It happened at 7:40 today! I signed the counteroffer on the house we had picked out! It's in Paris, MI, which is immediately north of Big Rapids. It's on the south side of the Muskeegon River, where it flows from east to west, before it bends south again. And here it is!
We struck a mutually good deal for the house, and everyone is very happy. We have nearly no furniture for the house, so we'll be doing some serious shopping over the coming weeks. We also have to have inspections done on every aspect of the house, within the next 10 days. Closing will be on 8/10, and we get to move in on 8/24! We are so excited!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
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Congrats, Sis. I am happy for you guys and so glad you have a nice place to once again call home (other than the RV and your winter home in AZ).
ReplyDeleteAre you still planning to come down here next week? We can get a plan together of what you want to move up there and what you want to toss (if anything) from what you have at my house. Then we can look at new stuff...I know, you can't get it from here, but we can still look :D
This is so exciting for you. A new washer and dryer...that is fun, too!
Love you! Sis.
Now all we have to do is pick it up and move it to Indiana ;-) Oh well that won't work, so we will miss you --- a lot.
ReplyDeleteray kb9lgs
Glad for you-----Hope the inspection goes well.
ReplyDeleteglad you guys got the house that you wanted...now....will there be wedding bells in the future for you two?
ReplyDeleteWell that might have been a bit pushy of someone on the wedding bells thing.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, I think we all want fair warning to at least wish them well when they are ready for this.
ray kb9lgs
Don't buy too much furniture until the inspection is complete. You never know what might turn up.
ReplyDeleteBoy that is true. Sometimes those inspections turn up some deal breaker surprises.
ReplyDeleteHi Janee, congratulations .... almost. Being near rivers is beautiful but also kind of anxiety provoking when they rise. Please make sure the Floodplain map is looked over by a professional in that area. From your posting it sounds like your property is right next to the river. Have no clue what rainfall has been like in Michigan over the past several years. But as you know from where your house was at in Bloomington there has been flooding. I believe that the flooding in Bloomington was even above Floodplains on the 100 year maps.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget the roads into and out of the area. It looks like there may be one way in and out, and is that route secure in a flood. It actually looks like the house is pretty well situated for flooding. but from a quick look at google maps it looks like you might have some roads that you would have to use that might flood often and for serious amounts of time.
ReplyDeleteI assume you will be snow birding to the west so I won't mention winter preparedness ;-) But I have been in Michigan for a "minor dusting" and I can tell you their "minor" snow storm still really really messes with everything. I did love the Jeep Cherokee that was 20-30 foot off the road 10 foot up in the fork of two trees, and upside down. I would have loved to seen how that came to be. But that was like the unique one. 13 hours of driving a hour and a half with accidents about every mile. So you probably don't want to be there for winter.
ray kb9lgs
Janee you missed a grand thunderstorm in Bloomington today.
ReplyDeleteSorry Jim "grand" is definately not one of the terms I would have used for the storms. Spooky, and major might have worked better.
ReplyDeleteray kb9lgs
So lucky for you to have found a new man, a new house, a new life really. How did you manage that? Am I jealous, yes I am. Can you tell me the secret?
ReplyDeleteBonnie
Bonnie:
ReplyDeleteI don't obviously know, but I think I can provide some insight. I have watched a bit as Janee has indeed maybe tried to do the get a new life thing a bit, but the rest has been just living life and letting it come appropriately. If you set out with these as your goal I don't think you can find them.
ray kb9lgs
Hmm - I will try to follow that advice - I have the same history as Janee - losing a husband to brain cancer after 31 years of marriage, but her story ends better than mind so I will try that strategy.
ReplyDeleteBonnie, you will find your joy, but I don't think that I really "looked for" this life that I have now. It sort of just happened, as Ray said, when I just lived my life.
ReplyDeleteOne thing that I've found to be true is that people either just don't want to hear about the "widow thing," if they are not personally involved with your late husband, or they DO care, and are made uncomfortable when he's mentioned.
Some people want us to be super-human, to "move on" and forget the life that was our only life for all those years. And some will never forgive us if we do get out and have a little fun.
I will say that I got into dating sooner than I perhaps should have. I just couldn't stand the lonely times and was sick of wallowing in what I saw as self-pity. But I did meet some really interesting people. I met people on MySpace chat (believe it or not), on Yahoo Personals, and on True.com.
Of course, the guy I am with is one I met hiking, back when Michael and I were still very much alive. So one never knows.
I say to get out there: put your profile up on a dating site or two, smile a lot, volunteer for something new, and go to the library and the grocery store.
And another thing that I've done is to physically lose many of the trappings of my "old life." Giving away most of my possessions and selling my old house were HUGE things to do, drastic, actually, but they certainly sped me along on my way toward making room for a new life.
Thanks for the advice - I think I am ready to try some new things now, but it did take me these two years to feel like it - that's what amazes me about you - but everyone is different in grieving and living life.
ReplyDeleteTake care, and best wishes.
Bonnie