Walk through and the punch list

This Friday Mike and I are going to meet with the builder to walk through the house and create a punch list. This means….drum roll please....the house is almost done! They will take the punch list and wrap things up, and as promised 28 weeks ago, we will get our keys and move in by 12/19. To look back on it all, it’s crazy that the end is almost here. Time really has flown by. We’re, of course, glad that our stint with apartment living is almost over. We will not miss the madness that lives next door or upstairs. We won’t miss the neighborhood teenagers sitting on my car. Or the kids on skateboards who NEVER get out of the way of moving vehicles. We also won’t miss the woman who seems to think that Jack is going to attack her and eat her dog. Soon enough we can forget about our time spent at The Retreat and the many loads of laundry we’ve done in the community laundromat, as well as my 7 minute commute. (now I really “get it” why people live close to work). And for the better or worse, our grocery store options will quickly be narrowed to 2 within 5 miles vs. 7 (you have to love the suburbs). But beyond our cool new house being built, much has happened while we’ve been gone. We now have our very own Trader Joes in the neighborhood, which I will say is a super improvement to the zip code. Oh a West Elm moved in too. Thanks to a really crummy economy, Mike and I locked in a great interest rate. Gas prices have dropped so my old/new again 25 minute commute won’t be so hard on the pocket book. And the county has decided to forego home appraisals for another year, which is even better on the pocket book!