Closed Finally

We finally closed on the house.  It was a major fiasco, from the beginning to the end, but it is done.  In the middle of closing they realized that the appraiser didn’t sign off on the certificate of occupancy because the gas meter wasn’t in when he was there, so they had to hold the keys until they got a call from him.  From about 2:30 – 4:00  we couldn’t get into the house.  Didn’t help that it was 90+ degrees and we were moving all the flooring from the street to inside.  The flooring people surprised us and made delivery a few days early, so it became a mad rush to get a crying baby up to Simpsonville last minute and sign for the floors.  After they were delivered, I had to move them into the garage to get them out of the street, but because we didn’t yet have keys, I couldn’t move them inside.  So, with 3,000 pounds of flooring:

We went from this:

To this (garage):

and once we got the keys

To finally this (kitchen):

Now we are off to install the floors, hang the blinds, install the garage door opener, and get a fence done.  The joys of home ownership!!  (Livi loves and throws out her classic Livi pose.)