Closing

All went smoothly at the closing yesterday. The lady who owned the house was, to our surprise, there. She's 89 and I'd say she could pass for 70 both physically and mentally. She did mention that she was a tennis player so maybe that, along with good genes, makes her so "with-it".

Our next step was a visit to the friendly tax office, which proved to be a long and laughable experience:
1. We went to the information desk and the lady had us sign on our forms.
2. We had to go across the hall to another office, stand in line and wait while that lady did all sorts of things in her computer.
3. She sent us back across the hallway to another counter, where we stood in line. That lady went through computer searches and asked her co-worker's help. They couldn't find that address. Then said, "Oh, you need to go over there to that other counter."
4. We went there and the lady sent us back to the Counter 3 that we'd just left.
5. From there we were bounced back across to Counter 4. Counter 4 worked for a while and called Counter 3. After a discussion and lots more computer work, we seemed to be finished.
6. As soon as we walked outside, the Counter 4 gal chased us down for one more paper.

Perhaps some confusion came because we get a title for the house and a deed for the land. No matter which way you look at it, we'll have the opportunity to pay taxes!

We went to the house and had the locks rekeyed. During that time the State Farm guy came and took pictures. We're making progress bit by bit.

We ended our outing with a nice lunch with George and Kay (Ed's bro & his wife). It was a busy, productive, amusing, and pleasant day!