Not sure if anyone still reads my blog, but if you do, you might have noticed that I have been off the grid for the past month. For that reason, I am back dating some of my posts. Several things have factored into my excuse, the biggest one being we are new home owners! We actually closed on June 21st, but did not move in until July 13th. Why did it take us almost a month, you wonder? Because of the painting...oh the painting. We pretty much painted every square inch of our house, including trim work.What a beating! Not to mention that Lane works pretty much 24/7 so it was hard to get things done. And I wasn't much help because of the kids. I would try to go over and paint when they were napping or after they had gone to bed for the night. So it was only like 2 hours here, 2 hours there. It seemed never ending. And I always had this guilt for being away from them so much, and then the guilt of burdening my parents with watching them all the time. So let me go ahead and give a HUGE shout out to my parents for watching them the majority of the time. And another to Lane's dad. He helped a ton!
Now onto the house. Lane calls it our "stepper house". Our plan is to live here 2-5 years. Lane is more on the 2 year end and I'm more on the 5 year end, mainly because I just know it will end up being that long. After that, we will rent it out. It's a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house. It's in the same neighborhood as Lane's dad. Like down the street. And that means it's only about a 3 minute drive to my parent's house. We really love the neighborhood. There's a little pond with ducks and a playground a short walk away. It's really ideal for us right now.
So I have a long list of projects that I want to get done: put down wood floors, get new counter tops, change back splash, paint kitchen cabinets & laundry room cabinets, stain bathroom cabinets, frame out bathroom mirror, build a bench with cubicles in the laundry room, remove giant bush and plant small tree. I will say we've done a lot already. But none of what I have already mentioned. So it's definitely a work in progress. Heck, some of the things on that list will probably not ever happen. We will see. With that said, I will wait on posting pictures until I have things more in order. Probably a room at a time. But I do have a picture of the front.
It's so nice to have our own space again! I am forever grateful to my parents for letting us stay with them, but like I said, our own space it great.
6 comments:
awesome! i was wondering why you hadn't posted in so long, this definitely explains it! congrats!
YAY!! You're blogging again!
And I'm so excited to hear about your house. I think I saw something on Facebook or Instagram about a new house, but I didn't know if y'all were renting or had bought. Congrats!
And I know how you feel about lists. We're building a custom home, and I already have a long list too (and we haven't even moved in yet). And we were at our old house 6.5 years and had a long list. Luckily, over the course of those years, we did about 70% of what we wanted to do (although a few of the things, like bathrooms, happened right before we sold it).
Congrats again, and I look forward to seeing more of your home (even if it's just "before" pictures).
Congratulations you guys! That is so exciting. Finally your own place. In a great location too. I can't wait to see more pictures.
That looks like a really nice house! That must feel so nice to be in your own place... although living with parents is helpful in many ways, it's SO nice to be independent and in your own house. I'm looking forward to that day very much!!! :)
So does Lane have a job lined up already? I guess you guys only have one more year of Residency, huh?
Congratulations!! That's great. Home ownership is a lot of work but it's worth it. :)
Yay! I had wondered if you guys finished all the painting! I drive by your street all the time. I need to come say hi soon! We are at that park all the time, too. Love having it so close. :) Hope you're loving your new place!! :)
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