The Explanation

Ok so a lot of you are confused by my Facebook posts so I am going to do my best to explain them....
We have been trying to figure out a lot of stuff so we could move closer to Andy's job. WELL, the loan officer told me (or so I thought) that I would have to have my employment verified 2-3 weeks after we closed on our new house. We had originally thought that I would quit with the bank and find a job somewhere else in Tooele if there wasn't an opening for me to transfer too. But I couldn't be in "new hire status" when they came to verify my employment. That kind of stressed me out knowing how far away that meant I could be working from my house, since I would have to transfer to some random branch just so I had the same job. I wasn't happy about that at all, I knew that if it was too far away I would be quitting it and I didn't want to quit a job shortly after I was given it. That just isn't the right thing to do in my book...thus making it so I would be farther than I wanted to be once Brandon started school again.
We are currently under contract for a house in Tooele and there aren't any jobs in Tooele or in Magna (about 20 min away) so I went and talked to the mortgage rep today and asked him if they would frown upon me just staying at the Logan branch until they verified my employment then I would quit the bank and find a new job. Well, he informed me that could work since I only have to be employed until we close (sign the papers). I was greatly relieved to find that out. Huge relief! I wasn't planning on quitting until after we move anyway, we obviously be closed before that happens.
I am currently looking for an opening to become available in the next 3-5 weeks as we wait to close, but I know now that if nothing does open then I can just hang out here in Logan and it will be okay. I hope this clears up a few things...of course it probably doesn't, since it doesn't even make sense to me half the time.

Finally

So on Monday we finally got the answer we had been watiting for...we were approved to go ahead and purchase a home down in the Salt Lake area somewhere (most likely Tooele). Of course we also found out that the house we have had our eye on since we turned in our application 3 weeks ago was sold Monday morning. That is just our luck! So now we need to go through lists and lists of houses trying to find another one. We were able to go looking at about 5 on Monday afternoon, none of which really struck our fancy. There is one that MIGHT be a possibility, but we are still looking. Of course Andy and I are on opposite schedules...He can go Tues and Thurs mornings and those are the only two days I work. So Andy will probably do the priminary scouting then I will be called in for back-up or final decision. Oh of course I go through all the listings on the computer and send my favorites to the realtor so he can show them to Andy, so I guess Andy is the middle man. I sure hope we can find something quick...June 1st is coming and it is coming FAST!! We have told my parents we will be staying in their basement, but I think after this weekend (we were there for 4 whole days) my dad is having second thoughts about that. LOL

No News = Frustration!

So we turned in all of our "required" paperwork into our mortgage rep on Thursday two weeks ago. Well, Friday at 3:30 comes around and he needs some more information from me. Knowing that it wouldn't really make a difference if I took it on Friday afternoon or Monday morning, I chose Monday morning. Well, I dropped of the remaining information and he informs me that we need to come up with some more, REALLY!!! So I go back home and we get what is needed. He sends off the info to the underwriters on Tuesday at 5:00. Yes that is 5 days later, I understand that mortgage people are extremely overwhelmed right now, all I ask is that they ask for ALL of the information so we don't get delayed another 5 days. Anyway, meanwhile we are working with a realtor in Bountiful and he can't actually show us anything until we have a nice little piece of paper in our hand saying it is okay for us to do so. Also, I understand that...why show houses to people if they can't even buy one. We made an appointment with the realtor for this coming Monday because Brandon is out of school and we wouldn't have to worry about what to do with him while we went and looked. But we have not heard back from the mortgage company yet, so we can not go look as planned. We are still "penciled in" just in case by some miracle we hear from mortgage company tomorrow morning. Highly doubt that will happen! I am sorry this is so negative, but I am feeling a little overwhelmed since we have renters moving in and no where to go. Plus a job and daycare to find in the meantime. Of course I could quit and eliminate all of those problems, but then what...a whole new ball of problems would arise for sure.

We Have a Renter!

