Close by May 4th...Wait, WHAT?????

Wowzers!  While we are still pretty unsure of how much faith to put into the latest news we have, we can't help but be just a little excited....okay, a lot!  lol.

We received an email saying that the short sale negotiator (aka the seller's realtor) received written approval on the lower appraisal amount!  Now, we are just waiting on all of the official loan info on our end to go through (for the new, lower amount)!  This could be as early as next week!!!!! WHAT!!!!  you heard it right.  Since we've seen so many ups and downs, we are hesitant to get tooooo excited yet.  The good news is that, we are going to have this house!  the question is when....will it be June like we thought just last week, or could it be April?  I guess we will find out soon...or will it be later?  ha ha!  Either way, we are feeling good!!!!

Inspection!

Great News...we aren't quite there yet BUT,  BOA accepted our offer on the house!  Yippee!!! On Friday, the house was inspected (went well, but we haven't seen the full report yet).  Now, we have to wait on the appraisal and hope the bank will settle (in the case that our offer is over the amount it is "worth."  We don't have extra thousands lying around, lol. 

soooooooo.....Ahhh!! we might have a house soon!  I'm pumped, uncontrollably.  The downer has been that I've been having a horrid time at work so it's been leveling me out.  I really hope all of this goes through!  IF it does, we could potentially be in **our house** sometime in April!  Wowzers! I never thought it would come!  Fingers crossed for us that everything works out!   

Many many Dreams going on right now!

     So I guess you could say that I've been slacking.  I'm pretty good at procrastinating if I do say so myself.  I know I've done a few posts here and there, but they've been pretty much me whining, let's admit it, lol.  So, I figured it was time to finally sit down and write down some of my immediate life goals.

1. Start a home:  Most obviously, as anyone reading my blog could tell you, I want to have a home.  Of course, we know I already have chosen which home I want.  (Backstory here:here, and here, and here!)  So, in regards to this dream, the latest we have: we signed another addendum saying we agreed to close within 60 days of them(finally) agreeing to the deal.  We do think they are going to agree, but, we are worried the house is going to appraise for less than our offer and then our loan won't go through.  This could go two ways: they tell us they will accept the lower amount since that is all if appraised for OR they tell us they won't accept more and we lose the house.  Hopefully we will know soon...either way...
2. Be a Happier person: Don't get me wrong, I think I'm pretty happy, but there are some things in my life that need to change.  For one, I worry too much about what other people think.  I'm a people pleaser and sometimes I find myself putting myself, who I am, on the line just to make other people happy.  I also over-explain myself to try to make someone see why I did what I did.  I really need to shrug things off because I let it get to me too much. Also, I think I need to start doing more to make myself happy instead of waiting around for it. 
3. Get Healthy: I am the first person to tell you I simply can't diet.  I don't think I need to lose a ton of weight, a few pounds for sure and I'd love to tone up a bit.  I think it will help me with goals #2 as well.  I've also had a couple of blood pressure scares in the past couple of years (stress related I think).  With my Dad's history of heart disease and even my mom's history of diabetes, I need to get healthy either way.  
4. Keep in Better Contact with Friends/Family: I've kinda been slacking a bit with responding to emails and calling friends from home.  I have seriously been in a funk (see #2). I got to see my friends over last weekend for my "sister"- friend's bridal shower and realized just how much I miss them and how wonderful they are.  Even across the miles, I need to get better at calling and responding.  Good friends are too hard to find.  

I'm sure there are more things I want to work on....yea, there definitely are!  ha ha, but for now, this is my list.  A smaller list if easier to work on, and these are some pretty lofty goals!  we'll see how they go, I'd be happy with progress.  Do any of you have goals you are working on (I'm sure you do!)?  How are they going?  Anyone else a people pleaser?