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Hello! Welcome back.
Today, what are we doing?
Eating! Mukbang!
and we're talking.
Mikko's gonna help?
Yeah?
Guess he's busy.
Well, anyway...
Today we're going to do a Chipotle mukbang.
I have a bowl. He has some of mine and Jenna has a burrito.
Um, and we had chips too.
And I have salsa, medium salsa.
I'm gonna set a timer for 20 minutes and then we'll be done.
He'll probably be done before that.
So let's set the timer.
Alright, so.. give me the chips.
Ugh... yeah!
The important part.
yeah
So...
I thought maybe...
we could talk about...
let's talk about...
moving house, the process, maybe some...
tips and horrible things.
Do you want to explain a little bit while I get set up with my food?
Ok, perfect.
Well, I'd say back in September,
we were just kind of casually looking for houses.
Nothing too serious, but then
we were just looking at the different areas
and seeing what type of pricing and houses they had.
Looking in different neighborhoods to see what areas we'd like to live in.
Then it just happened after a few houses,
we saw one house we really liked.
Good area, good price and I really like it and it was pretty close to work.
It's kind of in town I guess you'd say.
Jill really liked it. I really like it.
I thought well, it's the right house, so why not go for it.
So we put in an offer,
went through the negotiation process and that was accepted.
So that means we needed to sell our house.
So we put it on to the market
and I would say in about 2 weeks...
About a week and a half-ish. ...about that
we got an offer and accepted it. It was a good offer.
But, I would say the most stressful part is
we have the house we're buying and selling
and all the paperwork that goes with that.
There was a lot of complications with the mortgage process.
Because of me. Yeah
So it's been quite a bit.
Now, pretty much, we've signed all our paperwork.
We're just waiting for someone else to do their part
and try and figure out what our closing date is going to be.
Really I guess we can give you tips about buying and selling a house.
One thing I can say about selling a house, if you're buying and selling,
is if you're selling your house, make sure and do as many renovations as possible before.
Which I know is kind of common sense,
It's so much easier to sell a house if it looks really nice
and there's no issues and that type of thing.
I mean even if you think people would think... if there's some old carpet
or I don't know. There some issue with old cabinets,
you'd think it be okay, but people want everything to look so pristine and nice.
It's just easier if you know ahead of time.
Try to do smaller renovations over time
and it makes it a lot easier to sell.
The one thing for buying a house, I would say is
if you have really any type of job,
but if you're going to be changing your job... like for example.
I was working at at university before
and this past May I decided to quit that job
and do freelance work.
I had worked freelance for a long time, but not as much
because obviously I was working at the university full-time.
So I didn't really need to do much freelance work
and I didn't a lot of my overtime at the university.
I didn't realize that would cause mortgage problems cause they wouldn't count my income
cause it wasn't "stable".
So I would say if you want to purchase a house, make sure
you have at least two years stable income from that job
or quit your job after you buy the house
and then switch your job then.
Just don't do anything at least two years beforehand
if you know what I mean. It's just been really hard for us.
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Be really diligent about getting on people. Be aggressive!
Yeah, be aggressive because
I feel everything's been put off again and again
if I don't get on people.
For example, a recent thing that's happened is
we're still waiting for our closing date.
I've been contacting the lawyer,
seeing if it's getting close to a closing date
because we should have had a quick closing, 30 to 45 days.
It's not happening and she had said...
"No, we still need all of these things."
I was really confused cause I thought
it had already been taken care of.
We went back and forth (emailing) and she called me
and said "you need this and this and this from the buyer",
and "I need these thing from..." us two, like us.
I was like "those have already been taken care of."
Our mortgage person said they already sent a commitment letter.
Said he has sent it last week before I had spoken to her (lawyer).
She said...
...she said, "no I didn't get anything".
Which I thought was weird
I said two or three times on the phone.
Before we ended the call I said "I just want to make sure you need this."
"It's really odd cause I'm sure he had sent it."
She said "Oh, let me look at my email..."
"Oh yes, we already got it last week."
She was on vacation and no one informed her they had gotten it.
That was another delay of at least a couple days.
Again, I want to emphasize, if your buying a house, selling a house, whatever,
make sure you are on top of everything
and you know everything you need to do
and you're telling people and constantly asking people.
everyday, every few days.
Doesn't matter if they think you're annoying or not cause it's really necessary.