So I guess we better get moving on making our decisions....
I called someone up to give me a bid to trim our apple tree in the backyard and mentioned we wanted to make it safe so we couldn't get sued if a branch broke and hit one of our renters in the head. The guy that bidding asked if we were going to be renting. He asked if he could take a look. After we walked through he asked if he could bring his wife by to take a look, so two days later him and his wife returned. She loved it! So they returned on Monday and signed a rental agreement with Andy and I. We are to be out by the first of June so they can move in. We currently have no idea where we will be going but I do know it will be in the Salt Lake area. We are trying to purchase a second home where prices are so cheap right now. Some are in Tooele so we could end up there. That is all I know for know. Hopefully in the next week or so we might know more. If not then we could be needing to stay with someone while we figure it out. We figured we couldn't pass up having a renter. People usually don't "fall into your lap" like that.

TO BE CONTINUED.....

Hello Everyone

So here we are the 25th of March and I am watching the snow fall. I guess that is what happens in Utah during the Spring. So far I am okay with it cause softball hasn't started so it can rain all it wants. We are ALL waiting for baseball to start. Brandon has been saving himself for baseball all year. I think he is more excited then me. I hope we are able to get him signed up somewhere. In case you don't know or haven't heard...we are moving so Salt Lake, or at least somewhere in the valley, when school gets out. We have been doing a lot of little stuff to the house to make it look nice so we can rent it out. I don't know much of the details right now, as we are not sure how long the whole process is going to take and we don't want it to be too soon. That is why I am not sure if we will be doing baseball this year. I did call down there and they have some leagues that start in the summer too so we will definetly get him in one of those. I was hoping to get him in, what they call the Pony League. It is more involved I think so he would have learned more. But anything is better than nothing. Next year we will put him in that one for sure. As for me...I don't know what I will be doing. It might be time for me to stop playing and just focus more on him. If I happen to find some team to play on that would be awesome but I will be okay if I don't (At least I think). I will keep you all posted as details come in. I have to admit...I am a little nervous about moving. I have gotten REALLY comfortable up here in Logan. I know that it will all work out, but I am still nervous. I am also very excited at the same time. It is weird to think that I could actually have Andy home for more than a couple hours here and there and one day a week. I just hope everything works out. I am secretly hoping I am able to quit working all together, that would take care of a lot of my worries in moving. But we will have to see what happens there. I guess I will stop now, like I said I will keep you posted. Until then....GO BRAVES!!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

To "celebrate" Dr. Seuss's birthday Brandon's school has crazy hair day. I had no idea what to do since he doesn't have much hair to make crazy. My friend Trina offered up some hair color spray. I told Brandon that was what we were going to do so he went to town coming up with an idea of how he wanted to spray it...


When he woke up this morning we went to town working on his masterpiece....






As you can see, he decided to do all three color polka dots instead of just green on top and orange on the bottom. I think it turned out pretty cool, if I don't say myself. Next year after Halloween I am definetly snatching me up some colored spray so I don't even have to worry about it when Crazy Hair Day rolls around again. Thanks Trina for hooking us up.

Brandon is 7 continued

So to finish up Brandon's birthday we spent the night home as a family. We had pizza with cinnamon rolls (like they do at school) and opened a couple presents and watched Megamind (for the 5th time...at least). Here are some picutres from the evening....enjoy!





Oh yes, how could I forget...he lost his first tooth at school that day too. It was the highlight of his day. He made the box for the tooth fairy to "deposit" his money into. He wrote the tooth fairy a letter asking her to leave the tooth, not sure what happened to it though. I didn't get a picture of it before she took it I guess.
We also went to school and gave some cupcakes to his classmates. They were bright colored with Oreo sprinkles. I should have taken the picture before we gave them all away, but oh well. Andy and Brandon also went outside and built a "seven layer snowman" (Andy's idea). Andy was too cold to stay outside and build an actual snowman...he has shorts on.