So we were able to convince the Seller (VA) to pay for the repairs needed for the home to pass the appraisal! Soooo awesome! This means we will have a fresh coat of paint on the outside of our house at no cost to us (we just can't pick the color). I'm so excited and hope everything works out and we can close on time!!!!
WORK UPDATE:
So this week has been a fun week at work. We had a meeting in Lawrence for the Hallmark headquarters. They actually had a "Little" from Big Brothers Big Sisters come and speak, he was soooo adorable it made the 45 minuet drive worth it. :-)
On friday we were able to have a tour of the Kansas Capitol, which is still under construction. Most of the places are still closed off to public, but we got a special pass. :-) Here are a few pics of how beautiful it:
The beautiful dome. We were able to stand underneath it, but they will be making a circular fence for the future when they open up the capital so no one can stand underneath it and have something fall on them.
This is the Capital Library. Restored to it's original glory.
The levels actually have glass floors!
In the Supreme Courtroom
I learned something new about law, the reason they call it "Passing the Bar" is because it's an actual Bar that the lawyers can pass in the courtroom once they're a lawyer. That bar closest to us in this picture is "the Bar" and Scott will pass it in 3 years. :-)
They have hand operated elevators still...kindof scary riding up on that thing.
Those round holes on the pillars are the original natural ventilation system that they kept.
They searched everywhere for lights like these and ended up getting them from Ukrain I believe? (can't quite remember), and they got hem originally without the stars on it, but they wanted to jaz them up and asked if they could add 34 starts, for the 34th state on each lamp. And the people did it for no charge....that's a lot of lamps in this room with 34 stars etched into the lamp each!
This is a window that originally was transparent through the round circle part, but since they had political figures complain about the harsh light in their eyes, they place a special paper on the outside to filter the light.
The only working original office sink they kept in the office.
The basement is like catacombs. But they are turning it into a visitor center.
So much fun! :-)
This morning I was able to go to Dillard's (a store in the mall) United Way kick off. They had one of their supervisors get pied in the face, they had door prizes, jeopardy, etc. It was fun, minus the part I had to work at 7:20 AM on a Saturday. Haha.
LAW SCHOOL UPDATE:
Scott has been workin' hard and coming up on finals. I'm trying to keep him from getting over stressed with us having to move here soon and close on the house.
The fall weather has actually been surprisingly beautiful out here. The trees actually have been turning some bright colors.
Friday night Scott and I went to the JRC (law student association) dinner in Kansas City, MO. It was a very long drive but it was a nice night. The dinner was extremely fancy with salad, stuffed cheesy spinach chicken.... something, and delectable cheese cakes and torts for dessert. It was quite fancy, and I loved being doted on by the servers :-). We also had some great presentations and musical numbers. Elder Douglas L. Callister formerly of the Seventy, also traveled out to speak to us. He gave a beautiful talk about not becoming dependent on Google searches and still utilize paper copies of books, make a library that you use. And really enjoying beauties of music and the arts. I loved it, and we got to hand out with our new law student friends. They are all so great! Overall a lovely night.
Look at that handsome smile!!! :-) It was sooooo cold. Haha.
Stupid Blogger has an auto red eye filter, so our eyes look black and scary, but oh well.
