glh's Journal: General update

A lot has been going on lately! I wrote a JE the other day, but for some reason it never posted. I'm thinking I only hit preview...

As far as building progress goes, my wife and I were able to pick out all the colors both inside and out on the house last weekend. We had some more upgrades to do since we had 1-year rated carpet. Fortunately we have everything figured out from light fixtures to flooring to windows to door knobs. It took us about 6 hours (had to drive to Akron) but we got it taken care of. Woohoo!

In a few hours we will be signing the loan for our equity. Our construction loan is approved, but we have to wait three days before we can close on it. A lot of stuff came together this week- got the approval for the site plan, which was the main thing we were waiting on. Building a new home is definitely not for the faint of heart (and we're not even in the building phase yet!). Supposedly, it should be relatively smooth sailing after we close... Next steps:

1. Close on construction loan (next week)
2. Get permits
3. Get tap ins (Sewer, water, etc.)
4. Build
5. ???
6. Be in debt.

In other news, work has been borderline horrible. A development project gone south- mainly because of bad requirements and communication. It's a 1000+ hr project that we've been working on since July.. The deadlines keep slipping. Found out one of my main developers on the project is giving his two weeks notice today. So, that puts things in a bit of a tight spot. Fortunately, the project is wrapping up. The Project Manager got into a nice email flame blame game, which I decided not to get involved with... :)

We have the Harvest Fest this weekend at our church. Should be fun and will be good for me to get some relaxation in. Going to be chopping wood for the fire and cooking chili.

Next week will be pretty busy... closing on a loan and two user group presentations, and a mid term exam to study for. Not looking forward to the last one. Maybe I'll take off a day of work.. I still have 10 days to take off between now and Jan 1!

Well, have a good weekend everyone!

5. ???

[FortKnox]

#5 is "Buy window furnishings." Its the hidden cost of new houses. Blinds and stuff. Surprisingly expensive. Was why I didn't buy a new house (well, that and how much of a commute I woulda had to get to work).

Re:5. ???

[glh]

Yeah, no kidding. That's one of those things that we knew about and are planning on going into a little bit of credit card debt (hopefully not too much- we're counting on a hefty tax return).

We're looking at about $5K in new furniture. $3k in appliances. Probably about 1K in making drapes (just the material). My wife is planning on doing that... Another 1-2K for landscaping. It gets expensive fast...!

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[TechnoLust]

Sorry. Had to PUNish you. :-)

Sounds good on the house. Hopefully work will be less sucky soon.

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[insanecarbonbasedlif]

Just for TL.... That ranks as one of the worst puns you have ever made. Before this gets out of hand, we should make this thread capt'ain call it a night.