We found a house!

Hello Everyone!

I am back from my trip to Oak Harbor and what a trip it was! WE BOUGHT A HOUSE! I could not imagine the stress I would be under trying to find a house for myself and Jared and not having him there. I knew it would be hard, not as hard as it was. If I didn't have the help and support from my friend Melissa, I would have come home empty handed. We looked at all of the houses on day 1 (about 20!) and then went for a re-look for the ones that qualified on day 2 (about 4). After narrowing the houses down to two, I was finally able to talk to Jared ... this was also a day and half after looking at houses. No talking about houses, no discussing houses, no looking at pictures, no nothing! I couldn't reach Jared until Tuesday afternoon (night in FL) because he was scheduled for 5am flights and was asleep when I was able to call. That is the part that really got to me, I was trying to look at houses how I thought he would look at them. After finally working through the houses with him, we both agreed on the same house... AMAZING! At the end of day 2 we put in an offer (why wait :) ?) The offer was accepted as it was! YAY! Then on day 3 we got financing (this was a financing redo, long story - USAA wasn't very nice - that was HORRIBLE too!!!). On day 4 I got a home inspection done... don't worry, it passed with flying colors! Day 5 consisted of approving the fence plans with the builder and meeting some of the other wives from our new squadron VP-40. Day 6 we spend in Anacortes shopping around the little town and sightseeing. Day 7 we headed back to Jax! As you can probably tell... I was stressed out! Now I am back in town and am trying to relax. There are more papers waiting to be signed and sent back, but I guess those can wait a little while longer. I have posted the link to photobucket to check out some pictures of our house that Jared put up to share. I will put more pictures of the mountains and scenary up when I get a chance.
Here are some specs of the house, for all those that want to know:
3bed/2.5bath - 1701 sq. ft - 2 car garage - new construction - will be fully landscaped front, back, and sides - will have refrigerator put in by the builder :) (part of what I requested in the contract) - will have a fenced side yard when we arrive (also part of what I requested in the contract)
http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj272/jstolle/House/

We are leaving Jacksonville on Feb 28th and are planning to stop in Mississippi for the night. Mar 1st we are heading to Oklahoma - planning on spending a full day there :) and then heading to New Mexico on the 3rd. On the 4th we are planning to end up in Las Vegas and spend a full day there. We should pull into San Diego on the 6th, a few day ahead of schedule but I want to see the zoo and spend as much time there as we want.