So, I'm excited because Lance is going to have a job with LDS Family Services as a Therapist!!! The closest office to Boone is in Charlotte, so they are hiring him to work with people in this area! The pay is decent, but the best news is that he can do the sessions at the church (because they don't pay him, they pay LDS Family Services) so, no rent! And he can take insurance!! It's pretty exciting! Now he just needs some clients. 

We got the loan!

Yup, we're approved and ready to go. Now we just wait on the Health Department, get an appraisal, and get busy on the house! Updates to follow!

Lot update

Thor, our contractor, has been out to the site with the grading guy, and they are ready to go. We are just waiting on the helth department and the bank. We "should" know if we are "go" with the mortgage on monday (remember, we are already good to go on the construction loan, the bank just wants both approved before we can close.) We'll post an update tomorrow if we hear anything. So, this is the week we will know we can do this thing, for sure! We're not really worried about the septic test, all the lots in the neighborhood have passed.

1st step- Yes!

We've been approved for our construction loan, and we're just waiting from the mortgage department. We should hear from them by Friday! Almost ready to start!!!

Lance gave Alex a haircut! Isn't he cute? 

Here is the proposed site plan (done by your's truly). Click on it to see the larger image. 

Home building update

OK, it's been awhile, so here is where we are at. The guy counter-offered on the lot (lot 1) and we accepted. We put $1000 earnest money down to hold the lot while we get it tested for the septic system. If it passes (and they all have in the neighborhood), the lot is ours to build on. Thanks to Ryan Call for helping me dig the 4 three foot deep holes for the test (saving me oodles of $$$). Thor (our contractor) has told us that we are good to go on the floor plan we wanted (see the post with the plan), which is really exciting. We will find out on Monday the 11th if we are approved for the loan. I have flagged the property to show the holes, the driveway, and the proposed location of the well and our house. If we are approved on Monday for the construction loan and the mortgage, we will get a loan commitment letter to the seller, and will begin clearing the lot in the next few weeks. If all goes well, we should be in by or around Thanksgiving. Whew! That was a mouthful (or a finger-full). Tune in next time for information if we got the loan. Your prayers are greatly appreciated.
-Next blog will show the proposed lot layout.

We made an offer

We made an offer on a lot yesterday. We should know by Monday evening if he accepts. If not, we will still get the lot, just pay more (so pray he accepts.) It is lot one in the same neighborhood. Nice lot. Pics to follow when we officially get it.

We got some sad news today. Our lot that we were hoping to buy, lot 5--see photo at bottom of blog-- was purchased recently. So although we were ready to buy it and get going on this house, we've got to start looking for land again. Oh well. It's been for sale for 5 years and right before we decided to buy it someone else did, so it must not be the lot that we need to get. There must be something better out there, I just hope we can find it soon!!  

Floor plan

This is the floor plan of the house we're looking at building. As with all the other pics, click on it to see a larger version.

Jenny's all ready for her swim lessons!!! 

Princess Tinkerbell!!! 

Jenny turned 4 on the 2nd of June!!! We forgot to post some photos, but here they are! We had a great party, and a great day! 

You can see that we love Diamond Lil's show.  

Both my kids want to be "can can girls" when they grow up! 

Here's the photo op with Henry! 

We had a great time at Day Out With Thomas! Isn't this photo with Gordon great!!! 

Freedom!!!!

Shiree just informed me that we are now COMPLETELY out of credit card debt!!! We had about $6,000 on the card in October of last year (we put Shiree's student loans on it at 0% interest), now NONE! And we only paid about $6 in intrest, due to skillful planning on Shiree's part. So now...no credit card debt, no more of Shiree's school loans. What a great day!

Here is some great statistic twisting, but it makes an interesting point

If you consider that there have been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraqi theater during the last 22 months, that gives a firearm death ratio of 60 per 100,000.
The firearm death ratio in DC is 80.6 per 100,000. That means that you are more likely to be shot and killed in our Nation's Capitol, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation, than you are in Iraq.
Conclusion: We should immediately pull out of WASHINGTON, DC!

The wise man built his house upon the rock, so apparently he could afford a non-conventional drip septic system for a minimum of $25,000. Sure, a lot with only 18 inches of dirt may be flat and in a nice neighborhood, but man!....