Another update

Well, we went to look at houses last Friday with my wonderful friend and realtor, Claire. She made a special trip with us even though we don't have our preapproval yet and it was sorta pointless to look at the houses without one. We looked at 10 houses and found 3 that we liked. One was in immaculate condition and we would have bought it right then and there if we could've.

She gave us a referral to a broker she works with who also has more references and can get us approved with anyone instead of simply through Country Wide, who we were trying to go through. Her name is Tracy. So when I got the letter on Monday from Sallie Mae (that was the letter we needed in order to fix my credit), I e-mailed it to Tracy, who in turn called the credit bureau's and is having my credit updated. She said it would take about 4 days so hopefully we hear something by tomorrow at the latest. Once that is all settled, we can begin the process of getting preapproved or simply approved for a home loan. We can then narrow down our price range and start putting in offers since we are in a time crunch.

Our house is going up for auction in 11 days!! That's kinda scary!!

My mom is coming to visit on Wednesday, 6 days. I'm cleaned out one of the rooms that we originally used as a spare bedroom. The fuse that powers the entire room went out and we are not going to fix it. So we just moved the bed into the office, which has plenty of room for it. I vaccuumed the other room so it's one thing less I have to worry about when we actually start moving. Then I cleaned the spare bathroom (tub, sink, etc.) so my mom can use it when she's here. I was gonna clean the rest of the house, but everything gets so dusty so quickly that I have to wait til it's closer to the day she arrives.

In other news, Patrick went to school today and hopefully it will be his last day. He might have to go back in for one more presentation but we're hoping not. Then summer school starts for both of us on June 1st. We are So excited - NOT!! He's taking a Biology class and I'm taking a math class. Unfortunately, they don't offer the class I'm taking at the college that's close by, so I have to drive a little bit farther to MCC for my class. Oh well. Gotta get it done.

Cross your fingers that we get our loan soon. We're running out of time.