A place to call home

Yay! Andy and I put in an offer to buy a house!

And then it was countered...

and then we put in a counter offer...

And then they accepted!! Whoo Hoo! What a crazy past few days! I can't believe all of the anxiety that goes with buying a home! Thanks to Aaron and Stacey for going first and giving us the courage to do it too.  And thanks to John and Traci for reassuring us that homeownership is not that scary.

We have ernest money, inspectors, and all this other junk to do.  We bought a new BIG couch and are getting a fancy smancy new washer and dryer!  One of those ones that is better at math than I am.

Maybe we can get a puppy too! go to Andy's page and leave him a message telling him what a great idea  puppy would be.  And how good a puppy would look in our home. And remind him that my birthday is coming up.

My tummy is in knots just thinking about it!  all the work that needs to be done! all the money that needs to be spent! The closing date is May 30th and I didn't realize how close that really is.  Our landlord is being awesome and letting us out of our lease. At least we won't have to pay another month of rent. It's all equity from here on out!

We spent every spare minute looking at houses. Maybe as a way to help cope with the miscarriage. We looked at all sorts of houses and never found that one that you felt right at home with.  They kept showing us all of these cookie cutter homes that were new construction, and they were very tempting... but Andy and I both agreed that while we could afford a big, new house, we wouldn't be able to afford much beyond that.  We don't have much now (I mean, come on, a 1 bedroom apartment?)  and I wanted a newer nice small starter home with a small mortgage payment, so we had money left over to fill the house with nice things.  It's no fun buying a new house and then getting all of your parents crappy 70's furniture that they had when you were a kid and remember puking on when you had the flu.  Then you parents get a nice leather couch and a huge 60" TV.

So, we are starting out small in the world, but now a piece of the world is ours.