The Long Awaited House!!

Built in 1946. Captured our hearts in 2010.

You know that saying "We came, we saw, we conquered" ? Yeah, it was kind of like that. But not.

This house was one we had seen on the market for a long while, but were distracted by other more *appealing* homes. Meaning, they had curb appeal and then you go see it and is surrounded by junkers. And when the house we initially wanted sold, we figured "Eh, its worth a look!" Little did we know that certain features would sell us instantly... Like only a 20 minute drive to work when we estimated we'd drive a full 45-60 minutes to obtain a house on nice property.

We sat in the car waiting for his agent and Handsome turns to me and says, "Do you think you could live here for the rest of your life?"

*Inside Squeel!* Nothing makes a girl happier than to know your man is really thinking about the rest of his life... with you.

After Nichole (agent) arrived, it only took us 20 minutes to fall in love with the house. Handsome scowered the house, practically sprinting from room to room. He was kind of making me laugh because I simply could not keep up with the man! I took pictures. Because we all know that pictures on real estate websites can be deceiving and just show the pretty parts of the house.

Although these pictures are not much and definitely don't have my things in it, the house has a certain potential. Nothing absolutely needs immediate attention, but there is lots that could be done. So much potential. :) Its like a kid with a gift of playing piano. Just give the house a piano and make it play for hours on end. Except the piano is us and we will play the house! Ha!

Front room- It has an old fireplace behind that back wall that we may re-install at some point.

Dining Room- Just needs paint.

Kitchen-Needs much work (in my eyes...)

Master bedroom-Needs a major paint job.

Guest bedroom- This house is so... WHITE

Bathroom- This pic looks nicer than it actually is. We want to put a large bathtub in it as well as a walk in shower.

Pic of the property. These stalls will become Kennels for the dog(s).



Home sweet home. :)

 So many plans for our home. Can't wait to start working on this. Closing date is January 17th and we will be moving on Patrick's birthday, January 20th. :) Any and all help/company is welcome!

The Beginning of Our Story..

I remember it like it was yesterday. Even though it wasn't. We met on Easter Sunday. Both of us, separately taking walks in Riverfront Park. The details of our conversation have gone fuzzy but I vividly remember talking for hours and hours. And even when we parted ways, I counted the minutes to when I would hear from him. He gave me the ole "I'll call ya later" line. I figured I'd hear from him the next day or even later that week... but no, I got the call that same evening. Something in both of us knew that it was something special.

As time goes on you begin to forget little things, the plans you make or the butterflies you feel or what you say to each other that shows the intrigue. What I do remember is the feeling I had for this man was like none other. I knew instantly that I didn't want to see anyone else. Instantly. And becoming a couple was never even a conversation. No kidding! The words were , "I don't want to see anyone else." "I don't either." Sealed with a kiss and done deal.

The word "love" came quickly and so did my desire to be around him constantly.

If anything, I was flattered and thrilled the day he asked me to move in with him. Of course, he was already in the process of selling his current house to buy another...  So here we are. Still trying to sell the house so we can buy another and begin a life together.

I will admit at first I was extremely excited to live together particularly when it was first brought up, it came up probably 2 months into seeing each other. But we knew it wouldn't be for a while. I mean, our plan was to sell his house then once he bought a house we would both move into that at the same time. That was the idea. After the first house we looked at, although I was excited to live with him, the anxiety set in.

Thankfully, I have a sister that would talk me through everything. She did not have an opinion one way or the other but always on my side. But the reality was that I was having anxiety living with him, when my own insecurities were still trying to hide. Once that was realized and I could have an open and honest conversation with Handsome about it, I was cured. He claims to be impatient, but he has never shown me anything other than perfect patience.

We had been together for a month and finally got to the point where we wanted a picture of us together. :) We were too enamored to notice that we were WINO's! LOL! And he looks stoned.