One more day!

John and I close on the house tomorrow!
I am so elated. We close at noon.

I talked to Paola this morning. She is John's brother Henry's wife. So, she's my sister in law. I only have one sister in law. Since I only have one, I'm glad I have her!

She has quite the story to tell about coming from Mexico to the U.S. yesterday. She was in north Mexico taking care of some things. She wasn't able to go back to Mexico City to get any of her stuff because of swine flu. She walked across the border, then boarded a plane in El Paso. She flew to Dallas then to Fort Lauderdale. She was so excited to be back! And, Henry was very excited for her to be back. I tried to convince her to come to Austin for a visit. What's new? I always try to get people to come to Austin to visit. :)

House!

So, we close on our house on 4.30. I realized that I need to get a lot better about taking pictures and also sharing about our house. Inquiring minds want to know!

The house is not very pretty. It isn't very pretty at all. It is in a great neighborhood though. And, I love the floor plan. I say it isn't very pretty because it hasn't been updated since the 70s. I was recently introduced to a new term: sweat equity. John and I will put a LOT of sweat equity into the house.

The first thing we are going to do is scrap the popcorn ceilings. Then, we'll pull the carpet. Finally, we will have new floors installed. We are thinking Brazilian Rosewood or Brazilian Cherry. We are trying to decide if we have enough resources (aka money) to do the kitchen. It needs backsplash, painted cabinents, and new counter tops. Oh yeah, and a new floor.

The dining room is pretty awesome. We want to do a banquette of sorts. A long bench on one wall then a table and some chairs on the other side.

Carpet for the bedrooms. New paint. Ugh! We are going to be hemorrhaging money!