Yeah, and also, another thing is
You think it's gonna be a quick closing so we had started packing.
95% of what we have here is packed.
Except for the things we use on a daily basis.
We are really annoyed cause now there's all these boxes lying around and
not much we can do.
Before we had them all piled around
but Jill went ahead and reorganized everything.
So it looks better and more against the wall and stacked up
but it's a little bit more roomy.
But still they're just sitting there and there's nothing we can do.
We were thinking we'd get a closing and it's just not happening.
We're a little bit in limbo right now.
We're supposed to be closing and then hopefully we can move
but right now we're stuck and it's annoying.
Yeah, I was just really disappointed.
Most of the time when you buy a house,
it ends up being a long process.
For example,
we had put in an offer on the house we're buying
and then we got an offer for this house and it was approved.
Then for the buyers for this house
there were a few repairs that needed to be done to the house
for their mortgage to get approved.
So our realtor informed us
it was about 2 weeks ago, saying
"hey they're coming on Sunday to do the repairs."
I said do you know how quick after that closing happens?
She said "oh maybe 2 weeks or something like that."
I said should I be packing? She said yes pack everything you can!
Which is why we packed everything.
I packed as much as I could for a good week.
Day and night, as much as I could.
It was crazy!
Now it's been a few weeks of just nothing.
(Mikko farts)
You I just... I didn't have to... Mikko: (fart) (fart)
You probably won't here that cause I'm gonna cover it,
but he just had a huge fart.
(laughs) Yay!
Yay beans!
Oh thank... oh thank you.
Thank you!
Making some art? Thank you
Oh beautiful!
Anyway....
really I didn't need to pack at that crazy of a speed.
I say once you actually have a closing date,
then go ahead and start packing a bunch.
I mean you can pack a few things here and there over time,
but do not hurry until you actually have a closing date.
Cause it's been crazy sitting in this house and
yeah... that!
Yes... okay.. thank you..
#MomLife, yeah.
He wants to share his food. Oh thanks.
That's a lot.
Well guess I'm gonna have to change my clothes.. oh yeah.
That over there is one of the cats.
So... other than the house...
things going on with us, you'll probably see in a vlog
maybe next week. I'm gonna try and do the weekly vlogs again.
Well, we already went out for Halloween if you want to explain about that.
Today was our first family outing for Halloween kind of.
It was kind of lame, but it was still fun.
It was cold and rainy and we just went around to
a few different stores and places.
Which honestly, he's a baby and doesn't need candy and all that.
That's for us!
Yeah, thanks! Omm.
This little guy.... (Mikko farts).
(laughs)
He just farted again.
I'm gonna have to leave that in just for you guys.
You want to explain about your first Halloween with him?
Well what happened was... well hold on.
Me and a couple co-workers and their kids,
who.. well they're Deaf and hearing parents.
We got together with all the KODA/CODA kids
and went over to a local Wegmans store.
They had a trick or treat for kids.
You could come in and they had little activities set up.
Thought why not bring him.
Jill had to work so I just took him.
She brought him to work and then we went back home
Really quickly got him dressed, fed, and all of that.
Then went out to the store and it was PACKED!
I went in and it was nice because
you went around the store and they had a path you followed.
There was some candy along the way.
They had different games but he was too young to play in any of those
so I skipped a lot of then and just got the candy.
Of course people were like "he's so cute!" So I showed him around.
One nice thing was at the end they had apple cider you could drink.
He seemed interested so I have him a little bit in a cup.
He was actually able to drink cider from the cup.
So he's learning really quickly. That was cool.
Then we went upstairs
and they had all the little CODA kids that got together and were playing around.
He saw his best friend.
We had a really good time.
Did you have fun?
My favorite part is she sent me a picture of him with you know,
all of the little CODA kids.
It's funny because our regular babysitter we have every once and a while,
she had her kids there.... and yes His best friend.
The younger one who's almost 2 now, kind of,
is his best friend.
But the older kid, how old is he?
He's gonna be 4 He's gonna be 4...
and apparently he did not want to wear a costume.
Cause she sent me saying, "oh a cute pumpkin and a candy cane."
I was thinking why did he decide to be a candy cane?
This was before I saw the picture, she had just text me.
Apparently, like I said, he refused to put on a costume,
so his moms tricked him and put him in his "pajamas"
which were stripped like a candy cane. Oh my gosh it was so cute!
He was like "I don't want to!"
