Forgot to mention...
I was so elated about the house-buying situation, I forgot to mention the status of our washing machine problem. We heard from the manager on Tuesday, sayong he ordered the part needed to fix the machine. The best case scenario would be that he would have it tomorrow (although he didn't think this was very likely -- he feels Monday or Tuesday is a more reasonable time frame).

My brother-in-law and his wife have offered to do our laundry at their house while we wait for the machine to get fixed. I can't wait until our machine is fixed and I can actually do my own laundry again...