We Are Homeowners!!

We closed on our townhome Friday! We signed, oh, at least fifteen different documents (okay, a few of them were duplicates) in a big room with the lawyer, realtor, loan officer and rep from the co-op. Tina (our loan officer, lovely woman) gave us a sheet of address labels, a National City Mortgage cloth bag, and a bottle of champagne! Kathie from the co-op gave us a packet from the co-op including a fridge magnet with the most important numbers (24-hour maintenance service!). And we got the keys!! We will have the locks changed next week, for safety's sake--free service of the co-op! Well, part of the $325-ish we pay every month, actually.

We went over after the closing and did a bit of work: Ken pulled the crown molding off the living room walls (it's *plastic*--ick!) and I investigated the upstairs rooms, pulled the bedding of the bed the former owners left (tossing the pillows which were in sad shape but the sheets, blanket and comforter are fine), and picked up fallen branches around the yard. I was never so happy cleaning up a yard, because it's ours!

Ken put in a day at the place today (mowing the lawn, doing laundry in our washing machine and dryer!) I worked at the library--we had more kids and a few teens signing up for the Summer Reading Club--are you joining the one at your local library?--and possibly one dad. Yes, we have an "adult activity sheet" that encourages them to check out our wonderful databases, book-news emails and other cool stuff. And my coworkers congratulated me on the closing!

Tomorrow I have Ministry and Worship Committee meeting, then more work on the townhome! I made measurements of major living room furniture (sofa plus all the bookcases) and am bringing the measuring tape to see what can fit where.

We'll let you know when we're ready for visitors! We have that extra double bed (mattress is in fine condition!) and can rent out a "guest house" through the co-op. There are also several hotels around.

We will email the address and our new phone number out soon, and send by snail mail eventually.