41 days till it's mine . . .

So, I am not done with the "cooling off period" yet, but already I am trying to move this buying process along so I can get some work done on the house before Lennox arrives and my summer is full of Bubbie duty.

Yesterday I wrote to Rosalind and asked if I can set the date for the final contract signing for Monday, June 2. She checked with the Notaire and sure enough that's the day the clocktower house will be mine. Yay!  Wow, that's just 6 weeks away. Now I have to get myself organized and get people lined up to get some work quickly done on the house. 

In the past couple of days I have contacted a painter who has given me a rough quote and put aside the first few days of June for my project. Yay! I have found someone to help me move furniture, haul away unwanted items and also hang new light fixtures! Yay again. I have ordered slipcovers from Surefit for the sofa and loveseat. I have ordered fabric to make throw pillows for the couches--Luisa's job. Now, I have to identify the lighting fixtures I want and decide whether I want to paint the existing kitchen chairs, which are perfectly good, or buy the cute red ones I saw in the Maisons du Monde catalog for 360€. Oof!

In that first week of June, I would be absolutely delighted if I could paint the downstairs rooms, remove the unwanted, heavy furniture pieces to add more space, replace the 4 light fixtures I don't like, recover the couches and add the pillows. Then I have to paint the kitchen cabinets--that will be the biggest job. I also have to find a place that makes custom window screens to keep out the mosquitos.

I can do it. I will do it! Countdown begins now.