  Seems like for some unknown reason,  Scott and I have got past that wave of terror about the whole house thing that we had last week.
nbsp;  After we went and saw Mark,  our cute,  but rather young and nervous lawyer,  we came home and had a word of prayer. nbsp;  Somehow or other,  that bit of a talk we had has managed to get us through all our fears. nbsp;
 I'm here to tell you,  by the time we got out of Mark's office,  I was ready to pitch the whole thing,  but Scott was having none of that.
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 He just has a more well- developed sense of ethics and morals than most people,  including myself.
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 It doesn't matter to him if the agreement is spit and a handshake- he's not going back on what he said that day about selling them our house for X price.
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 It wouldn't even matter to him if they were trying to rip us off or scam us-
he is going to stand by his word.
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 I admire him for this,  and I love him for it,  but I do think it gets his feelings hurt with unhappy regularity.
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 So we've decided that if for some bizarre reason we ever find ourselves masochistic enough to want to sell ANOTHER house.  I will take care of it.
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 I'm just more of a hardass in some ways,  despite the fact that he rules the house and I'm a completely submissive person when it comes to him.
 Anyway,  now that we've gotten past the cold feet,  the contract's been signed,  and all we're waiting for is the lease contract.
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 The closing date is August 16,  and we'll have a six month lease from that date.
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 In that time we need to choose and buy property and have our new home built.
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 I don't think it'll be that big of a deal.
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 I've found four pieces of property that fit our requirements.
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 One is just a couple of miles from the house we couldn't buy.
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 So probably within two weeks of us closing,  we'll be out looking at property,  and getting all that underway as quickly as possible.
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 We have already chosen a floor plan and a builder,  and have even worked out most of the details of what we'd like and not like in the new house.
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 If all goes according to plan,  I should be up there with the dog in late November.
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 Scott will come up on weekends and bring stuff up slowly,  and finally move up in February.
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 We're both getting really excited.  urlLink 
