Finally We Own A House Again

We arrived at our new house on Thursday and left the trailer there (with the owners permission).  It was nice to drive around again without that dead weight pulling us back.

First thing we had to do was source a TV as we had arranged for the TV and satellite internet installer to come in on Friday afternoon.  We went to WalMart in Bridgewater but their selection was rubbish so we nipped over to Canadian Tire across the street to pick up a TV stand we had seen while we considered what to do next.  Annette approached a random guy in the parking lot and asked whether there was a Future Shop or other place we could get a TV.  He recommended a place in downtown Bridgewater and then asked if we were from Alberta.  Turned out that he was our installer guy.  There's a coincidence for you.  Anyway, we went to the recommended store, picked up the TV and headed back to our hotel.

Friday morning we had our final inspection at the house before the deal closed.  We expected to have the deal sorted and the keys in our hands by about 10am as we had been assured that everything was OK.  It turned out that the bank had screwed up big time and the proper paperwork had just not been done.  The stress was immense.  Would we have to cancel the TV/internet connection?  Would we have to cancel furniture arrival for Saturday?  What would we do when Sarah and Joshua arrived on Sunday?  After lots of phone calls by us and our lawyer and others, it came right down to the wire and finally closed at 4:30pm.  The realtor turned up with the keys at 5:15pm and the satellite installer arrived five minutes later!

While we were pacing around waiting, calling everyone we could and stressing, I put together the TV stand in the garage, which was unlocked.  We were therefore all ready for the install.  When the install was done and Coronation Street setup to be recorded, we went back to our hotel for a late dinner and fell into bed.

We've got another busy day today, trying to fit all our stuff into a smaller house so probably won't be in any fit state to blog tonight.