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I have a question for you. With the number of people that have bought a house, why hasn't the title company’s gotten a system down where you can close in 1 hour.

I bought my first house last week and it was the worst thing that I have had to go through. I was originally supposed to close at 8 am on a Thursday which would have been great cause I could have started to move in Friday night so my weekend wouldn’t totally been shot. Well that 8am time got pushed back to Friday at 8am. That would have been ok too. Sure it would make for a hectic Friday, but at least I could start moving that night.

Well that didn’t happen either. By this time I was starting to get upset but my builder and my loan officer both assured me that it would happen by 12 noon. Well 12 noon came and went without a call from anyone. So I called them.

Turns out that the paperwork wasn't quite ready but it should be done within 1 hour at the latest. Well 1pm didn’t happen either. So I called everyone again. They told me that it shouldn’t be much longer and that I should just be at the title company by 3pm.

Well I was ready for this to be all over so I went up to the title company at 3pm and told them that I was there to close and they told me that it would be another 30 minutes before the papers were ready. Well 30 minutes isn’t that bad so I was kinda excited. Well what the front desk forgot to tell me was that this was not the normal 30 minutes that everyone in the world goes by, this was the 30 minutes that title company’s go by.

Well to make a long story a little shorter, those 30 minutes turned out to be 3 hours. I could have worked all day and still been there by the time that the papers were ready. Me and my wife didn’t sit down to sign the papers till 6pm. That put us there till 7pm. Now everyone knows that banks don’t normally fund past 4pm but somehow everything got taken care of that night and we got to move in on Saturday.

And so I will leave it at this. If you are about to buy a house, do not plan anything till everything is said and done and you will not be disappointed when your plans fall apart.

Duh......

The question of the day is: "How many times do you have to walk in and out of a door for you to realize that you have to turn the handle first."

Here at work I have to go through many doors all day long to get to the computers I have to fix. While some of the doors have a bar that you push to open, there are a few that you must turn a door knob to open. Well for some reason I can't grasp that concept on one of those doors. Every time you go in it you have to swipe a badge to gain access and just pull the door towards you. But to get out you have to turn the knob and push. While I know I have to do this, for some reason I don’t. In the 2 months that I have been here I have walked into that door face first at least once a day.

I know my last two entries make me seem like a complete idiot, but I swear I am a smart person.

Does anyone else have these "blonde" moments or is it just me?

Last night at dinner

Ok so I was at dinner last night with my wife and her family to celebrate her birthday. We had a great time at the Olive Garden, but towards the end of the dinner I had to hit myself in the head.

I had been eating soup and it was quite hot so I was blowing on it to cool it down. While that may seem normal, that’s what lead to this idiotic action. The waiter brought out a chocolate cake for my wife and sang happy birthday resturaunt style, then my wife cut the cake and passed it out to everyone. About halfway through my piece I noticed that I was blowing on the cold cake before I would take a bite.

Why I did this I have no idea. I just felt like Robert from Everyone Love Raymond when he would touch the food to his chin before he would take a bite. Am I the only one that has done this on accident or are there anyone else out there that’s a moron like me?

"Why Me"

I feel bad for writing this because I know that you are not supposed to have a "why me" attitude with the Lord. But sometimes you can't help but ask that question. The first time that I can remember asking that was just a few months ago. My wifes mother had just passed away from cancer. She had been battling it for 2 years and I always had hope that God would heal her like so many others he had. But when the day came and the Lord took her home, my first question was "Why me. Why now". Me and my wife had not even been married 1 year and this happeneds. Then the question turned to "Why does my wife have to go through this." I even started thinking that this was somehow my fault. I thought that maybe I had done something wrong and God was taking it out on my wife and her family. This thought was brought on due to the fact that her mom was diagnosed with the cancer only months after we started to date.

I was getting very mad at myself and at God for letting this happen. Then while I was sitting there with my head in my hands I heard the answer loud and clear. It wasn't anything that I had done. It was going to happen wheither I was there or not. God had brought me in to my wifes life so I could be there for her.

While I am still not sure why God didnt heal my mother-in-law, I know that he has the big picture infront of him. While I do not know why and will never know why things worked out like they did(atleast while on earth) , I know that God is there with me and my wife in everything that we do and has the best intrest in mind for us.

So if you ever catch yourself thinking "Why Me", maybe you should be asking "How can I make this situation glorify the Lord."

Hi

I just want to start off by saying that this is my first blog so feed back is welcome.