at 3 pm 12/21/06 I started signing papers with my partner. at 3:45 I handed over the biggest check I'd ever written. At 4 pm the house was ours! The moving van comes at 8am 12/22. I'll be a Pennsylvanian again as winter begins and the Wolf range arrives with the other appliances.
I hope you have good luck w/your new house. We have been looking for more than 2 years for a house w/BIG kitchen. So far,nothing! Can't give up. You didn't. Happy to hear about your new home.