Once the offer was signed by the sellers, the closing date was set. We close on the house on July 21st. There was a cute little Amish family that lived in the house. The young woman was there when we went to look at the house. She had told us that she just gotten married and moved in to the house in February. She and her new husband were building a house but it was not yet finished. She had the house decorated with only a few things and it was adorable how she had her and her husband’s names on everything. You could see the love in her eyes as she talked about her life with him. She showed us around the house a little and on the porch, she had a couple plants hanging. She was so proud of them. She went back to working on her laundry that she did in a gas-powered ringer washer and I went to explore the house and property.
At first, we did not have a closing date set because we wanted to make sure that the sweet couple would have time to get moved in 30 days or if we would need to give them 60 days. The seller assured us that they had a brother right down the road that they would be staying with until their house was completed. It was supposed to have been done already.
We got the closing documents emailed to us on July 9. I called around trying to find a notary that is open in the evenings because Chad and I both had to sign at the same time. And well he works all the dang time. I called one place and they closed at 5 pm. Well Chad doesn’t get off work until 5:30 and has to drive 45 minutes home. That wasn’t going to work. Chad suggested I post on Facebook blog shops asking about it. I am not on many of them here because we have not been here in Lamesa very long. Chad got home and asked me if I wanted to run and get a drink from this adorable coffee shop here called Tin Bucks Coffee (if you are ever in the area, you should definitely stop in, everything is amazing!). So, we hopped in our SUV and went to get coffee and tea. While sitting there waiting for our drinks and chatting with the owner and the baristas I saw that someone had finally commented on my post with a mobile notary. I saw a brochure on the counter for the company and we gave them a call. Talk about being at the right place at the right time. We were able to get the documents signed, and then mailed off first thing the next morning.
Pink Squirrel Farmstead 