Less Than 24 Hours

I don’t know if I can stand the anticipation. Tomorrow we settle on the house and the keys will be placed in our hands.  It’s both terrifying and exciting: terrifying because of the expenses to follow, and exciting because it’s our first house!
Today I arranged the transfers of service from the electric and cable companies.  [...]

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Kitchen Remodel Daydream

The big move is 18 days away!
Mike and I have different tastes most of the time, which meant it came down to me hand picking a few of my favorite ideas for the house and spreading them out in front of him for a response.  So far, we agree on the kitchen.  We’re going to [...]

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Troublemakers Weekend Day 1 Continued: Boxes!

Grandmom and Grandpop brought the boxes, just like we suspected they would and boy did we have fun exploring the cardboard towers and caves.

I can’t tell you how fun this was.  The boxes smell like musty fruit which made them even more enjoyable to climb inside.

Of course, we had to find out what the top [...]

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23 Days…

Until settlement, at which point we can begin slowly moving into our new home.  While Mike was out with his dad this evening, I started packing a few boxes.  It’s amazing how much stuff we have–just a ton of little things, you know.  I’m not sure how we’re going to manage the boxes as they [...]

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Making an Offer: First-Timers in the Housing Market

Blogging has been the least of my priorities in the last month.  I’ve been busy dealing with family gatherings and searching for a house.  We’ve looked at seven houses in two weeks, found one we liked only to discover it would require more work than our 20-something, student loan laden, first-time buyer budget would allow.  [...]

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