Winnebago house is pending

Tues. May 19th - Josie's 10th bday. She chose Lou's Drive-in for dinner. She said her hot dog was delicious. There had been a second look by a buyer the day before, and we were told that an offer was imminent. I got the call while having a tenderloin. This person wanted to close by June 8 or 11th, and was this possible. We called my dad and Dan to see if it was humanly possible to finish by then. Probably if we took vacation for the next 2 weeks. We called the realtor and told her June 22nd. That would give us ~30 days.



We got an offer on Tues. night and made a counter. It was countered and we countered again. We were counseled by our realtors that this was a very good offer. Cash, no bank to deal w/, and she wasn't asking for a bunch of stuff. Thurs. they countered again w/ 96% of the asking price, which we were told was good for this economy. We took it and signed the papers on Fri. am. Now we are really in a time constraint to get things done by June 22. So our house was on the market May 1st and had an offer May 19th. Pretty good for a buyer's market.

Thurs. Rolling Acres Edison performed at the Courthouse. Jackie had 4 pieces of art hung up.
This is her shading project w/ a picture of Shelby.

Orchestra played first, then we had lunch from the pushcarts. Yummy sweet n sour.

Sat. we drove to ISU to drop Josie off at the Elementary Honors Day, then Tami, the kids and I went to the Miller Park Zoo. It is a nice little zoo and it was a beautiful day. We went to Eastland Mall for lunch and shopping, then back to CVA for the concert.

Josie was in the singing group. They learn songs for ~2 1/2 hrs and then put on a concert. It is amazing what kids can learn in a short amount of time. There was singing, dancing, drumming, xylophones, and recorders.

There were a lot of Northmoor Edison kids invited to this event. Ms. Fletcher, the music teacher, is one of the organizers.

I forgot to take a pic of the tile after it was finished. Our bathroom turned out beautiful (costly). This is our tub. There is a sign up for this once we move in.

Can't wait to try out the shower. The glass tiles are awesome. We need a door. I have issues w/ clear glass though. I like shower curtains.

Steve, Erik and Dad worked Sat. on the wood floor in the dining room. On Sunday, there were Dad, Steve, Tami and I. Erik was there for a while, but his back was killing him, so he went to be w/ the kids. We unpacked all the cabinets, and Dad and I started setting the base cabinets. Steve and Tami finished what they could of the wood floors w/ the hammer nail gun. Mon. Dad and I finished the kitchen base cabinets - now we are ready for the counter guys to measure. We set the master bath vanities. Steve and I put up the 3 pocket doors.

We had Josie's family bday party Sunday night w/ our final cookout in our old house. I can't wait to entertain in the new house.

We are taking Friday off to do some more work. We are going to work on the bathrooms, so the plumber can come in. We have 4 more doors to hang. Maybe we will get a couple wall cabinets hung.