ThankFULL Week

Today I am thankful that I have a home. A beautiful home...not all the way we want it, and not perfect but wonderful! Almost 2 years we have been here. Today is the 2nd Thanksgiving we have hosted, and this time last year we were working overtime to get the basement done. 1 year since our wonderful TV room came together!! It is so very comfy down here, I love it. My place of relaxing, my place of cuddling with hubby, kids and pets.
We never thought we would see the day we owned a house and here I am being Thankful for it=)



Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

Taking it all in and adjusting

We have been on OUR new home for almost 2 months now!!
It all seems so unreal, when I walk into the house or pull in the driveway or wake up in a weird room etc.
I am sure you know the feeling I am talking about, not a bad one, just weird!

Some things I DO like:
#1 it is OURS!
#2 the yard that we will be able to use in a few more weeks!
#3 so much potential, working on that slowly but surely!
#4 a bigger bathroom
#5 a bigger kitchen
#4 an extra bedroom (office/work area for kids)
#6 a driveway that doesn't move when you walk on it (our other one was severely cracked up)

Some things I Do NOT like:

#1 the wall colors, white isn't horrible, jut not pretty, chartreuse is just ick

#2 light colored tiles...mopping and sweeping are getting old real fast
#3 the ancient furnace, saving up for that
#4 no AC Summer might not be real fun for me...saving up for that too
#5 icky basement...but BIG and lots of potential...icky just for now
#6 smaller hot water tank which means everyone runs out of hot water no matter how short/long their showers are...kinda interested in tankless water heater prices
#7 the list goes on here too...but not complaining just mentioning. We have many years here to fix all of this and make it better=)

I am extremely grateful for this house and love it no matter it's flaws.

Happy 2 months of knowing you house!!

Some More House updates

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=89700&id=657977159&l=9c25d

Here are a few more before/after pictures, for now anyway!

Was it this hard for you?

Was it hard to find your first house??

I feel like it should be easier.
Josh does have to run his business out of the garage and he does have a huge truck that has to fit in the driveway, so that does add to the difficulty of finding a house that works.

We found one, we like, it's kinda smaller than we wanted on the inside, yard is BIG for a city house.
New siding, new garage, new driveway and sidewalk, new windows, carpet in good shape (not my pick of color, but not hideous), 4 bedrooms, not 3.....closer to M's school so we won't have to worry about switching!!! But.....is it the one??

This is a harder decision than I ever thought it would be.

Want to see a picture??


Cute, huh??

Ill keep you updated.
We are going to look at 5 more houses, and if they aren't better, we are bidding!

I am excited, just overwhelmed.