It finally happened....& a celebration followed!  After almost a year of attempting to finance our home, today it was done! 
At 3pm, in South Portland we were able to sign on many lines (none dotted by the way)...and made it official.  We now have a "real loan" as we call it...and we were able to pay our kind private lender back-finally! 
We went for a "snack" in downtown Portland, and after a bit of contemplating we decided to stay home at #64 instead of a fancy dinner out..and had a fancy dinner in...in the house we have worked so hard on, and worked so hard to have!

We celebrated the night w/ lobsters & steamers & a fine Eric Ross wine we've been keeping on hand for "something special" since our trip to Sonoma last spring...& today was certainly something special!!
Scott thought to dine al fresco, so he set us up on the front porch, and it really was quite lovely!  We have decided I think to screen in our porch and start to use it a bit more...Randy- are you listening...we need you AGAIN!! :)

Frannie meets her first lobster....totally scared! (not scared of the vacuum or lawn mower...but a lobster-lol!)

Sure you don't want to see this?

A little more interested now...

The celebratory setting....

no, it's not a ghost in the stain glass window...its Emily, who happened to be looking out at the wrong (or right) time when Scott snapped a shot!

yum!!! lobsters from a fish market in Arundel-very good & fresh!

diggin' in!