But they fooled him. Yeah!
He was just looking around playing with the CODA kids.
Also today he refused to keep part of his costume on.
I don't know if we explained that, but he was suppose to be a pineapple.
However, well... really the way you could recognize it is
is through the hat part cause it has the little green spikes.
But he refused to keep it on. He kept flinging it off.
So pretty much he just had a yellow vest like a chicken or something.
Then when we went out it was really cold so we had to double layer him.
So we put him into this shirt. The one under it is white.
Then we gave him a hat, which we had a different winter hat for him,
but he refused to keep it on.
He kept taking it off. So I gave him my hat which was a stretchy type.
It was black. So he had a black hat an almost looked like a bumblebee.
His costume kind of evolved. Which it worked! Yeah which is fine.
Hello! Mikko
Mikko
He's smearing art on the wall.
Yummy!
Making more art.
I was also thinking about this mukbang... mukbang (trying to pronounce right).
I was thinking about doing it monthly and having different topics.
Like this one is a random one
cause we're just trying to set up a Youtube schedule.
Hopefully we can let you know when we'll be posting more.
I'm thinking Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
But I think we want to do this at least once a month.
Sit down, answer some of your questions.
The next month I think I want to do something related to parenting.
We sign parenting like this.
Which we can explain why we sign parenting that way
instead of the other way in the next mukbang.
If you guys have any questions relating to parenting with us
we will also post on social media soon asking you guys.
But if you guys have any questions related to parents, parenting,
leave it as a comment down below.
I'm gonna collect them all for the next one which will probably be
next month... well this one might actually be at the beginning of November.
I don't know when this is gonna post.
But it should usually be the last week of November.
That's when we'll do our next mukbang.
So let me know what are your questions related to that and... what are you doing?
Yeah, I'm a mess.
Why are you such a mess?
Learn how to eat properly.
I don't know. I'm just a mess. Look at me.
Well, anyway...
Gonna get ready to move house soon and
seems like we're starting over again.
Even though we're not changing our whole life like jobs or anything.
But still, it's gonna be in a different area,
it's gonna be a different way of life I guess.
I don't know. It's just like we're starting over, especially because
for him we're gonna be transitioning him over to
a Montessori method for teaching, parenting, that sort of stuff.
We're gonna be getting rid of his crib soon.
He'll almost be 10 months, so we're gonna get rid of his crib
and getting a floor bed. Which I'll explain all about that
and show you videos and everything.
But that should be interesting. We'll see how that goes and if it works.
So excited!
Um, let me think. What else?
Oh...
she is going to be leaving me for six days soon.
Yeah, business, business, business trip.
Want to explain what you're doing? Much as you can.
I have to go to California for a conference.
I have to do a presentation that was accepted for a pretty big conference.
So I'll be going to California for six days or so.
Saturday to Thursday, so I guess that's six days.
So yeah, it's gonna be a big one.
I'm actually excited and looking forward to that trip.
But I will miss them.
Well I'm assuming we'll have not moved by that time.
Just because...
cause that's what... 2 weeks? Yeah that's about 2 weeks away.
I really really doubt the house closing is gonna happen before that.
Which makes me sad cause I really wanted to move
before it starts snowing and everything.
Which could happen.
Not that I think, but I know we are gonna be using a moving company.
More than willing to pay for that.
Cause the last couple of times we've moved have been horrible.
We can explain all about that soon.
Maybe in an upcoming video story time.
Blocking! Yeah, hello!
Move!
Like I said, we'll explain all about that later.
But I'm telling you, if you're buying a house
and you're moving and you have, you know,
a decent amount of stuff in your house,
or apartment or whatever,
just pay for a moving company.
I'm telling you, it will be worth it.
I mean we haven't actually tried it before,
but I know it's GOING TO be worth it.
It will.
Because we have so many things left
and with stairs and heavy stuff
and it's an all day thing and the two of us are old.
We are old now.
We just can't be moving things like that. We're just too old.
(laughs)
But, yeah.
Well I think that's it.
Mikko's done eating so I think we will end it for today.
Hopefully you enjoyed watching us and mostly him eat the whole time.
and fart
..and fart and make art on me
and you enjoyed the chat. Just remember,
leave a comment to let us know
what questions you have related to parents, parenting,
life.. that sort of category.
Alright thanks so much for watching. See you in the next video. Bye!
Say bye bye!
Bye
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