Inspection

You know your an adult when you turn to your fiancé and say: "do you want to go down to the court house and get married this year so we can get a tax break for next year??!" The fiancé laughs and smiles and continues on what he is doing while I sit there and wonder "does he know I am dead serious?!"

That's where my head is at these days budget budget budget... Money money money! Which sucks because I hate worrying about those things but what can you do when your 15 days away from the biggest thing in your life at the moment!

This past Sunday we had the inspection. The inspection itself went good. They didn't find anything major, my mom got to see it finally and she was in LOVE, and my brother helped along with what would need to be repaired. The social aspect of the inspection, not so well. I feel like you should be totally honest on blogs and not paint a pretty picture of a fairy tale. Not everyday is peachy keen! And Sunday was far from it.

It started off with the inspection being at 10am and Shea not being done with football till around 11:30. Next time I swear to you I am not letting him go to football. I knew something would go wrong but I tried to be nice and tell him just be at the house at 11am ON THE DOT! Apparently he didn't think I was serious about that statement as he rolled in around almost 1145. The man was dead just by one look from me. They were short on people at football he left his phone in the car... Blah blah blah. To top it all off he did not make me aware his mother was attending. I didn't think it was the best time to show her anyway because of the inspection chaos nor did I have the energy to show someone around. My parents came to help out with the inspection and being there to answer questions so that was justified. Well I woke up and got ready and was warned by my future SIL that his mom was coming so I could prepare as the fumes came out my ears. She must have known i was to my limits because she said to words to me and then disappeared until Shea arrived. Some days i just get pushed to the end and i cant do it anymore. But I am trying to get over it all. He made apologies to every possible person and mostly to me. I think mentally he is scared about this whole thing. I show it by taking on to much and ignoring my emotions while he just ignores the whole subject. But nothing is perfect but I love him and that is all that matters. He is going to annoy me but we will work through it like we always do.

After the inspection we went out to brunch with my parents my brother Steve and his girl friend Nicole to my parents favorite Jamesburg restaurant fiddleheads. I have to say that place is amazing! I had a delicious eggs Benedict with peach lemonade! I was in heaven! After brunch Steve Nicole Shea and I all headed to go apple picking. We picked a ton of apples and then went home where I worked on some fall crafts. (Which ill post at some point) and Steve and Nicole made an amazing homemade apple pie for dessert! It was so good and I can still taste the amazingness of the pie! 

Other then that we got the inspection report back and are now waiting to see if the sellers will pay for termite treatment. We filled out the mortgage application and signed our names about a million times. And the mortgage company just ordered the bank appraisal today. We are moving along! October 11th will be here before you know it!

Hope all had a good weekend :) my sisters 21st birthday is tomorrow so we are celebrating with Mexican food and margaritas! 

Fall

Busy would be an understatement right now. My work days are flying by because there is just so much to do. Seriously this has been the busiest 6 months of my life. I am totally ready for a real break and slow down. I have probably another moth of crazy work and then the holidays hit an it slows down a bit. Then January 1st everything blows up again! But I am looking forward to a trip with my family in January! The day before my 25th birthday we are all leaving to go to Disney for the week!! I am super super excited! That will finally be a fun vacation I need!

But right now I am enjoying the fall weather and soaking up the fresh leafy air. Is it just me or does the whole day feel different during the fall. There is just a spring in my step when it's 60 degrees and I can walk and crush the leaves beneath my feet. Oo how I do love fall!

I have been focused on home decor for the house and I am starting with a fall wreath. Yes Mr. Shea the day after we close you are hanging a fall wreath on the door :) so get ready! After searching through all different types I landed on this one below. I have everything but the wood wreath part which I will hopefully pick up at the craft store this weekend. Can't wait to see it on our beautiful red door :)

House Update

2 posts in one day!

That's what's needed when you slack the last week! 

So house update! Note to others! Don't buy a house around a holiday! A lot of nothing goes on! But we did finally get out of attorney review this past Monday!!! Yay!! Shea turned to me and was like OMG!! We pretty much own a house!! It's crazy! And still has not set in! 

Now it's the start of paperwork for us, and an inspection not this Sunday but next Sunday 9/22! Cross your fingers nothing major comes up!!

Happy almost Friday!!! :)

Sad inside

Just a couple weeks ago Shea and I were walking down the seaside boardwalk eating Mexican food and laughing. Now this picture above does not exist. 85% of the boardwalk burned to the ground today taking childhood memories along with it. We were never huge seaside people, the jersey shore people ruined it for me, but when we weren't at point pleasant we were at seaside. After my junior prom Shea and I headed down there for some fun. We rode on go karts ate funnel cake and walked the beach. Just being at the jersey shore was wonderful. Tons of things to do and the hearing the sound of the ocean was my favorite. I could literally sit on the beach for hours at night and listen to the ocean and smell the salty air. After hurricane sandy last October this was the last thing the jersey shore needed. I am just glad we got to walk it one more time in its original state. But as we did from sandy we will rebuild and we will be better than ever. We will always be jersey strong :)

Vermont

We are in Vermont for the week :) we had like a 9 hour drive here on Friday! Stupid traffic! But then we got here ate dinner and passed out watching a movie. The next day we woke up and walked into willie's (a 2 mile walk each way), got some snacks and lunch and walked back. Talking the whole entire time about life, us, where we were 2 years ago (the last time we were here), and the house of course.

It is truly insane how much life changes in 2 years. Two years ago we were not engaged, I had just graduated college and I was not so happy about my job. Shea was still in school as working part time jobs to get by. We were in an unhappy place and wanted a change. Now we are engaged, have great jobs where we are loved by our co workers and almost have a house!! What!!? So crazy! I have never been so happy in my life! We just are having blessing after blessing! It just keeps getting better :)

Now back to the story and off my tangent :) ...after we got back from willies we cleaned up the house and relaxed and listened to music till people got there. Then the crowd of babies and Shea's brother and sister in law came through. We were so glad to see them!

After such a long emotional week this is all we need! The attorney review starts Tuesday because Monday is a holiday (labor day). So hopefully by Thursday we are done and onto the final leg of this. (Inspection, bank appraisal etc)

Here's to some finger crossing that we have no issues during the attorney review and I will be back next week :)

Happy Sunday :)