On the house: wrapping up. Received our big-honkin' check. Ho-LY cow. Jim took a picture, and then we mailed it to the bank. Canceled our home insurance, and sat around deciding where to donate our tithe for the house sale. Jim had a great time--he felt like Warren Buffett. I, on the other hand, hate the process of deciding where to send money, because there are so many needs and even a tithe for a house doesn't go as far as I'd like.
On the homestudy: wrapping up. Pam is now writing us up, and the last two of our checkboxes have been filled. The last reference is in, and I mailed our doctor reports (we are now certified as reasonably fit and drug-free) this morning. Once Pam finishes the writing, she'll send us her report and we'll mail that in with the I-600A to the government to get a fingerprinting appointment. We also have our notarized doctor's reports for our dossier, which is quietly growing on the dining room table.
From the house: chilling out. We're celebrating the completion of house and homestudy with a weekend on the beach in Maine. Wish I was there now, instead of looking forward to fighting Red Sox traffic (it's a doubleheader today, with the Yankees!) on my way home.
Friday, August 18, 2006
Friday, August 11, 2006
Out of house and home study
It was a good day. The settlement on our house went through with flying colors, so we are now officially houseless, if not homeless. The only remaining detail to go through is with the Deadbeats, who persist in the foolish notion that the money in escrow is somehow theirs by right. We'll deal with that next week.
The Ohio birth certificates arrived this week, so another tick can go into another box. We also sent out possibly the largest cheque I've ever written to Bethany to pay for our home study.
Also today we had our physicals with our Primary Care Physician, who, as it turns out, is from Guatemala. Not bad for using the dart method of choosing a doctor from the insurance web site. I think we were the only white people in the waiting room. No problems to report. I have to report back on Monday for the results of my TB test.
Pam came out for the home inspection part of our home study. The only snag was that we discovered that there were no batteries in our smoke detector. Easily fixed, and that was that. The physical report and one reference are the only remaining details for the home study's completion. After that, we mail it off and get an appointment with the FBI.
The Ohio birth certificates arrived this week, so another tick can go into another box. We also sent out possibly the largest cheque I've ever written to Bethany to pay for our home study.
Also today we had our physicals with our Primary Care Physician, who, as it turns out, is from Guatemala. Not bad for using the dart method of choosing a doctor from the insurance web site. I think we were the only white people in the waiting room. No problems to report. I have to report back on Monday for the results of my TB test.
Pam came out for the home inspection part of our home study. The only snag was that we discovered that there were no batteries in our smoke detector. Easily fixed, and that was that. The physical report and one reference are the only remaining details for the home study's completion. After that, we mail it off and get an appointment with the FBI.
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