Joanne, Kat and Amber, Thank You so much for the congrats and positive thoughts. We greatly appreciate them!!

We have to go into DeForest today to sign an amendment to the contract. The buyer wants to have the purchase price be $8,500 more so we can credit it back to him at the closing, to be used for trim, carpet, etc....
His financing was through Anchor Bank, but once the offer was accepted he decided to go with a mortgage broker. The mortgage broker said they wouldn't give him the loan unless he had more money tack on, because the house is unfinished.

Hopefully this still works out... Jeff (realtor) said he has never closed on time with a mortgage broker. I know we'll be pushing to make sure we close on time, and I think the buyer will too since he is going out of town shortly after the closing date.
So we shall see....

We're going to call the two apartments today, start packing up some stuff, and do other moving related chores.

DH's court appearance went well. But since he isn't a lawyer he couldn't present the case. So his dad had to (and he doesn't have the best communication skills....) but DH was able to be sworn in and FIL could ask him questions. This definately helped. He was awarded about half of what he was asking for.

FIL had said we would get $1000 knocked off the money we owe him, for DH's help. Since Spyros didn't talk FIL asked how much Spyros thought his time was worth. DH said $700, so that's some more money taken off our debt.

I told DH he was a dork (exact words) for not saying $1000. He had spent a few hours (at least) gathering the information. Besides having to take off of work on two seperate occasions, and going to FIL's house two times (an hour trip each way). Lawyers charge hundreds of dollars an hour.... And granted DH wasn't able to talk in court, but without the info he gathered, FIL would have not had a case....

I told DH he needs to have more faith in himself. Many people think he is smart (and he is, very...) but he often downplays it, and sometimes feels uncomfortable with the praise. I told him that he shouldn't do this, it's wonderful to be smart. (That's one of the reasons I married him...)
Spyros also said that at times he thinks he may downplay it, so people don't expect as much of him... Well it's good that he realizes this. And it something that we both could work on... reaching for higher expectations. (Another-words getting off our butts and doing more!!!)

DH was a sweetie yesterday with my headache and all (Headache's gone today!) When he got back from court (and after I gave my lecture....) we ordered a pizza and went to the library for a couple of rentals. We saw Just Married and Daredevil.
Both very good...

When we go to DeForest today, we need to get some groceries so we stop eating out as much. We have food, but it doesn't look appealing to either one of us. We've wasted a lot of money eating out the past month, but I guess if it helps to keep your sanity.... We just have to stop using that as an excuse!!!

Simple/Frugal Thought of the Day: Stop to smell the roses, literally. When we went to DH's great aunt's wake, there was flowers all about and I stopped to smell all of them. It may look strange to some, but a funeral is life continuing, so you may as well enjoy it as much as you can.