We're Going to Be Townies

OK, willing to admit; little overwhelmed. It's busy days. We closed Friday and by 11AM had the keys and were in the house ... at least I was. Phillip dropped off 2 chairs, a table and a lamp in the garage and tore off to The Club. Apparently, the races can't start without him. In the past, because Philip was traveling or all ready moved; I sold our 3 homes but have never been at a closing. Maybe Kentucky has unique rules. We walked into the title company office; there's our banker, title people, both realtors and the sellers. The sellers and their realtor go to another room. We sit at the table with the banker, our realtor and title person. There's a gift basket with a bottle of champagne ... I keep the basket near me. The paper shuffle starts. Holy Moly, I lost count of the times I signed my name, all the while attempting to read some of the print. In the meantime, from the corner of my eye; I can tell Philip is distracted as he's rapidly shuffling thru paper...

Finally, after a blizzard of texts, emails and phone calls; we close 10/10/10AM. Yeah, I know … whole lota' 10's. Starting to pack up the hilltop home … lots of memories. I remind myself how fortunate we were to be able to build our dream house and live in it for 20 years. Every room, every door and window … planned by us. I wanted light and lots of it. And i wanted views, in every direction. I argued with the architect and won. He added windows and doors with windows.  We were there when the 1st scoop of Earth was moved. Before the framing started; I was planning gardens and dreaming of the park I would build.  About time framing started our dear friend, Maggie arrived. Together, we took the blueprints and a picnic lunch to the work site. Sitting in the field behind the house; that's when Mags said "look at the blueprint; they're framing the back of the house wrong!" Aghast, i looked and looked again. She was right. We became 2 unpopular ladies. But...

The building inspection is today. Steve was agreeable to letting us wander thru the house, taking pics and asking a few questions. Downstairs has gas; upstairs is electric. We entered thru the garage ... obviously the owner is still moving. They did the same as us; bought, moved and then sold. Garage:              There are about 8 townhouses in this mixed neighborhood Hope they leave the shelving Well, it has to go somewhere Previous owner had a workshop and insulated the garage door Glad of the 2 windows; think Philiip can build us a work bench. Utility Room: finally, I have room to put in a folding table...but I'm going to miss my sink. Kitchen: Ok, this is interesting. I found pics from 2015, before kitchen was remodeled. It was an eat-in kitchen. After the remodel, no longer. An entire bank of Kraftmaid cabinets and desk were added, with a quartz countertop. The other side of the kitchen h...