Lock it in! + House Hunters?

We're hoping we will be able to lock in our interest rate this Friday (60 days before closing)! The FHA rate is at 5 percent right now so we really hope we can lock in at that rate!

The 60 day countdown is also very exciting for us! Those days will go by so fast!

On another note, I've been very lazy about contacting the House Hunters producer to follow up about being on the show. I spoke to her a couple of months ago but she asked me to contact her again when we had our closing date. I guess if we want to be on it, I better get crackin'! Oh, imagine how I would decide what outfits to wear! LOL :)

Whew!

Just a little update. Our closing date was moved up a bit to Nov. 25, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving! That date would be fine with us because then we would have that nice long weekend to move. We have a lot to be thankful for this year!

Update + Ugh = Drama

The good news is that construction is moving along and we're pretty happy with the progress thus far. The weather in Minnesota has been very nice recently, which is good for us because storms or rain could cause a delay right now.

Which brings me to our first dealings in drama. We knew building our very first house wouldn't be without drama but we were hopeful that our "too good to be true" scenario would hold up. So, this entire time we've had a projected closing date of Nov. 20 or Nov. 23. Either of those dates would be perfect as we could just extend our Thanksgiving vacation days to move.

Well, now the projected closing date is Nov. 30! The LAST day to get the $8,000 tax credit! So, now I am very worried that the closing won't happen on that date. And really, what is the difference if we close on Nov. 23? It's not like anyone's going to be out there working on the house over the Thanksgiving holiday! Well, it's not all ironed out yet but I am not happy. :(