so what's the latest on the homefront. got a call from our realtor last night saying that we absolutely need to close escrow by friday 5pm. if we don't, then the seller is cancelling the deal. now, me and francis have made every effort to get this thing closed...in fact, we were ready to close this thing by the original deadline of may 27th. but the moons were not aligned, and our loan company needed more time to process documents and get appraisals and whatnot. so it was pushed to june 8th...and now it's pushed to this friday, the 12th. WHY IS THIS SO STRESSFUL! so the notary came over last night so we could sign the big 'ole stack of loan documents. instead of wasting time by waiting for a courier to drop off the docs, we took a half day off this morning to drive all the way down to san juan capistrano to personally hand over the loan packet, as well as sign off on the final addendums from the escrow company and fork over our money for the down payment and closing costs. so me and francis are done. and our realtor is going to take the time to drive down to san juan, pick up the docs, and take it to the funding department of our mortgage company, so whoever needs to get their money gets it and we can finally call this a done deal. aaaagggggggghhhhhhh!
thank goodness wwdc sold out and i was unable to attend this year's conference. i was really bummed, but then when i think about how much more complicated it would have been to get the housing stuff closed with me in san francisco...man, God works in mysterious ways....
as far as wedding stuff, i'm finally assembling the invitations! yay me! i don't think i'll be able to mail them out by the end of this week (since i'll be in vegas from friday through monday), but hopefully i'll be sending them out next week. gotta get the ball rolling again on this!
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
4 months!
crossing my fingers that we close escrow this week so i can get back to thinking about the wedding that's fast approaching!
Monday, May 4, 2009
busy weekend
aren't weekends made for sleeping in? not for me! the good news is that all the house stuff is coming together. we locked in our interest rate. we're turning in all the necessary financial documentation. the appraiser is set to see the house on wednesday, and the inspector is coming in on thursday. most of the work is out of our hands...it's really the other pieces having to come together to get this escrow closed.
the parentals are back from alaska. they had fun, despite getting sick while cruising. but all's well, they're on antibiotics and recovering quite nicely. it was really weird not having them around at home for so long. just me and coco for the most part, with frequent visits from francis. this is what life post-wedding is going to be! well with more francis, but geez, it's going to be very different! kinda exciting, but kinda scary too!
oh yeah, we told our parents about the house! we sprung the news on the oretas at their town fiesta on sunday. and then we surprised my parents with the news during my belated dinner at wood ranch that same evening. mmmmm tri-tip chopped salad...so delicious! so they're all happy for us. but of course, we need to CLOSE first. i want those keys in my hand!
what else did we do this weekend? we watched x-men origins. pretty cool for a comic book movie. but i'm really really excited to watch star trek. i totally want to imax it too! anyone interested? OH and j.crew is opening at ontario mills! yippie!! now it's complete...got my bcbg, banana republic, and j.crew. arg the only ones lacking are puma and lucky brand (both used to be stores there, but now they are gone). other notable happenings? the celtics beat the bulls (BOO!), and pacquiao pummeled hatton to the ground (WOOHOO!)
the parentals are back from alaska. they had fun, despite getting sick while cruising. but all's well, they're on antibiotics and recovering quite nicely. it was really weird not having them around at home for so long. just me and coco for the most part, with frequent visits from francis. this is what life post-wedding is going to be! well with more francis, but geez, it's going to be very different! kinda exciting, but kinda scary too!
oh yeah, we told our parents about the house! we sprung the news on the oretas at their town fiesta on sunday. and then we surprised my parents with the news during my belated dinner at wood ranch that same evening. mmmmm tri-tip chopped salad...so delicious! so they're all happy for us. but of course, we need to CLOSE first. i want those keys in my hand!
what else did we do this weekend? we watched x-men origins. pretty cool for a comic book movie. but i'm really really excited to watch star trek. i totally want to imax it too! anyone interested? OH and j.crew is opening at ontario mills! yippie!! now it's complete...got my bcbg, banana republic, and j.crew. arg the only ones lacking are puma and lucky brand (both used to be stores there, but now they are gone). other notable happenings? the celtics beat the bulls (BOO!), and pacquiao pummeled hatton to the ground (WOOHOO!)
Thursday, April 30, 2009
one more thing...
oh yeah, i forgot to mention: we're in escrow!
the house isn't ours yet, but this is going in the right direction! eeeeeek!!
the house isn't ours yet, but this is going in the right direction! eeeeeek!!
getting closer!
i haven't blogged in a while. 156 days and counting! GEEPIS! it's already the end of april...time is passing by extremely fast. so what's new?
1. my dress came in! i had my first fitting a little more than a week ago. i am definitely better adjusted now than i was when i started shopping for a wedding gown. i was excited this time around instead of being freaked out! so i tried on my gown with my jimmy choos and walked back and forth across the salon floor with my mom looking on with the camera. cheese! my second fitting will be next monday. i may need to add sleeves. got word back from the church that my shoulders need to be covered up. BOO.
2. house hunting. what a process. getting your first house is an exciting time, but it's so not a fun thing to do. it's stressful and emotionally draining. sure it's easy looking at properties online and then telling your realtor you want to do a walkthrough. but the bidding process? ugh. sure, the houses that we couldn't afford two years ago are now within our price range, but we're not the only ones shopping. we were about to bid on one house in a newer development in chino hills, but i drove through with my parents and realized the chino prison was jogging distance away. NO WAY! so we scrapped that idea. then we bid on one house the day it was listed on the market, but someone was quicker and higher, and the seller took the other bidder's offer. moving on. we bid on a short sale in march, and all we know now is that "it's in process". short sales are never a guarantee, so we continue to look for properties. found a really nice house in our "ideal" area of chino hills. placed a bid. the listing agent wanted us to make a counteroffer, but we declined because it was a house we really "liked", not "loved". another offer won out. so we keep looking...and looking...and looking. did i mention we had three realtors at the same time? but we picked our fave and have been really happy with him since.
3. my 27th birthday was last sunday. my parents weren't around. they left for an alaskan cruise the day before! ABANDONMENT! but francis and my sister spent the weekend with me. i wasn't feeling up to do anything anyway, i was pretty exhausted the entire weekend. the house stuff made me sick! but we did manage to have a nice dinner at tony roma's. my favorite!! yum yum :-)
4. we booked the dj/emcee for the wedding. he's from bino's entertainment. after sitting and talking to him for a bit, you could immediately tell that he's a cool guy who's going to make the event fun. so that makes me even more excited! i think the only thing left is the limo, but francis has already selected the company for that.
so that's it in a nutshell. keep checking back for updates!
1. my dress came in! i had my first fitting a little more than a week ago. i am definitely better adjusted now than i was when i started shopping for a wedding gown. i was excited this time around instead of being freaked out! so i tried on my gown with my jimmy choos and walked back and forth across the salon floor with my mom looking on with the camera. cheese! my second fitting will be next monday. i may need to add sleeves. got word back from the church that my shoulders need to be covered up. BOO.
2. house hunting. what a process. getting your first house is an exciting time, but it's so not a fun thing to do. it's stressful and emotionally draining. sure it's easy looking at properties online and then telling your realtor you want to do a walkthrough. but the bidding process? ugh. sure, the houses that we couldn't afford two years ago are now within our price range, but we're not the only ones shopping. we were about to bid on one house in a newer development in chino hills, but i drove through with my parents and realized the chino prison was jogging distance away. NO WAY! so we scrapped that idea. then we bid on one house the day it was listed on the market, but someone was quicker and higher, and the seller took the other bidder's offer. moving on. we bid on a short sale in march, and all we know now is that "it's in process". short sales are never a guarantee, so we continue to look for properties. found a really nice house in our "ideal" area of chino hills. placed a bid. the listing agent wanted us to make a counteroffer, but we declined because it was a house we really "liked", not "loved". another offer won out. so we keep looking...and looking...and looking. did i mention we had three realtors at the same time? but we picked our fave and have been really happy with him since.
3. my 27th birthday was last sunday. my parents weren't around. they left for an alaskan cruise the day before! ABANDONMENT! but francis and my sister spent the weekend with me. i wasn't feeling up to do anything anyway, i was pretty exhausted the entire weekend. the house stuff made me sick! but we did manage to have a nice dinner at tony roma's. my favorite!! yum yum :-)
4. we booked the dj/emcee for the wedding. he's from bino's entertainment. after sitting and talking to him for a bit, you could immediately tell that he's a cool guy who's going to make the event fun. so that makes me even more excited! i think the only thing left is the limo, but francis has already selected the company for that.
so that's it in a nutshell. keep checking back for updates!
Saturday, April 4, 2009
6 months!
the clock is ticking folks. in LESS than 6 months, i'll be walking down the aisle at St. Denis! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!
i have to remember to call the bridal salon tomorrow. where's my dress?!?
i have to remember to call the bridal salon tomorrow. where's my dress?!?
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