We are under contract!

We came to an agreement on the house in Windham and we are so so so excited about it!

Our closing is set for February 27th, just 29 days away! It's also our 5 month wedding anniversary. (Oddly enough we came to an agreement on January 27th as well...there must be something around the number 27 and us).

We have our inspections scheduled for Wednesday at 9am and I'm optimistic that they'll be fine.

We were also able to lock in at a 5% rate! The great thing is that if it drops we can adjust it down as well. Our mortgage guy is pretty great especially since the rates did increase later in the afternoon yesterday.

So now we need to pack. I hate packing.

This morning we put in an offer on a house in Windham! This is all moving so quickly. The offer will expire tomorrow at 5pm so hopefully we hear something before then. I'd love to hear something today, but I don't think that will happen.

There is another couple interested in the house, but they haven't put an offer in yet so keep your fingers crossed that they don't because we really want the house!

In other news Pat is working a ton and we hardly saw each other this weekend. Work has been busy for me as well, but at least I sleep at home every night. I know Pat doesn't mind it though.

I didn't cook at all this weekend. I spent most of the weekend at Gram's stressing over the house, but it was good to spend a lot of time there.

I'll update when we hear something - think good thoughts for us!

Yesterday we looked at another house in Windham. This is a nice colonial with a detached two car garage. It also has frontage on a pond, which Mom is just flipping over! Both Pat and I loved it so we'll be putting in another offer today. It was just last Sunday that we put in the last offer!

Keep your fingers crossed for us. We're going to put in a very fair offer, but when I drove by yesterday there was another couple looking at it also so lets just hope that if they do put in an offer that ours is a little better!

House update

It's a no-go. The seller was not interested in negotiating. No big deal, we know there will be something out there. When the house is listed as "seller is motivated" but he only counter-offers at $4k below his listing price...he's not motivated. That's cool, we're not motivated to buy an over-priced house!

Back to the drawing board!

Enchiladas

This was just an Old El Paso kit, but it was pretty good. We made it with Chicken instead of the ground beef and we both really enjoyed it. This picture was taken before it was cooked, but it looked pretty much the same after.

We made it another weekend without going out to eat! Go us!

Slow cooker soup

When I did Weight Watchers back in 2004 this was my staple, I ate it with everything as a side for some substance. It's a zero point soup and it's delicious. Since I like it so much I decided to make it last night.

This is before it all cooks down into a delicious soup. One year I even made a crock pot of this for my Dad for Father's Day. Seriously, it's that good.

10 oz Baby Spinach (I use 12 oz)
1 medium onion, chopped (I don't use the whole onion)
A few carrots, chopped (recipe says two, I use more)
A few stalks of celery, chopped (recipe says two, I use more)
28oz can of diced tomatoes
4 cups vegetable broth (low sodium is best)
2 bay leaves
1 Tbsp dried basil
1 tsp dried oregano
1/s tsp red pepper flakes (I use more)
1 medium garlic clove, minced

Put it all in the slow cooker and cook for 300 minutes on high. Remove bay leaves before serving.

Cowboy Cookies

Last Sunday it was freezing so Pat and I didn't want to get out of the house. I realized I truly am becoming my mother (not a bad thing!) because I decided to bake. When I was little we baked all the time. Mom loves to tell the story of how I made my first banana bread all by myself at age 3 for my Grammy Poland. What a sweet kid I was.

Anyway, since we hadn't been to the grocery store in a week, supplies were low. Then I remembered my Aunt Sue had given me one of those jars full of dry ingredients to make cookies for Christmas. Since all the dry ingredients were prepared for me, I don't really know what's in them (other than flour, brown sugar, chocolate chips, oatmeal and some kind of nuts...walnuts, I think). They were delicious though and certainly didn't last long! I have a feeling Pat will be requesting these again.

Mmmm....I wish I had one right now!