waiting on pins and needles

Quick update here on the housing front:

1) Looks like the little Edmonton home should be ours. : ) We removed the inspection condition last night and have until Friday to remove the financing condition which shouldn't be a problem (as our lender has told us). So, my mind is very, very busy mentally moving furniture around in all the rooms and getting it set up "just right." : ) I am just giddy with excitement!! Possession will be firmed up on Friday after we lift our condition, but it can be as early as Nov. 1st. I believe Dan is going in then and will be doing some of the required work for upgrades (i.e. redoing the bathroom!) and we will follow when that is complete. I have suggested to Dan to enlist our good friend Sean (from previous posted fame) to help out there to expedite the whole process... and maybe also install a new dishwasher... and here's shooting for the stars: an additional 2-pc bathroom downstairs? I know, I know, I'm thinking high. A gal's got to hope, right?

2) Our home is still conditionally sold, with both conditions (inspection and financing) to be lifted this Friday as well. I am SUPER nervous about that. I realize all should be ok, but these things fall through all the time, and considering our luck thus far in the real-estate market, I'm a full-blown pessimist. The lady who's going to buy this place has opted to just look at our home inspection that we had done four years ago, which we happily provided with lots of sticky notes all through bringing all our repairs and upgrades up to date along-side the original inspection notes. I'm not sure if that will satisfy her alone, but it's a pretty positive report. Here's hoping it's that easy.

So, Friday at 8:59pm we should definitively know about both places. And a sound sleep should hopefully follow! And then it's only a matter of time until we're finally all together as a family again!! The countdown could start... (cue "it's the final countdown" music here).