Happy 4th!

We're officially homeowners now!!!!! Everything went very well (and surprisingly fast) during closing yesterday. After closing we went to buy paint and a refrigerator. That was an adventure.

We previously found a fridge we liked at BestBuy while browsing for things for the house during the last few weeks. We hadn't seriously considered getting anything from BestBuy since they are normally very expensive. However, this fridge was really nice and priced really well with a big discount. So, after closing we went to BestBuy to purchase the fridge, only to find out that we couldn't actually have it delivered until July 31st because it was on backorder! Naturally, we were very disappointed since this was the one we had been wanting for some time now. Also, it threw us off our schedule since we had other things we planned to do but now we had to shop for another fridge. We tried looking at BestBuy for some others but they didn't have any we liked in the color we wanted (black.) Plus, the appliance workers were far from helpful. This seemed to be a theme for the night.

Since we didn't have any luck with the refrigerator, we decided to head over to the HomeDepot and get the paint for the rooms - we and everyone else in Macon, that is. We stood in line waiting for paint for 40 minutes, which also included a shift change right as we got to the counter. Thankfully the new guy was much faster and nicer than the previous worker. Since we were there and fridge-less, we checked out their selection again. There were a few that caught our eye buy one in particular we liked a lot. It was a floor unit and the last one they had in stock and also listed WAY below the original price. The lady that was "helping" us was supposed to "be right back" she said. So we wait. And wait some more. All the while another appliance worker was literally sitting 5 feet from us talking about his daughter's college with someone on the phone. After 30 minutes, the lady comes back and mentions she had to take her break. Also, after telling her the we want to buy the fridge that we had looked at 1 HOUR AGO, she proceeds to tell us that they cannot sell that one because it has to be serviced by the manufacturer. Hello! Don't you think that would have been good to tell us an hour ago when you first SHOWED it to us. Needless to say we were not happy. We were going to look at another one, but she proceed again to walk away and go to the phone guy to chat. So we left angry and still fridge less. And hungry. Would we ever get a fridge? After being on a high from purchasing the house, we were very very low.

We needed a fridge and we need to go to the house to start painting the two rooms we wanted to paint. And some food. We went over to Lowe's, where had also gone previously and looked and found something we liked but decided not to get it. Upon entering their appliance department, a really helpful worker - Howard - came and assisted our search. We told him what we were looking for and he immediately led us to a fridge that we hadn't seen on our first visit. We loved it. It had all the features we wanted, the right color, and for much less than fridges with those features had at the other stores. We browsed the rest of the fridges but didn't see any that beat that one, so in about 10 minutes we had our fridge! Even better - they are delivering it today (the 4th)!

Finally, we were through - about 3 hours behind schedule too. We grabbed a quick bite to eat at Caliente's (burrito shop similar to Moe's and Willy's) and went back to the house. There, we almost got done painting the first room (trim needs another coat) and also took down the ugly wallpaper border in the other. By that time, it was midnight and we stopped because today is a busy day since we are finishing painting and moving! Speaking of, I've got to run. Everyone is now up and ready to go so we're off. Have a great 4th!

-Ryan