374 Days

That's how many days it will be from the day we put our house up for sale (April 18, 2006) to the day we close on our loan to begin construction (April 27, 2007). I'd say we certainly erred on the side of conservatism. The good news is that since the house was sold (September 29, 2006) we have been able to save money to help with the new house. The initial goal was to avoid having two mortgage payments (does rent + a mortgage payment count as two mortgage payments?? :) ), so for the past 7 months that has been a success.

We're supposed to knock down some trees this week or next. Stay tuned!

And now to the bank...

Got the quote finalized over the last couple of days. Now our loan is in the hands of the lender. It will take an excruciating 3 weeks for finalization of the loan, but hopefully that means that we can break ground before the month is over.

I'm not holding my breath. :)

Plans are with the Builder

Hollie and I are anxiously awaiting news from the builder on the cost of construction for the new house. This is the third set of plans we have given him (some would say Hollie's tastes are a bit extravagant :) ).