together: June 2009

getting ideas

on my spare time.. I am beginning to look at furniture to get ideas... i came across some really nice stuff:

Kitchen side table

Sofa

With the possibility of LCBO strike, we decided to buy our wine for the wedding a little earlier. When we went into the LCBO yesterday, it was really busy, shelves are being emptied out. I wonder if ppl have a mild case of alcohol addiction or if they are just afraid of the "What ifs..." Brian and I went to the LCBO at Kennedy Commons and we found that the wine we want is actually on sale woohooo... but then we realize they were out of stock boooo. We called the location at McCowan and Finch and they had a lot left so we quickly went and bought 25 bottles of the red wine we chose. Althought chances of the strike lasting long would not be very high but its not a necessary risk that we need to take. "lol.. i just finish my PMP exam, I am all about risk management planning lol"

Speaking of PMP exam.. I PASSED!! woohoo.. now its time to focus on wedding stuff. my next most pressing item is my website. I need to get on that ASAP.

Growing up...

After the excitement of "YES WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!" comes the stress of finalizing mortgage, home insurance, lawyer documents etc.... we were both a little annoyed cuz we were two days short of locking in our mortgage rate (max lock in period is 120 days) our closing was just 122 days away when interest rate went up argh!!!! I HATE TIMING!

I realize there are so much more to consider after owning a house. You worry about your job more.. the chances of not having a job... it seems like you lost a bit of the freedom to make decisions, its no longer "I don't like it, I will quit!".. What about the mortgage? Will we loose our house? shooot.. we don't have any money save up for rainy days... sometimes you feel so vulnerable, any small alteration could create huge changes in your lifestyle...

I guess that's part of growing up...

Snoopy?

I have always wanted to make a Yoshi house (snoopy house imitation) for my cuddly... but I don't know who and where to even start... when I spoke with Patsy yesterday... she asked Kelly to see if he can make one.."HE SAID YES!!" woohoo.. Yoshi has got a new home tooo "THANKS KEL!!"
I want to paint this white with a red roof and a black door. SOOO CUTE!

Biggest Purchase EVER!

May 24th, 2009
WE BOUGHT OUR FIRST HOME!!!
After months of searching and disappointment's we finally found a home that we both love....
We tried to put in an offer on the Saturday but the seller was not available.. we were so worried that there will be multiple bidders for the offer, good thing there wasn't because of their late closing date. We started the negotiation at around 10pm (by we, I meant our realtor going to negotiate on our behalf) took about 4 iterations and 3 hours later.. we finally got our house $9,000 less than the asking price. woohooo!!!!! My heart was pounding so hard in the last 30 mins.. Brian and I were both really nervous and really wanted to get the house. (that is partly due to the fact that house hunting is extremely time consuming and we were both getting restless)
now... presenting "OUR HOME"
Its a single garage detach home in Markham approx. 2100 sq. ft.
The home fitted most of our requirements