Things are coming together!

Our moving guy came by yesterday and he said there is a 60/40 chance that he'll be able to get his truck up our hill. We're hoping he can because it'll save us about an hour and a half in moving time which adds up! I also forgot that moving companies charge you for actually driving out and using their truck, so that's an extra $100 I didn't anticipate but if it costs us $300-$400 to get moved, it's well worth it and I'd rather do that than do it ourselves. We have SO much stuff. It would just be a nightmare!

I also chatted with two handymen yesterday. One sounded super nice and his rate is only $30 an hour. The second guy seemed to be a little bit more knowledgeable and asked more questions, but he wants $65 an hour to do really, really basic repairs. We need some shingles stapled on our roof, some duct replaced in the attic, and an earthquake strap attached to our water heater. These are all things we could even do our ourselves if we were so inclined but for $30 an hour we'd rather have someone else climb up our extremely hight roof and deal with the attic and such. 

I am glad we have our mover and our handyman all lined up! Hopefully we close on the 30th as that is now our latest close date. Yesterday we got EVERYTHING submitted that we need to close so it's just a matter for the re-signed IRS forms (NEVER ever sign in blue ink) to be verified and sent back and then we are good to go! WOO!

This weekend we plan on finishing up packing, trying to clean up the best we can, repositioning things so it'll be easy for the moving guys to take stuff out of the apartment and maybe picking up a few last minute things for the new place. I can't wait to get in there and start painting and getting stuff put together! Since we are starting off with small projects instead of going all out with new carpet and such, we'll be able to keep saving and make sure we don't overextend ourselves the first few months. Heck yes for being super financially responsible! Even though new, super plush carpet would be great, we're willing to stick with ugly dark brown for a while. Plus that way the first time Rockford decides the carpet is a great place to pee, I won't have an absolute heart attack about my new carpet getting peed on. Oh Rockford...

HAPPY FRIDAY!