND YEAR in a row! Yep stupid, jealous boys i beat ya!
january 8th: '09 sales meeting for entire company meets. my coo recognizes me and says that this is the single largest deal by a commercial rep in all 19 years of cobb! WOW!! this made those stupid boys referenced on december 31st even more jealous....and girls you think we can draw the claws....not on this day! any way i digress....the deal was worth $170,694!!!! it isn't about beating the boys - i mean that is great and all - but i have to make my goal that is set for me and i was only at $398,888.00 when the final day of the year approached. i couldn't believe how perfect this was.
january 8th: i begin house hunting! i know this is so crazy but the market is great for buyers right now!
january 9th: i go to see a house that is right across the street from a good friend of mine - our sons play so well together and this would be perfect for them to grow up together! the house is really quaint, needs some work but on the surface looks ok. elizabeth, the realtor, and i spend about an hour looking around and decide to come back on sunday with mom.
i continue to look around because my uncle now has the inspection they did on the house back in october. it's 29pgs long with pictures that look scary to me.
january 10th: i text elizabeth late that night about a house i have been going back n forth with for about 2 months now. it is quite a lovely home and been completely renovated but it is small and almost on the cusp of out of my price range. i decide to go ahead request we look at it. i don't need big but i do need move in ready
january 11th: uncle doug calls me and says no way to the house i saw on friday. he said it has too much water damage and clearly has some unresolved leaks. that was all i needed to hear.
elizabeth calls me and says we can get into the other house at 1pm if i want to.....heck yeah! lets just do it.
mom, jacob and i show up at the house and when i walk in there is instant comfort. i just feel at home with it. remember the warm fuzzy feeling you got when you walked into your first house? that is what i felt! i walked around for 45min and said lets get an offer in tomorrow morning! it had been on the market for 130 days with no offers so i was thinking i could low ball and get a good deal out of it!
january 12th: elizabeth and i make an offer! 5 hours later the couple counters with full asking price and ALL closing costs paid. i counter with another price and still ALL closing costs paid. they come back about an hour later with another price and i come back with my final offer and ALL closing costs. they spend the night thinking about it and....
january 13th: my offer is accepted!!! YEAH!
i am doing the inspection on monday january 19th and the appraisal the same day. we are planning on closing on march 11th! i can't believe i am going to be a home owner!!!
i have left out some portions of the events to spare you the agony of reading them....things like my dad flipping out because he is soooo scared for me, my realtor getting on my every last nerve and me almost convinced that she doesn't have my best interest at heart. oh and lets not forget my dad calling my mom concerned about me!!! side note: they have been divorced for some 14years!
please enjoy some pictures of what i am hoping will be my beautiful home:
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YOU GO GIRL !!!!!
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