Seeing dirt

We had a meeting this morning with our (hopefully) lending bank... Mary has made the process super easy for us and has really put in a substantial amount of time to make all this work. We were prepared to come out of pocket for some things but she is working on it so we dont have to come out all the way... just peeking :) ha! We also started our account moving process to get the hell out of Dodge (or the bank that needs to suck my.... never mind)  :) I have really surprised myself lately with just letting life happen around us. I want to look back on all this and think 'when can we start the next one'! Besides fighting for my huge kitchen and huge pantry I think I wont need to fight for much more.

Todd has put in some of his own fight lately and thankfully not with us. Our glorious front door:

...has decided to make us jump a few more hurdles than your average door. First you have to take into account that Florida has to have Impact rated doors... due to our below sea level life and our hurricane attraction! This company is out of Georgia and hasnt completed its full range of impact testing but is ALMOST complete and they have all the paperwork in order. Bummer news is that it was denied to begin with but once they sent over their testing info we became a little bit closer to closing the door on this chapter! (you see what I did there?!) 

Why are we fighting for this door you ask?! Well... is your door made of complete steel? Can your door withstand some of the most extreme weather testing? Does your door have impact glass panels that open to let the ocean breeze in? and finally.... does your door need a fork lift to move it from point a to point b? Well... our door is, has, and does. :) (hopefully OUR door, keep your fingers crossed for us) 

Mary said she cant wait to see this door on the house! 

That is our land as of 2 hours ago. I stopped by our PO Box and came to see this in the day time for the first time since saturday. Huge change from this...

We can see the main road from our private road finally! Yes. Scary. Very very scary. Shit just got real. 

Here you can see the man in the bull dozer peeking out. I found out today that this is a husband and wife team and thats pretty cool! I love being able to say that I do that too with The Hubs. 

I havent started my Cupcake bribery to finish faster yet... but I will. I mentioned it today in the bank to Mary and told her to pass the word on to everyone who will look over our paperwork. I know that this is a low tactic but I want my home and I will use all the sugar and cream I can to get moved into this dream house!  I need to go rest my eyes but I will write again in a bit about a few things I have in mind for the inside... I might even show you my completed plans for the house! 

Quick note: My pup decided to get himself and his ball stuck under the couch... when I tried to reach it I pulled something in my neck and have now put myself to bed while I wait for the muscle spasms and shooting pain to go away, and if my entry seems a little disjointed its because I took half of a muscle relaxer and I am a little spacey. See exhibit A. 

Exhibit A: