Some Days Feel Like There's a Monkey On My Back

At least Clark is an adorable "Monkey" and the weight of him on my shoulders isn't as heavy as the weight from buying this house.

It only took a mere 70 days from our offer being accepted to us getting the keys to our new home. We had set backs due to Veteran's Day, then further set backs due to the incompetence of our escrow lady. She very nearly cost us the entire deal and we almost lost the house. After we wired money into the escrow account, she called our loan officer and said the money wasn't there. Wrong, she just didn't look hard enough. Then she forgot to put the unit number on the documents so the bank rejected the papers. Not that the unit # has much significance. We still have no idea why it's there. The post office says we don't need it and it doesn't match the number on the house. Then the real kicker was that she said we had to have our own hazard insurance when the association was paying for it. The people at the bank denied our documents again and said the deal was no longer valid because we had taken too long. Thankfully our loan officer talked to the bank and explained that the escrow woman was a class A IDIOT and bought us another day.
So last Monday we were able to get our keys and move in. :) I am pretty sure that the TV shows lie and don't actually give keys to people minutes after they sign documents or California is just messed up and makes you wait. It was an entire week for us, but should have happened much faster if the escrow lady wasn't a moron. Oh well. Hopefully we're done dealing with her.

I don't have pictures yet of our place because there are still boxes everywhere and we aren't done painting and fixing up the kitchen. Although, I can provide you with this picture though.


Clark got into the down stairs bathroom and had unrolled an entire roll of TP. My friend Jeanette has a similar picture on her blog only her TP is in a diaper box. My bathroom isn't big enough for a box, so the bathroom sink is making due until I use it all up and put a new roll on the holder. :)