Finally, Back on track!

Raymond House Up Date: Just got the news this afternoon, the inspector finally made it back out to the house. She turned on the water in all the sinks & flushed the toilets and everything worked!! She got her paperwork turned in today & we are back on track. That was the last hurtle, all that is left now is for the bank & HUD to do their thing and we should close sometime in the second week of August!! That should still give us time to make the travel arrangements for August 29/30th. 

Alaska House Up Date: We signed the contract for the rental of this house until it sells, made arrangements to get it cleaned after we are out. All the details are done on this house here so no more worries on that!

Moving Up Date: Really good news! Looks like we can apply for a credit kinda thing for the barge! Considering that is the bulk of our moving expenses it would be fantastic if we can make payments on it!!! I will be making the 2nd payment on the trailer this week. I will also take a bunch of photos & measurements so I can get the supplies ready for weatherizing it for the trip. Oh and I don't think I have mentioned that we will also be using a couple of U-Haul Tote Boxes for stuff we can't fit in the trailer. (even with that we are still saving money) Mark made arrangements today to have a kayak rack built for the truck to haul the boats. That will get installed a day or 2 after he comes home next rotation. 

Packing: I haven't done much in the way of packing the last week or so, I have been really stressed out over all the other stuff. But now that everything is a go again AND the hard part (the cabin) is done, the rest will go fast! Deciding on the tote boxes has helped as well. 

New Photos!! I got some new photos from the home inspection that was done. They are terrible, poor quality, grainy black & white, and hard to see, but they are views we don't have yet, so for us they are exciting!

This is probably the most exciting on we got! As you can see it shows the footage of all the buildings. Considering Mark just found out about the shop & the color pics we have doesn't really show much, he was REALLY excited to see how big it really is! For those of you who have been to our place here in AK. compare these out buildings with our cabin. The cabin is 450sqft. The shop is over twice the size of the cabin! The garage & barn are just a bit smaller! NOW Mark is more excited than I am! hahaha Oh BTW the buildings are not located on the property in this way, you can see the layout on one of the google maps in an earlier post. 

We have a color pic similar to this one but I wanted to post this on 'cause it shows the relation of the house & garage a little better. 

This is a better pic of the garage. I'm pretty sure the garage door will be to small for the truck so it will most likely be the first major remodeling job we do. 
(after we fix the well that is)

Here is a good side view of the shop. Mark is already making plans to put in a nice possessing station in the back part, complete with game hangers, running water and freezers!

You can't see this one very good but it is a view of the road. Looks like at the driveway. It looks like asphalt from this pic but I was told it is gravel. It's kinda funny, Travis told us about this road being gravel as "Bad News"! hahaha! It's in way better shape than our roads here!

Have you ever known you were getting a supper Christmas present, something that you have begged your parents & Santa for? But you couldn't open it till Christmas which is months away? For those of you who know me, do I need to say more!

I am going crazy with anticipation to "OPEN" this one!

This was a nice surprise. I knew there was some kind of entry but I couldn't quite figure it out. I love it!!  =)

 We have a color pic of the dining room but this shows the hallway to the other 2 bedrooms & main bathroom. The door on the right is the kitchen, the door on the left is the master bedroom. I absolutely LOVE that the main bathroom is away from the main part of the house & kitchen!!!! That is one of my BIGGEST pet peeves yet most houses are designed that way. 

This is the view from the front windows. The house sits kinda close to the road but there should be very little traffic on it. You can not see ANY neighbors from ANY of the windows in the house! In fact it doesn't look like you can see neighbors form anywhere on the property!

Another view of the living room. It is laid out like the one we have here but bigger. The window on the end looks out over the barn & pasture! =)

This was another nice surprise. The master bath tub. You can't really tell from this pic but I have seen so many of these the last few months that I am pretty sure it is a large garden tub. That in it's self is not a big deal BUT the space is big enough that we can replace it with a jetted tub! (That is if we don't get a regular size hot tub on the patio   ; )

I wasn't even expecting this! Master bedroom His & Her closets! They even look like they could be walk in too!

I don't think there is anything about this place we don't like or wish was a little different! because of the lay out of the property & the buildings on the property, what isn't already here we can add to. Because the payments will be low we will have the funds to make any changes we want to make it OUR HOME!