First - we registered for the Chicago Marathon this morning! I'm so excited! It'll be Mike's first...I wish I could cut like 2 hours off my finish time so I can stick with him and see how he handles it. He said he's already scared, but I think he'll be fine. Sooo, Chicago girls...I'm going to be threre Oct 8-14. I hesitate to GTG that Saturday night since it's the night before the race, but any other night is open!
And second - we went with our friends on Sat to do their ground breaking for their new house. This is the subdivision that we were seriously considering about a month ago, but chickened out on b/c I didn't think we could sell our condo. We started talking to the builder and he took us through the two floorplans that we liked...now his FI (who's a realtor) is going to come see our condo, kind of decide whether or not we can sell and for how much. She sounded really positive about the ability to sell it...and she was there accepting an offer for someone else's house that sold in 6 days for full asking price. I know that doesn't happen all the time, but I feel a little better about maybe not staying in the condo till we're 90. She's going to do some research on the current listings and then set something up to come take a look. I'm going to call the bank sometime today to see about getting pre-approved. I really hope this works out!
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How exciting - on both accounts!! Keep us posted - I know you guys have been dying to get out of that condo (and out from under the HOA's effed up scrutiny.)
Although kind of
... I had planned to drive down to Chicago and meet up if we could, but we are about 75% sure we'll be going somewhere the week before (meaning Paula = out of vacation.)
That's awesome on both accounts!
I'm going to have to see if my dad is running this year. If so, then I'll be downtown to root you guys on.
That is so awesome! I hope everything works out for your pre-approval quickly and that the realtor is able to help with the sell of your house!
I am planning to be in Chicago the weekend after for a What's Cooking gtg or I'd be there, heck who knows maybe I'll go stay with my sis for the week
Hooray!!! Such great news!
I wish I could come to Chicago for a GTG with you and the Chicago girls!
Awesome news! I'm so excited you're coming to Chicago again and have no plans to be anywhere that weekend. This time I promise not to get sick so I can finally meet you!
And good luck selling the condo. I really hope they can get you close to full asking price so you can get out of that place!